An Uneventful Night of Laughs

 Success is like a mile away. But for me right now, seems like it is a100 miles away. I thought success would be on the horizon, as I approached the completion of all the exercises going into taking the MO-200 exam. 

It took multiple attempts through the LabSim and challenges just to get a complete understanding and move forward. My hair was literally falling out from stressing over each attempt. I kept my head high as I saw the finish line coming, as I was mentally preparing to take MO-200.

Prior to taking my first attempt at the MO-200 exam, it was long evening. The evening began when I first went to the Luxor casino to take photos for PHO-101. As I casually walked through the casino floor, I was distracted by a timeshare sales representative. The sales representative offered an interesting deal and requested to see my ID, at the time I did not know why. After a few minutes of conversating, I eventually had to leave, as I was done taking photos. 

I was hungry and I had a craving for some hot soup. I decided to try a place I haven't tried yet. I went to Shokku Ramen in Chinatown on Spring Mountain. After checking in with host, it took a long while to get seated. Even after getting seated, it took a long while to get my order placed. After a long wait for my ramen, it was all worth it. The portions were fairly large and I couldn't finish all the food I ordered, so I took to-go to take home. 

During my meal, I received a message from Mr. Wu regarding to take the MO-200 exam. From here, I replied that after I finish my meal I will take the exam once I got home. So after paying for my meal and getting into the car, I then realized that I did not have my ID on me after looking in my wallet. I took a moment to retrace my steps. I remember that the sales representative from the time share place inside the Luxor, the representative did not give my ID back. I suddenly was in shock and I rushed back to the Luxor. When I arrived back at the Luxor, I immediately started to look for the sales representative that distracted me. At this point my hair started falling out again, as I was stressing out that I lost my ID. After realizing that the employees had gone home for the day, instead of playing it safe, I started to investigate and search the desk of the employees. I did not want to waste time because I did not want Mr. Wu to fall asleep before I took my MO-200 exam. I started to feel embarrassed because people on the slot machines were looking at me as I was searching through the employees desk for my ID. I came to realize that I was wasting time searching through the employees desk. I decided to visit the security desk. I was relieved after I spoke with the officer when he showed me that my ID was in their lost and found. 

An hour has passed since my last message with Mr. Wu and I thought he fell asleep before proctoring my exam. You might have guessed it, Mr. Wu was not asleep at all. Mr. Wu was able to proctor my MO-200 exam.

By this time it was late at night to take my MO-200 exam and I mentally thought I was prepared. I assure you, I was not prepared at all. I was very confident when the exam was in front of me, I clearly had success in my mind and I had no doubt I was going to get an 800 or above on the first try. 

An hour later, after the exhausting exam, with my thoughts held high my confidence was shut down as I failed. I was not able to have any after thoughts because I feeling lethargic after having an awesome meal at Shokku Ramen. So with my thoughts still held high, I just went to sleep.

The next day, 24 hours later, before the hour of my 2nd attempt, I was reviewing all the material I could remember. I felt more confident on the second attempt because I remembered where I may have went wrong. I corrected my thoughts as I went through the exam once again. It was a struggle but I had my coffee ready so that I wouldn't feel lethargic and mentally tired. I was able to answer the exam portions where I knew the answer easily. I marked the questions I did not know immediately. I went through the exam faster because the answers came to me naturally. With finishing faster, I was able to review the questions I marked. I had an extra few minutes to methodically think about the answers on the questions that I marked. After feeling confident about my current answers on the second attempt, I finally submitted it with confidence. As you may have guessed, I FAILED!!

Just kidding. I was able to pass MO-200 exam with 750/1000 points.