TOW ... ZEN of writing exams

**The Zen of writing Anna University exams**

# Before the exams :
* free thyself form mundane virtues like "logical thinking" and "creativity" .... atleast 5 days b4 the exam..else , thou bottom's on fire !!
* dont dream of the future .... cuz all ur dreams are contingent on these exams and the result of these exams is not in ur hands .
* devote thyself to sp. 'dhyana' or 'zazen' .... also called "cramming" , 3 days before exam
* when cramming , jus cram ...thats zen !! ... dont think abt the exams 'cuz thats a totally independent event all together .... so just cram as much as u can , free ur mind of tgts .... cram so much that there is no space for any new tgts !!
* wear ur 'sense-of-humour' caps ... as u r going to need a lot of that in order to get thru the ordeal... and in the very unlikely event of u managing to get past it without losing ur sanity , the only thing u'll be left with will be ur sense of humour !

# During the exam :
* forget that ur medium of education for the past 12 yrs has been english ..... writing in english can be very dangerous .
A trick : Imagine urself to be a recently moved spanish emmigrant to the states , and then write .
* write ... write, like u were at gunpoint and asked to write 40 pages of crap within 3 hrs , to be spared .

# After the exam :
* enjoy !! the period of time between the exams and the results is wen u free urself from the great burden of education....just run ...run like the wind .... run into the wilderness !!!
* wats more popular and effective than a 'bombscare at the kennedy airport' ?! ..."result-scare" . 90% of the time they are rumours . dont believe in them untill u've seen it !!
* wen u flunk (and trust me u will) make sure that ppl "know" tat u r sad .... cuz otherwise , u either become the wierd insensitive dude who has no heart (which is a gud thing in the guys-world but not wen it is pushed over the edge) ; or , the guy who deserved to flunk anyways !
* wen the ppl around u flunk (along with u) , make a sad face , be totally aware of ur facial contortoions and try ur best not to laugh .... also , say really emotional stuff like "i understand" (god knows wat ??) ,and other phrases to the same effect , its supposed to work .
* never ever try ur witticisms on a person who jus flunked even if ur intentions are gud !
* now the time has come for u to say bye-bye to ur friends as , they either depart to cry-cry land ( whislt u swim thru the river of death all alone , laughing at urself and ur horrible life ) , or ostrasize u for not crying !

# A parting tgt :
Apart from gettin a so-called 'Baccaularate in Engineering' degree , u also get an 'Honourary Masters' degree in myriad other fields like 'critical risk managemnt', 'tolerance', 'crazy ppl management', 'maintaining sanity management' ....

Lessons learnt :
* u become a very effecient problem solver , as u r confronted with strange problem every second and u've to either kill urself (which is a very inviting option) or develop an algorithm to get urself out of it .
* cumulatively u put in a max of 20 hrs to get a BE degree that is supposed to take 4 yrs ... so ur effeciency increases to a whopping 1750% !!!
* since u cant dream , or whine abt the past , the only thing that u can do is " live IN the moment" , which is the true art of living !!
* u develop the ability to laugh at urself cuz that is the only thing u can do .... and then u go abt writing .....and creating blogs that exposes ur horrible writing skills to the world , hence making u very infamous and unpopular , which is not a very bad thing ! ( trade secret : females love short-fat-bald men with horrible writing skills)

So , gud luck for exams .