Another chapter drew to a close

TODAY was different. Though the sun was same, sky was same, comrades were same, yet there was something queasy about it. For I have taken a stroll round sky lawns umpteen times, be it hanging out in sky with friends for no reason , confabulating during meetings in the club, but today it was an eerie feeling when the batch snaps were going underway. I guess it was timely reminder that my Bitsian life has reached its twilight. and hence understandingly the whole batch busy trying to collect their memories as much as they can from bits in these few hours and y not!!,its this memorabilia ,viewing which some years down the line, would bring smiles to our face reminiscing of some of the finest moments of life spent here .However there was a caveat too. Just 6 months ago, we were rejoicing the fact that we became half engineers but barely six months later, has it felt as if it’s time to take decisions, tough decision owing to trade off b/w priorities. I guess most of us would find it hard to escape the conclusion that most of us are still trying to figure it out what do we actually want in life job, only job ,money, job satisfaction,MBA , MS and entailing the chaos of deciding practice school 2.But donning the black coat made me feel as if there were raucous and shrilling voices echoing in my ears the alma mater delivered what it promised at the time of admission.,quality teachers,cutthroat competition, vibrant campus life and opportunities beyond the wildest dreams.whether you capitalized on those or ruined your chances was entirely an individual's call and perhaps its time to get used to formal clothes,Forget the flexibilities,prove your worth in the live world, outrun others or get run over.In a nutshell, its time to come out of cocoon and time to put in test the qualities , knowledge,skills earned till now and its time to learn different way,may be the hard way.
As the old adage goes, a teaches first teaches the lesson and then take the test. but life is cruel, it first take the test and then teaches the lesson. may be enough of rote learning till now, its now time to learn it the hard way. One thing is for sure, going to miss this life a lot.

An odyssey to pilani

yippiee !!! its 2010 ,new year giving every reason to believe its going to be bigger and b8r .no doubt 2009 proved to be the year of comeback or resurrection of Indian economy with sensex surging and witnessing upper cut market close(i jst used to think can such ever actually happen , yes indeed , i saw the modus opernadi unfolding infront my eyes the day after election) .Indian railways for me, also emulaing last year performance. it seems Indian railways offers you umpteen reasons to whine .for instance last year. my train to delhi was arnd 12 hours late. after so many hiccups , dilly dallying.., accidents,incidents of ramming of goods train 2 passenger trains.. indian railways promised safer journey to us last year with so many enquiry and committees being setup to come up with the solution. guess what was the aftermath of those things .this tym,this tym 3 accidents in a single day ,and my train got cancelled on its day of departure. jst incase , i am sounding too obstreperous all the trains 2 dat route got cancelled.here is a rundown to the turn of events. 1 came 2 know trains got cancelled at 11 p.m. then suddenly swarnajyanti came 2 rescue despite being always on the receiving end of passenger's scorn due to its reputation of procrastinating already full day journey to more than 30hour journey.However one the few trains where u can get ticket even on the last day w/o tadkal quota or even after stepping in the coach .wtf by the time my slow internet could process my accounts and payments it was already past 11:30.... and the msg ur transaction could nt be completed popped up on the screen. so either sleep and wake up at 5 (irctc site off for these hours)or make a nitout to be on the safer side.. much of bitsian life.. everytime thrill and adventure of bitsian life used to to get started from isbt bus stand.but this this tym it started sitting in my home itself. This year was no exception.newaz it wasn’t as dreary as phophesized and train was just five hours late belying all the expectations.Even if i reached delhi 1300km away back home after next 200 km to Pilani seemed equally distant. Boarding a Volvo for Pilani from Delhi was always a dream and it came true but not the way expected. After failing to persuade the cab driver for night journey to an unheard place Pilani under thick blanket of fog,we were mentally prepared for late registration. finally we found a Volvo bus as serendipity ,on its way to Pilani .and we around twenty five people booked whole volvo bus !!!.though the journey did cost 400 bucks , but I guess it was worth it.