Luck- The Ultimate Cheater

Cost accounting has always been a pain in the ass for me, whether it was CA inter or B.com II. It simply isn’t my cup of tea. Even after completing the course textbook twice, I still doubt my ability to solve the given problems. About 9 hours ago this subject once again proved that there’s little love lost between us.

I had cost accounting exam today. Officially 3 days were given in order to prepare the exam. But as I’m a lazy lad, I wasted two days fantasizing about the new cell phone I had plans to buy (with utmost regret I want to inform you all that I no longer, with no other choice left, desire to buy it anymore). The sudden urge to watch the movie ROCKSTAR (it was the fifth time) coupled with the fact that I got up at 1pm wasted half of the third day as well. With a mammoth task of completing the syllabus in hand, I decided to finally pull my socks at 5:30pm.


For us, the B.com students of Punjab University who buy the textbooks a week before the exams commence, there is a HOW TO GET SATISFACTORY MARKS WITHOUT PUTTING IN LEAST EFFORTS guide known as ‘DPT’. By putting all my faith in the same guide I started preparing for the exam. Hours went by and I was really doing well (only the important stuff). 


According to Punjab University’s exam pattern it is customary that half weightage is given to practical questions and half to theoretical questions. Since I have always had affinity towards practical problems, I was wholeheartedly preparing for it. I sat till 3am and almost completed the practical part. With a belief that I’d do the theory in the morning I finally slept at 3:30am (however my plan didn’t turn out as it was supposed to because I was fast asleep till 12pm).


Finally at 1:45pm, 15 minutes before the exam was scheduled to start I reached the examination hall. With all the anxious faces of my fellow students and the extra confidence which I was having in my practical preparation, I was on cloud nine. But this state of mind was short lived.


As soon as I read the question paper it sent shivers down my spine. Not even a single question (yes, not even a single damn question) was practical. This meant the preparation which I had immense confidence in was rendered useless. The next thought which struck my mind was to take help of the guys sitting around me. But I out of the fear of flunking had forgotten that these guys had no confidence in what they had prepared let alone asking them for something they had not even dreamt of.


Before I could start praying to the Almighty that the question paper is one hell of a mistake and should be replaced with the original, the HOD (Head of Department) came and put all our doubts to rest. He said and I quote, “KUCH NAI HOGA CHANGE AB. YE PUNJAB UNIVERSITY KA EXAM HAI. TUMHARE GHAR KA EXAM NAHI. JITNA AATA HAI UTNA ATTEMPT KAR LO AUR BAAKI BHAGWAAN PAR BHAROSA RAKHO.”


For a split-second my world turned upside down. However I had no other option than to attempt the questions. With all the knowledge which was totally irrelevant I attempted the questions and am proud to say that I filled all the sheets (as they say, length is all that matters). I have even written certain answers in this exam which I prepared for some other exam.
While I’m waiting to see where my irrelevant knowledge takes me, whether I flunk or not, I suggest you all not to base everything on luck because luck may not always be on your side…