Teetering on the brink. It has been more than a month since I last played football and I have watched almost every football match aired on the television during this period.

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The green turf, the ‘firm’ ball, the frenzied crowd – orgasmic isn’t it ?

I NEED TO PLAY !! 

This begs the question, what am I doing here, why am I doing this ? Why ? It has been close to two months since I have been reading about ‘technology’. Trying desperately to ‘photograph’ whatever I have read and give a ‘print out’ or an audio byte to anybody who cares enough to listen and give me ’marks’ instead.

Oh, and I have marks alright - deep gashes on my soul. Now isn’t that dramatic ? Obviously I am going overboard with my wailing, I cannot overlook that fact that I am too ‘Comfortably Dumb’ to care.  

But seriously, I am up till my throat with the Motors, Generators, Armatures, MMFs, Biased Transistors, Unbalanced T-Networks, Shortest Path (to madness) Algorithms, Dependent (on my blood) Energy Sources, Operational Amplifiers (amplying that NOISE !!), Foster’s Net-(trapped in them)-Works, Rotating (oo, its all going round and round) Machines, Field Effect (-ing my mental health) Transistors and the absolute ‘WORKS’.

Q. Why are 3-phase motors better than single phase motors ?  

A. Ahem, because I know only about the latter, and you are better of with the devil you know rather than going with the devil you don’t, and in the words of U2

“What you don’t have, you don’t need it know
What you don’t know, you can feel some how .. “

I have been singing that song to myself before a few exams. Ok, some exams. Alright many exams. Fine, ALL !!
I can keel over at this very instant. The fatigue, oh it is a silent bugger, catches up with one ever so slowly and shackles one down oh so swiftly. It is a heavy mental and physical fatigue that I carry. Stand back ladies and gentllemen this ENGINE is NEARING COLLAPSE.

Q. State and prove the causes IN DETAIL for the Engine’s collapse. (saade baraah number) 

Q. Draw a neat and well labelled diagram along with a schematic representation for the steps taken to ensure the stability of any point of the Engine. (saade baraah number)

Dream Question : Q. List the advantages and disadvantages of anything. Any-rotten-thing. Random (saade baraah number) 

I can radiate a signal, similar in strength, to the one Ford Prefect gave out to the Barman the day Arsenal were going to be thrashed. (Sigh ! Chelsea lost – I am getting disillusioned with the club – a wave of dimwits now pronounce themselves as Chelsea supporters).

In the words of the Manfucturing Processes practicer Sid – ” I ain’t playing any more !! “
” Where is the exit gate ? “ I ask. ” It is a revolving door, you will come right back, ” answers Trek alias Trev OR Rahul (Where are my Car keys ?? !!) Bonjour.

Hrmf, 2 more to go before this semester of engineering and another semester of life draws the blinds on itself. I hate it when I am in a pensieve mood, I leak thoughts. The semester moves on, I don’t. Not yet anyway.

The green grass, the ‘firm’ ball, the frenzied crowd must wait.