I
must admit, the year was eventful… finally few things fell into place, of which
some were least unexpected! I have lost the sense of chronology for the year… I
may miss some important ones but as of now this is what I remember!
With
the uncertainty looming over my foreign aspiration, my hopes were knocked down…
everything looked liked a distant dream… February came, and so did my annual
leave… hadn’t been anywhere last summer due to my GMAT exam (fiasco), so I was in
no mood to ruin this one as well… had a long list of places to travel but ended
up travelling only half of them… still those were the frontiers I had never
been before… I wish to discover those places again and hopefully beyond… been
to visit my grandparents (maternal uncle’s home) after almost five years! And
with my bucket-list getting shorter, I thought it was a good omen!
Decided
to give it a try, come what may… got the papers ready… the word was now
literally on the street… taking the step back now, was out of context! As time
passed by, had a bit of confidence as well… the D-day came! Negative! Shocked,
I was and so were everyone else. Decided to have another go! Negative, again.
Didn’t have guts to have another attempt. After much pondering, finally decided
to have a final go… this one with a view to make roads ahead clear for the
future… hope, I didn’t have any. Turned out to be a good shot, third time
lucky! Some thought it was a perfect example of ‘never giving up’, for me it
was not, I had nothing to prove, it was something else.
Left
my job of three years… I was happy for that, thought I stayed longer than I had
intended… had never left my home for long ever before, and now here I was
leaving my home and country for a land on a different horizon and that too for
years… wasn’t worried much as I would have my sister nearby… but then somewhere
inside, you miss your home and family, always…
People
ask me how this place is… planned, developed, organized with clear blue sky…
and to their disbelief, people down to earth and helpful as well… been lucky to
have known too many wonderful people this year… making new friends, travelling
new places… by now I have more or less adopted to this place… I still make sure
I am in touch with my family and wonderful friends back home… for the coming
year, I wish to follow up all those stuff… but I need to be more organized as I
still lack the time management skill!
Be
amazing. Be good. Be strong. Be smart. Be cool. But the most important thing,
be yourself! That’s what I am going to try to do.
Happy
New Year 2013!!! Have a wonderful year ahead.
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Script: We survived 12/21/2012! Yes, we did!
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