PRECAUTIONS ARE NECESSARY, AS PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE!!!!!!!!!
ON 11/11/2006:
A golden rule of life, which i forgot, yet again last week.Saturday afternoon lunch at the mess is a complete torture, even by the mess's ordinary standards.I was having a headache and in no mood to tolerate that crap, so, i had a packet of biscuits and ICE-CREAM!!!sacrilege!!!!!Cough followed, just 2 days before the ES test, and the night before the ES test, cold followed.I was done for, couldn't take any medicines or syrups, because they push me to sleep, and, u know what, i cannot control my sleep, even in exams.Infact, there have been 2 instances, in which i slept during the course of me writing the exam.So, avoid medicines, suffer silently and write the exam.This happens too many times when u are in a hostel.At home, your parents are there for the precautionary work, but once you enter a hostel, all caution is left in the trunk, and adventure takes over, sometimes to the brink of foolhardiness.I have suffered before with icecreams and frooti, but this is a bit too much.You cannot put nite-outs any more, and u cannot do anything properly, be it studying sleeping or FIFA.This results in a boring life, even if you do crack the xams.Seriously, boredom does kill. And ya, no more frooti or litchi juice.Forget that, no more cold water, and i had to make runs to the cooler with Sujay's electric kettle, watch the water heat up, then allow it to cool a bit, and ten drink it slowly.What a waste of time!!!!!!Cold and cough don't seem a serious thing, but they can get you pissed off.IT is TORTUROUS, even if it is not serious.SO,
MORAL OF THE STORY::
Don't have an ice-cream in the winter, three days before an exam.

THE TESTS END, OR DO THEY.......????????

This has been a constant feature for the past 2 semesters, the continuity of exams. No sooner do the 2nd tests end, tat the comprees (or the end sems, for the non-bitsian) enter. Having finished 4 continuous days of slogging, rather 3.5 bcoz i slept through the last half-a-day, and well, still donot know what i have written in the computer programming-2 exam today. I feel like telling the authorities that the mid-semester system was much better, but then realize that we cried hoarse during those 3 days of torture(3-10-2005 to 5-10-2005). This brings us to the point, every system has it's pros and cons, and if we are crying hoarse, it means that we haven't mastered the art of exam-cracking.(note:studying and exam-cracking don't exactly mean the same).Now, come what may , i would prefer the mid-semester system, because that helped me in getting a good GPA atleast. Here and now, i am getting pissed off by this continuity. But, this continuity has been an integral feature of the lives of not only myself, but also of the countless other engineering students in India.I remember complaining to my mom like:" You told me to study for JEE, saying that you would have a secure future, and college life won't be as hectic."Now, i am in BITS, my future is no less secure, and yet i complain that life is still hectic.The more i complain, the more i feel guilty that i have after all neglected my duty. As they say,(in most cases), in a hosteller's life, studying is a hobby.only to be done a day before the exam. The people who don't belong to this school of thought are the ones who crack exams.To some extent, because of the rigorous "tut"system, i belonged to the latter school of thought in sem1, and flourished. Note that they don't just study always, they do everything, but study "uniformly".As of now, i can find in my own wing, Srikanth and Rohit, who belong to the uniform school of thought.I am trying to seek inpiration from these two dudes to "resurrect"myself, but one question stll persists in my mind, what did we study for in class11 and 12?To clear the exams and study more?Now someone would say, "Study well, and you will have a comfotable future ahead"This is never going to end, atleast until retirement, and at that time we would regret it, we would regret being idle......Work is a never ending part of life, love it and enjoy it, and yet take time off for that coffee at c'not, being the manager of Chelsea FC in FIFA 07, or hitting headshots in CS.....

A few blogs posted by my friends were what got me hooked on to "BLOGistan".I saw it as a forum where u can pour out the very deepest of your thoughts, and give your friends a chance to tell their opinion and advise you if necessary.There are so many things crammed up in our mind, so many things we feel about, but can't say in normal conversation.The thoughts in your mind, which others would normally rate as obscure, can be expressed through this medium.Also, this is your very own personal space, and people may know more about u thru this.
I seriously don't expect any comments for this post, but if some1 wishes to post something , he is MOST WELCOME(i don't need to reiterate that, i think).