Sleep, WC's and lessons...

For the major part of the last ten years, I've used the Indian style WC, squat 'n all. But when I came here, I was surprised to see that the washrooms on our floor only had European style WC's. This has been a constant source of trouble for me in the last month. I'll shortly come to the reason why.

No amount of sleep, however much, is adequate for me. I always get up sleepy and looking for more sleep. And to top it, I have a hereditary ability to sleep at any possible place/occassion. I can sleep while talking on phone, standing in the bus, sitting in a class(no big deal!), or even while eating. And there is a huge amount of sleep-deprivation/sleep-debt around the time of quizzes which compounds the problem.

So what happened yesterday was that I went to answer the nature's call at 8:00 AM and to my horror, it was 8:55 AM when I got back. I was not constipated, I guessed it would have been sleep again. The European WC is inherently sleep inducing because of its very comfortable(!) posture. Sitting on it, someone like me can easily drift from the state of early-morning-semi-consciousness to deep slumber. And once I slept, I had no natural way to be awakened. And I got up only when there was slamming on the door.

All said, if it had been an Indian WC, as I have experienced in the past, the moment you sleep, there is an imbalance and you wake up with a start (This is how I explain the utility of the tap-close-to-the-floor, it helps in regaining balance!). A possible alternative could be Indian style squatting on the European WC but the risk of injury and the probability of waking up with feet in a wrong place is very high. (My floor-mates might kill me for even thinking this!).

Anyway I've learnt my lesson, I make it a point to use the Indian style WC on the floor below, I'm much better off, I get to my classes on time and catch an odd nap as well...

Hypotheses... Again!

I had an 'Organization Behaviour' quiz today. It had fifty objective questions. Last night, As I was going through the huge amount of suggested readings, the importance of the guy who'd sit next to me just occured to me.

It basically consisted of two possibilities

1. I sit with a bright student... Copy, good marks, well done!
2. But the second possibility, having to sit with a 'not-so-bright' student(NSB) was quite disturbing!

I planned hard and came up with some kind of a strategy. The quiz was supposed to consist of True/False type Q's. Given the fact that the guy sitting alongside me being an NSB, it wouldn't have made conventional sense to copy from him but...

Giving it a thought, I found out that this NSB guy, like all NSB guys had a high probability of failing, and here-in lay my opportunity!

Considering that if I just reversed his answer (NSB-False => Me-True and vice-versa), my probabilty of passing would be equal to NSB's failing. Almost inevitable. Period. And If I managed a seat with a Not-at-all-bright, it would be a bonanza as I could then expect really good marks.

But unlike many others, I believe in the common-good. In such a case, I would then let the NSB/NAAB to copy from me, as it would then mean that both of us end up having good marks!

Working backwards,

1. It is easily seen that one never needs to study for True/False kind of tests!
2. If one can't manage a seat with a bright-one, a seat with a not-so-bright one is equally good!

sic...

The great depression...

A friend pointed out last night that my public profile with PlaceComm showed my CAT percentile as 74.4 (which is my graduation percentage). What I'm not is how I'm now perceived.

Need divine intervention!

Sigh...

do i look like one?

Kicked out of class...

count=0;
count++;

;-)

Guess...

a) a trek in a rain forest...
b) or a trek to... ?



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