We are so used to taking things for granted and crib about the small things in life.. Sometimes it takes a huge jolt for people to realise how lucky they are..
In my early teens (wow...early teens...did I make it sound like I am all grown up!! ;) !!) I used to feel that I was at the brunt of everything bad happening in life! Be it flunking in an exam (For some reason, people think I am too brainy...genius types... so when I get low marks, everyone would go ;-OOOOO ), being mocked at for the school annual day dances (which I was never interested in the first place.. ), or having to beg and plead to start skating classes that I wanted to learn for fun.. (only to find myself being enrolled in skating competitions...taking away all the fun!!).. and having to replace skating by hindi tutions.. then science tutions..then maths tutuions.. (10th std!!).. and other personal secrets !! (no.. I am not going to tell you... :P) ..wow... I would never have believed it if someone said they were suffering more than me..
It was at that point where my imaginary dark clouds parted... :) I got introduced to two of my gurus (Jai Gurudev Kavitha didi :) :) .. GURUJI!! :) :) ... ).. and my blotched, dusty windows were cleaned.. :D :D and everything had a nice rosy aura... I started smiling and was happy with everything.. life was good...
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For a while!
Problems just keep getting bigger and more complex as we grow up... right?? So I found myself in a helpless spot again.. tried to cling on to a few people to make me feel better..( not realising that it was upto me to make any changes) ..
Yet again...just when I felt life was all messed up, I got another reality check.. YES+ ... :D :D By then, I was in 12th std.. Life looked up again.. But for some reason, I dint put in enough efforts and did very badly in my board exams.. I couldnt face anyone.. and my dad got a transfer... Fear of not getting selected in any college at all gripped me.. So... Down again..!
But my dad's long time friend by chance spoke to my dad and we got to know of more options.. I found myself with a place in the institute which boasts of being the No. 1 for Biotechnology..got my dream course!! How much luckier can one get?? So, high on spirits again... :)
But college life is not all that easy.. :) first of all, staying away from home.. a whole new lifestyle.. friends.. annoying hostel-mates.. ego clashes... possessiveness... mixture of good and bad!!
Slowly I realised that Biotechnology is not my cup of tea!! ;) But soon, I would find an interesting area of research and be back on board...reached 3rd year..time to look out for final year project.. searched high and low...nothing seemed to click... Then out of the blue, I get a chance to do the project as a team with my best friend in one of the best labs in India for 6 months..!! :D so.. again..yay!!
But once I reached Delhi...Ahem.. you can guess... in the dumps again.. Got shortlisted for a Phd degree in Mumbai... Stayed with my bro..Had very high hopes for the interview.. When I saw the campus, I was literally lusting for it.. :) :) And I felt the interview went quite well... so... :) :) ..but results were out... and yup.. rejected!! so.. :( :( But then, Sajan and Mugdha talked me into doing YES+ again.. (Jai Gurudev Saleel Bhaiya!! :D.. )I dint want to do it because I was on leave just for the sake of the interview.. but ended up doing YES+.. and whoa!! This time, the eye opener was totally different!! :D :D In addition to just cleaning up my windows again, it was like adding a permanent coating of "shit-repellant"... :) :) :) :)
I came back home.. Got shortlisted for another Phd interview in Bangalore.. I screwed up the first round, but got selected for the next round.. I did the secound round well.. so with a sunny outlook that I am being taken care out, I check out the results... and ...... ..... .. .I wasnt selected!
Disappointed... months of doing nothin... Mom suddenly hears from my cousin about job openings in the company where he works.. Decide to give it a try even though it doesnt have a thing to do with what I have studied in B. Tech... Get selected!! and even more surprising, I now love this job!! I get selected in a project concerning Pharma industry.. a close relative of Biotech!! :P .. Land up with good team-mates... Can I ask for a greater level of comfort??
By now, I have learnt that whatever I do, the path always leads somewhere that is the best for me... Had I changed any one of the disappointing moments, I wouldn't have landed up here... I would probably be staring at petridishes in a lab!! (sorry kuki!! ;-) ... just kidding... ur work is really going to be a breakthrough!!).. But apart from this, I have also learnt that I am sure to face depressing moments.. no doubt about that at all...
Strangely, being resigned to possible setbacks in the future has made me immune to it... It is so much easier to live in the present and give my best efforts in everything I do... :D :D I think I have learnt to clean my windows..and when I cant, I just know for sure that someone who loves me a lot is watching over me...
Extremely grateful!! :D :D
In my early teens (wow...early teens...did I make it sound like I am all grown up!! ;) !!) I used to feel that I was at the brunt of everything bad happening in life! Be it flunking in an exam (For some reason, people think I am too brainy...genius types... so when I get low marks, everyone would go ;-OOOOO ), being mocked at for the school annual day dances (which I was never interested in the first place.. ), or having to beg and plead to start skating classes that I wanted to learn for fun.. (only to find myself being enrolled in skating competitions...taking away all the fun!!).. and having to replace skating by hindi tutions.. then science tutions..then maths tutuions.. (10th std!!).. and other personal secrets !! (no.. I am not going to tell you... :P) ..wow... I would never have believed it if someone said they were suffering more than me..
It was at that point where my imaginary dark clouds parted... :) I got introduced to two of my gurus (Jai Gurudev Kavitha didi :) :) .. GURUJI!! :) :) ... ).. and my blotched, dusty windows were cleaned.. :D :D and everything had a nice rosy aura... I started smiling and was happy with everything.. life was good...
...
...
...
For a while!
Problems just keep getting bigger and more complex as we grow up... right?? So I found myself in a helpless spot again.. tried to cling on to a few people to make me feel better..( not realising that it was upto me to make any changes) ..
Yet again...just when I felt life was all messed up, I got another reality check.. YES+ ... :D :D By then, I was in 12th std.. Life looked up again.. But for some reason, I dint put in enough efforts and did very badly in my board exams.. I couldnt face anyone.. and my dad got a transfer... Fear of not getting selected in any college at all gripped me.. So... Down again..!
But my dad's long time friend by chance spoke to my dad and we got to know of more options.. I found myself with a place in the institute which boasts of being the No. 1 for Biotechnology..got my dream course!! How much luckier can one get?? So, high on spirits again... :)
But college life is not all that easy.. :) first of all, staying away from home.. a whole new lifestyle.. friends.. annoying hostel-mates.. ego clashes... possessiveness... mixture of good and bad!!
Slowly I realised that Biotechnology is not my cup of tea!! ;) But soon, I would find an interesting area of research and be back on board...reached 3rd year..time to look out for final year project.. searched high and low...nothing seemed to click... Then out of the blue, I get a chance to do the project as a team with my best friend in one of the best labs in India for 6 months..!! :D so.. again..yay!!
But once I reached Delhi...Ahem.. you can guess... in the dumps again.. Got shortlisted for a Phd degree in Mumbai... Stayed with my bro..Had very high hopes for the interview.. When I saw the campus, I was literally lusting for it.. :) :) And I felt the interview went quite well... so... :) :) ..but results were out... and yup.. rejected!! so.. :( :( But then, Sajan and Mugdha talked me into doing YES+ again.. (Jai Gurudev Saleel Bhaiya!! :D.. )I dint want to do it because I was on leave just for the sake of the interview.. but ended up doing YES+.. and whoa!! This time, the eye opener was totally different!! :D :D In addition to just cleaning up my windows again, it was like adding a permanent coating of "shit-repellant"... :) :) :) :)
I came back home.. Got shortlisted for another Phd interview in Bangalore.. I screwed up the first round, but got selected for the next round.. I did the secound round well.. so with a sunny outlook that I am being taken care out, I check out the results... and ...... ..... .. .I wasnt selected!
Disappointed... months of doing nothin... Mom suddenly hears from my cousin about job openings in the company where he works.. Decide to give it a try even though it doesnt have a thing to do with what I have studied in B. Tech... Get selected!! and even more surprising, I now love this job!! I get selected in a project concerning Pharma industry.. a close relative of Biotech!! :P .. Land up with good team-mates... Can I ask for a greater level of comfort??
By now, I have learnt that whatever I do, the path always leads somewhere that is the best for me... Had I changed any one of the disappointing moments, I wouldn't have landed up here... I would probably be staring at petridishes in a lab!! (sorry kuki!! ;-) ... just kidding... ur work is really going to be a breakthrough!!).. But apart from this, I have also learnt that I am sure to face depressing moments.. no doubt about that at all...
Strangely, being resigned to possible setbacks in the future has made me immune to it... It is so much easier to live in the present and give my best efforts in everything I do... :D :D I think I have learnt to clean my windows..and when I cant, I just know for sure that someone who loves me a lot is watching over me...
Extremely grateful!! :D :D
