Am I ready

Placement is round the corner
What should I be doing
Should I brush up my concepts
Or practice programming

Operating System I should read up
Look into Data Structures too
Understand OOPS once and for all
Computer Network Unit 1 and 2

Last year's batch
Some stars didn't clear aptitude
Without Round one
How can I reach round two

Verbal Reasoning
and Numerical Aptitude
A bit on my communication
A lot more on my Attitude

Thinking skills would be key
ER diagram and Normalisation
If I cannot write a sub query
What good am I going to be?

Design Patterns could be cool
But with superficial understanding
I will end up looking like a fool
So I should practice
class diagrams and coding a few

But all this will only hold true
If I believe in myself
And speak in the interview
I do badly in viva and seminar too
How can a miracle happen
In a month or two

Time is running out
Don't you see
They getting higher marks
Was okay ... but a larger CTC!!

I spent a lot of money
I now need to make it count
I need to fulfill my destiny
And stand out from the crowd
This time next year
I'll make my parents proud
(Written by Jibrael Jos )

Observe and Listen

(Context : A Teacher's farewell advice, on last working day of the year)

Observe the good days and the bad
Observe the happy and the sad
Observe the sinner and the priest
Observe the beauty in the beast
Observe the absence in the presence
Observe the sincerity in the penance

Listen to the voice in the silence
Listen to the melody in the noise
Listen to the rhythm of your body
Listen to the aberrations of the mind
Listen to the cry in the laughter
Listen to the prayer in another's curse

Observe and Listen before you speak
Seemingly strong, they maybe weak
Words our powerful, if spoken right
Out of place, day may turn night
Eyes and Ears are two, use it right
May you become the source of light
May you become the source of light

(Written by Jibrael Jos )

Why Do I Teach?

Why do I teach?
I ask every year
A teacher hopes to inspire
A few to follow their hearts desire
A teacher hopes to kindle
A few to be in the darkness, a candle
A teacher hopes to teach
A few to practice what they preach
A teacher hopes to impart
A few to believe that they can restart
Sometimes I wonder if it's a blunder
To think I can bring about change
So... I ask every year
Why do I teach?
'I love doing what I am doing'
But is that enough I don't know,
So... I ask every year
Why do I teach?

Jibrael Jos

Until We Instill

Until
we sit still
How will we hear?
Until
We distill
How will we be clear?
Until
We instill
This discipline I fear
Education is a sheer waste my dear

Until
We think
How will we see change?
Until
We write
How will we seed change?
Until
We believe
How will we be the change?
Until
We instill
This discipline I fear
Education is a sheer waste my dear.

Jibrael Jos