To rest of the World :Viva (
noun) :
A spoken examination at university.
To Abhinav Sinha :Viva
(horrifying) :
A spoken examination at university (where only the professor speaks).
The above said is proved by series of evidences...
Day # 1: (Engineering Thermodynamics Viva)
Scene #1:
Me enters in the lab, sees a wicked looking External professor. He calls all of the 4 preys ( Student as seen by other people ) to him. Gives all of us papers and asks a question, whose answer is to be written down in the paper. External sends all 4 of us to four directions. Me goes to one of the
cona of lab,"
Fcuk, I dont know the ans." is my first reaction after seeing the question. Me takes out the cell, types the question and try to SMS question to gaurav. "
Fcuk again, No network!! " But me tries again.
message sent !! on second try.
Scene #2:
Me still waiting for reply of the message...
Scene #3:
Its my turn for a scary viva session. Me takes a seat on the stool, External shoots some great questions to me, Me able to defend only a few... My colleague defends poorer than me + he proves that all the 3 laws of thermodynamics are void, not possible in this God Damn World, that means we are wasting our time here in mechanical engineering as no possibility of 3 laws means no possibilty of mechanical engineering, which in turn means I'm screwing my life for impossible things."
fcuk !! fcuk!! " Now external forces me to support the other student by showing his vast experience in confusing his preys and screwing them. Then he says those magical words "
Get Out!!!" and we both leave the arena as defeated Gladiators
Scene #4:
Me getting out of lab and suddenly get a message of gaurav answering the question asked on paper. Me smiles at fate and takes leave.
KEYWORDS: " GET OUT "
Day #2: ( Kinematics of Machine Viva)
Scene 1:
Scared to death, Me enters the lab. This time the external is looking like a man, but as always, I'm scared. External quickly asks the questions and me, more quickly nod my head to give a dumb " NO " to all his first4 questions. But on his 5th question me fires a long answer. This time he takes his time and nods me a dumb " NO, this is not the answer I'm looking for ".
Scene 2:
Me gives some answers to save my sinkin' Titanic, Thanks to god this time he nods in a series of rational " O.K.'s ".
Scene 3:
Viva is over, me gets up to go out, internal also stands up with me, comes out and says to me "
You did not perform up to the expectation ". Me gives him a silly "
Sorry sir, this won't happen again."
KEYLINE : " You did not perform up to the expectation "
Day #3 : (Computer Programming 3 Viva)Scene #1:
Me enters the lab, this time cool and calm with a perfect, smart "
I know everything " walk . Me sits in front of the external (this time a lady). She starts asking silly questions, I answer them. Now she thinks I'm an intellect, She asks me difficult questions. Me gives her a "
How do I know " look. Now she is not happy with my "
I dont know " answer. She starts firing logical questions and me starts firing back illogical answers.
Scene #2:
Me is still sitting inside answering irrationaly to her. She gives me a "
You are screwed " look and asks me to leave. Me gets up fast and take a "
I'm done " walk out.
Scene #3:
Internal teacher comes out, Me makes another blunder and reach to her asking "
How was my viva ". She relpies "
Your response was not good ".
KEYLINE : " Your response was not good "
Day #4 : (Instrumentation and Measurement Viva)Scene #1:
Me enters the lab with usual "
I'm scared " look on my face. External is looking like a fierce lion, who has been kept hungary for 25 yrs. He starts asking some alien questions and me starts giving more alien answers. This continues for about, I don't know what time but it surely seemed like a decade to me.
Scene #2:
Me still sitting like a dumbass trying desparetly to answer some god damn question. External behaves kindly and asks me to leave. Me, without wasting a nanosecond, stands and runs out.
Scene #3:
Internal comes out in the break. Me, eager to know how did I perform, rushes to him as Micheal Johnson and asks him THE question. He looks at me in disbelief and walks away. I understand his "
Deep Silence ".
KEYLINE:
Sometimes you don't need words to understand thy feelings...