Friday, December 17, 2010

TALK ABOUT BEING CARELESS!

I had an exam (JMET) last Sunday @ Delhi. HB pencil was a prerequisite for it. I had seen it on the admit card but I DON’T KNOW WHY refused to take it seriously. I thought it’s a mere pencil afterall, I can get it anywhere! Alas, on the morning of my test what I see is that there are no shops, none at all in the vicinity of my exam centre.



I still am not bothered though. A pencil can be borrowed can’t it? So after entering the room I started to look around for my prospective shikaar. My row was mostly vacant save for a guy who had just one pencil and one pen on his table. I did not want to attract attention by widening my horizons. I started feeling a little scared then. What if no-one comes in my row? What if I have to tell the teachers that I don’t have a pencil? What if the strict looking male teacher shouts at me?????



With all these questions in my mind I got a major shock. The answer sheet asked the details to be filled by BLACK BALL POINT PEN ONLY. I carried only blue as it was mentioned in the admit card clearly “BLACK OR BLUE”. But the answer sheet had a totally different story to tell. Well the pencil went out of my mind now. Thankfully the black ball point pen problem had many other takers as well.



After a lot of deliberation teachers said it was alright to use blue pen as the same was mentioned in the admit card. Already having committed a blue error I did not want to be disqualified for not carrying a pencil, so tension and desperation was at its peak now. It was then he (angel) came and sat right in front of me. I tapped his shoulder lightly and with a smile asked “do you have an extra pencil”? He gave me the pencil together with a puzzled/weird look! Ohh. A sigh of relief! I was very embarrassed, so embarrassed that I could not even ask for sharpener when the lead wasn’t sharp any more!



I have another exam this Sunday @ Chandigarh for which I am leaving just in a few minutes! This time I am carrying all the requirements and also the things not required. 2 blue pens, 2 black pens, 2 HB pencils, eraser, sharpener … you name it and I have it. I have 2 of everything to maybe help a someone like me!

p.s This post has been written in a state of hurry. Please excuse any typos.

16 comments:

  1. कभी कभी निर्देशों के कई मायने होते हैं।

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  2. i'm being told this story for the second time now. but still.... ROFLMAO :D :D

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  3. Hahaha... apart from some typos, the story was amazingly narrated... I was in a hurry and I was going to skip your post... but u made me laugh... lol... Sepo... U'r funny...

    and the pics u'v chosen are so cute... awwww

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  4. @G:
    she didnt tel me dis even once,,,not even mentioned....!! :(

    neways.....all the best sepo :)
    do well :D

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  5. हा हा हा :)
    अरे अंत भला तो सब भला...

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  6. hey sepo,

    this was indeed a cute post..i could so well relate to it as i have gone through this exam trauma of HB pencils, JMET, FMS ,centre...:)
    loved it ..as usual..:)

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  7. @ praveen

    bilkul sahi kaha aapne!

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  8. @ chanz

    glad you liked the post and the fact that it made you laugh!
    btw i corrected the few typos i could spot!

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  9. @ eksha

    arre yaar time he kab mila battein karne ka!!!

    anyways thanks for your wishes:)

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  10. @ prithwish.

    haha. student life is exciting because of all these escapades! no?

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  11. i am so happy to know i am not alone!

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