SOS

just when u have sculpted urself into d perfect "p.g " mould..understanding ur guide's mood swings n minutest of details of his behaviour patterns (like always getting a "no" if hez entertaining someone from other departments even though he approved dat thing 5 mins back!).. n just when u've got a hang of d mean games ur seniors play n u've started having dat nice reassuring feeling dat u might be able to battle ur way out of dis course....dats exactly when it hits u where it hurts d most..... d exams notice! u feel d ground shake beneath ur feet as u read d wretched notice..scared to ur wits u start blaming urself for dis catastrophe...ofcourse dis has happened coz u changed ur desktop wall paper from "radha-krishan" to "bon jovi"! n u start thinking of all d "wrong" things u might've done to deserve ur first birthday in "hellhole", coinciding wid ur first exam! fighting wid rickshaw walas for do -do rupaiyaa cud be one..dont think latching my senior's door while she was sleeping inside qualifies to be mean(as in c'mon she did come out after screaming hysterically for an hour..) ...hmmm..might hv something to do wid d irritating spoilt brat of a kid i slapped when his mom was not watching..naah i think shd've slapped him again....wat d heck.. cud be anything frm eating an egg on tuesday(sorry hanumaanji!) to turning d radio volume up when u know dat ur supermean neighbour has a viva...but.... d bottomline is dat ur DOOMED!determined not to throw up at d notice board u walk like a zombie to ur room n start planning d strategy to get up close n personal wid exams.
.a. time to hide ur contacts n take out ur big black thick rimmed glasses
b. fasts every monday n weekly visits to temple
c.ruffled unironed clothes in ur wardrobe
d. bribing d mess worker to sneak food into ur room
e spreading all ur basic books n doing d "inkie pinkie ponkie/akkad bakkad bambe bo" test to determine which topic to start from...
f preparing urself to welcome sleepless nights n stinging eyes as u try to interpret d books which ur sure are in english though strangely appear like greek!
wid dat taken care of u start dwelving deeper n deeper into stuff like anatomy n physiology of tmj, physiology of saliva secretion, muscles,nerves, pathways of pain, calcium metabolism , wound healing n coagulation(hate it!) etc etc...n dat my frenz is exactly wat i'm doing these days ...sacrificing my grey cells.. hoping against hope dat watever i'm cramming wringing my brains up left, right n centre...wud help me kill atleast one hr outta d 3 hrs long exam...... pray for me guys as i fight a herculean battle against 1 million macchars in my room.....a mind dat gets distracted every now n then... n a body dat dozes off every half an hour.....signing off- dreading d D day n waiting for a miracle!