Life over coffee

So you know that exams are round the corner, and March is about to set in. You already feel your knees shaky. You feel like you miss a heartbeat or two. And of-course, you all need that one friend, who can boost your confidence level. You need those small last minute tips - to get good scores in boards or annual exams and above all, to relax that taxed mind. If this is what you feel, then, your friend Prabhasini is back again with her amazing tips. Please read on... 1) The first and foremost tip: now that its high time, its really necessary that you keep your mind decluttered. Don't try to mug up any extra concept - esp. if it tires the brain a lot. Practice all the concepts that you have already studied. Keep short tips for remembering and understanding the concepts. 2) Often it seems - an untidy room adds up to more anxiety esp. if books are not your good friends. And, it might be even difficult to find - that important note at the crucial moment. Hence, try to keep your pla...

Hello and Welcome Back to my Blog series. I am Prabhasini, your friend, who has come up once again with her unique tips and takes on various issues that revolves in every student's lives as they grow up. Indeed, school life is a wonderful journey, only if these little abnormal-seeming-pretty-normal events can be dealt using a little tact and a little trick. Well, its February, and the week of love has already begun, with just a few days left for the big V-day. And there you are - the first time lover. Its going to be your life's first ever Valentine's day. You are preparing - the gifts, the looks, the date and everything. You are riding on an emotional super-ride - anxiety and excitement and maybe a bit of guilt, seem to have grasped you together. And, if its a secret, you must be surfing through innumerable ways about - how to conceal this greatest hidden treasure trove of yours from your parents/elders/sisters/brothers and from the entire world. And now, both the lovey...

You all know, that relying on mere fate and not on sound preparation is purely illogical. But, when the same you have to sit for an exam yourself, you seek these tips, sometimes even more than your textbook materials. Being a student myself, and having witnessed a very unique trend - the strong belief in these tips of superstitious posts which claim to get you either good luck, or, good marks, which if neglected would fetch negative results, I decided to bring out to you the views of some experts regarding the credibility of these. Don Saucier, an associate professor of psychology,at the Kansas State university said in his article published in newwise, with: Article ID: 609504 Released: 28-Oct-2013 10:10 AM EDT Source Newsroom: Kansas State University      said that any behavior incorrectly associated with the positive or negative event that follows is a superstition. According to him,  the feeling of discomfort arising due to inability to control our own...