Debating Matters ?

Hello there ! Its been a long time since i last updated my blog. There has been a lot happening of late. I gave the OET(Online Elimination Test) for Debating Matters India alongwith my friend Pathikrit Ghosh of XII A with assistance from some people of XI standard, namely Ruchira Paul, Isha Sen, the "GABBY" Abhishek Majumdar and the nerdish Neha Ghatate. The topic was "Man not Machines, should explore the space." Of course as always the homework on the subject was done shabbily by me atleast and even after having a discussion on a decided day, nothing satisfactory came out of it. This test was given by me on 21st August 2010 and the deadline for the same was 25th August 2010. On the anointed day, we all gathered in the computer room and were raring to go but just when we made an attempt to connect to the internet ( we had planned to give the test online rather than offline), the mishap happened. The modem simply won't budge as the User Id and Password of the PPPoE log in were messed up with. After some damage control, sanity prevailed and we set about our task. We first downloaded Mozilla Firefox which is a much better internet browser (except for its soporific start-up time) as compared to the now obsolete Internet Explorer. We had to adhere to a time limit of 70 minutes within which we had to answer five questions. the nature of the question very well indicated whether a for or against stand had to be taken for the same. We started off with a bang but ended with a whimper. All the initial enthusiasm was consumed in the ensuing chaos that prevailed. there was this mad rush to answer all questions at one go. The one man who had been the most vocal in our discussion and claimed to be a quintessential space aficionado (truly so to a certain degree) i.e. Mr. Pathikrit Ghosh seemed lost to me. I was visibly unimpressed and dissatisfied too with myself and the group as well for being so lackadaisical in our approach. One mere glimpse of the question should have given every one of us enough idea on how to go about with the answer. However, it only sounds good on paper. In practicality everybody seemed to rummage through their prepared "NOTES" at the eleventh hour and the result (which checked a couple of days ago) didn't came much of a surprise as we hadn't been shortlisted while the Shrikrishna nagar branch had made the cut for the second year in succession. However, as many aphorisms suggest, there was this need to draw positives out of this experience. What i learnt from the aforementioned drama was that planning is a must in whatever you do. Silly though it may seem, but even entertainment or fun can be maximized when organized to perfection. Time constraints hinder me from being to verbose which is my inherent asset. This is me wishing all the very best to all those who evince interest in going through my blog.