9 atm

All good things occasionally come to an end and yes the end just came.
After writing the bloody friggin icse boards and scoring a 92+ I thought all hardships was at an end….but no something else was at stake. And it was my mind. Now I’m trapped between things which lead to things which can cause things to sprout up like bananas (bananas never sprout up that easy…..still...).

The day had finally arrived on 20th May (the day had previously arrived on 15th May, and 17th May). It was 3pm and the results were out. Unfortunately for me……my results had to be informed to me through phone calls and SMS due to bloody Virtumondes lurking in my PC. When I heard the marks I was stunned. Finally all my hard work had paid off (daily 2 hrs study, 10hrs sleep, 2 hrs eating, 2hrs things, 8hrs school and rest of the time indulged in nice things such as blowing up heads and firing ion cannons). I was happy with the results. Then the question aroused from somewhere behind my head “What NEXT??”……………It was my brother asking me questions. I kept mum.

At night I phoned a kid from my class and figured out that everyone was headed out for Brilliant Tutorials……….yippeeeeeeeee….I thought that it would be a good idea. He had requested me to reach there before 9 or else the officer would go out shitting. I reached there at 9 with another guy who is too good to be my friend. And there it was. The Brilliant ‘pettikada’ in front of me. Bad news. It was closed. I roamed about and it was 9:45 when the good guys came along and open the crappy jammed doors. We went in and there it was……………a notice board with all brilliant crap on it. A dude came and told things to which we replied. Now my friend had opted for medicine and he told there was some AIPMT classes and I had told him all-India, so he told me AIEEE. We collected registration forms and as we walked out familiar faces went past. They all were there for IIT classes………..IIT?? What were they thinking? I asked them and got the answer. Almost 70% were there due to constant pressure from parents and 20% due to self will and 10% just based on hope (the fess for IIT training is around 70,000 Indian urupikas). And finally I found a guy who was there for AIEEE training…………it was just a single guy………..and I would be the second guy………bleah…I am going to pay 27000 Indian urupikas to sit alone with a friggin guy…….go to hell.

As I walked away from there towards the nearby theater………….only two words were in my head “What NEXT??” and this time it was my dear friend asking me……..I said “Nothing….. ”. But still the question remained in my head WHAT NEXT…………there is too much at stake too many tuitions……..too many courses………….too much stuff.