Need for Speed!
Every man has his own quirks and twists" (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
It all started when I was in class Xth I guess...
Asked this close friend during a random conversation, ''Hey, do you think I have started speaking very fast?''. And she just smiled at the absurdity of the question. I took the answer as positive!
And since then, there has been no looking back (lol!). My speed at most things kept increasing in leaps and bounds! And the picture is like this now -
(a)I speak fast.
(b)I write fast.
(c)I walk fast.
(d)I read text real fast (provided it interests me).
(e)And yeah....I think : I think fast! :D
And its funny many a times! Quirky I mean!
(a) Well everyone I talk to knows this by now. I do take pauses at appropriate places. Its just the part between two fullstops,commas and semicolons that comes out fast!
I like it this way only! I don't really enjoy conversations with people who take ages to speak those could-have-been-said-in-a-second sentences! Dont loathe anyone as a person, its just the way they speak! It somehow is indicative of the slow thought process in them, I feel. Nevertheless, I take it as a step towards perfecting my listening skill :P
And as I've learnt from countless vivas as a student - You just dont have to talk fast..Decibels too matter!
(b) That helps in many ways, you know. Surely helps me survive in this Med school - the Best substantiation for Charles Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection - where survival of the
(c) Clearly remember how this classmate said - 'I always see you running around in college premises. What's the hurry?' Well, can't help it now..I am used to and loving this speed :D
And then again, I loathe folks who trudge around! Worse off - folks who look down + trudge around!
(d) I'm so used to this now : My friends interrupting me during those 'combined-study' sessions, just to say- 'Yogi, why on earth are you running with this?'( I'm the one who is doing the reading part! ). And we would just laugh it off! :D
You know it'd take ages to read that fat book otherwise! :P
(e) I feel really great to be blessed with this! Directly connected to (a) and (b).
But...does land me into problem at times - unable to stop myself from blurting out those 'fancy' terms in front of examiners many a times, e.g :
Professor - ''Elaborate on importance of telomeres.''
Me- ''Telomeres, sir, are ends of chromosomes containing short, repeat TG-rich sequences. The enzyme telomerase is responsible for their synthesis. Telomerase, thus, maintains the length of telomeres in our body normally. Telomere shortening is associated with aging, sir...and malignant transformation too''
[Aging would have sufficed but dont know when those four words 'and malignant transformation too' came out from my mouth! So now the viva drifted towards exact molecular change in telomere in malignant transformation! You should have seen that 'evil' grin on professor's face! I was dumbstruck!]
No matter what they say..
Speed cuts crap!
Speed saves time!
We need speed..
yeah... need for speed... take the lead...!!!!!!! well thinking fast and thinking too much is one of my probs also... and walking ... well i could have been a champion if there was a 'cross-hospital' walking race... well its nt a problem... docs should be quick... afterall its the matter of life and death at times.... donno why people have problem with dat... may be coz they are slow... catch up guys!! one short life to live... dont waste time otherwise it wastes you !! just pause at times to see if everything's fine... lolz(esp. at viva voce) :-)
ReplyDeleteyou are too fast in thoughts also but just for one day take a rest and do everything a bit slowly even thinking also and write a post on that....
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