The Rain-Holiday Paradigm

Rainy days are sometimes the best days to hit the beach. Seems like school's
recognize that! 

I'm sorry, but I simply need to talk about this. It's kinda the weirdest phenomenon and iv'e never seen this NOT happen.
So picture yourself lazing around at home, doing nothing basically except dreading the inevitable school day tomorrow. Of course it's raining outside but you don't get your hopes high. Then as it turns to night it gets cloudier and cloudier but suddenly stops raining altogether. Only for it to resume in the wee hours of the morning.

That's where the situation was this morning. As usual I would wake up, slowly trudge out of bed and get on with my life. Here's where it changes. This would be the usual routine on a rain-holiday. First you would get an SMS from some friend of your who seems to have his eyes perceptually glued to the TV screen-

New Message from "X"
Today Holiday. Chk Sun news. 
sent 6:42 AM

Now we're talkin'! So as natural as it may seem I go switch on the TV screen. There's this flash news thingy that goes along the bottom of the screen. After those flashes appear two or three times I'm finally able to decode what's written there. ( Spare me and my slow Tamil reading skills :))

Now, all we need is a school confirmation...I'm still kinda jobless. Then-

New Message from "Y" 
Yeah! We got a holiday! 
sent 6:50 

Alright. I get it. These text message go on for a lil' bit more time. Then I get bored and start sending some of my own. All this brings us to the school's message-

New Message from Yokibu
2-12-2010 is a holiday for students from class I to XII. 
sent 7:05

And just as that message comes in, as weird as it may be, the rain simply ceases. Very interesting phenomenon I should say. I'm not complaining though. It's just as if the rain hates school as much as any other random school kid. And now I'm pretty sure the sky is blue again. I'll be damned if it isn't.

To a wonderful sun-filled holiday!- Sudharshan!

Caught In That Swirling Vortex Of Work

Don't blame me for the pessimism but really, It's never a good thing when the educational board takes drastic decisions overnight.  And now we have all become test dummies to a litmus test over a two year period. Of course, India strives for educational excellence. Needless to say, their giving it all they've got. But, this is not the way to go...

This year turns out to be one hectic one. I mean, tests around every corner- activities everywhere.( Trust me, I don't hate all of them, but there ARE some that get on my nerves.) So, this is the CCE? 

A letdown really, considering how awesome the other years for Xth grade were....

But there really is nothing stopping this year from turning awesome as well, is there? In fact, apart from the STUDY quotient this year has been a blast! 

Debates aplenty, the WSDC debating scene is picking up! ( Shout-out to RAMCO- you guys rock!) That seems to take up a lot of time on weekends with workshops and what not. Which...is a good thing! 

Then again MUN's are set to kick off! Starting with SANMUN on the 21st, not to forget SISHMUN- it's bound to be fun! ( This post has been brought to you by the delegate of NIGER and PAKISTAN :P ) 

Not to forget the Basketball games we have in store! Starting with the KFI tourney that just got over! That was just amazing fun! Lot of it derived out of the fact it was in KFI. Plus, a learning experience too!

So, more to come! It's not like 10th is a flop or anything. It's nothing near a flop! Wish the CCE could just vanish :) 

Sudharshan....