The Long ... and The Short of it

One thing I've realised after two years of gruelling hard work is that ... there is an end to everything. Even something as Gargantuan and stupendous, seemingly never ending and incessant ... as the IITJEE preparation, something as colossal as this great saga ... is ordained by destiny to bow down to the ravishing passage of time, and accept defeat. 

Strange as it may seem, even a year back such dreams were hard to actually direct thought upon ... but today well, it indeed is a dream come true. It's been tough, and there can be absolutely no doubt about that ... but then again it IS the tough who get going, when the going gets tough, isn't it? 

In a way I've lost ... lost more than a happy life for the past two years, and possibly, it is only one person who has emerged victorious in this rat-race. After all, the person who comes second is no more than the best loser isn't he? But funny thing is the person who wins this rat-race is ... no offence meant ... indeed the quickest rat in the business! So the worse you perform, the less rat-like one becomes ... sweet and simple logic? For sure!!! 

The best thing about a phone number like rank which I obtained in JEE 2009, is that it will be quite possible to actually get the much coveted IIT tattoo, and at the same time pursue studies in Physics or Mathematics ... which is incidentally a hell lot better from the education point of view, than the pseudo-science called engineering. Now let me reveal the "true" me to you, the patient reader of all this "content free bullshit" (or CFB, as my father calls it). I am a rather funny sort of a guy from this perspective, who is rather wayward in his views about career buliding. I am NOT a career minded guy. I swear. I really want to make it real REAL B!G in life but not in the stereotyped manner of pursuing this, that and what not. I am more of a study oriented freaky sort, who actually enjoys learning, reading, and applying knowledge in the best-est manner, letting my ambitions seek me more than me seeking them.

Thinking that I have all the makings of a geeky nerd, are you? Think on dude!!!

Ever since I was young, tiny weeny and the cute cuddly sort, much like them Vodafone Zoozoos, (I actually was, even my friends tell me now!!!) I have adored the process of education, and NOTHING fascinated me more than ... absorbing stuff, like a sponge and getting to know to know the hidden secrets of this universe, more and more, and deep within me was my indelible yearning to study one or the other of the aforementioned subjects. So deep rooted was this desire that I got the shock of my life when my parents decided to put me in a place where they actually train you to get into a place where they teach you applied science in the form of engineering. I got even more cheesed off when the teachers in this place actually mapped senseless examples from science ... hardcore concepts ... into situations where you are working in a firm, and where your aim was a salary of 2-3 lakhs of rupees. Mockery man!!! Its absolute mockery. And a death-blow to the very roots of the great process called science!!!

The other day one of my very good friends was asking me why I have never bothered to join a social networking community ... which is so much the craze today. Fact is, that even I'm very much aware of all this, even my family memebers are into this thing ... my mum's on Orkut, and possibly just hours away from opening a Facebook account, and my brilliant father has his presence in Orkut, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and also has his own tailor made community on Ning, for promotion of his programming marvels. While my fun-loving mum uses Orkut in much the same fashion as you people do, my father's reason for social networking is a platform for development of newer stuff. Let me tell you, that quite a number of applications you people use on Orkut or Facebook, were actually uploaded by my father himself! That is exactly what my aims are and this IS the long and the short of it. I haven't joined these because I'm simply NOT in a postion to enhance these platforms right now. Eventually my mum's persuation may compel me to create a profile ... it won't be at all owing to my own wishes. AT ALL. 

So what do I do on the net? I continue the same great process of learning there too. I have accounts, perhaps not in social-networking platforms, but on really cool sites which help me implement my dreams. The foremost is blogger, which is perhaps the best way of maintaining your touch with the English language (whcich I adore so very much). Another common place one is YouTube. Yet another less common ones is this amazing place called 'StumbleUpon!'. This is, according to me, a pioneer in online entertainment. All you need to do is select from a wide range of subjects that interest you, and just click on the 'Stumble!' button. And this site takes you to a place where you are sure to find stuff that will interest you. You don't like that page? Just click on the appropriate thumbs-down sign, and the server makes sure that you won't see such stuff anymore. You like the page? Just click on the thumbs up sign, and it will take you to such and such sites in the future. This is one heck of a way of learning newer and newer stuff, and can provide hours of interest to any damn body in the world. Other places where I have profiles are Digg, del-icio-us, flashWidgetz, flamingText, Wordpress, and loads of other really cool places ... all of which are owing to my insatiable yearning for fulfilling my dreams.

But Relax.... I'm not as scary as I may sound!!! I love the softer parts of life too !!! Cricket, Formula 1, rock music, cars... these are all my forte ... but perhaps sidelined by my lofty dreams ... which BELIEVE ME, I've just gotta make materialise.