Had my exam in the Royal Exhibition Hall beside the Melbourne Museum. This is something new to me as going to a place which is not in the university for a university examination. The exam hall is about 10-15 minutes walk from the university.

The ‘cool’ feeling in me turned to confusion. The crowds were huge. Students ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate all in the same hall having examinations. I applaud the excellent crowd control by the invigilators but I was quite disappointed with the PA system used for the announcement outside the hall. If I’m not mistaken, there were only 4 speakers (quite old one) used to project the voice of an invigilator against 1000s of student. Sigh….I can’t hear a thing :( Ok, enough of describing the outside. Let the pictures do the talking.

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Crowd of students waiting outside the hall.

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Check out the speakers on the right of the picture. Imagine that’s the speakers used to talk to the thousands around. How can we hear what’s been said?

Moving inside the hall, I thought the whole 3 hours of examination is filled with activities. One can’t really control the urge to answer nature’s call so every 15-20 minutes, you’ll hear footsteps of students (including myself at the second hour of the exam) going to the loo. Again, the PA system for announcement, sigh….. The hall is so big and one would expect a terrible echo. Yup, I can’t hear a word the chief invigilator saying thanks to the echo. Anyway, it’s an experience to share with you all.

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Seatings everywhere

NOTE: All the pictures were taken BEFORE the exam begin. The mobile was later SURRENDERED to the invigilator before the exam begin. :)