The Best Exam of My Life !

Today, I gave the best exam of my life. A mid-semester test it was on Optical Communication Systems counting 20% towards the semester marks. I put in a lot of hard work towards my preparation. That is around, 4 hours. I felt semi-confident, unmotivated and absolutely shattered. I dragged my feet to the lecture theatre, found a place next to a psycho exchange student and realised ...."I didn't get my calculator". Unlike lesser beings who might have panicked, I took it upon my stride. Instead of kicking myself, I forgave myself for making the mistake for the first time in my life. As I pondered over the consequesnces, I was handed the question sheet and the answer script.
It was absolutely brilliant. 90% of it was sums. I was thrilled. Moreover, they were multiple choice questions, which meant I would get no marks for working. But the 'Never Give In' spirit kicked in again.
I proceeded to work on the brain-rattlers, and went though them......funnily I knew each and every answer, I just didn't have the tool to get to them. I tried borrowing the calculator from Mr. Unpronouncable-French Name, who curtly declined. So, there i was, sitting like a fool with people calculating everything all around me while I tried a variety of time-killing methods (chewing my nails, scratching my back with the pencil, throwing pens around and picking them up). The invigilator (also happens to be my Project Supervisor), notices something wrong and asks me what it is. I told him what it was. He coaxed Mr. Unpronouncable-French Name to share the calculator with me.
Anyways, I don't honestly think I will pass. But there are a lot of parallels to draw from this. You see around yourself, people always 'pretending' to be busy. Beiing 'busy' seems to be a type of fashion nowadays. As if being idle was a crime or something. Come on, I know loads of people whom I never saw working but who accomplished far more in life than you or me will ever do. People walk up to me and tell me, Ushi, it is time you started studying. I know that too, thank you. But what I am missing is the tool.....the tool which can get me to work and make my work successful.