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Sunday, January 15, 2012

SENIOR SECONDARY-THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY SCHOOL!!!!! :) :) :)

MY SCHOOL LIFE WASN'T THAT MUCH HAPPENING AND INTERESTING WHEN I CAME TO THE SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL AT D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL, UNIT-8, BHUBANESWAR… THE AIR, THE SURROUNDINGS OF MY SCHOOL WASN’T SO REFRESHING WHEN I CAME BACK AGAIN IN 11TH… YET I HAVE GOT MANY ACHIEVEMENTS IN MY SECONDARY LEVEL AT SCHOOL, LISTING FROM THE CLASS 8TH, I FOUND A CHARM IN THE SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL, BECAUSE THE FRIENDS I HAD GOT WERE “THE BEST” EVER IN MY SCHOOL LIFE…

AFTER I SCORED A 90.4% IN 10TH BOARD EXAM, I HAD A LOT OF OPTIONS OPEN TO WHICH COLLEGE I SHOULD GO TO PURSUE MY SENIOR SECONDARY STUDIES… MOST OF MY FRIENDS WHO WERE IN THE 90% ABOVE LIST WERE GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN THE MOST RECOMMENDED COLLEGE IN BHUBANESWAR, B.J.B. JUNIOR COLLEGE, I DID APPLY IN THAT COLLEGE TOO HAVING FILLED UP MY FORM FOR THE COLLEGE… A 90% ABOVE STUDENT CAN GET INTO THIS INSTITUTION QUITE EASILY… BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING A SENSE OF ATTACHMENT TOWARDS MY SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T ENJOY THE BEST OF IT IN PREVIOUS YEARS… LATER ON, I FOUND THAT THE COMPETITION TO GET INTO B.J.B. COLLEGE WAS A BIT DIFFICULT AS MY NAME DIDN’T APPEAR IN THE FIRST LIST OF SELECTION IN WHICH I MISSED THE LIST BY 2 MARKS… THREE DAYS AFTER THAT, I GOT MY NAME IN THE LIST OF THE D.A.V. PUBLIC SCHOOL, WHERE I WAS SELECTED IN THE LIST OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AS MY 4TH OPTIONAL… GOD!!! I WAS JUST HAPPY ENOUGH TO HAVE ESCAPED FROM THE WORST PERFORMANCE SUBJECTS 1) SOCIAL SCIENCE AND 2) BIOLOGY :)… EVEN THOUGH I SCORED A 94 IN BOTH THE SUBJECTS, I WAS HAPPY THAT I DUMPED ALL THAT IN MY 10TH BOARD EXAM ITSELF AS I COULDN'T MUG UP :D :D :D… NOW WHAT WAS I LEFT WITH IS A LIST OF ALL THE SUBJECTS THAT WERE MY FAVOURITES… SIGH!!... THE SURPRISING THING WAS THAT I GOT MY CALL LETTER FROM THE B.J.B. COLLEGE ON THE DAY OF MY ADMISSION IN D.A.V. :D :D :D… THEN AFTER, A FELICITATION PARTY WAS ORGANISED IN MY SCHOOL FOR THE 90% ABOVE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL, I WAS ALSO ONE AMONG THEM… THAT DAY I MADE A DREAM THAT, I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE RANK HOLDERS OF MY SCHOOL, WHY CAN’T I BE ONE AMONG THEM??? THEN I THOUGHT TO HAVE AN IMPRESSION CREATED AMONG THE TEACHERS ABOUT MY PERFORMANCE IN THE SCHOOL, WHICH LED TO MY FIRST TIME POSITION IN THE RANK HOLDERS OF THE SCHOOL, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND MOVED AHEAD TO SECURE MY RANK OF A SCHOOL TOPPER IN 11TH WITH THE MOST TOUGHEST PAPER EVER SET… THAT WAS STARTING TO ALL THE IMPRESSION AMONG THE TEACHERS ABOUT ME…

WELL, WHEN I JOINED THE SCHOOL I MADE UP MY MIND TO HAVE MANY NEW FRIENDS BESIDES THE OLD FRIENDS WHO WERE THERE WITH ME… BUT WHO KNEW, THESE WERE THE BEST PALS I EVER HAD… THEY WERE SOMETHING WHICH I HAD THOUGHT OF, HOW THEY SHOULD BE AND I REALLY ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY EVEN… I BEGAN TO ENJOY MY SECTION, STARTED GOSSIPING AND PLAYING GAMES WITH THEM… WE HAD ALSO A COMBINATION OF RUGBY IN BASKETBALL, WHERE THERE WAS A BRUTAL PLAY WHERE YOU HAD TO KICK ALL THE GUYS TO PUT THE BALL IN THE BASKET :D :D :D… TOO GOOD A GAME THEN… WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, WE ENJOYED THE GAME VERY MUCH… WELL, ONE OF THEM PROVED TO BE A VERY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS ALSO IN THE LIST OF THE RANKERS OF MY SECTION… TILL DATE, WE HAVE SHARED EVERY THOUGHT WE HAVE AND ALSO ARE STILL IN CONTACT… WE HAD DONE OUR FINAL PROJECTS COMBINEDLY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (WHERE WE MADE A CALENDER OF ANY YEAR), IN PHYSICS (WHERE WE MADE THE EFFECT OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC FIELD), IN CHEMISTRY (WHERE WE FOUND THE AMOUNT OF CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT IN FOOD SUBSTANCES)… THE PHYSICS PROJECT WAS A MASSACRE AS THE COPPER WIRE WASN’T CONDUCTING TOO MUCH, AND WE STROKED THE WIRE WHICH CREATED RIPPLES TO FOOL THE EXTERNAL ABOUT OUR RESULT :D :D :D… HA HA HA!!! VERY FUNNY THEN… BUT I ALWAYS REMEMBER HIS FRIENDSHIP FOR HAVING HELPED ME WHEN I WASN'T SCORING THAT GOOD IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AS IT WAS A COMPLETELY NEW SUBJECT FOR ME…

THE MOST INTERESTING IN THE SCHOOL LIFE WERE THE LAB ASSISTANTS OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, WHO ACTED LIKE DEMI-GODS FOR US… IF THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM, WE WOULD ALWAYS ASK HIM FOR THE HELP TO SORT IT OUT… ONE TIME I WAS TOO CONFIDENT TO HOLD THE TEST TUBE WITHOUT ANY TEST TUBE HOLDER, AND THE REACTION WAS EXOTHERMIC THAT BURNT MY SKIN AS THE SOLUTION SPITTED OUT… THERE AFTER, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT TEST TUBES… AS HE WAS TOO FRIENDLY WITH US, HE EVEN HELPED US TO GET OUR RESULTS DONE… THE FUNNIEST PART WAS IN THE BOARD EXAM, WHEN WE USED TO ASK WHAT WAS THE SALT GIVEN TO US AND SHOW RESULTS FOR THE SAME… TRYING A NUMBER OF TESTS WAS A HEADACHE THEN, THEN WE USED TO PLEAD HIM WHAT WAS OUR SALT FORMULA AND HE WOULD WRITE IN HIS HAND TO SHOW US SECRETLY AND THEN SKIPPING A NUMBER OF TESTS RESULTED IN THE CORRECT OUTPUT OF RESULT; WE ALWAYS THANK HIM FOR THE SAME… SINCE, I WAS POPULAR AMONG THE TEACHERS, IN THE BOARD EXAM OF LAB, WE ASKED WHETHER THE READING OF THE BURETTE WAS CORRECT OR NOT, AND SHE WOULD SAY THIS SHOULD BE THE READING… GOING BACK AGAIN TO WEIGH THE COMPOUND AGAIN WAS VERY DIFFICULT… THE BEST PART WAS TO SET THE READING TO THAT LEVEL AND PUTTING THE REST AMOUNT FROM THE BEAKER TO OBTAIN THAT LIGHT PINK COLOUR IN THE CONICAL FLASK AND THEN TELL THAT THIS WAS THE READING :D :D :D… TOO HAPPY THEN, AS THIS LEADED TO FURTHER CALCULATION… AT THE BACK OF THE DESK WE USED TO BREAK A NUMBER OF TEST TUBES FOR FUN AND KEEP IT INSIDE THE DESK SO THAT NO ONE KNOWS :D :D :D… LOVE THOSE MOMENTS… IN THE PHYSICS LAB, WE GOT OUR RESULTS CORRECTLY SINCE WE REMEMBERED ALL THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE 10 EXPERIMENTS WE HAD (THE SAME THING I DID IN 11TH TOO, WHERE I GOT THE TUNING FORK EXPERIMENT)…

BESIDES THE ACADEMIC CAREER, I WAS TOO MUCH EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED WITH THE BUDDIES OF MY BATCH… EVERY TIME THEY INSPIRED ME TO GO HIGHER, AND BE THE BEST AMONG THE BEST ALWAYS… AT THE TIME OF FAREWELL, I WAS BROKEN TO TEARS, AS THIS WAS THE BEST BATCH EVER, WHO REALLY MADE ME LAUGH A BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED ALL THE TIME… I REALLY NEVER ENJOYED SOMEONE’S FRIENDSHIP, SOMEONE’S WELL WISHES TOO MUCH WHICH TOUCHED MY HEART, WHICH I DIDN'T FEEL AT THE TIME OF MY FAREWELL AT 10TH… THIS WAS A REALIZATION OF PERFECT BATCH FOR ME AND I ALWAYS CHERISH TO BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM ALWAYS :) :) :)…

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  1. salt analysis was indeed a herculean task.....
    All thanks to Pratap bhaina who helped us during the lab tests.. else i would have never been able to figure out the exact salt...
    But the funniest thing is that, when he told me the salt name, i asked him R U SURE U GAVE ME THIS SALT COZ ITS NOT RESPONDIND TO THE TEST....
    LOLZZZZZ.....He looked agrily & said "i gave the salt. how do u expect that i wudnt know?"... lolzzzz

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    1. HA HA HA!!! He indeed helped us and I got a salt which was last in the reactions of acids and bases test... I was worried what to do... If he wasn't there we couldn't have known what was it...

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