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It's time to pause, observe the scene,

Stop all my huffing and puffing,

Pick up the pencil, ponder a while,

And write a little something about nothing.

"Nothing doing!" a buddy might say

When a competitor tries to surpass 'em.

"Doing nothing" is the answer you get

When "Watcha doin'?" is what you ask 'em.

"Nothing is impossible!" I've often been told,

When there's a hard task and I need to get to it.

But if nothing's so hard, then how is it so

That so many can sit there and yet not do it?

"What's on your mind?" "Nothing", I reply;

But don't think I'm trying to fool.

It's happened to me so many times before,

Especially at tests while I was still in school.

"I have nothing to say." The famous in news

Don't want to talk so oft they convey it;

But when most people have nothing to say,

They usually come right out and say it.

There's nothing to watch on TV these days,

Even though there are scores of shows.

And how can a woman have nothing to wear

With a closet that's all full of clothes?

Nothing is better than eternal happiness,

I know most people will believe me.

If the least you can get is better than nothing

Where does that actually leave me?

Nothing is bothering me I sometimes have said,

So with nothing around I need to find some stuff.

To give me some trials, and a hurdle or two,

To remove the nothing, so life won't be so rough.

In this last verse, I'll give some advice:

Be careful and act in these ways.

When nothing's around, be reverent and bow low,

This is something I just wanted to share with all my readers. It is a thought that has been on my mind for some time now. And I believe time is ripe for this post, what with the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar and Srinagar-Muzaffarabad buses having taken off today.

Mensa Rotundus (round table in Latin, signifies brotherhood and team work)

Siege Perilous (seat on the round table for the best knight)

Since times immemorial, the round table has signified a sense of camaraderie, brotherhood and integrity in the eons of knighthood. This round of Excalibur will also focus on exciting team building exercises that will cull out the boys from the men. It shall have an exciting and challenging game that will test team skills and leadership among the participating teams, as well as the individual team members. The successful knights would then move on to the second round.

Siege Perilous is the second round - the final stage that symbolises that coveted seat on the round table at which the best knight is seated. This round will require teams to work on real-time cases, summon their highest faculties and subsequently stage a role play to present their solutions, suggestions and recommendations.