The way things are...
Well there was no hope. It was all over. Kaju wanted to just go home. She looked at the sky and wondered why such a horrible thing should happen now. Just when things were going smoothly something like this had to happen.It has to be fate. Or is it luck? Maybe both.
Actually it cannot be both, fate is something that is laid out, defined. Luck comes and goes. Atleast thats what we are made to believe. But there are people who claim they can change their fate, and others who claim luck is defined and laid out. "I'm just having a lot of bad luck" they claim.
So there is no fact, or ultimate truth in regard to this matter.
"Well, at least I know it ain't my fault" thought Kaju. Or was it? She knew it was monsoon, and that the sun don't shine like it used to in the summer, and yet she decided to build a solar energy powered doll house. She should’ve guessed as much that the sun might not shine during the demonstration.
But it wasn’t her fault that the demonstration was on a fixed time and date now was it. That was the princis fault. Hmm…was he the one who decided the date and time? Well not really, we had to pick slots, they wrote numbers on pieces of paper and asked us to pick one from a box.
So it was she who picked the number 15, if she had picked 4 or 5, she would've had the demo yesterday, and yesterday was a beautiful sunny day.
So then it comes back to luck, it was bad luck that she picked the number 15. But when she picked it, she felt it was good luck, because the first day always sucked for project demos, the second day was when all the people showed up and you can really make an impression, because the second day was a Saturday, the weekend, Friday, people had work, so hardly anyone showed up. So it was good luck and bad luck at the same time.
"But I would rather have a successful demo in front of 10 people, than a failed demo in front of a 100." thought Kaju. So it was bad luck then, or rather it was good luck turned bad luck, or it was bad luck all the while and she was foolish enough to think that it was good luck.
But it needn’t have had anything to do with luck at all.
Many people would say that she was destined to pick up that piece of paper which had 15 on it.
It could’ve been my fault as well, what if I had picked up a slot after a few more minutes, or maybe earlier, before Lollu picked 3, I might have picked 3 then.
Just then Lollu came up to her desk and asked her "Hey wats with the doll house, you still havent grown up or what?"
"No stupid, its a solar powered doll house, there are solar powered lights, fan, a lift en all in the doll house, if only the sun would shine"
"Hmm..well, you can check with the princi if you can use the focus lamp that we have in the auditorium, think that might be powerful enough to drive your little dolly house"
"Thats not a bad idea, thanks" said Kaju already on her way to the princi’s office.
So Kaju ran to the princi's office and requested him for the light, princi called one the watchman and asked him to get it for her. With complete disinterest, the watchman took his own time to slowly walk towards the auditorium and then he had to find the right key, and he had like a 100, so one after the other he tried, and after what seemed like an eternity, he got the damn door open and it was really dark. So he took a while to get used to the darkness, and then grabbed the focus lamp and ever so slowly , walked towards the exit.
"Enga ma vekanam??" he asked, meaning "Where do you want me to keep it?"
She hurried to what seemed like an optimal location and said "Inge".
So the watchman placed the lamp around where she pointed to and plugged it into the nearby outlet. All she needed to do was adjust the angle a bit and VOILA!!! it worked, the whole doll house came to life, all the motors started running, the lights were on, the fans were rotating, the water started flowing, it was a big success. She immediately looked around to see if any of the teachers were around. Yes!! she was just in time, they were walking in a group along with the chief guest, and she was on next.
The teachers were really pleased with the project and the chief guest was very impressed. She explained to them in detail how everything worked and they all listened intently. They then started telling the chief guest what a good student she was en all that.
She started wondering if she could get Project of the Year award. But the class topper was next, and he had a highly complex structure built with just paper, she wasn’t quite sure what it did, but it looked real hi-tech. And he looked pretty confident as well…
And then the inevitable happened, it started pouring, all of a sudden, it rained down real hard, like it was just holding it all along and couldn't take it anymore. Everyone scattered to cover, it was comical, almost like they were being attacked by terrorists or something.
Kaju rushed to the nearby hall with her doll house, the watchman came running from nowhere and rushed the focus lamp back into the auditorium all the while muttering some curses. The class topper was nearby, looking extremely pissed with this sudden turn of events. The teachers and chief guest were in the nearby hall. And it rained and rained, and it was the end of the day, people had to go back home, everyone was asked to leave. The class topper never looked more upset than he was when everyone left.
So Kaju wondered once again, was this luck? Was it bad luck for him and good luck for me? Or was it because of me. If I hadn’t spent so much time talking to the teachers and chief guest and explaining details, they would’ve seen his project before it rained.
But it wasnt intentional, so maybe it was his luck that I took so long. But then, he could’ve simply taken a desk to my right and showed his project before mine. He just wanted to be last cos he thought that would give the best impression. So it was his fault then...
Hmm...I guess you cannot really blame anything that happens on luck, fate, yourself or anyone else, things just happen. Thats just the way things are...
Actually it cannot be both, fate is something that is laid out, defined. Luck comes and goes. Atleast thats what we are made to believe. But there are people who claim they can change their fate, and others who claim luck is defined and laid out. "I'm just having a lot of bad luck" they claim.
So there is no fact, or ultimate truth in regard to this matter.
"Well, at least I know it ain't my fault" thought Kaju. Or was it? She knew it was monsoon, and that the sun don't shine like it used to in the summer, and yet she decided to build a solar energy powered doll house. She should’ve guessed as much that the sun might not shine during the demonstration.
But it wasn’t her fault that the demonstration was on a fixed time and date now was it. That was the princis fault. Hmm…was he the one who decided the date and time? Well not really, we had to pick slots, they wrote numbers on pieces of paper and asked us to pick one from a box.
So it was she who picked the number 15, if she had picked 4 or 5, she would've had the demo yesterday, and yesterday was a beautiful sunny day.
So then it comes back to luck, it was bad luck that she picked the number 15. But when she picked it, she felt it was good luck, because the first day always sucked for project demos, the second day was when all the people showed up and you can really make an impression, because the second day was a Saturday, the weekend, Friday, people had work, so hardly anyone showed up. So it was good luck and bad luck at the same time.
"But I would rather have a successful demo in front of 10 people, than a failed demo in front of a 100." thought Kaju. So it was bad luck then, or rather it was good luck turned bad luck, or it was bad luck all the while and she was foolish enough to think that it was good luck.
But it needn’t have had anything to do with luck at all.
Many people would say that she was destined to pick up that piece of paper which had 15 on it.
It could’ve been my fault as well, what if I had picked up a slot after a few more minutes, or maybe earlier, before Lollu picked 3, I might have picked 3 then.
Just then Lollu came up to her desk and asked her "Hey wats with the doll house, you still havent grown up or what?"
"No stupid, its a solar powered doll house, there are solar powered lights, fan, a lift en all in the doll house, if only the sun would shine"
"Hmm..well, you can check with the princi if you can use the focus lamp that we have in the auditorium, think that might be powerful enough to drive your little dolly house"
"Thats not a bad idea, thanks" said Kaju already on her way to the princi’s office.
So Kaju ran to the princi's office and requested him for the light, princi called one the watchman and asked him to get it for her. With complete disinterest, the watchman took his own time to slowly walk towards the auditorium and then he had to find the right key, and he had like a 100, so one after the other he tried, and after what seemed like an eternity, he got the damn door open and it was really dark. So he took a while to get used to the darkness, and then grabbed the focus lamp and ever so slowly , walked towards the exit.
"Enga ma vekanam??" he asked, meaning "Where do you want me to keep it?"
She hurried to what seemed like an optimal location and said "Inge".
So the watchman placed the lamp around where she pointed to and plugged it into the nearby outlet. All she needed to do was adjust the angle a bit and VOILA!!! it worked, the whole doll house came to life, all the motors started running, the lights were on, the fans were rotating, the water started flowing, it was a big success. She immediately looked around to see if any of the teachers were around. Yes!! she was just in time, they were walking in a group along with the chief guest, and she was on next.
The teachers were really pleased with the project and the chief guest was very impressed. She explained to them in detail how everything worked and they all listened intently. They then started telling the chief guest what a good student she was en all that.
She started wondering if she could get Project of the Year award. But the class topper was next, and he had a highly complex structure built with just paper, she wasn’t quite sure what it did, but it looked real hi-tech. And he looked pretty confident as well…
And then the inevitable happened, it started pouring, all of a sudden, it rained down real hard, like it was just holding it all along and couldn't take it anymore. Everyone scattered to cover, it was comical, almost like they were being attacked by terrorists or something.
Kaju rushed to the nearby hall with her doll house, the watchman came running from nowhere and rushed the focus lamp back into the auditorium all the while muttering some curses. The class topper was nearby, looking extremely pissed with this sudden turn of events. The teachers and chief guest were in the nearby hall. And it rained and rained, and it was the end of the day, people had to go back home, everyone was asked to leave. The class topper never looked more upset than he was when everyone left.
So Kaju wondered once again, was this luck? Was it bad luck for him and good luck for me? Or was it because of me. If I hadn’t spent so much time talking to the teachers and chief guest and explaining details, they would’ve seen his project before it rained.
But it wasnt intentional, so maybe it was his luck that I took so long. But then, he could’ve simply taken a desk to my right and showed his project before mine. He just wanted to be last cos he thought that would give the best impression. So it was his fault then...
Hmm...I guess you cannot really blame anything that happens on luck, fate, yourself or anyone else, things just happen. Thats just the way things are...
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