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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. - Nikos Kazantzakis

               Under a completely different pretext from intended, the above quote truly describes my disposition right now. Let me bring you to light. Today is the morning of the 4th of June, 2013-two days after my JEE advance was over. For good and forevermore!
               I can’t even begin to describe the agony, the tension, the pain, the exhaustion, the hopelessness that I have been through for two years because of this exam-and for no good reason either. (Oh wait-i have been doing that for quite some time.... on my blog.)
            But this post is not about the sadness. This post is about the half filled glass, not about the half empty one. The past two years have changed me and my life in an unconceivable way.
          Two days before JEE advance unfortunately and stupidly I ate some food due to which I fell ill.
Although I had no hopes from the exam from the beginning but the illness just made me surer. Somehow, on the morning of 2nd June I dragged my ass in the exam hall with no wish whatsoever to attempt even one question. Instead of doing something so half-heartedly I thought I would rather not give the exam at all. But I gave it nonetheless. And it was not because I thought that perhaps luck could befall me and I’d know the answer to all the questions in the paper-slum dog millionaire style. It was because I wanted to finish what I started. Otherwise I would not get to enjoy the peace of mind that I had been craving for. As it sounds by my comments my JEE advance did not go well at all and I have no expectations from it at all. I did not even bother to check the solutions-i was so far pissed.
          Yeah, yeah-comming to the non-depressing part. However, I am not sad or dissatisfied or bitter at all-at myself or anyone else. Surprisingly I am really happy. I know it my first post I wrote I have no clue where my choices would take me. But now I am glad that I took Science with PCM and decided to pursue engineering.
           Over the past two years even if I could not learn enough of PCM, I have learnt a lot about well-life! The two years were like a revolutionary stimulus, molding me, preparing me for what lies ahead-both good and bad. I thought that if I could go back in time and change my choice I defiantly would. But now that I am here, so far ahead, I don’t really want to change any of it. It’s perfect as it is.
Earlier to me engineering was only a boring desk-time job. But now, suddenly, computer engineering seems really interesting. Now I do not want to do anything but that. I want to do it now.
           Plus, even though I failed Advance miserably, I think if I had not become a zombie or if I had not worked as hard as I did or if I had not joined my ruthless coaching I would not have archived what I have. And in my opinion-i have achieved a lot. Not just medals or percentage or the prospectus of a good college (since I have qualified all other exams with good ranks besides IIT) but because I feel evolved. I feel surer of what I want from life. And it is not cruel success. In fact, the only think I want from life is to follow my dreams, to live, to enjoy. This is a very important lesson I learnt from trying to do something I was not much into. But it turned out into a boon anyway. And I will never let go of it.


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