I realised...

I believe experience is the greatest teacher to a person. Nothing teaches him/her the valuable lessons of life in this world. Before starting this blog I ll tell you about myself. I was a lazy person whose only passion was cricket. Eventhough I was passionate about cricket I never took it seriously as my career. I would watch and follow it and even when am fast asleep I would tell Sachin's record by heart. I never had any passion for studies especially science and technology, with no aim in life. If you come to know the fact that I am an engineer passed with first class, you would be surprised to know that I had no passion for science and technology. Well, I am not trying to boast about myself, but I did it for the sake of my parents. I felt its my duty to do it after commiting myself to the task. I realised that these marks doesn't reflect one's true ability. I have seen people who scored less marks than me but had better understanding of the subject than me. The irony is I got an offer from one of the top software firm in the world. People would have thought that am a geek, but the fact is I was not asked even a single question from the so called computers and science. The interview was all about cricket, puzzles and current affairs. I am not sure whether I would have got placed in that company if it was a pure technical interview. When the time came for me to join the company I was in a dilemma whether I would succeed or not. But I had no choice but to join. I wont say I fared well in the company but I was neither a flop show there. I realised that I am not comfortable in the company. I quit the company and did my masters to try my hand in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. I had no clue about it before making a decision on pursuing my masters in that field. I dont know why I chose the field. I wanted to switch my career from being an IT professional to more a management kind of job. Hence I was desperately looking out for opportunities in such field and I came across Logistics. I got an admit and I joined the university and after completing the studies I got placed in a fortune 500 company as analyst.

So this is me... a person with no aim, no passion, no curiosity to learn new things (apart from cricket), doesn't talk much to anyone, who love to be alone. Infact I crib a lot about life.In short I was a boring person.

Well, after coming here I can say that I have changed a bit. I realised that cricket is not the only thing in life for me. I do have passion for other things and I would not say I am a person without ambition. I do talk more when compared to how I was before. I would not say I am not a boring person now, but not as bad as how I was before. I do prefer to be alone but I realised at times I need people around me. I realised that it is these people who make my life meaningful. One thing I am still not able to overcome is my attitude towards studies. I still dont believe in marks. It is just one of the tool to measure a person's ability and not the tool. I feel there are better ways of measuring people's ability than through marks. Its just my opinion though. I would say I am more matured as a person now than may be 2 or 3 years before (there is nothing to feel great about it. One has to mature as days pass). Apart from these things, I realised few other things as well. Finally I also realised how important it is to pursue the career one love which I couldn't. I would say its my fault because of my attitude. With a new found passion and ambition, I would just like to see me work towards it and reach the goal. When I think of how I was before, I used to feel bad and at times funny. Well, experience does teach people valuable lessons which are more important than what teachers at school and college teach. Afterall there is no better medicine than time.