EXAMS and ELECTIONS!

When one has exams between 2:00-5:00 P.M in the afternoon in the month of March, one should realize that it ain’t going to be easy. And one knew that…the heat, the scorching sun, the water missing from the water bottles, the power cuts at the exam centre would only be the insignificant problems when compared to the EXAM itself. But boy, was one wrong! This year around, a brand new problem joined the “league of the problems”. Whoever thought that democracy would one day be a pain? That something that’ll decide the country’s future would hamper the present? Oh yeah, one is talking about the ELECTIONS and the hullabaloo that comes with it. [Is it just this time around, or has there been as much hype for elections all along?]

One is asked the reason for making such statements? Well, this is why. The routine of reaching the examination centre before time turned into a frantic-panic-stricken struggle to get there on time on more than one occasion during the exams this year. Everyday, there was a new reason for the mad run to the centre. It began with the election campaign [speeches for the poor on Day1, women on Day2 and youth on Day 3], then came the filing of the nominations and finally arrived the celebrities to endorse the nominee. One questions why all of this is to happen while the exams are going on and pat comes the reply that the elections are more important than the measly exams [Yay!! Something more important than the all-sucking exams!] And that one should have started early considering one knew about this. Well, one did exactly that. But starting almost three hours early for a journey that takes an hour tops and yet having to make the maddening dash should not have been a problem at all when there still was the EXAM to be written.

There probably are a trillion better ways in which one could have handled the said problem, but all one wants to do right now is fume about it. The parties that were responsible for this have definitely lost a few brownie points from all of one’s friends and one, because yes, one can vote in this election!! But one also realizes that voting is a huge responsibility and ought to be taken seriously. That one should place the power in the hands of the right people. So all those eligible to vote, should vote in the coming elections and bring the change that is needed. Like a certain Mr. Obama says, YES.WE.CAN! And we should.

Anyway, all’s well that end’s well. The exams are over and one survived them. Now, all there is to do is VOTE!

Current Mood: Contemplative
Current Music: Muse-Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You