It really is surprising to note that four letter words play a very important role in our lives. Call it co-incidence or superstitiousness or crap [ another four letter word :-) ]. The very word life also happens to be a four-letter word. When things happen to go your way, people around you would say to themselves that its all due to luck. Similarly when things aren't going the way you'd like them to be, they'll just call it bad-time. It's the permutation and combination of all these factors that decide yet another four-letter word - FATE.
It's pretty common that four-letter words are used to shower abuses on others & we've got a cluster of words to make up that list. But one word that every student dreads the most & would love to avoid is exam. The mental stress that one undergoes in that particular phase during every semester is just indescribable. It is every student's desire to flush out the concept of exams from the curriculum. But life would be best only if it were like a roller coaster ride. Afterall, it's challenges like these that bring out the best in a person. To chase my dreams, I had to take up not one but two exams namely the GRE and TOEFL.
Having done with the exams, I thought the path was clear & the stage was set for my dreams t o come true. It was then that I realized that the exams were just stage one of one hell of a long process. So what was going to be next in the list ? The acronym that I hate the most - SOP. I had to spend sleepless nights preparing this wretched document, which many say, decides your admit. Another word that I'd like to curse is the word ~ reco in short for recommendation letter. Gee, I had to cook up stories to get the most prized document in my application package. So what's so special about this document ? It's one of those rare documents where you have your staff showering heaps of praises on you !!! Special indeed . . . Dispatching the application packages was another major headache that I had to deal with. The numerous address, envelopes, transcripts . . . Oh my God ! I'm glad that I'm done with this thing.
The most annoying four-letter word according to me is the word - wait. Any student having applied for his/her Masters would agree with me. As the saying goes, Patience is the greatest of all virtues. Alright, but the wait for an admit just seems everlasting. To make matters worse, if a known fella happens to get an admit before you do, that's it. To put it this way, all hell breaks loose. We would ve been very confident during the time of applying but as days pass by, the confidence dwindles gradually and desperation sets in. During this period of inquietude, the first thing that one does after geting up in the morning is to switch on the computer & log into their mail account. Your heart skips a beat for a second when you read the message - You have 1 unread message, only to find that its some useless forward from one of your friends. Or when you read the message - You have 0 unread messages, the vexation swells further & the instant reaction would be to bang your fists on the keyboard giving vent to your distress. I pity the keyboard for it has to bear all the frustration.
As of now, the vapid stage is on and I continue to wait for that elusive e-mail stating "Congratulations !!! You have been admitted to our university. " Hmmm . . . Wonder when I'm ever gonna get one such e-mail. Only time will tell !!! I remember Madhuri singing " Dhak Dhak Karne Laga . . . ' for a different reason though, but mine's definitely going Dhak Dhak for this reason :-) . . .
It's pretty common that four-letter words are used to shower abuses on others & we've got a cluster of words to make up that list. But one word that every student dreads the most & would love to avoid is exam. The mental stress that one undergoes in that particular phase during every semester is just indescribable. It is every student's desire to flush out the concept of exams from the curriculum. But life would be best only if it were like a roller coaster ride. Afterall, it's challenges like these that bring out the best in a person. To chase my dreams, I had to take up not one but two exams namely the GRE and TOEFL.
Having done with the exams, I thought the path was clear & the stage was set for my dreams t o come true. It was then that I realized that the exams were just stage one of one hell of a long process. So what was going to be next in the list ? The acronym that I hate the most - SOP. I had to spend sleepless nights preparing this wretched document, which many say, decides your admit. Another word that I'd like to curse is the word ~ reco in short for recommendation letter. Gee, I had to cook up stories to get the most prized document in my application package. So what's so special about this document ? It's one of those rare documents where you have your staff showering heaps of praises on you !!! Special indeed . . . Dispatching the application packages was another major headache that I had to deal with. The numerous address, envelopes, transcripts . . . Oh my God ! I'm glad that I'm done with this thing.
The most annoying four-letter word according to me is the word - wait. Any student having applied for his/her Masters would agree with me. As the saying goes, Patience is the greatest of all virtues. Alright, but the wait for an admit just seems everlasting. To make matters worse, if a known fella happens to get an admit before you do, that's it. To put it this way, all hell breaks loose. We would ve been very confident during the time of applying but as days pass by, the confidence dwindles gradually and desperation sets in. During this period of inquietude, the first thing that one does after geting up in the morning is to switch on the computer & log into their mail account. Your heart skips a beat for a second when you read the message - You have 1 unread message, only to find that its some useless forward from one of your friends. Or when you read the message - You have 0 unread messages, the vexation swells further & the instant reaction would be to bang your fists on the keyboard giving vent to your distress. I pity the keyboard for it has to bear all the frustration.
As of now, the vapid stage is on and I continue to wait for that elusive e-mail stating "Congratulations !!! You have been admitted to our university. " Hmmm . . . Wonder when I'm ever gonna get one such e-mail. Only time will tell !!! I remember Madhuri singing " Dhak Dhak Karne Laga . . . ' for a different reason though, but mine's definitely going Dhak Dhak for this reason :-) . . .
5 comments:
oh man thats so true!!..esp the part of checking the mail first thing right after jumpin out of bed..lol ;-)
'Cool' 'dude'...,
'Wish' u 'LUCK'
'hope' d 'mail' comes 'soon' :)
yo..well said..this interminable wait is nerve-wracking..
ha ha very true heard some of ur friends have got de admin so soon....but tryin to relax myself since they opted for diff department....hope everyhing is fine..do not expect...if u start expectin then u have to start killin time...just free it and have fun.
Well worded deal pal. I was lookin for a certain other 4 letter word that seemed rather elusive in the entire write-up. Besides get that HOD thing out of the picture, some 1 checks it by mistake n u will surely get JACK-ed .... Replace JACk with the choicest words. It will convey the SAME meaning ;)
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