I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
Noel Coward
English actor, dramatist, & songwriter (1899 – 1973)
It’s past 12 and I’m still awake :(
And it’s pouring worse than cats and dogs outside! Reminds me of college days since I am once again studying and the trepidation of facing the exams once again resurfaces! Along with it, a severe lack of time worries further
Since my Toefl is coming up and when I booked it, I could not get a slot for the CBT but only for the iBT. Hence I set about finding out the differences between the two versions of the test.
The main reason why I could not locate a CBT slot was because it has been discontinued since the introduction of the iBT which will happen from the coming July. Now on to the main differences.
The single biggest difference is the introduction of the new Speaking section which will test a candidates English speaking ability and hence moot the requirement for taking the TSE. This section consists of 3 parts in which,
Besides this, the TOEFL now consists of two essays instead of the earlier one. The scoring is also now on a scale of 0 to 120. I’m not sure of the earlier, but I believe it was a maximum of 300.
For score comparisons, ETS has released a score comparison table (Warning: PDF link)
Due to the addition of the essay and the speaking section, the TOEFL iBT is now four hours longs :O
That is one hell of a long test :(
This is a real funny comic strip. Do take a look at it and you will then know how the “Problem on your end” really started ;-)
Its 0330hrs here and I was supposed to get up at 4.. So I dont think I am gonna sleep now ;-)
Anyway, My sister’s wedding is next week, and I will be leaving for the wedding. I will most probably not have internet access and if I do, not enough time to browse and ramble here :-(
But, I will try.. Anyways, I’ll be off and be back in a few days..
ok. I have not been able to obtain a backup of the database. I am still gonna install pixelpost on the same DB anyway.
I only hope is that the content survives and I still have the blog as it is :neutral:
Voila.. The attempt worked.*phew* I now have a working photo blog though I will not give out the link as yet since there are no photos there yet ;-) (There _is_ a clue in this post abt what it is called ;-) )
Will do once I put a few up :-D
I can be stubborn as hell. All my friends know it and I proved it again :-D
My friend who comes back with me from office was at it again trying to get on my nerves. He was constantly instructing me how to ride my bike and what to do and what not to do.
This got me irritated and I did what I usually do when someone comments negatively on my riding. I slowed down :twisted: For about 4-5 kms to my place, I drove at a painful speed of 20kph. And trust me when I say this, compared to my normal speed, that _is_ slow. My avg speed, even in the city is atleast about 50-55 kph.
He pretended not to let it affect him initially, but it finally got to him. He said, pls go faster, and I reply, accept your fault and give me your word that you will not comment on my riding again . He said no way. So slowly we crawled back home.
This was not the first time that I had done so. Even earlier, with my mom and again once with my dad. One thing that I cannot stand is back seat driving. And you do it and you pay :twisted:
I am testing this new plugin which provides a pulse and a fade background color effect. I am just merely testing it.
You can very well ignore this post :-D
Thus speaketh