Someone once told me that 'You only understand the meaning of what you do when you look at the past. You can only join the dots looking back'. Now when I imagine my earlier education, the days at my mom’s house, grueling engineering results, MBA campus and all... it sounds like there was a story being made. It is still going on.
During my school days I felt like I could achieve anything, become anything. I passed out with flying colors and got selected into engineering. Even though I wanted to do be a medical professional, and getting admission in one of the good colleges, I chose engineering.
I came to know what great brains truly mean :) It just means being smart. Yes. I don't think all engineers are super intelligent. It is just that they are smart. I always thought I am doing something that I shouldn't be doing. ... Engineering??!!! What in the world was I thinking???
When I managed to pass that, fate decided to change sails and after some research I ended up doing MBA (it was also because admissions to other streams were already closed by that time).
I thought I was always the odd person out in the MBA group. Too technical, not wanting to lose the sharpness I got in Engineering. Today when I look back to those days, I feel I want to live them again. If given a choice, I would do everything that I avoided doing during those days - late night parties ;) socializing, bunking lectures, group studies, canteen time pass, etc etc etc. Yet, they were the best days I can remember.
I hardly remember why I chose to stay in Pune. I declined offers from my campus and another offer from Infy to join my present company. When I look back at those earlier job years now, I know I worked hard, achieved great, learnt a lot.
Well, I was beginning to get set in a routine, but the big director - life - doesn't want the story to look boring... it introduced Yogesh to me... and we got married. Even today, everyday, there is a story being written and it feels like I am playing the lead role in it. I am sure there is a great climax to this and looking back at today, I will be happy to see that every phase was so beautiful, so fulfilling.
