Pressure RELEASED!

1 June, 2021 (18 Jestha, 2078)

After months long preparation for the final examination of Grade 10 - the Secondary Education Examination, I heard that the examination would undergo internal evaluation from the school committee and that would determine the final results of this Board Examination. I think I should have been sad for it. But, I wasn't. Instead, I was very happy because - The Pressure was finally RELEASED!

I woke up at around 7:30 in the morning. The sky was clear and it was a sunny morning, like every other summer day in my town. I was so stressed with all the preparations for the SEE which had no signs of happening this year. I was 99% sure that the examination would not be held but that little 1% haunted me every day for so long. But, no longer.

Today, the Council of Ministers, GoN have finally taken a decision not to conduct this year's SEE and that students' results to be prepared by the respective schools. I got happy. I shared this message to most of my friends.

Then, the day continued. At around 8, the sky got covered with clouds and rainfall took place. It was not a normal rain. It rained heavily for half an hour continuously. The rain continued.

There is a culture in Nepal - If there is a heavy rain, the electricity must be cut off. Due to this, I remained completely unproductive till 10.

Then, I sat down to write a blog post for Gaming Up-To-Date - a blog that I run. But, being out of clue, I couldn't think of what should I do.

Have we grown up?

I was gifted a domain name by my mom. She said she would pay the bills until I got mature. I was super happy. But then, I thought, am I wasting the money?

But, then I remembered my childhood days.

Already having a geometry box, we wanted to have a new one. The metallic boxes won't satisfy us, we wanted the Ben-10 boxes.

And I compared that memory to today. That's exactly what I did!

This also released my pressure of not having a proper domain name.

Closing for today, I thank to the Government of Nepal for making the timely decision and my mother for helping me to continue the blog.

- Atith Adhikari