Okay! So how are we doing today!??
If I had asked this question to someone(of my caliber and aptitude that is ahem ahem) a year ago, the reply would have been a chirpy and high spirited "O nothing much man! But you know wat i'm going to get a fantastic job(the idea is that we were high spirited back then with placements being ensured and all that)!
Cut to 2009 (mid-latish! hopefully economic condition will be ok by mid-latish 2010)! I go upto someone and ask the same aforementioned question and the reply comes "O nothing much man! And you know wat, I don't think that I'll be getting a job after all! boo hoo(to add to the whole effect)!!
So what was the reason for this detrimental (more like totally mental)turn of events!!!
Well! The answer my unaware reader is Recession, yeah the most famous word in the world right now, ECONOMIC RECESSION. ( point to be noted : it happens to be the most famous word in the world, but when you go upto a "learned" bloke and ask him/her the reason for this recession or what is it exactly, the reply would be a "Uh! um! uhhhhhh! eh! ooohhhh! Hey I'm getting late, I really gotta split! Catch you later!")
Yeah so what I just wrote above wasn't all that informative, was it!! Recession!! so what!! big deal!!, we all know everything about it! But I was writing about the replies of confident people at different times, wasn't I! So concentrating on that!
So back in the day(I say it like this because it really feels as if the good old days were a looooong time back), a person would come up to me and say "Are you filling up the pre SSB form?","Are you trying out for Google internship?","Are you interested in a demonstration at this very important company which would help you get a job?", my answer would be a flat "No", because I knew that all this was just plain "unnecessary" and that my job was "ensured" by the "college placement cell". Recession has, you could say, marked a small crater on that confidence.
Now I go upto people to ask"When's the CDSE coming out?","Should I apply for NSE exam?","Shouldn't we also apply for BSF and maybe for Railway engg exam as well to go with?" as if my life depended on the opinion of the listener.
Are those discarded offers and chances coming back to haunt us!!!!
What are we feeling at these crossroads(just adding to the effect) of our lives! Are we feeling a simple "depressed" because we don't think that we might be able to land a job in these gruesome circumstances; or are we hopeful that maybe the recession cloud will finally lift and everything will be back to its previous glorious self; or are we confident that there's going to be major downs in life as there are going to be ups, what matters is how we rise from our downs and try, try to transform them into our ups; or are we impressed at the amazing writing skills of the writer who manages to confuse the reader yet bring the message across fantastically in a subtle way(had to add that).
So what are you going to be now! Taking a page out of Lance Armstrong's book(yeah he has written a book but this is just a phrase, so don't start reading his book now, or you could if you're a fan and don't have anything to do in your life, like preparing to get a JOB most likely) I'd say that we could only fight and hope to live strong.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
The Importance of Glut!
This might be a situation that you all might be accustomed to. You walk into a restaurant and you hear these squelching noises coming from somewhere. You turn around and see this bizarre person vacuuming his food (except that he's not vacuuming! don't get carried away)in front of your eyes at the speed of a Sukhoi and with the precision of a blind Wild Yak. You look at this poor soul and go "UUgggHHH! Wat a glutton" or simply don't say anything and go ahead and order your food(but still feel uncomfortable because of the squelch and belch) or you simply leave because you just lost your appetite.
Zooming now to a whole new situation.
How often does this happen to you. You wake up late in the morning , you check the time - go "Oh! S***!" and then hurriedly go about your morning business. You somehow manage to complete everything in time, albeit with the hedge on your head for want of combing and the occasional unpolished shoes, unmade tie, unpressed shirt and other minor details. You go "Chalta hai" and walk towards your destination with a mission : to reach your college in time man. Meanwhile, the breakfast you were supposed to eat dignifies itself in the refrigerator or becomes fodder to the cockroaches in the dustbin. You reach your college in time happy that you won't have to face your teacher's rant and that your term work is still safe. You take great pains in attending the oncoming classes, holding your eyes open so that your teacher(read messiah) doesn't catch you snoring. By the time you're finished with your morning onslaught, you suddenly hear a painful plea...... a protest..........arising from the center of your abdomen. You feel as if you've been invaded by a thousand tapeworms and this sudden feel of hunger, this ravenous hunger, which is plaguing you like the BUBONIC. You ignore the pain, being the man(or woman) as you are (duty comes before pleasure or somesuch). You attend another enervating session : this time a practical if you're lucky. Thinking that you're going to gain a lot out of this, you attend it again more for the sake of the messiah's approval than your own well being. After what seems like a lifetime you wind up and thankfully head for the canteen, your hunger absolutely killing you by now. With dangerous thoughts in mind( because of the terrible day ) and the hunger of a hundred to back you up, you attack the food like a wolf attacks its prey. Your food becomes a live thing in front of you, flying off the plate to land on the table, then on someone else's lap, then maybe, an this has been reported on some rare occasions, flying out of the window onto somebody's face. People pass by looking at you as if you are some circus freak, comments fly in from all corners of the canteen , people start criticizing you for your table manners, accusing you for making their visit to the canteen such an unsavory experience. You don't care at that time do you, not when you are in the "Wolf Trance".Words fly in like "Such a glutton", "Look at that fat***!As if he hasn't eaten in a million centuries". You suddenly look up and forget about your food for an instant (introspect basically). Hadn't you felt the same way about some chap a few days back ( or whenever, basically you feel sorry ). You get this strange feeling in your gut and you know it's guilt. So you see(Here 'See' is of special importance, not simply meaning percieve, look, detect or glance but the much deeper "comprehend").
In the end I'd just like to point out that Glut comes in handy to save your life in a life threatening situation as explained above.
So before you go 'ughhyy' on someone else, just cool down and think before your react.
Zooming now to a whole new situation.
How often does this happen to you. You wake up late in the morning , you check the time - go "Oh! S***!" and then hurriedly go about your morning business. You somehow manage to complete everything in time, albeit with the hedge on your head for want of combing and the occasional unpolished shoes, unmade tie, unpressed shirt and other minor details. You go "Chalta hai" and walk towards your destination with a mission : to reach your college in time man. Meanwhile, the breakfast you were supposed to eat dignifies itself in the refrigerator or becomes fodder to the cockroaches in the dustbin. You reach your college in time happy that you won't have to face your teacher's rant and that your term work is still safe. You take great pains in attending the oncoming classes, holding your eyes open so that your teacher(read messiah) doesn't catch you snoring. By the time you're finished with your morning onslaught, you suddenly hear a painful plea...... a protest..........arising from the center of your abdomen. You feel as if you've been invaded by a thousand tapeworms and this sudden feel of hunger, this ravenous hunger, which is plaguing you like the BUBONIC. You ignore the pain, being the man(or woman) as you are (duty comes before pleasure or somesuch). You attend another enervating session : this time a practical if you're lucky. Thinking that you're going to gain a lot out of this, you attend it again more for the sake of the messiah's approval than your own well being. After what seems like a lifetime you wind up and thankfully head for the canteen, your hunger absolutely killing you by now. With dangerous thoughts in mind( because of the terrible day ) and the hunger of a hundred to back you up, you attack the food like a wolf attacks its prey. Your food becomes a live thing in front of you, flying off the plate to land on the table, then on someone else's lap, then maybe, an this has been reported on some rare occasions, flying out of the window onto somebody's face. People pass by looking at you as if you are some circus freak, comments fly in from all corners of the canteen , people start criticizing you for your table manners, accusing you for making their visit to the canteen such an unsavory experience. You don't care at that time do you, not when you are in the "Wolf Trance".Words fly in like "Such a glutton", "Look at that fat***!As if he hasn't eaten in a million centuries". You suddenly look up and forget about your food for an instant (introspect basically). Hadn't you felt the same way about some chap a few days back ( or whenever, basically you feel sorry ). You get this strange feeling in your gut and you know it's guilt. So you see(Here 'See' is of special importance, not simply meaning percieve, look, detect or glance but the much deeper "comprehend").
In the end I'd just like to point out that Glut comes in handy to save your life in a life threatening situation as explained above.
So before you go 'ughhyy' on someone else, just cool down and think before your react.
RESPECT GLUT!
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