pic 'chor'

Okie, so those of you who don't understand what the title means, let me explain it to you with pleasure.

• pic = picture
• chor in Hindi means someone who steals, or simply put it, a thief

I hope everyone has got that prerequisite concept before I indulge myself to move on, otherwise....

So, you may be wondering "Who is this pic 'chor? Am I right? RIGHT-O!

He's none other than...never mind! I'll just give him a fictitious name, or rather an initial. So let's say he's WS, shall we? Some facts about WS should be known if you want to read this blog topic any further. Those are:

• He lives in...umm...somewhere far from Toronto.
  
• He's doing his higher studies in...ummm....in some university/college/institution wherever he lives.
• He's not just some person I randomly met online.
  
• We've known each other, let's say for 2 years, before we even met online and became friends and have been friends for more than 1 year.
• Last not not least, he's an idiot!

So, as we're friends, we do tend to keep in touch through emails, chats, and sometimes phone calls (rare occasion though). So, I was really missing my buddy, WS, who studies so much that he doesn't even have time to email me (yes I know, very heart-breaking). As I missed him, I had no other choice but to email him (yes, I could've text messaged him, but it costs me money to send text messages you know, and I'm very cheap like that)
So I emailed him yesterday, I believe, to ask him to send me some 'good' pictures of him, and threatened him that if he doesn't send me some good pics of himself, then he shouldn't even bother talking to me.

After waking up in the morning today, I logged onto Gtalk, and guess what happened?...
I had received an offline message from WS saying:

tell me when ur online...

looking pretty in that pic

As soon as I read that, here was the expression on my face:
Oh, and he was referring to my display picture on Gtalk. Those of you who are not familiar with Gtalk, let me show a picture of it which I just saved directly from Google's Gtalk website.


Okie, so as you can see, the display picture of the person sending the message is shown every time he/she sends a message. I don't wanna explain the whole process, so if you use Gtalk, then you know what I'm talking about, and if you don't use Gtalk then all you need to know is....just see the picture, and it will be pretty much self-explanatory.

Alright, let me get back to my WS story. Where was I?.......Oh yes, my reaction after reading WS's offline message was: and I wanted to him, but alas...

Let me tell you what followed after that.
Neha: what is this?
no email?
WS: for what?
Neha: nothing
WS: so how r u?
is that gal in the pic u?
Neha: nah...it's some1 else
why do u keep stealing my pics?

Do you know what he replied?
He burst out singing 'kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai' That followed many more 'romantic' Hindi songs like...never mind, I shouldn't tell anyone this because I know WS will probably kill mebut he also has a heart of gold so he will forgive me, right WS?


Anyways, my point was that he right-clicked on my display picture on Gtalk and set it as his. And how strange it is to see one's picture as someone else's display picture, and that too the same one, especially on Gtalk where the message sent is accompanied by the display pic...

So, WS 'steals' my display picture and sets it as his own display pic, and doesn't send me any pictures of himself. I HATE HIM! I do want to see some pictures of him as I haven't seen him for the past 3 years. Pictures are good when you don't get to see those people so often, I'm sure many of you know that. I do have some pictures of him, but they're not really the kind of pics of him that are, how shall I put it, 'good'. Some are blue, some are red, some are black and white, and some are so blurry, taken by his cell phone camera, that I can't even tell whether it's him or not.

I just hope that he gives me a chance to steal his display pic, so that I can be his pic "chor" someday

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BLOGGER'S LAST REMARKS/P.S.

• RIP: those who were the victims of the brutal carnage in the city of India's financial capital, Mumbai.
• Exams start from next week. One word: ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
• Oh yea, the Yahoo! emoticons? hehehehehe...I'm not telling!...hehehehehe...
• I've not edited this post as I've not even re-read it, so...if you find any errors, i'm sorry, it was due to me dozing off cuz I'm tired and i wanna go to sleep...
• YUVVRAAJ is a good movie ...it's what I call a good movie, unlike most of crappy ones that have come out this year!

Measurement of Students' Intelligence - Part 2

So, here I am, writing where I had left everyone, whoever read the first part, hanging or confused for the most part.

**NOTE: Part 1 can be be read here http://neham18.blogspot.com/2008/10/measurement-of-students-intelligence.html or if your viewing my home page, http://neham18.blogspot.com/, then just scroll down until u see part 1**

How did the last post relate to the measurement of intelligence? Let me start off by elaborating on Multiple Choice questions.

A,B,C,D or E: only one is the right answer. There are no two opinions about the correct answer, the answer is there, and only one is the correct answer.

Let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of Multiple Choice questions form Neha's perspective.

ADVANTAGES
1. From Psychology: 'recall' vs. 'recognize'. The choices given are easier to 'recognize' rather than having to 'recall' the answer. As soon as you see the choices, you're able to 'recognize' the answer, and BAM, you know that's the one. Whereas, in Open-ended question, you have to 'recall' and then continue from there.
2. You don't have to write as much as ones in open-ended questions.
3. If there are 5 options, and you don't know the answer, then you still have the option of guessing the answer which means that you would have a 20% chance of getting the right answer.
4. Easier for the Examiner to correct. Either machine or the teacher/professor himself/herself corrects it.
5. Alright, I can't come up with anymore.

DISADVANTAGES
1. Some options could be confusing.
2. Multiple options could lead to even more confusion
3. In a mathematical question, you may have the right formula, follow the right steps, but you might 'accidentally' mess up somewhere. But, as we all know how we can mess up on a math problem, so there you go, you will the wrong answer and not even get partial marks, as you would in an open-ended question.
4. In spite of knowing the answer, you may 'accidentally' circle the wrong option (yea, we've all done that at least, and Neha's no exception!)
5. Hmm....I can't think of any more disadvantages.

So, are Multiple choice a really a good way to measure our intelligence and whatever we have studied? Ditto for open ended questions, or any type of questionnaire.

We study our asses off, and get the content in our head, yet with these testing approaches, there are infinite ways to make mistakes which results in low marks. And these marks, in the end, do determine our standards of intelligence. Why? BECAUSE THIS IS A MATERIALISTIC WORLD AND IT SUCKS! :)

So, too bad for those of us who hate exams, tests, quizzes, assignments etc. Do you have a better way of testing your intelligence? Please, if you do, then be by guest! YOU'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY (but please also mention my name in your famous interviews that I was the one who encouraged you to come up with a new method of measuring human intelligence). I would love to see some changes!

At the end of the day, we have to keep coping with the inevitable harsh realities that we face and go through in life! So, I end this blog by leaving a remark that one of my friend, Ruth, says: STICK IT UP YOUR ASS AND DEAL WITH IT! :)

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BLOGGER'S LAST REMARKS/P.S.

• I was taking a break from studying Operations Management, and as I don't wanna be addicted to the internet (mainly Orkut), so I've decided to do something rather than surfing Orkut and poking into people's profiles! lol...thus I finished this post as I didn't wanna keep it in wait line, plus i really didn't feel like thinking more on this 'boring' topic!...lol....
• I don't know whether I've made any sense in this blog or not! but whatever....
• Lately my INTERNET EXPLORER has been crashing, and it pisses me off!
• Rab Ne Bana De Jodi's songs are great! All are great. I've been listening to "haule haule" and "dance pe chance"...
• YESTERDAY (Nov 14-Nov15) WAS ONE OF THE WORST DAY/NIGHT EVER!
• I swore too much and pissed some1 off, not just cuz of me swearing, but for other reasons....i hope that person forgives me :(
• Oh and, i can't believe i'm saying this but, I LOVE READING! :)
• P.P.S. there might be a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes cuz i haven't re-read this post. I just wanted to get it done with...lol...so please don't mind the mistakes, just try to get the essence of the post! :)

Desperate in Love?

She texted him, "missing u 2 much rite now :("

After texting him, she logged onto the laptop and started surfing the internet. All of a sudden, after half an hour or so, a chatting window with the mesaage "hi..." had popped up. IT WAS HIM!
She felt ecstatic with joy and an instant smile took place over her straight face, and she replied, "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! :) how r u?"

"fine" was the reply from him.

*PAUSE for 2 minutes*

No IM (Instant Message) from either of them. She was just staring at his IM window, waiting for him to type something.

"so how r u?..." he finally had said something at last.

"fine...just missing u alot :(" she replied instantly, ignoring others who had IMed her

"yea....seemed quite desperate....so had 2 come online 2 see u...." she had no idea what he was thinkig when he said this. Neither could she see his expression as he sat on his chair, somewhere in his room in front of his computer.

Did he really mean this? "DESPERATE"?

Her eyebrows had contracted together and her nose was flaring. Was it anger or was it confusion?

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Blogger's Last Remarks/P.S.

• IMed = "Instant Message"ed
• If you read this(or any other posts), PLEASE do leave a comment, either here or in orkut scrapbook or facebook wall, OR if u find me online(which u can most of the times), then please let me know of ur opinion. How would i know whether a post was boring or not? if i don't know how i'm doing, then how can i improve? or if i'm doing bad, then i will stop writing blogs....so PLEASE, it's my humble request, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, leave a comment. YOUR OPINIONS AND FEEDBACKS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED! :) THANK YOU! :)
• "Measurement of Student's Intelligence - Part 2" is in the process of being typed up! it will be out shortly....maybe after I get my Econ grades back(I'm not sure when, but definitely before this Friday)....*crossing my fingers and praying for a decent grade*