Lesson ...

Notes from life ....

 

1987 : Travelling by train to my uncle's place , journey was about 3 hrs but then u see , children get hungry n thirsty often :) , so , there I was bugging my mom for some or other thing..

Then I was thirsty n wanted to play wid some water and mom gave me a nice small cute sa glass ,filled with water in my hand. Actually it was d only glass or glassy , I shud say , in which I used to had 'mum mum' n milk. I simply sat there sipping very little n just holding it , I asked , 'mumma yeh mum bach gaya' , Mom told , koi nahin throw it , So , I threw water with glassy from the window n , 'mumma phenk diya' , Arre beta , I told throw the water not ur glass..But..

 

At 4 : Life taught me to follow ur Mom's word as final , nothing less nothing more. ;-)

 

1989 : A glass of milk staring at me . How to get rid of it with Mom standing right on top of my head ? Sink was an old trick and with my sister sitting besides me n finishin her glass in just one sip , it was even tougher to get rid of it ....there was no saviour.

 

At 6 : Life taught me that there was no escaping milk and Mom. :)

 

1993 : "I want this dress now" . I screamed ..shouted ..all in vain. I felt Mom is really being indifferent to me , It is my best friend's birthday party n I wanted a new dress . There was this insanely sane expression on my mom's face , till I stopped screaming as I realised I'd just bought a similar dress a month ago.

 

At 10 : Life taught me that unreasonable demands were never fulfilled !!

 

1996 : "Papa pls let me go to the trip with school dis time ...pls Mom ask papa to pls understand " , "all my friends are goin..." ... No ears for pleading..."No" was the prompt reply from papa's side...

 

At 13 : Life taught me to listen to our elders and they knew what is best for us and what might not be ...

 

1998 : M a tenthie , I ve grown up to be in Board Exams and I can study on my own n dat there are no more homework , that I've 2 complete before d next day at school...Mom and Dad always supported and never really went after me and almost never , except for once or twice asked me to study for exams...dey wanted me to feel to study myself..."Hey my dad has got our cable connection disconnected.." , told my friend over phone and I kept on thinking , "Is dat my parents are not worried enough ..how their child s gonna perform at studies..." or worse , "dey are not at all bothered..."

 

At 15 : Life taught me that parents know the best and they want only the best thing for their child...be at any cost..

 

1999 : "Hurray , my board result is out n 've scored distinction...dat too deciding on my own wen 2 study wen not.." ...."Dis gave me a sense of confidence dat I can very well decide what to pursue in life and what I want from life.." ."after all ,this is my life and I will choose my career"..Papa just looked up from beneath his glasses and said , "Ofcourse you will , but you being really vulnerable , doctor's post might not go very well with ur personality "..

 

I still chose and opted for biology and beleive me , I didn't scored too well with that, dis time around...

 

At 16 : Life taught me to respect experienced people cos it always makes you a better person with time...

 

2000 : "Kuch kuch hota hai...".."Tum nahin samjhogi anjali.."..."Kuch kuch hota hai...".."Tum nahin samjhoge rahul.."was the mantra allover school...neighbourhood n tutions...

"Don't tell ur mom , I'm not telling either , that we are going for this movie after class , they will never allow us" , My friend whispered over phone ...

 

"No .."I mean no chance.."I simply can't lie n moreover I don't want to..."..."I never hide anything from my mom n m sure she will let me go.."

 

And so it was , our parents not only allowed us to go to the movie but also gave extra money for eating out..

 

At 17 : Life taught me that it is very important to keep good company and that reasonable demands are always fulfilled.. ;-)

 

2002 : "I don't want to be in engineering and that if not MBBS , den let me go for Dental course..BDS" .."NO" remain my papa's opinion..n dat "I should go for biomedical engineering , which he has chosen for me and also , I've tried my share of time and luck ...and I have to listen to what my papa is telling..." ,my Mom , told sternly !!

 

N hey , before i'd thought , I found myself in the hostel room , un-packing my stuff over...

 

At 19 : Life taught me that whatever is destined has to take place and that parents have a fair idea whats gonna happen next in their child's life...

 

2006 : 4 years flew away like anything and here I am again standing in my room but dis time packing all my stuff and bidding goodbye...to all , friends, hostel mates , batch-mates n everyone around, iron waala , photocopy shop , bookstore, juice junction , canteen n mess ...almost everyone...in the university !!

 

Time actually really flew away, I didn't even realised wen n where had 4 yrs been , it was pretty fast..and M an Engineer now with a distinction in my B.Tech

 

At 23 : Life taught me that it takes its own stride , on its own...it is actually driving you ...

 

2007 : I wanted to pursue MS from abroad and I'd thought , yes I did thought even now ,but only after consulting papa , that I ll probably join some university in Australia . Both of us thought at d first place , that dis would be nice enough , although Mom was little apprehensive. I prepared for my IELTS exam and got through that scoring fairly good !! :) , applied for many and was able to get offered addmission in one of very good universities in Sydney , Australia.

 

But as I had learned at 23 , life always takes its own stride and drives you , I never took my papers forward and all of a sudden , dropped off d idea of getting an MS from abroad.

 

At 24 : Life taught that sometimes we shouldn't force ourselves on somethin..and if confusion clouds in ur mind...u shud better keep at calm n try not being impulsive !! ;-)

 

2008 : I took something that I didn't wanted at first place but started beleiving dat maybe dis is d thing for me ...although my sister was constantly pushing me to try out somethin better..and here at dis place I met , my best friend for life , and , we hit really well...our opinions , perspectives all matched and we were best of friends in couple of days... :D

 

"I will go for dis course ,only if you come along..., u know m too afraid to take up something so far way 4m home..n dat i've never been away from my home for more than 4-5 days , n certainly not dis faaaaaaaaar....", asked my friend , n I was as usual , a bit confused abt it called up papa , "papa , there is dis MS from manipal , shud I opt for dis.." , papa always wanted dis for me , he promptly told , "go for it ...it would be even better than MS abroad ,ur plans last year..."

 

And there I was , both of us sitting in the train to Udupi.. :P

 

At 25 : Life taught me if one thing doesn't turn-up d way u'd expected it to be...never lose hope...there is always something nicer in store for u .. !!!

 

2009 : I again feel that the things are not turning as i would like them to be...n dat my luck is not enough to land me in the bestest of things...but .... ;-)

 

Now : Life's teaching me , maybe my expectations are less and maybe I deserve lot more ... n dat I definitely will get everythin I deserve, wen d right time comes.. :)

 

So, here I am after so many lessons and still learnin a new one every day...

At Present  : Life has taught me that hurdles and joys come in cycles ; God doesn't deprive anyone of either, cos dey r part of ur growing process...n dat our family is our weakness and strength..

 

Life now has also taught me dat ,God is always there with us..n listens to my prayers and that I'm still learnin the subject called Life !! ;-)