Its a rat race that we all r running... I would say everyone who gets into a professional college knowingly or unknowingly are in it... The first 2 yrs are about getting marks for the universities... nothing but marks... Then comes the placement season and there u go again... Relieved when u finally get into a gud company...Either you hear all sorts of opinions from the working lot or u decide that u dont want to quit studying that u end up studying for the nxt entrance.. Which can be anything frm gate, gre, gmat, cat, xat and the list goes on... u can hear all sorts of abbreviations once you reach the final year..
When i was in my 12th standard i was told that i just needed to study to get into a decent college... and finished... ur job is done... u r where u want to be in life..But now i understand that getting a nice rank in the entrance was just the beginning... There you are... one of those 35000+ engineering graduates graduating every year from ur state. The number will increase almost 3 fold in ur neighbouring states. What i saw and still is seeing around me are children in their sweet 16s and 17s, dark circles under their eyes, running around frm tuitions to schools to study tables... They leave at 5 am and return at 5pm... Sit and study almost dozing off in minutes... 12 hrs of travel, tuitions and school, 6 hrs of sleep (which is needed for brains to work to get u where u want) and 6 hrs of study ( which is a must to balance the board exams and entrance) ... ha!! there u go.. the perfect time table to succeed in ur 12th std... But then thats it... ur 24 hours are up u dont have time for anything else... Personally, i never worked for more than a hour a day... didnt go for any 'entrance tuitions' and i had fun... enjoyed my last year in school... was very relaxed, sleeping for almost 9 hours a day... But then u may say... thats y i m where i m now... and the others who worked like that are where they are now..
But i tell you, its all a matter of perception... I m happy where i am... I believe everything happens for a reason.. Every single thing.. even something very frivolous in life... But all we have to do is make sure that we all know which way our life is going..Finally, its ur life.... u and no one but u have to experience the pros and cons of the decisions u make.. But make sure that v dont ever regret any decision that v make... be it for the gud or bad...
So back to this race we are running.... no it doesnt stop with the 12th, u get into a prestigious instituition... of course u have to show ur competence there.. not only in acads but also extra curricular 'coz all this comes to be of great importance be it ur placements or higher studies!!! Then u pass out with flying colors, secure a gud job or get admission into a great college.. Ur career life is all set.. bright and shining.... What about ur personal life??? Increased dark circles under eyes, weight loss, probably some more health problems..
We are the Future of India... The country which is going to conquer the world with its brains .. This is the present eduction system of such a country.... We graduate to work like hell...It won't be much of a problem for us coz we are trained to work hard without complaining ... We ourselves dont know whether we enjoy what we are doing or not... How many of us can cross their heart and say that they know wat they really want in life....
But then there is another side to all this.... We r fighting here... It is definitely the survival of the fittest.. We r all surviving here... The place where u can find maximum competition frm the best brains frm all over the world.. Our country may or may not have a solid educational system.. But its citizens are conquering the world in various walks of life... Indians are doing better and growing at a faster pace than most of their counterparts. And of course, no one can deny the fact that our country has a part to play too ... But still how many of us wants to stay in India?? I don't understand the logic behind passing out frm coll, working for 6 months and flying 'abroad'. Now its a mad race again, i feel even in the companies to get on site assignments ( pardon me if this part is wrong for i have not personally experienced this as i haven't started this lap of the race)... But the world is moving ... to know the pace with which we are moving i would definitely recommend all of u to read "The World is Flat' by Thomas Freidman...
No one waits for us in this mad race... And we will be down trodden if we lose out in this mad race... So as the adage goes.. When in Rome do as the Romans do..
Monday, December 10, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
God has been so kind to me!!
The gap between my previous blog and this one reflects the time i had to leisurely sit and update my blog... After my cat aka disaster it would be a lie if i say i wasnt bothered at all about it. I was, i had all reasons to be. I messed it up and i am solely responsible for it. But now i know by wat everyone says that cat is something that depends on D-day.
After my exam people who claim to be my well wishers came around comforting me, treating me as if i have just lost my whole life. I just responded with a smile but my heart was screaming them to get lost and i didn't need their pseudo sympathies. I was cursing my luck and my heart was always chanting ... i'm so unlucky that i have to join Deloitte now. But after i gained my right senses i just ran through those lines again.. "Lady Luck didn't favor me and so i have to go to Deloitte". Anyone reading this will call it my arrogance. I also think the same now.
I still remember the day when our placement cell member called me and told me on a tuesday when i was at trivandrum that Deloitte was coming on friday... Alarm bell started ringing.. this was the company that i was waiting for... i expected it to come only by dec,07 and it was just june. So i left for cochin on thu m'ing with viral fever. I sat in the train wrapped up in a blanket and i could barely open my eyes. On friday m'ing i went to college in the morning on high medication so that i could atleast stand up. My throat was bad and i had lost my voice. Watching the presentation made me want to get into the company more than ever. I sat down for the 1 hour test. It was horrible when i started out. I could feel my dream company slipping rite thru. But when i started out the math problems in the 2nd page i could feel that unknown power coming to me and helping me out. Every option i randomly chose and substituted would end up being the right one. I knew that God didnt want me to lose out so easily. I sailed through the test and the 2 levels of interview. The results were announced at 10 pm and i was there as 1 of those 10 students out of the 26 who made it to the 2nd level interview.
And after passing through that experience i say i'm unluckyIt was by luck that i got in. I know many students in my college and also in other colleges who were really interested to get into Deloitte. If they had been in my situation they would have been so happy with what they got.
But all of us are like this.... We always think of what we have not got.We win some we lose some. We never give it a thought of how lucky we are... God has given us lots of things that are just dreams for many others... food, shelter, wonderful parents that we have and above all 2 hands, 2 legs, 2 eyes and all other parts of our body that are in perfect working condition. If we get chance to be close to some of the less fortunate ones we will find that they consider us so lucky and place us in a position close to God Himself.
God has been so kind to me.. He has blessed me with the most wonderful parents in the world, who gets me anything in the world i ask for. They have sent me to the best school in the city without which i couldnt have written this blog in this language. They have made me the person I am today. And here i am thinking of something that hav gone a little wrong and cursing God and everything around me. Actually, i deserved it... A small fall is necessary when u have been on a winning streak for a few years. Yes, everything had been so perfect for me since i came to MEC. By God' grace i have been passing each sem with good marks... Then came the placement seasons and i have got into the 3 best companies that i have attended. Apart from all these i have been able to meet so many wonderful people from different walks of life during these 3 years.
When i sit back and think what i want to do... Now i know what i really want to do. I want to work... but not as another software engineer and spend my whole life in a cubicle earning fancy salaries and not even having an hour a week to spare to enjoy the beautiful things around me. I want to work to help those people who has not been as fortunate as me ... Who doesnt have the ability to hear the beautiful sounds we hear, to see the world around us and who cant even utter a word. When i think of those people i feel guilty. We all should feel guilty if we are not using those talents and blessings that God has showered upon us coz we are one of his few favourite children.
Most of us get impatient when we sit with our eyes closed for 10 minutes. Imagine the lives of those children who have come to this world with nothing but darkness in their eyes and have to live throughout like that. It's not their fault. It's no one's fault. But if we can make a difference for such children who are handicapped or have no one to care for them, we shouldn't miss any oppurtunity to do so.
Its easy to say or type as i have done saying that i am going to help to make the world a better place for them too. I should be practical when i say this and i know that nothing in this world comes for free.. We need money for everything, even to go around for this cause. So even if anyone sees me working after,say, 10 years pls understand that i have not come up with enough resources to support my family and my dreams for the entire life left. Its not that everyone should stop doing wat they r doing and go about serving the soceity but each of us can make a small difference by doing our small part in wat ever way pleases us for this big cause ...
After my exam people who claim to be my well wishers came around comforting me, treating me as if i have just lost my whole life. I just responded with a smile but my heart was screaming them to get lost and i didn't need their pseudo sympathies. I was cursing my luck and my heart was always chanting ... i'm so unlucky that i have to join Deloitte now. But after i gained my right senses i just ran through those lines again.. "Lady Luck didn't favor me and so i have to go to Deloitte". Anyone reading this will call it my arrogance. I also think the same now.
I still remember the day when our placement cell member called me and told me on a tuesday when i was at trivandrum that Deloitte was coming on friday... Alarm bell started ringing.. this was the company that i was waiting for... i expected it to come only by dec,07 and it was just june. So i left for cochin on thu m'ing with viral fever. I sat in the train wrapped up in a blanket and i could barely open my eyes. On friday m'ing i went to college in the morning on high medication so that i could atleast stand up. My throat was bad and i had lost my voice. Watching the presentation made me want to get into the company more than ever. I sat down for the 1 hour test. It was horrible when i started out. I could feel my dream company slipping rite thru. But when i started out the math problems in the 2nd page i could feel that unknown power coming to me and helping me out. Every option i randomly chose and substituted would end up being the right one. I knew that God didnt want me to lose out so easily. I sailed through the test and the 2 levels of interview. The results were announced at 10 pm and i was there as 1 of those 10 students out of the 26 who made it to the 2nd level interview.
And after passing through that experience i say i'm unluckyIt was by luck that i got in. I know many students in my college and also in other colleges who were really interested to get into Deloitte. If they had been in my situation they would have been so happy with what they got.
But all of us are like this.... We always think of what we have not got.We win some we lose some. We never give it a thought of how lucky we are... God has given us lots of things that are just dreams for many others... food, shelter, wonderful parents that we have and above all 2 hands, 2 legs, 2 eyes and all other parts of our body that are in perfect working condition. If we get chance to be close to some of the less fortunate ones we will find that they consider us so lucky and place us in a position close to God Himself.
God has been so kind to me.. He has blessed me with the most wonderful parents in the world, who gets me anything in the world i ask for. They have sent me to the best school in the city without which i couldnt have written this blog in this language. They have made me the person I am today. And here i am thinking of something that hav gone a little wrong and cursing God and everything around me. Actually, i deserved it... A small fall is necessary when u have been on a winning streak for a few years. Yes, everything had been so perfect for me since i came to MEC. By God' grace i have been passing each sem with good marks... Then came the placement seasons and i have got into the 3 best companies that i have attended. Apart from all these i have been able to meet so many wonderful people from different walks of life during these 3 years.
When i sit back and think what i want to do... Now i know what i really want to do. I want to work... but not as another software engineer and spend my whole life in a cubicle earning fancy salaries and not even having an hour a week to spare to enjoy the beautiful things around me. I want to work to help those people who has not been as fortunate as me ... Who doesnt have the ability to hear the beautiful sounds we hear, to see the world around us and who cant even utter a word. When i think of those people i feel guilty. We all should feel guilty if we are not using those talents and blessings that God has showered upon us coz we are one of his few favourite children.
Most of us get impatient when we sit with our eyes closed for 10 minutes. Imagine the lives of those children who have come to this world with nothing but darkness in their eyes and have to live throughout like that. It's not their fault. It's no one's fault. But if we can make a difference for such children who are handicapped or have no one to care for them, we shouldn't miss any oppurtunity to do so.
Its easy to say or type as i have done saying that i am going to help to make the world a better place for them too. I should be practical when i say this and i know that nothing in this world comes for free.. We need money for everything, even to go around for this cause. So even if anyone sees me working after,say, 10 years pls understand that i have not come up with enough resources to support my family and my dreams for the entire life left. Its not that everyone should stop doing wat they r doing and go about serving the soceity but each of us can make a small difference by doing our small part in wat ever way pleases us for this big cause ...
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