Cheering up candidates for December 2008 exams

I make it a point to "Meet and Greet" the CFA exam candidates in the MORNING, say 7am to 830am as they stream into the TESTING CENTER..... . And i join the candidates (those that i had assisted in the review courses) for lunch. My goal: confidence booster for the examinees. I've done this "meet and greet" routine twice before and it cheers them up, especially the gloomy ones, those making last-ditch efforts to master a chapter in the morning of the exam. . . . . I'm saying to them, "you can do it. Close that Book. Go in there and Ace the Exam."


She's nervous. I say, you Go in there and just Write the Answers.


Natalie Niu, graduated from London School of Economics.


Drei Andres


Mr Jerry Garcia accompanied his son, Raffy, to the Testing Center. He is also the father of Mike Garcia, CFA.


Beth Legaspi and friend, Level One. My students at the review course.


Sandra Araullo. BS Physics summa cum laude.


Martin Nograles and Glo of Manila Water (note: topic of the Investment Research Challenge is Manila Water: a Buy, Sell, or Hold?) My students at the review course.


The Dreaded Sign.


Register, sil vous plait.


Keep your bags in this area.


Raffy Garcia, Level ONE. My former student in the review course. (whose Dad very kindly drove him to the testing center.)


Anne Dee, my former student at University of Asia & the Pacific. (I had no idea, she was a candidate. All i knew was, she works in CitiGroup... Good to encounter familiar faces. That's why there is a FaceBook.)


Abby Kho, a good student at the review course.

Abby, in the middle, hard at work in the classroom for the prep course, level one.


Comrades in Arms:
Ave Caesar Imperator... Morituri te Salutant.


Go in there, and Ace the Exam. Let's see if the cheerleading, had any effect on the Pass Rates.