Last Day of April

There is something very lovely about sleeping in the afternoon!! I may complete reading the whole Bhagwad Gita from 3 in the afternoon till 7 evening, but I don't think it will be able to give me the same sweet pleasure as sleeping in those very same 4 hours. Its pure ecstasy.

The days are passing by uselessly before the Endsems. Like most other people in college, I haven't studied a word for the exams. I hope I start today.

Today in particular I was amazed at a quality of mine, and how it is eating into my daily time. a huge chunk of it.

Laziness.

Laziness (also called indolence) is a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so. It is often used as a pejorative. Chronic laziness may be an underlying psychological condition.

I find it to be like a stone on my chest, which forbids me to do whatever it is that i want to do, even if its something I like,such as playing basketball,or the guitar and so on.

Its almost like a powerful spell, that magically forbids your actions and paralyzes your will power to do anything.

I've tried various things to change it, like making to-do's, subconscious affirmations, motivational thoughts, and god knows what. But it's something which has still clung to me, like the sins of past life.

Had I been a follower of the Christian faith i would be doing a sin, since it is one of the seven deadly sins! of the faith. I find it amusing that it is being seen in the same light as lust or envy.

But let us give it another perspective.

Why is it a sin to be lazy? Eventually you'll feel the deadline pressure on you and you'll complete the task before the deadline somehow. Then why was it wrong to be lazy and procrastinate the work?At least you were being your true self.

This is another one of the things I think i need to find the answers to. Please comment and help me find the answer.

Before signing off, i have this lovely story to share, don't remember though where i read it..

"During winter, while the ant was savoring the food it had stored in the summer,the grass hopper died in the cold outside, for all he had done in the summer was play his violin and download free internet porn"

10 ways to fail a Computer Practical Exam

Yes, if you are one of those who never had CP(computer practicals) in their 12th but had to study it in college, and if for some reason you plan to fail, this is the right place for you.

The following is a list of things you can do to ensure that you fail in your lab exam:

1.)Don't study a word of Computer during the whole semester. Note that failure to follow this step might land you a decent grade, which is what we precisely don't want. So highlight this point.

2.) During the whole semester, make sure that you don't do a bit of programming yourself. Alternatives include copying all programmes into the system from a pen drive, copying from your neighbour, and renaming work done previously by other students. Resist the urge to do the programming yourself, the consequences may be severe.

3)Don't buy any book which has anything even remotely to do with computer science. Buy some packets of Hide&Seek biscuits instead, they're totally worth the money, not the book.

4)Miss as many classes of Computers as possible. As a word of caution for Manipal students, make sure that you don't fall below 75% attendance or you'll be murdered by the very people that gave birth to you.

5)Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. ~Charles W. Eliot

Make sure you have your favourite novels available to you during the classes that you have to attend compulsorily, and sit on the last bench to make sure you're not caught and thrown out of the class.

The next points focus on things to do once you enter an exam hall.

6)When you reach the class, act as if you have never seen a computer, and ask the weirdest questions possible. like - what should i press to switch it on? or ooooh!!! green light!!!

7) As soon as the invigilator gives you the question paper, eat it. Highly effective.

8) Throw the extra sheet on the invigilator's back, and when he looks back, point towards the person next to you. How will this fail you? Well, i'm not asking you to do it once, at least 8 times, for the formula to succeed.

9)Write the story of Mimoh Chakravarthy's movie 'Jimmy' on the answer sheet.

10)When all else fails, stand up on the chair, and scream 'Oh captain, my captain'-Dead Poet Society Style.

Well so there you go.

I can confirm the potency of these methods. Why?

Well yours truly speaks only of things he has experience of.( at least some of the 10)

Attendance??but why??

As many of my friends these days are suffering from attendance shortage/ordi(not audi)....I was pondering if an attendance compulsion is required......

In the next few lines, I shall blow to pieces all the arguments supporting compulsory attendance..

1.)If 75% attendance is not present then students will stop totally attending classes(duh!).

But then the main reason that students will not attend classes will be that the teacher isn't competent enough to capture the student's attention. There are many teachers whose classes i would attend even if attendance locha wouldnt have been there.

secondly, is it right for the student just to sit in the class for the sake of attendance, even if he/she isn't grasping anything. Frankly speaking, i dont like any of the subjects this sem hence i haven't heard a single thing in any of the classes. Had the attendance issue not been there, i wouldn't have attended any, but at least i would have done something else which would have been more productive than just sitting useless in the class. i could have played a sport, read a novel, improve my guitaring, increased GK or develop any other skill. Marks i would get same in both cases, so which is better? Around 300 hours of my life just wasted, which i can never reclaim.....is it not better to smoke the equivalent amount of cigarettes? At least you'll have fun!

2.) If students fail to attend classes they'l fail.

True, but then they will themselves realise that it was foolish to miss classes and then they will themselves attend the classes without compulsion. Change must always come from within, it can never be enforced.

3.) Attendance is the only thing the teacher can threaten a student with.

Well if a college authority uses this argument, then he is actually screwing himself.

What kind of a pathetic college would have such pathetic teachers who cannot control a class on the basis of their teaching, and have to resort to non-violent methods of violence...????

I have CP Lab End sem tom, and i'l fail if i continue writing......please comment more suggestions if u do get any....

Its now been ages since i'v come to this blog.......

came across this very funny article on how we start doing some things with so much interest and then leave them faster than we had started them......

When i had decided i wanted to start a blog, i googled blogs, i googled how to write best blogs, i googled which sites are best to make a blog on, i googled on how to make a blog more popular.....

Sadly i forgot one thing, which was---to actually write in the blog.......

So that got me thinking and here i am finaly writing again......my room-mate has this lovely song playing in the background( poles apart) and it makes a lovly setting to write down thoughts....

College life, if one actually ponders, is much like its displayed in the movies...

1st Fact---no one studies.....parents have this notion that their would be studying most of the time, with their mind and soul engrossed in the studies, but no one actually does......substitute activities may range from hobbies and sports to utterly useless jobs like playing DOTA and CS, to finishing entire seasons of sitcoms.......lekin padhna toh bhai hai hi nahi....

2nd fact--- it is so cool!!!! i mean there is so much freedom.....we step out at around 1230 in the night to grab a bite at timmy's (a shack some 10 min from hostel).....smoke there, do whatever......

i mean 1230 at night, ghar se nikal ke dikhado roz....latecomers(after 1230 ) have to sign at the entrance...names vary from superman, batman, amar, akbar anthony to hari sadu( my roommate's fav)....

then do whatever the hell you want to do in your room, as long as ur roomie doesnt mind.....

3rd Fact--- you can find no place which is dirtier and messier.....sometimes it gets so dirty, that you have to throw all the stuff on your bed just so that you can walk, and then you have to throw it again on your bed, just so that you can sleep......

these are facts that i can remember right now.....will update if remember......

Readers( if any) are most welcome to suggest more from their own experiences.....