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August 08, 2006
Vishy's Indian English Dictionary: pass out
pass out. /PAHS·owt/. To graduate successfully from somewhere, especially an educational institution. For example, "I am studying B.Tech Mechanical Engineering at REC Trichy, passing out this year." Although final-year performance usually counts for the most in one's final university grade in India, the sentence above does not refer to any bouts of unconsciousness brought on as a result of the stress. It merely indicates that the speaker is the Indian equivalent of a U.S. college senior.Passing out usually means moving on to better things. So, I suppose it would be germane to mention in this post that I too just passed out, finally. After years of weighing the question in my mind, I realized that the time is right and I can't hold myself back any longer. I have made the switch.
So, hello blogworld from a gorgeous, sleek black MacBook!
Posted by Vishy at August 8, 2006 09:31 PM