My Life-In Retrospection!

Now I'm no Shashi Tharoor or Chetan Bhagat to leave you mind-boggled and awe-struck at the end of the read.....neither is my story earth shattering or even inspiring at the least.....this is just an outcome of the random thoughts which've been cascading in my mind for over sometime now,regarding my past,starting from my childhood to the 18 years of my life following it,which I decided to shake out over the keyboard.....

Ok now where shall I start??From the screaming 3 year old fighting tooth and nail with the ayahs and doling out random kicks at the teachers around to make an escape from the kindergarten??well..yes!I think that'd be a wonderful way to make a start :)

My kindergarten days always bring a smile to my face...tho' it was nothing short of an ugly nightmare back then!Totally oblivious to the language-Hindi(ok now sorry for skipping the most important part!I spent the 1st decade of my life in the Manchester of India ie Ahmedabad!...hope that explains my ignorance to hindi during my initial days),I had a really hardtime communicating with the teachers,especially the ayahs....even going to the toilet was such a pain in the ass...it took me all my might and acting skills to express my desire to pee(to the ayah o'course)! But then,as smart as I was even back then-thankyouverymuch-I mastered the language in like,1 week!The teachers applauded my achievement and my parents had tears in their eyes(obviously!their daughter could finally use the toilet without making a fool of herself in front of her classmates,who even at that age were quite smart at making cynical comments).

Then came the primary days which I'm proud to affirm,were spent at one of the best KVs in Gujarat ie KV ONGC A'bad.....my 4th year there was the time when one of the greatest calamities of all time struck...the Earthquake whose epicentre was Bhuj and a had resounding impact in the metro of A'bad....leaving everyone mind-numbingly shattered and taking with it a toll of 20lakh deceased.........this monster left no one unscathed....this is now the reason for my dislocation from A'bad to Tvm....yes, I call it a "dislocation" coz I've never really fit into this place.....now 8 years into the Land of Coconuts and I'm yet to fall in love with this city......well back to the academic part, here I was greeted by the mother of all KVs..ie KV Pattom o'course(no offence to other KVs in here..but I simply adore the school)...6 years of education in here..and ta-dah!I was a finished K-V product!!(n proud to be so)......

Then comes the college part....well as a matter-of-fact,I did work my ass off in 11th n 12th for the sake of entrance exam(ok now my classmates might raise a brow in disbelief,but hey!stuff it people!!!I did work hard for the entrance...)...but the board exam part,I never gave a fucking damn about it; which is why, all that I managed to scrape was a measly 87% in 12th and ultimate rejection from the premier engineering colleges of the country(tho' I took sincere efforts for the entrance...pity my effort)

Well then, despite my high expectations, I could only land up in a mere 2k position for the Kerala Entrance...which is why,here I'm at the Government Engg Colg,Barton Hill(now emphasis on the "Govt" part people!coz tho' small,that's some achievement I've,worth being proud of)doing a Btech in EEE.....well initially disappointed,but later thrilled to the core, I started loving this place more than I'd ever loved my own school!!coz this is the one place where I met all those wonderful people I've in my life now,with whom I bonded on faster than fevicol,and got to enjoy life and I bet,nowhere else on this entire planet would I've found such marvellous homosapiens!!(an added advantage which I forgot to mention earlier is the FEES!! it's so damn cheap!a mere 6200 anually!I'd bet my house,even your mom's saree costs more than that!now where else can you get such quality education at such an economic rate?!)

Now here's something that I'd like to say,I've learnt outta my own life(ok now this is no epiphany,just something that has evolved over a long period of time).....you never really get what you dream for,what you desire for.....but then whatever God gives..is the BEST 4 u.....that's what you're really in need for,and hey,if God really pelts you with all those missile-sized troubles, that is only to get you steeled up for the greater challenges ahead!So smile on people.....keep hope alive....you'll move mountains!!:)