This is a story of mine, it began when it was my first day of exam. I was really nervous and my exam was at 3pm. As always I only study the day before my exam so I there was a huge list to revise and some to learn newly as I have never touched these chapters before. I would study properly only during my exams. I would stay awake whole night and take a nap before going to the exam hall. So,
my mom stayed awake for me till 4am and she brewed strong coffee for me which was enough to wake the dead and it felt that I could burry myself in my notes.
By 5 am, I had memorized half of the syllabus and it felt that I have got the hang of it. I stayed awake till 12 pm and after finishing the whole syllabus there was still time and I always do this kind of thing sleeping before going to the exam hall. Because if I don't then I would not be able to focus during exam time. I was already half asleep as I could not keep my eyes open anymore no matter how much water I have splashed in my eyes. So, I told myself “Just rest for 1 hour, it's gonna be a power nap."
Oh, what a beautiful lie.
I set my alarm for 1pm which is enough time to reach the exam hall. Then I closed my eyes and it felt like few seconds passed and I was dreaming that building were collapsing because of earthquake it was so scary that I woke up, then saw my mom was shaking me for a while calling my name but I was sleeping like a dead. Then she asked me "Why are you still sleeping? Did your exam got cancelled?", then I asked her "What was the time?" She replied "it's 2:45 pm."
It felt like I was having a mini heart attack. My brain yelled, “Why didn't my alarm work?” I checked my phone and realized I had set alarm in my calculator! Like seriously, I was so sleepy I didn't realize that it was not the app of alarm. I was feeling dumb and had no time to think further.
I jumped up so fast my toe smashed into the bed corner. It felt like the world was gonna end. After wearing uniform, I started to run like an athlete which was nothing new. At first I couldn't find any rickshaws then suddenly I saw a ray of hope, a rickshaw puller came.
I asked him to move faster as I'm already delayed for the exam, and I screamed at the top of my lungs.
He replied, “Then you should've started your journey earlier.”
He was right but I felt like crying.
My luck was not in my favor at all the traffic had to happen that day it was like an action movie. As my home was not very far away I finally had reached the gate at 3:20 pm. I was sweating, it looked like I had escaped from an asylum. The guard was not letting me in as the exam had already started 20 minutes ago.
Luckily it was not a board exam so I could manage him easily. I told him how much I have studied hard all night and my alarm didn't work.
He smiled at me as if I was making an excuse because most of the student has used this method as their excuse but for me it happened for real. But he didn't trust my words and still he let me in.
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. My friends were walking out with me, I felt like a survivor of war. Because in last few minutes I was writing so fast that I couldn't recognize my own hand writing. I don't know why it happens, suddenly in the last moment I can recall all of the answers but not enough time.
One of my friend saw me and said, “Hey, what you were writing? I couldn't copy because It seems like a cockroach had a run-in with your sheets.”
The others started to laugh, I also laughed because it was true.
Another friend asked, "Where were you? didn't see you."
I replied, “I was fighting my own battle against sleep.”
That day, I had learned my lesson small naps will betray me faster than the bad Wi-Fi connection. If you rely on alarms like me then you will wake up wondering, “Who sent me? What have I done?”
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Oh are you saying the village people because of the rickshaw? 🤔 We always use rickshaw in the cities haha. Yeah thanks to my mom she woke me up otherwise she would be the one scolding me for failing my exams for not attending lol. 😁
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