I almost forgot about it...

I almost forgot I had this blog and put Calvin's thoughts up here. Come to think of it, I saw the date I put my first post. Couldn't believe I did this when I was probably going through a very very bad patch. Seemed like my ship had hit a huge sandbank right in the middle of no where.

But its almost 2 years since then. There have been more trying times and I have just grown up. Its funny because I think I've started to believe in the maxim that "If is does not kill you, then it makes you stronger".

I dare not say I can try and find the under-currents or the real motive behind what anyone says to me (unless of course they are direct)but I know some instances where I could feel it. My instinct told me, "Dude, what you guess is right". I often did not follow it. Seemed my near misses during my younger days have been quite a strog reaosn for me to no believe my gut. Think I should start trusting it more now.

So, after my PG, I was still without a job and kept prospecting for just one thing. A good job that will get me closer to Oil and Gas. I was so Passionate / Persistent / Rigid that I even had a little dis-agreement with the director of the college. Nevermind that. I went back-packing with Rohan to Chennai, Auroville and Pondicherry. Ofcourse the real motive for us was different. I went there to prospect a job and Rohan to have a look at A.R. Rahman's Music school. Both of us did not find what we wanted. We were not so satisfied with it. Anyways, that was not our problem yet. We debated whether to go to auroville or not or stay put in Pondi for 3 days. Seems our decision was good. Enjoyed our first ever wild ride, stayed at friends homes, a cheap hotel, rented a Luna for 75 bucks a day and see Pondicherry our way.

Fate did have something for us in store at home. I got a new job which almost gave me what I desired and a lot of foreign travel and Rohan cleared all his exams and got a great internship for 6 months. Life did give me a good high tide and get my boat off the sandbank. Its over 4 months I'm out of India and will continue to do so until the end of this year.

Boats still runs into sandbanks, unless navigated carefully. I hope I navigate wisely. Although one sandbank is due...soon.