From year six to year nine after every monthly exam or quarterly and mid term exams, on the day the reports were to be given out I would start this crazy situation where I would tell myself that if I crossed a given land mark like a lamp post or a particular front gate before the car, that was way behind, I would come first. Crazy it was but I was doing this year after year.
My older sister Chottakka was worse. We had the habit of bouncing a table tennis ball off a table tennis bat. We had competition between us. When it was her turn she would convince herself that if she won or was able to bounce more than say 600 times she would pass her exams. Unfortunately she got beaten by most of us on a regular basis and would sulk for weeks after that.
