Fate, is it...?

Okay. It has been quite a while since college reopened. It's already the third weekend after college. Or is it the fourth? Gawsh! I don't even remember. But then I guess it doesn really matter. Once it's started, it's started for good. And there's no escaping it now. Come to think of it. College reopening is not so bad a thing when you know you've spent a two month vacation watching the seconds tick their way to glory. But once you've gotten back to routine and back on track with the usual hum drum of life, you begin to wonder. A trip to Goa. A vacation in the andamans. A tour around the country. Why just the country. A world tour! Perrfect! Okay, maybe that was a little too much. But anyways, point is, you wonder if you should've done something about the lumpsome time on hand.

Ah well, fate's another thing. It's that thing that spills water on your plans of lovely walks on the sandy beaches. It's that thing which ruins the very idea of going home and breathing in that oh-so-beautiful cool fresh air.

It's the very same thing that also causes your car to go ram into the guy behind you when you're at a traffic light. Sad. But true. Being a party to an accident, eitherways, is something. And having that scene falsh in front of your eyes all day is another. Or is it quite the same? One follows the other anyway. You know, it's actually sad when you're involved in something. I wasn't so upset or occupied with the idea of being rammed in as I am with the idea of ramming in. But it happened from behind. Maybe that's supposed to be a consolation of some sorts. But it reeeeally is a weird thing to go ram into someone behind. Especially when you know you've executed that reverse so nicely!

It also happens to be that very fate which facilitates one's not steering a four wheeler again. Sigh. Happens to all I guess. Atleast hope so, to feel better for the time being.

wondering out loud

Hello and good evening folks. Nice, cold, wet day at hyderabad today. Wasn't it? Today was also one of those days guys. One of those weird days, when you feel, stalled. Stopped. You feel like things have suddenly paused and sadly, you're not part of the pause-programme. You're still around, watching. It's not boring I'm talking about, mind you. What I'm saying is, it's like a sense of dejavoo. And yet it's not like you've already sensed and experienced what is happening. But in bits, you've seen this day beofore. It's a cranky kind of a feeling altogether. I don't know if a few minutes of lesser sleep can produce such interesting results on the psyche. But then, I was never a person who slept at regular hours and times. In fact, I boasted of my being nocturnal! Then what's with all this 'chemical locha' in the 'dimag'. I don't know if lack of junk food for a couple days is to blame for this. Yes. Maybe that is it. You know guys? To a foodie who practically lives off junk and lives by the nocturnal hours, regulated life and safe and healthy foods CAN prove hazardous.

But this has to be more than that. More than just food, I mean. I don't know how many would nod and think, 'me too', when I say this. But so soo many a time it feels like you need a shrink in life. For what? I don't know. Don't ask me! To get a hold of what you think is flying away. To understand what you're into? To realise yourself to the full? Ya. That sounds a little more convincing and solid than the previous two. But, after living with ourselves for how many ever years they are, and not being able to figure out what we are, how the hell is some other god-knows-who chap going to help us out. Okay, maybe not exactly a god-knows-who kinda' chap. But still, he is a stranger who knows not one single thing about you. What am I talking about? I really don't think I know. And neither might you. Yes, I have been sleep deprived by a half hour or so. And I'm seriously deprived of my source of sustenance, my junk food. And I'm feeling the effects badly. Man! Healthy life sucks! Ain't it?

lost youth of india, or whatever..

Hello all! Yet another beautiful Sunday. Yet another lovely morning. Right? Ah well. For most of us who are not over prudent in charting out our career patterns, atleast, it most definitely is. While for the others, who have things charted out and mapped out and placed in their laps, like me, it's the day of the third mock cat, the common admission test, into the most prestigious b-schools of india, for those ignoramuses who don't know yet (what were you doing till now???). Yes yes. I was one of the test-takers. And boy-oh-boy! It was, should I say, comprehendable? I mean, right from day one, we are told to expect surprises. So much so, that nothing, absolutely nothing, can surprise us now (not even Hrithik Roshan handing out the OMR sheets in the exam hall !!!).

It was just another of those tests. The third in its series. But what was remarkable was that for the first time there was a doctor by my side who was labouring equally hard, if not more, to crack the paper! Yes! A proper MBBS doctor! Ya ya. I know. There have been cases of radio jockeys taking the exam. And actually going on to do their MBAs too. But honestly folks, isn't it weird? Rather, dumb? This guy must've struggled for like what, a 6-7 years of his life to enter the holy profession of being a doctor. And now he wants to change course completely? There is nothing wrong in being dually qualified. But I somehow find it strange that people go to such extents to be with the 'in'-crowd. Or is it their parents' prodding?

I don't know how many engineers reading this are contemplating an MBA degree after their engineering. But seriously guys, you must be dumb or what? You went on to slog for 4 entire years of your precious life to get an engineering degree, in the hope of some lucrative career opportunities. And now all of a sudden you see the monetary balance tipping to favour the yem-bee-yaes and jump on the bandwagon again?(!) Get a life! I have seen peopl make such dramatic changes of career in their post-grad level. It's not an uncommon thing. But watching people do it just for the sake of securing a better pay packet or because your parents think that's the thing to do or because your friends have managed to do well in that doesn't mean you are bound to too. Where is all this taking us?

Yet again, there are youngsters with no such external stimuli, who, by their own will and wish and personal inclination choose to make such career shifting turns. And then after they've done with it, they decide something else is better. And then maybe something else. At this rate, isn't there an imbalance being created in the society among the various types of careers? It's like that dialogue I'm reminded of, from Lakshya. "agar mein scientist ban jaau, lekin acha scientist nahi banu, tho kya faida". Why the hell is everyone so bent on jumping onto the bandwagon? What is the reason behind this? Parents? Societal influences? Peer pressure? Or our own assumed notions of insecurity?

Ah well. Life still goes on, doesn't it? As always..

so to speak..

hello to whoever's taken the trouble of readin whats in here. n lemme welcom u to my page on blogspot. i hav had smthng i can call experience in writing these sort of things. but, lets see how this one turns out t be. to start with, i'v jus come to my final yr of undergraduation. initially, i wasnt so thrilled at the prospect of having to come back to college (especially 2 months of uneventful vacations). but now tht i have, must say, "i'm loving it! " for the first time in a long long time, i could identify my interests with th subjects n naturally, i'm happy about it!

marketing is probably one of the most happening things today, wht with indra nooyi baggin th award an all. but let me tel u, its as much hard work as it is glamorous. oh yeah! lots and lots and lots n lots n lotsss of reading n studyin goes into it. n any idea how much of case study analysis it takes to make some sound judgements in the real world? especially when u have ur job depending on tht? whew! thats a lot of work folks.

well, wont strain u wid too many details in the very 1st blog itself. so, see u .