Saturday, January 29, 2011

My Train of Thoughts...

There is "a" turning point in everyone's life. Sometimes many. Good, Bad or Ugly.

I've already had my first good turning point. Slugging my behind off in the "IIT Industry" that is called Hyderabad, the world was all about one IIT seat. Period. I am not going to crib about not getting through the IITJEE. Instead, with every day that passes by, I thank god for not letting that happen. Of course, I missed out on studying in the best school in the country. But the first turning point in my lusterless life (read IIT-less) happened when Dad decided to send me to Bangalore (a lot about the city a little later). A city I had to go to for 4 long years. With no friends to begin with. Still remember the day when I stood on the entry door of the train (to bangalore urf bengaluru) bogie with tears in my eyes waving good bye to mum and akka. Fast forward four years. I stand there with tears again. Only this time the train was moving in the opposite direction and there I was, waving to my besties. What had happened during the fast forward? A kid sang. A kid learned to organize. A kid learned to make friends. A kid fought. A kid got belted. A kid apologized. A kid dealt with shit loads of people. A kid stayed in a hostel and didn't change roommates for 4 long years! Long story short, the kid turned into a guy. Thanks to a ton of people I met in Bangalore. Thank You for bearing with me. Thank You for listening to me. Thank You for everything that I am today! I am ever indebted to the city!

Surprisingly, I already have had my second turning point in my life. And a good one it is! Deeply confused whether I wanted to do my Master's in Science or Business Administration, I frantically looked around for suggestions/advice in my final year. Pretty obvious by now, I chose to pursue my Master's in Computer Science. Although I have changed that now to MS in Software Engineering. Immaterial information so far. Even before I could get a hang of life after college, I am here in Atlanta negotiating this new "turning point". Took me all this while to actually miss my under-grad life. Things move fast. Lightening Fast. But you learn things fast. Lightening fast.

Although its been just 6 months since I have been here, I have experienced enough to change my rationale.

More coming soon ...

An inspiring quote:

"Even if I spend my entire Life trying to do just good things, I am not sure if I can do all good things I ever wanted to do. Life's too short but make it worth the effort." -- Ramesh Kulkarni.

Thank You Priyanka Jagirdar and Ramesh Kulkarni for making my life so much more easier...
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10 comments:

  1. Madhav MishraJanuary 30, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    :)
    nice work... elaborate on that 4 years ;)

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  2. coolkarniJanuary 30, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    Kya toh bi.... Gr8 start bro..!!!

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  3. .January 30, 2011 at 2:59 AM

    Great! Waiting to read more from u! Bring it on!!! :)-Steffi!

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  4. VathsaJanuary 30, 2011 at 3:23 AM

    Grt wrk jaggy :) eagarly waitin for ur next post ;)

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  5. bhaskarJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:13 AM

    ONE-derful dude.. ;) keep up the good work..

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  6. UnknownJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Thts a fabulous strt...would like to hear more frm u JACK :P

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  7. LalithaJanuary 30, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    a strt with 4 years of btech life which was like a blink of eye to me had brightened up my face for a while. an emotional touch at the end and definitely awesome funda of ramesh jiju...btw y did u name this as ONE? am assuming some strong reason behind it :P

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  8. jaggyJanuary 30, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    @madhav sir: thanks! There's nothing to elaborate. You know what happens/happened in BIT hostel. Ha ha ha...
    @prashanth, steffi, bhaskar, bindu: thanks guys for taking time out to read this!
    @lalli: ONE is what we all need to understand. Its all about ONE. Lemme stop before I sound like one of those philosophical guys, I'd be glad if you can relate to it. But, thanks anyway for the post :D

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  9. priyankaFebruary 7, 2011 at 7:51 AM

    I really enjoyed reading your post...looking forward to ur next post..Keep rocking...ramesh and you are my pillars of my life you both are my best teachers and critics

    Keep growing and wish you all the happiness to surround you throughout your life.
    love ya

    Priyanka

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  10. UnknownFebruary 7, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    This is a good start Shashank!! I am glad I found a place in your very first blog post. You almost captured the funda. What I feel is if you make a list of all the good things you can do and experience in this life and starting with this moment, if you do only those things from that list, still you will not be able to finish that list. If you insert all the unncessary things in between, the list becomes even more shorter. So don't waste your life with unnecessary things. Concentrate on good aspects of life.

    Good luck with your blog!!

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