this 5 letter word connotes the same meaning and evokes the same feeling across the globe- whether the students are young or old, whether its an important degree exam, an entrance exam or a mere driving exam- passing an exam feels good, obviously! but better than that is the feeling when u finish an exam!!!
just got done writing a 6 hour 3 day long exam- and this feeling of being relieved is something ive Never felt before... and what i did observe while we were waiting for our papers to be collected is that no matter the age, the feeling of an exam being done is that of an exam being done with..PERIOD! irrespective of the age - it transcends.... i had in that room along with me an age group ranging from mid 20's- to easily mid 50's or older!!!
for now im still soaking in the feeling :)
cheers!
25 February 2011
20 January 2011
mmmhhh...
been a while since i blogged... for some apparently unknown reason i just seem to be disinterested in alot of things... hence i no longer pursue activities that used to interest me... like listening to music day in and out, singing, reading occasionally, blogging occasionally, just chilling out and not worrying about the future,- taking each day as it comes..
circa 1990's- 2003( school- degree college)- i was a fun loving person...not ambitious, not really planning about the future & worrying what course to take, what do i become,career etc etc... the word STRESS was no where in my dictionary! i used to take each day as it came, oblivious to the pressure around me in doing something great in terms of academics and career... not getting upset for trivial things and certainly not worrying about the near future forget the distant future! i was always POSITIVE, CHEERFUL, COOL, EASY GOING and HAPPY!
circa 2003- till date-- i have gradually turned out to be this worrying, getting unnerved with just about anything,slightly pessimistic 'old' person... i do not do the things that interest me anymore- or put differently i probably dont enjoy it the way i used to before... i worry for every single thing these days... i seem to have forgotten the 5 golden words that used to once be a description for me-- " just- sit - back and relax!" i hate the fact that ive become this way and always sit wondering what went wrong and where... that one step that made me from what i was to what i am :((
sometimes i just wish we were still in the period of the 90's - where there was not so much competition, so much madness, so much STRESS!
where our moms and dads used to work their fixed hours and come home with enough sanity to spend time with family- where there was something called family life- laughter, enjoyment and bonding!
now people work crazy hours, 'flexible' hours which only flex the hours beyond the working hours..where thanks to the black berries and iphones and call it what you may, one is working and booked 25/8....
no im not saying all this as working professional- i guess god is being kind to me :D have been a student for some yrs now and not yet taken the plunge...
but i say this seeing my so many friends, relatives who work mad hours... the IT sector i think is the new industrial sector in dire need of some legislation- like the blue collared workers, these white collared workers work long hours with no overtime or compensatory offs, may not be in subhuman conditions such as infrastructure, but subhuman in the sense of there being no night and day--- its only WORK all day-- impossible deadlines and impossible clients and the added globalization that makes people work during their time zone as well as the clients time zone- but are paid only for one time zone! sigh!
india can we go back to the 1990's???
circa 1990's- 2003( school- degree college)- i was a fun loving person...not ambitious, not really planning about the future & worrying what course to take, what do i become,career etc etc... the word STRESS was no where in my dictionary! i used to take each day as it came, oblivious to the pressure around me in doing something great in terms of academics and career... not getting upset for trivial things and certainly not worrying about the near future forget the distant future! i was always POSITIVE, CHEERFUL, COOL, EASY GOING and HAPPY!
circa 2003- till date-- i have gradually turned out to be this worrying, getting unnerved with just about anything,slightly pessimistic 'old' person... i do not do the things that interest me anymore- or put differently i probably dont enjoy it the way i used to before... i worry for every single thing these days... i seem to have forgotten the 5 golden words that used to once be a description for me-- " just- sit - back and relax!" i hate the fact that ive become this way and always sit wondering what went wrong and where... that one step that made me from what i was to what i am :((
sometimes i just wish we were still in the period of the 90's - where there was not so much competition, so much madness, so much STRESS!
where our moms and dads used to work their fixed hours and come home with enough sanity to spend time with family- where there was something called family life- laughter, enjoyment and bonding!
now people work crazy hours, 'flexible' hours which only flex the hours beyond the working hours..where thanks to the black berries and iphones and call it what you may, one is working and booked 25/8....
no im not saying all this as working professional- i guess god is being kind to me :D have been a student for some yrs now and not yet taken the plunge...
but i say this seeing my so many friends, relatives who work mad hours... the IT sector i think is the new industrial sector in dire need of some legislation- like the blue collared workers, these white collared workers work long hours with no overtime or compensatory offs, may not be in subhuman conditions such as infrastructure, but subhuman in the sense of there being no night and day--- its only WORK all day-- impossible deadlines and impossible clients and the added globalization that makes people work during their time zone as well as the clients time zone- but are paid only for one time zone! sigh!
india can we go back to the 1990's???
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