I WAS ALL EARS. MR.MATHAI WAS TEACHING US CLAUSES BUT I JUST DID NOT FEEL LIKE LISTENING. IT WAS NOT HIS STRANGE TAMIL ACCENT OR THE DAILY CONVERSATION OF MY FRIENDS WHICH DISTRACTED ME BUT IT WAS THE GOSSIP OF THE THIRD ROW BOYS GANG WHICH GOT ME HOOKED. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING, SOMETHING WHICH I DID NOT EVEN THINK OF DOING, SOMETHING WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE BIZARRE AND TIME-WASTING, SOMETHING CALLED "SOCIAL SERVICE SITES."

"I HAVE 590 SCRAPS AND OVER 100 FRIENDS",SAID ONE."I HAVE 800 SCRAPS AND OVER 250 FRIENDS", SAID THE OTHER. "IS THAT ALL! I HAVE OVER 1000 SCRAPS AND OVER 330 FRIENDS AND 15 COMMUNITIES."COUNTER-PUNCHED THE OTHER."I HAVE 0 SCRAPS AND 0 FRIENDS SINCE I HAVE NO ACCOUNT AT ALL",I REPLIED TRIUMPHANTLY. MR.MATHAI WITH HIS KEEN EYES DID NOT MISS ME AND ORDERED ME TO GO OUT.

AS I WAS STANDING IN THE CORRIDOR I SAW THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. I SAW THE BIRDS FLYING, THE CLOUDS SAILING, THE SUN SHINING. I BENT DOWN AS LOW AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I ALSO SAW THE DEVIL OF THE SCHOOL WANDERING WITH A MISSION TO HARASS A POOR SOUL AND OBTAIN SOME SIDE-MONEY, BUT PERHAPS THE BEST SIGHT WAS THE SIGHT OF TWO CLASS 7 BOYS DISCUSSING ABOUT THE FINE HEALTH OF THEIR 'ORKUT' AND 'FACEBOOK' ACCOUNTS. I WONDERED WHAT IS THE USE OF THESE SITES? HOW DOES IT HELP ONE? I KNEW THAT ASKING THEM WAS FUTILE. THE SAME OLD REPLIES "AREY DEO JAANISH NAA, IF YOU ARE IN ORKUT YOU HAVE MANNNNYYYY FRIENDS." IF THAT WAS SO WITH WHOM DO I SPEND 8 HOURS OF EVERY WEEK DAY, DISCUSSING ABOUT SPORTS AND ALL THE GOSSIP OF THE AREA. HENCE I DECIDE TO "CREATE AN ACCOUNT IN ONE SUCH SITE."

'www.facebook.com' WAS THE URL THAT I TYPED ONE TOP OF THE WINDOW WHICH APPEARED ALL OF A SUDDEN ON MY HP 22 INCH WIDE DESKTOP WHEN I DOUBLE-CLICKED A VERY USEFUL APPLICATION DEVELOPED BY MR.BILL GATES.AGAIN A WINDOW APPEARED AFTER BADING GOOD-BYE TO THE GOOD OLD "GOOGLE" WEB-PAGE. THIS WINDOW HAD A FORM WHICH ASKED ME TO FILL IN THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED. I UPLOADED A PICTURE FROM THE POPULAR VIDEO GAME "ASSASIN'S CREED" AND GAVE MY ACCOUNT THE NAME "HUNTIK STRIKER." IMMEDIATELY A TAB APPEARED CONGRATULATING ME ON HAVING CREATED MY ACCOUNT (I DESERVE A NOBLE PRIZE FOR THIS). THERE WERE MANY SUGGESTIONS TO INCLUDE AS FRIENDS, BUT THE BASIC THING WAS THAT MOST GUYS WERE MY SCHOOL FRIENDS. I NOW HOWEVER HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND ACTS AS A PRETTY GOOD PASTTIME BUT MY ULTIMATE QUESTION IS STILL UN-ANSWERED WHAT PURPOSE DOES THIS SERVE?

I HAVE NOT YET GIVEN UP HOPE, I THINK IN THE NEAR FUTURE I WILL FIND AN ANSWER AND THEN DEPENDING ON THAT I WILL DECIDE TO CONTINUE FACEBOOKING OR NOT.TILL THEN I AM QUITE CONTENDED TO THIS FACEBOOKING.

P.S.:- THE THINK TANK WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE IT IF THE READERS OF THIS BLOG JOIN AS THE THINK TANK'S FRIENDS IN FACEBOOK. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT.