EXaM FevEr!!!

As my final examinations are going on, I am full of tension and am not able to concentrate on writing something new. I apologize for this and hope you will continue reading......

But I am here to bring your attention to some of my earlier posts related to examinations. Hope you will like them (especially if you had not read them before!). So, here they are:

1. Top 10 Tips for Success in Examinations

These are some valuable tips to reduce exam pressure written with a tinge of humor! Everyone is likely to enjoy this one! It goes like this......

All of a sudden, before the examinations, God in all his manifestations becomes a real hit with the students (especially those brave hearts who believe in studying only a day before the exams).

But as soon as the examinations are over, the short spell of spirituality comes to an abrupt end. The exam may last for a couple of weeks. Unluckily this period seems like a 1000 years! Interestingly, some way or the other, all weddings & parties seem to coincide with the exam time!

Now the patented 100% hit formulae for success in examinations:

1. Start planning your post-exam parties. This will help in maintaining your sanity.

2. Let go all these reality shows and favorite serials till the exams are over.


Continued..... Read full post HERE

2. EXAMS: I am Full of Fear

This was a poem I had written during my half yearly examinations, which goes like this:


I am full of fear

Because my exams are so near

I haven’t studied at all

So I’ll have to sit and study at nightfall


And if I can’t get proper sleep

I’m sure I’ll doze off while writing the answer sheet


So don’t be crazy like me

And study also through tea

Thus if you study throughout the year

You’ll have no examination fear!!


This post can be read HERE


3. Oh, My Test!


This is a silly playful poem written just before a test and it goes like this:


Tomorrow we're having a test

In my least favorite class

I didn’t remember to study

About volume & mass!



As usual I got a zero

But this time I became the star

Because everyone else too

Had got no better than a round scar!!


You can read this HERE.


4. The School Of My Dreams!

This is a recent post about a school with no exams...I have always dreamt of such schools but as hey really do not exist, I wrote a post about it!


Every institution has a head of its own. And my school too has a head mistress. A strict yet kind and compassionate lady! She is a great woman but I have at times dreamt about what would happen if this school was run by me? Oh yes, this is what I’m writing about today!

I can imagine standing on that big podium in front of the mike addressing a number of chattering school girls. My first attempt would be to try to make them silent but after a few tries, I retrieve. After all, I too had been a child. What is the harm in letting these excited girls talk for a few minutes before assembly? They are meeting their friends after a two day weekend and they would have so much to tell! So why not allow them?

Continued...... If you are interested to read more, the entire post can be found HERE.


5. The Test Which Went Down The Drain

This again is a humorous poem wrote about a test which I took (imaginary, of course!). It is like this:


This morning I told my mom

That I couldn’t go to school

But the reason was that I had a History test

So I cried sitting like a fool!



My mom as clever as herself

Declined my plight with a smirk

And I cried out loud in dismay

As if it was an ordinary quirk!



Continued....... The entire poem can be read HERE.


Hope you enjoyed reading these posts. I also feel that reading these posts again relieved some of my tension!! And I'm sure that reading your motivating comment would make me much more confident!

Lots Of Work!

This academic session at my school has come to an end (unfortunately!). Yes, you have guessed it right! This means that my final term examinations are starting in a few days and so I got to study hard….I am digging into my school books these days (something that I should have done throughout the year) and wiping dust from them!

As my exams are nearing, I need a short break from blogging. But instead of keeping complete silence, I will continue posting some short poems or stories, so you all keep visiting! But before that, I should complete some memes that have been pending since a long time! Must say, these guys have such brilliant brains to tag….ME!!!!

The First

The first one is from Anoop at Tales Of A Lone Wolf and a bit tough! As Anoop says, “This is a meme, but a little bit serious and different. There are 10 points, and you are supposed to elaborate on each point.”

I have tried to do my best and here is what I came up with:

(1) It is important to be liked by others:
I can not say a ‘NO’ straight away to this. But I believe it is important that you like yourself and what you are. Until and unless you yourself are not satisfied with the way you are, no one will like you! But I believe it is important to be liked by our teachers and to have a lasting impression on them…especially when they check our answer sheets!

(2) Obedience is a virtue:
I don’t think so….but unfortunately at our school it is. Until and unless obedience dwells from the core of our own hearts, I cannot call it a virtue….but I may be wrong!

(3) People are not malicious but they become so because of bad experiences or circumstances:
Not everyone but yes, some people are a bit malicious. I do not know if it is due to bad experiences or circumstances but yes, such people are not bad in any way but a little less good than the other angels!

(4) Education broadens our view and makes people more humane:
Education of course broadens our view and teaches us the worldly vice but at the end it all depends upon us and upon what we want to derive from our education!

(5) People who have no money troubles are happier:
Money is not the only trouble in life and there are many other problems that a man can face. Look at me….I don’t have any money troubles (Thanks to my parents) but I can not say I am completely happy. I have lots of troubles like school, studies etc….I won’t say they are major problems but you can count them in my ‘troubles’!

(6) As people get older they get wiser:
I can not say so as I haven’t grown much old yet but I do believe that as we get older, we get much more experienced and experience makes a man wiser, they say. (Old is Gold!)

(7) You can live on love and fresh air:
I have no idea about you all, but I can not. What about my chocolates, ice-creams, books, school……. I sure can’t live without these things alone!

(8) There is a celestial guardian angel looking after each one of us:
I believe in this. There is some great power up there to look after each one of us….and He is especially relevant during my examinations!

(9) All living beings reincarnate:
I can only tell you this if I do…….but I do not believe in this!

(10) Heaven and Hell are places you go to after death.
Hey…this is getting stranger…. why think about death when you are still alive? I am happy with my life so I have never thought about this! Sorry….

The Second

The second one is from the chess lover Nikita at Chessalee and a bit unusual tag too. According to the tag, all I have got to do is to pick a book lying nearest to me and open to page 123 of the book and copy down lines 6, 7 and 8.

I have recently finished reading the book ‘Deception Point’ by Dan Brown. It is a fabulous book and fun to read. I’m in awe of Dan Brown about how much courage he has to write and publish this novel! Anyways….. Page 123, lines 6, 7 and 8:

Sexton felt an anger simmering. Now Tench was putting words in his mouth. He tried to counter but Tench was already talking.

“So you’re saying, Senator, for the record, that you would do away with the agency that put men on the moon?”

“I’m saying that the space race is over! Times have changed. NASA no longer plays a critical role in the lives of everyday Americans and yet we continue to fund them as though they do.”

The Third

The next tag is from Vagabond Dreamer at Ravings of a Nomadic Mind. This is a hilarious one. I’m sure you all will enjoy this…I have to answer the questions and create my names with the options given in the brackets!

(1). Your Rock Star Name: (first pet & current car)
Parrot Alto

(2).Your Gangsta Name: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Butterscotch Dark Choclate Chip

(3). Your “Fly Guy” Name: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
M-hna

(4). Your Detective Name: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Blue bird

(5). Your Soap Opera Name: (middle name, city where you were born)
Meghna India

(6). Your Star Wars Name: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Hna-me

(7). Superhero Name: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The green butterscotch shake

(8). Nascar Name: (the first names of your grandfathers)
……..I’m giving this one my own name! MEGHNA

(10).Witness Protection Name: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Na Na

(11). TV Weather Anchor Name: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Jasmine Jaipur

(12). SPY Name: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Winter daffodils

(13). Cartoon Name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Orange Shirtie

(14). Hippy Name: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Cornflakes Mango

(15). Your Rockstar Tour Name: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”)
The Reading Cold Tour!

Hey…this was so much fun! Ahhh…Now I am grumbling about why I did not do this earlier!

The Fourth

The next in line is from Aarthi at Lost In Utopia. Instructions: Remove 1 question from below, and add in your personal question.

(1) Who are the most & most important persons you like to meet in your life?
Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, J.K Rowling and Lord (if He is a person)

(2) Name Three Most Valuable Assets?
Me, my family and my friends.

(3) If you were to be stranded on a deserted island, who are the 3 blog buddies you would take with you?
Um…that’s tough! I could take a whole lot of them so I can’t point out three in particular

(4) Where is the place that you want to go the most?
White House or Parliament House

(5) If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
Living for eternity……..

(6) Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most?
Times when I think "after" I’ve done something wrong..

(7) What are you afraid to lose the most?
My life and friends and family

(8) What would you do if you found a briefcase full of money?
Would give it into the hands of the Police without any hesitation!

(10) List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Aarthi is a great lady: She writes wonderfully; She is very encouraging and She does lots
of tags and memes!

(11) Which type of person do you hate the most?
I do not hate anyone in particular but I do not like someone who says a lot of lies

(12) What is your ambition?
I want to become a renown doctor and for that, I have to study hard! I also dream of becoming a writer someday……

(14) What is the thing that will make you think someone is a bad person?
Nothing as such…

(15) If you could do one thing different in life, what would it be?
Help to save the environment

(16) Something which made u laugh today?
The hilarious jokes of my friends…

(17) How do you deal with a friend who has wronged you?
Not met anyone like that yet!

(18) Name one favorite song of yours.
I like songs by Shakira and Bryan Adams in English and in Hindi I like the songs from Taare Zammen Par! So I can’t name just one.

(19) If you are given a wish, what would you wish for? (MY QUESTION)
Thousand more wishes!

I’m glad I’m finally done with all these tags. As usual, anyone interested in doing any of these tags is free to do so! Hope you all enjoyed this

Got to go now and study hard! Bye…

The Wonderful Summer Days

The gentle summer breeze

The enriching fragrance of flowers

The sound of the bells of the ice-cream van

Everything reminds me of my last summers

What a wonderful time I’d have

Singing songs and playing in the sun

Picking flowers and fruits from the trees

And eating mangoes, which was real fun!

Eating many ice-creams

Eagerly waiting for the ice-cream man to come

We all would shout out in glee

And for the tasty treats we’d run

Ah! I remember those wonderful times

When I look out today

The dark, serene and awfully cold scene outside

Makes me remember that good old summer days!

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The INTERNET Friend!

Ronnie ran home, threw his bag on the floor and before even changing his dress or washing his dirty legs and hands, he excitedly switched on the computer.

"Ronnie dear, lunch is ready. Go wash your face and eat something….Oh Ronnie, change your dress, eat your lunch and then switch on the computer", said the angry voice of Mrs. Stevenson when she entered Ronnie’s room.

But Ronnie turned a deaf ear towards her. He was absorbed in reading the messages flashing on his screen. Mrs. Stevenson sadly shook her head and went away mumbling to herself!

But Ronnie did not care! All he wanted to do now was to read the messages that Alexander Mortail was sending….

Just a week before, Ronnie had found a social networking site and he too had followed the craze and joined in! It was here that Ronnie read Alexander’s profile and they became friends. He discovered that Alexander and he had lots of things in common, like their love for ice-creams and chocolates, the Age Of Empire Game, chess, reading etc. They both were in the same classes and of the same age. This made things furthermore exciting!

Like usual, Ronnie and Alexander were excitedly talking about the next level in the AOE game when Alexander suddenly said that he was not like all the other people on Earth! This made the curious chap Ronnie excited! His imagination began to soar and he dreamt that Alexander was an alien from Mars…with two antennas and huge bulging eyes!

“Then who are you?” typed the excited and trembling hands of Ronnie…eagerly waiting for an answer!

“Hey..I got to go! Talk to you tomorrow! Same time and tomorrow I will also unveil my secret!” replied Alexander!

Ronnie did not get a wink of sleep for the whole night! He dreamt about who Alexander was..was he an alien or a boy with supernatural powers like Spiderman or Batman or was he…was he…something really different from what he thought?

Finally the great day arrived. Ronnie excitedly stared at the computer screen. There was nothing in it! Suddenly Alexander replied…a strange message flashed there!

“Switch on the television. Flick to the WWN (World Wide News) channel and you will see me there!” Alexander said!

Surprised at this strange reply Ronnie turned on the television! He flicked channels.. waiting impatiently to find WWN. After some time of changing channels and surfing through the channels...black and white movie, Cartoon Network....WWN! Here it was!

Ronnie couldn’t believe he was in his senses. Before him sat a skinny looking boy on a wheelchair, who had a smile etched on his pale face. He introduced himself as Alexander Mortail!

Alexander Mortal was a physically challenged boy. He was from a wealthy family but his parents could do nothing for his illness. Alexander had lost both his legs and one hand in a car accident and since then, he had been using a wheelchair! He had tried to join normal schools but the kids sneered at him and made fun of his physical inability.

But one day, Alexander’s father bought him a computer. It was then that he learnt about the internet…

He left school and started taking online lessons. He also joined many social networking sites where he made friends with many kids who shared the same passion with him for games and chocolates. He was just like another ordinary internet freak in the virtual world but not in reality!

“I am obliged to be using the internet. I have made many friends who share the same passion as me and do not make fun of my disability. It has provided me with a place to interact with normal kids and talk to them as an ordinary boy” Alexander said in the interview with tears dwelling in his eyes….

Ronnie stared in astonishment at what he saw and heard. He too broke into silent tears after hearing that Alexander did not have a long time to live as the other bones in his body had also been infected and were degrading day by day. Ronnie decided to continue talking to Alexander till he was there…

“I loved your interview!” wrote Ronnie…so how many chocolates did you eat today…I ate 7…………….they continued chatting but they did not know that tears were glistening as the shimmering moonlight on the cheeks of both boys!

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An Exciting Short Story Contest

Hi friends, I have an exciting news to tell you today! I am a member at the Writers And Writing group in Blog Catalog! This group is a fabulous place to meet other experienced and amateur writers and discuss our problems, writings and topics with each other!

One of the members of this group is organizing a wonderful short story contest! It is free for one and all. This will be an exciting contest and I will be sure to take part!

Claire at Bebo Author is organizing this online writing contest! She has divided it into two categories:

1. for children below eighteen

2. for eighteen and above! (Makes that easier for me!).

She has a bunch of exciting prizes like Amazon card vouchers, gifts etc. Wow!

This is a great venture by Claire! There is also an eminent panel of judges who would judge all the entries. You can read the details of the contest here. You can send any entry ranging from comedy to horror or mystery to fiction! There is no theme or particular word limit, though the story should be of a minimum 1,000 words!

I wish Claire good luck for this fascinating venture and hope there will be many more entries! Any of you who want to participate is free to do so! By the way, you can also send even a published story and she says it's o.k to send more than one entry! Remember: the last date for the entry is 21st March.

So get ready guys…arm yourself with a pen and sheet of paper and let your imagination soar!