The Life and Times of Exams.

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Being that time of the year again when the pimples have a festival on my face, my eyes have sunk into their sockets while bags (not the shopping kind) make their appearance under them, my alarm goes off at odd hours and every break I have results in a trip to the fridge or sweet cupboard... Exam studying sure is a memorable period in ones' life yet that isn't even the half of it.

Stress is the very least of my issues; food shuts it up temporarily. My attempts at keeping my eyes open while staring at a book with a million words crammed into a page (I am a great exaggerator) makes me want to tear my hair out (God, save the little that's left)...Exam time, I tell you.

The first paper is always the one you see people walk into with a smile and out with a shake of their head. All I hear is them scurrying to find their buddies. "How was the exam?", "What was your answer for question 2.3.4.3.2.4?", "Ah damn, I should have put that."...Exam fever sure brings out the inner nervous wreck.

Night and day, day and night, I sit pondering about what needs to be learnt. Facebook. Twitter. Email. I check constantly - anything to keep my distance from that thing we call a book.

And then finally the last paper arrives... in with a nervous frown, out with a smile!

'Til then though, the books shall be my closest companion...