The Truant Tales

Two exams have passed since I last updated my blog. MT (metallurgical and Material Testing lab - sounds complicated but we have to do is stick a piece of metal in a huge machine and note down random numbers) was very easy, with the attenders doing most of our work. But the second and last practical exam after that was CAMD (Computer Aided Machine Drawing - sounds easy, but it is very very tough) was a nightmare. It went off very very very badly.

For CAMD we use a software called Solid Edge for 3-D drawings of machine parts and assembly of these parts. After hours of doing the 3D assembly of 'Plummer Block', the computer hung up on me. Totally frustrated after that, I reassembled the parts and the damn computer refused to save the assembly (A 'cache pointer error' kept popping up, whatever that is). All the attenders came over and checked the computer (Actually they had no idea what was wrong. They just kept hitting the monitor hoping for something to happen). Ultimately, the examiner too gave up. He threw his hands up and promised me the marks. I left the CAD lab, shaken and stirred.



So, I leave you now praying that someday life will be kind on me. Cheerio.