CIS 2010: Test Results

Got the CIS test back. Remember, the one I was late for. The class sessions to this course are 75 minutes long, but tests only 50 minutes. And these 50 minutes start at 8 a.m. and go until 8:50 a.m. no matter what time one comes in. I wrote an entire blog about this event, read it here if you missed it.

So, I got 15 minutes to answer 50 questions. 35 minutes less compared the rest of the students who were present. In spite of such less time at hand, I answered 39 questions and got 37 correct. The teacher, Michael Cuellar, said the following when he reached my desk while passing out the test:

Pretty impressive! Based on that you had only 15 minutes.

I just looked at him, without a smile. While going over the test, I looked at the 11 SQL queries that I did not get a chance to answer. Only if I had 5-7 more minutes, I could have answerd all those and end up with a 90+ score after possibly missing 2 or 3 questions out of those 11 left. After the class, I shared this with Cuellar. To which his response was:

I'm sure of that. I could see that you knew everything. Only if you had a little more time...
When your test came out [of the scantron machine that grades multiple choice tests], I was like "whow! and she did not even answer all the questions."

I ended up with a 74 on this particular test. My grade was probably above average. The 2 students sitting on my either side made a 58 and a 72 [they had the entire 50 minutes].

memories: erin (not lucy) reclining [view]
melodies: truly madly deeply [read] [listen]
fragrance: tu aaya... [unravel]

"the rumba is the vertical expression of a horizontal wish. you have to hold her, like the skin on her thigh is your reason for living. let her go, like your heart's being ripped from your chest. throw her back, like you're going to have your way with her right here on the dance floor. nd then finish, like she's ruined you for life."

--shall we dance? [the movie]

what's next: tba [march ahead]
past text: ye hai STYLE... ye hai style! [turn around]

ye hai STYLE... ye hai style!

Okay... my blog will finally be different... something new is being added!

For the past two posts I've been trying to adopt and establish a new style, a new way to end my posts on this particular blog [not the photoblog or poemblog, this transformation is home to only memories, melodies, fragrance!].

Now, each of my posts will end with:

• a photo recommendation from an online photoblog.
• a song [either english or hindi] with links to it's lyrics, a place where you can enjoy listening to the song, and possibly a link to the video of the song.
• a poem [again, either english or hindi] that I specially dig out on the internet for my dear readers.
• a quote
• a link to the previous and [once I've composed a new blog] a link to the next blog.

The format for the recommendations and other added materials will look something like this:

memories: photo title [view]
melodies: song title [read] [listen] [watch]
fragrance: poem title [unravel]

"quote goes here. it may be long, it may be short. this is just a test to see what it will actually look like."

what's next: blog title [march ahead]
past text: blog title [turn around]

This blog post only contains the details and the template for the new style that I am adopting for my blog. The change will take effect starting my next post.

Ski Trip '06

Although I have a lot of other things to talk about since my post 2 days ago, I'll write about the Ski Trip since I said I will!

This is not latest information since I went on this trip about a month ago. But, it is rare information. Ski Trip '06 will be known as my very first adventurous trip with friends. What was so adventurous about it? Not the actual skiing [although it sure is a part of it], but the way I reached the place and how I remained there and the day I returned and the aftermath. I don't want to go into details because it's secret information, but I will mention that my parents did not know before hand that I was going to be out of town for an entire weekend.

I did enjoy my time there though. Staying up late, dancing, drinking soda, talking to random people... people I would never talk to if I was awake, going on a drive on a mountain that did not recieve cell phone connection, feeling lost, coming across an old, old, really old, gas station... and finally finding the way back home.

One thing is for sure though, I am never going to any such things with ABCDs anymore. No offence to my close AB friends, but these people who organized the thing aren't the kind of people I'd like to hang out with. My answer would probably be different if I was "one of them" ... but I'm not ... so the distinction remains.

I took a whole lot of pictures there. By now they would have been up on evoking awe, but they won't be until I get a new template and a new URL.

Memory of the Day: sun bathed window [see it]
Melody of the Day: paathshala [lyrics] [song]
Fragrance of the Day: is nadi ki dhaar mein [read it]

What's Next (in blogs): TBA

a morning i'll remember forever

Today's morning proved to be one of the most horrible mornings of my life. Some people might know that I am NOT a morning person; I CANNOT get up early. In spite of this raw fact, I am taking early morning classes this semester. Mondays and Wednesdays my class starts at 9am (have only one class on MW) and on Tuesdays and Thursdays my classes start at 8am. Fridays are off, I catch up on my sleep when the rest of the world works.

Today - Feb 21, 2004 - [which also happens to be Sincerly Flattered's 20th birthday] I had a test in my 8 o'clock class. Guess what time I woke up... 7:51am!!! I reached the class at 8:35. Although the class lasts until 9:15, the teacher only lets the students take the test until 8:50, no matter what time one comes in. I answered 40 out of 50 questions in 15mins. Knew the ans to everything else also, but couldn't get through those because the test was multiple choice with a large part of it having to do with digging out the correct answer for SQL queries.

Song of the Day: wo tere pyaar ka gham [lyrics] [remix]
Shayari of the Day: ...Ishq [read it]
Picture of the Day: whoz staring at whom? [see it]

What's Next (in blogs): Ski Trip '06

India's youth, in need of primary education.

Read the article Turning to Gods and Astrologers to Pass Exams and you will be amazed at what today's generation is getting themselves into. Being religious, praying five times a day, and eating after offering food to the gods as an everyday practice is fine. But, turning one's "god be with me" mode simply because exams are at the corner is pure selfishness, lack of self-confidence, and probably a serious condition that should be checked out by psychologists and psychiatrists.

What this article overviews leaves me in disgust. I could never imagine that the students who were taught in schools that superstition is a waste of time and leads to nothing would fall back upon the same crap once it comes to making their own decisions. These idiot 10th and 12th graders, who will soon appear for their board exams, are offering prayers at 6am to some deity before beginning their daily study routine. Others are going to pundits to get their writing pens powered with spiritual powers so they can do well on their exams. It doesn't stop here! Wearing a lucky dress, following a certain diet, departing the house at an auspicious time and any bizarre idea one can come up with ... the future of India is doing it!

I want to blame the youth who's participating in all this superstition, but I cannot. Reason being the family pressure they face when it comes to these exams - boards and entrance exams being the biggies. Parents perception is that these exams either make or break the future of their child. It may be true partially, but not completely. In my opinion what makes or breaks someone's future is their devotion to their work. And one certainly does not need to be a religious devote to be a successful academic or a successful worker or a successful person. One should concentrate on studies, along with engaging in physical activities as a means of stress release, to do well in exams. Don't freakin' waste your time, energy, and money in traveling between temples, consulting pundits, and ruining your diet.