Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I imagined that mock test a 'could have been mock'

It was another normal day and I had my proctored mock test II.I took metro and reached rajiv chowk.I did not have balance in my mobile phone,so I went to ATM located in the premises of station, to recharge my cell.But that displayed 'temporarily service not available'.I felt like something unfortunate was going to happen.Wihout caring much about anything,I went to the institute to give my test.I reached 5 mins late but that was not a big deal.All computers were occupied.Because of the negligence of the institute,in my time slot more students were registered than the available computers.So they somehow arranged the laptop for me. But there also, luck was against me.Laptop did not start.They asked me to wait at the reception.At the reception,I saw one familiar face.He was my old friend. I thought that he was a student but he was an employee at the institute.It was a shock to me as he was of my age.
My thoughts proved to be prophetic.Some employee called me and imploringly asked me to sit at one of the desks of reception.I had to give the exam while sitting at the reception.It was another surprise for me.I reluctantly ensconced myself.I became reticent for some time.I shook my head,left and right,with melancholy and scowled.Then I got to know that that was my friend's desk.I thought that I was lucky.But bad luck always come in bulk.As I started the exam,my friend started talking to me.But he stopped after few minutes and that few minutes were enough to divert my attention and loose my concentration.He went from there and I continued.Some girl came to me and started inquiring about some course.I told her that I was a student.She said sorry and I replied 'Its ok'.What else could I say.She went and I continued.And then some another girl came and the same thing happned and I again continued.After sometime my friend came with pepsi and packet of chips in his hand but this time he was not alone.There was some employee with him.They seated in front of me.They continued their eating process.My friend started praising me and telling my qualities to that employee 'he is in this prestigious institute,he plays cricket very well and about some general things'.At that time I remembered one line 'dignity is not congenital,it is acquired'.I felt proud of myself. I did not feel like stopping him.Obviously how could I.After all he was praising me.In the mean time they continued their eating process.They went and I resumed.Then 2 girls came to me and same thing happened.
I was busy in solving questions.I had to spend much time poring over questins.Then I heard '1 shahi paneer,1 naan,3 tandoori roti'.I was like what was that.There was a common phone placed on the desk and someone was ordering his lunch.I recommenced and started solving questions.Then some employee came to me and asked me to excuse her as she had to take some papers kept at the lower shelf in the desk.I stood and allowed her to do so.I continued again.Then some employee came and started talking on phone and he continued to do so for 15 mins.He was talking to his girlfriend.When you have free phone ,why won't you use it and thats for noble cause.In the mean time,some girls were coming and going ,for the same reason.Why were only girls coming to the institute.Then ,for a change,some uncle came to inquire and the same thing happened.
As I moved to reading comprehensions,computer got hanged and had to restart it.And this happned thrice.Whenever I used to scroll for viewing the complete paragraph,computer got hanged.As a result,I could not do RC section.Then time passed without any inquiry.
After sometime,there was a pervasive feeling of organised chaos,frenetic movements.I got to know that people finished their exam.There was general exodus towards the door.My coaching friend was also there. He came to me and started chating with me and went.Till then I had completed 2 sections or better to say time got completed for two sections.Computer hanged again and I restarted it.So before starting of test again,I opened my orkut account and within fractions of seconds millions of files opened.I did not know what was happening.It seemed like one process was waiting for some resources which was occupied by some other process and that process was waiting for some resource which was occupied by other and soon..so there was deadlock and computer hanged again.When computer started again,that time I opened gmail account and chatted online for few minutes.Then I resumed again.People were coming and going.
I completed my exam or 'again' better to say time got completed.It was a amazing experience though my paper screwed.
That was a 'once in a life experience' and I imagined that mock test a 'could have been mock'

1 comment:

  1. wellll, "it could have been mock" - isn't ur mock test already a mockery :P

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