I was born in an island of this life, Ocean. I enjoyed my childhood in the seabed and midst of it's forests, gone are the days when I was fondled/consoled, brought up with care by my parents everyday and by my neighbours and relatives too.
Then came the day when I was thrown into the Ocean like everyone, I still float on its water which tastes salty but preserves my perishable body, I haven't learnt the art of swimming here but I know how to get my oxygen out to breathe.
On this way I got into a boat and rowing it, Now my first and foremost task is to sail this boat towards a big ship and getting into it before the boat gets damaged. Today I am somewhere from nowhere, below are the ones I wrote when I was nowhere.
Job Seeking:
During my final semester, I heard about job seekers, My seniors told me that many of their friends leave home and move to Chennai without any kind of preparation for interviews. They spent their parents' energy in the form of money. As a responsible :-) son, I took it as a lesson and decided that I should not depart from Trichy as soon as my college days end. At the time I planned that I have to study what are all the things I might have to face in the interview.
I finished my course, I started to act according to my plan. So that everyday all my neighbours saw me with some books(Obviously engg books J). But it didn't go as I planned and I didn't reach my goal. Yes, my mind spread over to all the things except my subjects. Three months from my course completion date I achieved only 50% of my goal.
When I came to Chennai at earlier times, I didn't go to any company by myself. I went and attended interviews only if there were any call for the same in the news papers(The Hindu: Sunday Classifieds, Wednesday Opportunities(Of course it was a waste of time looking for openings for freshers, but I still bought news papers on Wednesdays because it helped me to dream for MNCs), The Economic Times: Wednesday Ascent, Free Ads: Sunday) or on internet(www.freshersworld.com, & so many yahoogroups). But it was not sufficient in the competitive world. So I stretched myself with my friend Venkataraman, As a result of that now we see some openings for us.
Walkin – Walking on Chennai roads:
Chennai city roads are in a very bad condition. We realize this during our traveling. To reach our destination by vehicle needs more concentration on the road. It has many hollow spaces(Pot hole) on its body. This problem reaches its peak on rainy days, because of underground drainage (man holes) openings without lids & poor drainage system.
Walking itself is a problem in rainy season, Many vehicles esp Autos, take up the rain water from the road and spread across our dresses. So while walking also we must have concentration. If we make a small mistake it leads us to a big accident. It is very important if we drive a vehicle.
People who want to avoid an accident will obey traffic rules for sure. Another dangerous factor is footboard traveling. It gives more chance for an accident. Like this, crossing of railway tracks has to be done with caution.
Career:
During my primary school days, I heard the words Engineer & Doctor as these two were used more frequently by almost all the parents to encourage their children to study well. I did not have a fair idea about Er & Dr and I though if I study science I will become a Dr, if I study maths I will become an Er. I didn’t have a clear picture of my carrier. After my primary schooling I joined St.Joseph’s Trichy. There was only one medium of instruction – Tamil. Earlier I had also written entrance exam in ER Hr Sec school to get into English medium. But I failed in that test. Consequently I developed a fear within me about English medium; one more reason for the fear was I studied in a village Tamil medium school. In my Hr Sec too I was scared of English and finished my school life as a Tamil medium student.
Due to my incompetent knowledge in English and poor vocabulary and slow reading speed my fear continued in the first of my engineering but managed to clear 9 papers out of 10. That instilled a haughty behavior in me, because of this careless attitude I failed in 3 papers out of 10 in 3rd semester. When I was a sophomore one of my class mates gave me idea about ME & MBA while we talked casually. Then I felt MBA would be best for me and built an aim of doing MBA in any of top 20 B-schools in India. But the college ambience and my attitude were not conducive for the prep. And decided to work for 2 years and do MBA with 2yrs of work exp. But the present situation destroyed my plan and I am preparing for CAT now.
