93.6....

.....is now stamped on my forehead. Honestly, I never expected such grades from my tenth, and  I'm really surprised. 


Tenth has been, by far, the MOST eventful year of my academic life. New friends, new enemies and much more quizzing. :) I'll remember:

• Winning Aqua Regia. When our names were called upon stage, the feeling of exuberation and pure fricking crazy joy. I don't think I'll get that feeling again, even if my future achievements were even bigger. 
• All the countless exams I'd attended. Looking back now, I feel stupid thinking how meticulously I wrote them. 
• Centum in Maths. I'd NEVER gotten close to even a 98 in Maths in all the many exams I'd previously written. Got it when it really mattered.
• The "District-level" competitions. (note quotations :P)The first time I'd ever got a first prize for drumming, that too when competing with all the other categories of instruments. 
• Turning up at infinite number of quizzes. Winning a few. 
• Watching a humongous number of movies. 
• The world cup. The jersey I wore whenever India played. The madness. The semi-final. I actually sent my tutor back home so that I could watch it.
• Getting high on The Beatles and Porcupine Tree tracks. :)
• Getting my FIRST article published in the papers. And yes, unedited. ^_^
• The Chennai trip for the AR regionals. That's a story to be told some other day.
• Phineas and Ferb, Dexter, HIMYM, Castle, Bones, Californication and Modern Family.
• The many scrabble games with Dad. Winning a few, mind you.
• The FIFA world cup. I still remember watching the cracker of a match that was Ghana vs. Uruguay till 4 AM. I hate Luis Suarez.

Sigh. Memories. :)