This is my second post. Before going in to it I want to thank all who stopped by and read my first post. It was really nice to see people are expecting me to write more and i was even socked when one said i am creative... once again thanks to all those who stopped by... Hope i will stay up to your expectation. Ok... Regarding this post, its going to be about two persons. You will get to know who they are and what makes them special to be mentioned here, as the blog goes on.
It was year 2005, I was in my final year of undergrad. I was trying placement via campus recruitment. I wasn't lucky for long time. I was almost certain of doing my masters. Started preparing for competitive exams very seriously. I wasn't even aiming for top colleges in my state. I just didn't want to spend a year either searching a job or preparing for exams. I had to wait till the fag end of my penultimate semester to get placed. But once I got placed I never took those books ever again. But I had idea of doing Masters degree sooner or latter. With overwhelming farewell(s) and a certain path ahead I said bye to my College life.
I got my posting in Mumbai. Life started moving slowly, learnt lot of lessons, and i did enjoy. With two year commitment to my organization coming to end i wanted to do my masters. Don't wanted to postpond any further as that will only make thing harder. I prepared hard (Hm mm.... lets just say, i prepared). Got decent scores in exams i gave and even got call for interviews (from Delhi, Hyderabad, etc). But that was also when i got an on site opportunity. 3 yrs multiple entry Visa to US and a Project that will run surly for an year. I never even thought of saying NO to it. When there are people waiting for such opportunity, i don't want to miss something knocking my door.
Close to a year ago i came to US. Eversince my lifestyle had changed. Met some good people; Made friends; Had fun. I started to LIVE my life. I was elated when I heard my college friend saying
'Must enjoy life like Gandhi'. WOW... that was just WOW... I was more than happy but that also made me think What am I doing? Is this what I really want? I do want to enjoy my life but where is it all going? Once I leave US, Where will I be?
Again, my dream of doing masters started to prick me. When I took the books this time, I felt much harder to read a page full of text than ever before. I don't think I felt this hard when my Class teacher asked me to read a notice to the class for the first time. I found really hard to concentrate. With all gadgets lying around me and tours & Picnics planned on weekends and music being played always, made things only worse. I AM STRUGGLING. I want to come out of it. I want to do my masters sooner. This time I set my targets to US universities (Price I pay for delaying). So, I must give GMAT. I cannot afford to wait anymore. I must start preparing NOW.
I know I will have to write two essays in GMAT. So, its not only enough if I can read a passage and answers related question or solve math problems. I should also be able to write. This is whole new challenge. Never had to do this in any of my previous attempts. As many of you might have rightly guessed, Yes it is one of the reason I started to write blog. I want to improve my writing skills. YES, its true. I am selfish here. Comments that I received from my first post had encouraged me to write second post in 2 days. This has given me some sort of courage. I am not saying that I am all confident and ready to face GMAT. But writing blog has given me HOPE that I will fair well in my GMAT. With this you might have got an idea how much this blog means to me. It means a LOT, a lot more than what you would imagine.
For reader wondering how did I start to Blog or who are the two person whom I mentioned in the beginning of this post. Here it is....
One fine day, when I was checking my orkut profile I came across a member who had her blog's address as tag line. I opened the blog and read the
About me section; I liked it. I went way down and read the very first post; I liked it even more. I started reading the blog from bottom. I could see myself falling for it. She was not so great writer (but defiantly better writer than me). All I could see was the words were so real than anything else. Of course it had content, but the way it was written made me read some of her post again and again. It was defiantly her words and her writing style made me think about writing a own blog.
If it was her words that i
read made me think of writing a blog it was my friend's words that I
heard made me to start writing blog. I told about him in my previous post also. He made blogging as easy as a pie. For a person(myself) who doesn't has anything in
About Me section in Orkut Profile for 2.5 yrs, it was his encouraging words which made me start creating a blog.
A little bit more about each of them...
About the first person, Her name is
Archana, I saw her on orkut 'Nashville Indians' community. As I write this she has no idea that someone is inspired by her work and writing about her in their blog.
About the second person, His name is
Imti. He is friend of mine. Working with him for more than 2 yrs and i should say he is talented. He is a regular blogger, very interesting character. I am going to stop describing him and tag him instead. So that you may get to know about him more clearly.
Now, before I conclude, I want to thank these people for giving me HOPE to achieve what I wanted to do. I neither had written a comment on any of Archana's posts nor had a conversation with Imti regarding how they inspired me. I want to do it in a special & different way, What could be that way. Is there a better way than dedicating this post to them?
Archana, I will be happy to have your contact.
Imti, I am proud to have a friend like you.
THANK YOU!!!
