Heading Towards A Land Unknown

The calendar reads 29 Feb 2008, which is, by all means and probabilities, the eve before the board exams 2008. The usual calls of the well wishers and not-so-well wishers came to wish luck. The willingness of anybody, who catches u in his/her vicinity(or sometimes forcibly, ouch....) to wish u luck on this particular day fills me with a sense of deja-vu. Only two years ago, did I find myself in the same situation as of now, with all and sundry(including my housemaid) happily showering their best wishes upon me. Honestly, it took me by surprise the first time. Afterall I had given all sorts of exams: quarterlies, pre-boards, 2- pre boards et all, minus all the hype, so this was a first for me. It was like suddenly being pushed into the limelight, when all you think, that tomorrow is just just gonna be one of those days. I sympathize with those who are not well prepared, because all this commotion can be very unnerving at times.
I've been in my own cocoon, since I came back, so this time around, I'm relatively shielded against the "count-down" mania. Shielded, unfortunately, not immune. I'm very confident about my preaparations, but I still see Boards as a distraction towards my main goal. There is a great need to put everything together in the approaching months before the D-day, and Boards are not quite allowing me to do that. Can't afford to complain about this though, because everybody(if you are not a dropper that is) have to face this.
Tomorrow will flag off a series of events(exams if you may) that will charter the future course of my life to a great extent. I've tried to not to think about the things at stake. That'll only lead to self-destruction, an art I mastered at my time at Bansals. Hopefully, my next post would be about how well I did in Chemistry.
With my family, and a few good men by my side, I head, towards a land unknown.........