--The October sky--

Day 89- “Closing in on the prey ” (Monthstone reading: 9months)

 

My monthstone reads 9 months now. You know what this means? This means that after 9 months I would be a toddler again; I would look at all the things around me with awe; I would have the curiosity in my eyes; I would not hesitate to ask questions even if it would be at the risk of sounding stupid in front of others; After 9 months, I would be born as a student again!

 

I’m so close, still so far away; done with so many things, still so much more that I need to get done!

 

Over this period of time I have come across many realizations, but one that has stayed with me is this; that it does not matter how far behind you are in a race….what matters is the killing instinct inside you, which can measure up all the bygones in that split-second you unleash it…the time that your adrenalin pumps in so hard that you transcend the physical limitations and exclaim ‘bring it on…this is my race…and the finishing line is mine to take!’…that attitude is all that is needed to change the game for anyone.

 

The days of September literally came from the palette of an artist; Colorful, rich and bright orange, green and red shades painted my sister’s wedding. The last few days of the month were dipped, soaked and rouged in celebration. The afterglow of it prevailed through the early days of October. Ahh! Then there was the Karaoke north zone finale as well which happened way before all of this….I sang ‘kiss from a rose’… even though I didn’t get through, it was a very satisfying experience to sing amidst the cheer of my friends…and end on a note of thunderous appreciation from the people.

Ok, before I continue tracing my footprints to some inaccessible recess, let me snap out. So here’s the deal:

Road-Map

GRE (done)

TOEFL (done)

University Selections  (done…atleast for the US univs…still to fine tune on non-US univs)

1. Transcripts ( would get news on this today)
2. SOP (Go slow, man at work !)
3. LOR's 
4. Financial Documents
5. Visa Interview           

Time-line

• 13th Sep – KWC North zonal finals….had a thrilling time….The best part was that all my close friends were there to cheer for me :)

• 20th Sep – Chandigarh calling again! All wedding preps had been done now. Chachi was also there now. A convoy of 3 cars drove down to the city beautiful.

• 20th Sep-26th Sep – days of excitement, exhaustion, anxiety and reserve power ( which I believe my body stocked while I slept those extra hours ;) Though the marriage date was 24th September, we left back for Delhi on 26th Septmber (after the pag-phera)
• 28th Sep- Reception@ Delhi….this was the last function for my sister’s marriage

• 2nd oct- Dee and Adit leave for Mumbai

• 2nd Oct- 9th oct- The lull and silence…and a period of ‘let me sleep endlessly'

  Then there were other events that happened too in this time… went for ‘Zedde@HRC’, an evening out with May and Deb (neighbors) along with karaoke night with them in café revv, watched ‘killing them softly’ after winning tkts on the radio and attended 2 shows from the Lakme fashion week on 9th Oct (courtesy Madhavi) …but yeah, dat apart the week totally personified lull and silence;)
   

Its the age of gadgets and a civilization of technology...No one can run the risk of not getting warmed up to the tech gadgets today...else you would be living in the past. So my mother started embracing the tab that my sister and I gifted her very recently...and after coming back from the wedding, she thought "why not know my tech companion a little better?". Its not even been more than a week and the tab and Ma are fast friends!...Before I knew it there were messages being exchanged with Dee on whatsapp, relatives were being befriended and posts being liked on facebook...and my high score on angry birds was history now!!...I'm so glad!

So why would I share this? Well, Change is inevitable you see. You may choose to accept and embrace it or deny and resist it. The former leads you to live a life in the present contrasted with the latter. So no matter how intimidating the change, its best when we mold ourselves according to it. Never feel that you are too old to learn something new! That's what my mother taught me in the past few days and I'm totally inspired by her attitude.

The month of September was generous enough to give me a lesson in dealing with pressure situations which materialized now and then during the 3 days of Dee's wedding. Still, there is a lot more to be learnt on time management as there were things which I could not catch pace with. One such thing was the cryptography course on coursera, in which I fell right behind in my schedule by 2-3 weeks. Though I'm still counting on that jet of adrenalin to come alive and propel me to this course's successful completion.

I shall keep you updated.