GRE series - III

........contd

Day: -1 (Tuesday)
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Sarat Bose Road (Kolkata)
Got a bus to Minto Park from the Howrah railway station. Beside the park is the Sarat Bose Road on which my center was there. I took out the address, it read:
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Prometric Test Center
Prometric Testing Pvt. Ltd.
Flat 1/C, 1st Floor
Sukh Sagar Building
2/5, Sarat Bose Road
Kolkata, India - 700020
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Saw the test center from outside. Filthy building....yakk. The guard didnt allow me to get inside. I moved ahead to find a place to spent the night. Luckily i had taken another address of an inn named Shree. As soon as i get inside, the old guy recognized me.
"You from IIT kgp, right?"
"yup. Can i get a room for a night?"
"Sorry dada, we dont have ne single rooms left"
"ok get me the double room then", i was fuming when he addressed me with 'dada'
"I m extremely sorry,we dont have that too. Every room is already booked"
"So what do u say i must do now"
"We have three quadruple rooms vacant, u can hire that"
"how much is it?"
"Rs 650 only"
"Am i looking mad to u? how do u expect me to hire such an expensive room that too of no use"
"then sorry boss"
"well thank you very much"
I got outside the inn with a blank mind. Whats next. Lemme just have a look around and find another inn. If nothing i can find, Shree inn will be the last option. Coincidentally, two guys, one from my hall and another one uddu,were walking in front of me. I yelled "Kumaresh, is that u?" He turned back and replied
"arre naa maharana, tera to kal afty mein hai naa. abhi se kyun aaya"
"nahin yaar eise hi socha ki kuch ghum fir lunga aur araam farmaunga. kal peacefully exam dene ka iraada hai"
"chal peace hai, kuch rehne ka thikaana hai ki nahin"
"nahin yaar, shree sala m@#@#c#$@, 650 maang raha hai, i was searching for another inn. Have u booked a room beforehands"
"yea, come with me. lets see what can be done"
"sure, thanx"
we went there again. They already booked a double room. I paid a little extra money and got with them.
After having out dinner together, we returned to our room. These two guys were fully prepared and were planning to sleep. It was me who was very nervous as because i didnt memorized the whole 50 word lists. I took out my so called High Frequency Words, and started mugging it. Thats the last option left with me to pass the exam. Looking at me their tempo also rose and they took out their Barron books. These ppl made me psyche. They keep on quesioning each other with so very unknown words that i feel ashamed of giving the exam. Finally, i pulled the blanket over me and bid good-night to them and slept peacefully. However they kept on mugging.

Day: 0 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:00 am
Venue: Shree Guest House
Kumaresh woke me up at 6:30 although i told him not to do so. He is such a jerk. Oops, he is a yr senior to me. sorry. Hope he aint reading this. Neway, i got up and "Holy sshhhhhhit" i forgot my brush. I rushed to a shop nearby and bought a colgate brush. Borrowed some toothpaste from Chandra (another uddu guy with us). Just after that "What the fuck!!" i forgot my comb too. Had a nice and cold bath and then only all my senses returned to their respective places.
These two guys were all ready for the exam. Wished them good-luck and they left. I was in the room alone. I tried to read but i couldnt concentrate. Everytime the only thought came to my mind was what if i couldnt make 1200 score. Monday and Tuesday i gave almost 6-7 practice tests and i could never get more than 1170. That was my standard, i knew it. Then also there was a lil hope that my luck might click just like it did in IIT screening test. Its altogether a different thing, ll come to that some other time. As i couldnt concentrate anymore, i closed all my notes and got prepared to go a temple nearby. I discovered it last night only.

.......To be continued