Sunday, September 5, 2010

Who moved my cheese !!

These are some thoughts that I had in my mind when I was driving to PICT to collect my BE result. Why am I writing about it now (after 15 days) ? Because I thought it was too silly to write this until a wise guy told me "No blog posts are silly.It depends on the perception of the readers." I admit I didn't completely understand what he meant , but here goes..
I love PICT. This is the one place (besides home) where I am most comfortable (and this is perhaps true for many others like me). There are just so many memories attached to this place. Then I remembered how sad , scared and overwhelmed everyone used to be in our last few days of BE. The thought that "this" is going to end was tormenting. All facebook updates, tweets, blogs (mine included), etc. were full of senti poems and thoughts. Which brought me to the present - 2 months completed in my new job. And I realised how silly all those thoughts were.
Ofcourse things have changed. They HAVE to change. How can anything that stagnates be beautiful ? Ofcourse I miss those days. I miss chattering with my best friend all the way to college. The loud music that bangs in my ears now when I drive to office just cannot compete with it. I miss seeing my poor ( but brave looking ) scooty loaded with 2 sets of drafters,sketchbooks,helmets and what not ! I miss the bunked lectures (common offs mostly ;) ) , the daily gossiping , the games in lectures and even the boring submissions. I miss everything about PICT. These will remain unwashed memories. Nothing can ever take their place.
But there are so many other reasons to be happy now. First salary , the pleasure of spending(rather lavishly) my own earned money , enjoying the fact that I am FINALLY doing something useful (No offence to the engineering syllabus , but well.. ), disturbing everyone in office and asking doubts(:P). When I look around at my colleagues , I realise that they feel the same way about nVIDIA as I feel about PICT. And it dawned on me that it wont be long before I say "I love nVIDIA.Its like a second home to me."
I am sure this is true for all of us. Life always moves on. One chapter unfolding after the other. But we are so scared of being taken out of our comfort zones that we fail to realise what we are missing. Just because we stand at the end of a beautiful chapter in our lives , doesnt mean that the one that follows has to be bad ! Infact it could even be better :)

Happy reading ! :)

10 comments:

  1. Your words touched my Heart.. I'm actually feeling the same what you are..
    I miss you PICT and my all loving PICT mates.. :(
    But at the same time life goes on with a new chapter unfolded...

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  2. "I miss seeing my poor ( but brave looking ) scooty loaded with 2 sets of drafters,sketchbooks,helmets and what not !!" :D :D... mala thodach modify karawa lagel ;) ...ekdum bessht post :)

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  3. hey nice blog!! description bhariye feelings cha. n true for most of us..:)..but i just dont agree with u on "I realised how silly all those thoughts were."..i dont think those thoughts were silly..if we keep on thinking the same way even now,that would be silly..we never know about our future n we are never ready to let go of our happy present..this new beginning of our lives wouldn't have felt so beautiful if we didnt have those thoughts..

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  4. "But we are so scared of being taken out of our comfort zones that we fail to realise what we are missing" ... wonderful line \m/

    It is true that college life is beautiful, but what follows isn't that ugly! :P

    Good to know, you are happy with the new life! And i am sure, all of us will live a happy, satisfying life!

    Care,
    Neer

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  5. @All thanks..

    @Ruta , yeah I agree..It should have been framed that way..But thats what I meant.

    @Teddy, It took both me and ruta and our belongings to make my scooty look "poor but brave" ... But in your case , with u and Kamble , your scooty deserves a gallantry award..

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  6. hahaaha...ya ur right...my ducati deserves a gallantry award :D :D :D

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  7. hey , great post !
    Growth is outside our comfort zones ! YEss soo true !
    So get going for a new comfort zone !

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  8. Finally...Baryach Diwsani lihilat.. :) "Optimism ni Othmbleli ajun ek chan post.. :)"

    "...Life always moves on. One chapter unfolding after the other. But we are so scared of being taken out of our comfort zones that we fail to realise what we are missing. Just because we stand at the end of a beautiful chapter in our lives , doesnt mean that the one that follows has to be bad ! Infact it could even be better... "


    TOOO GOOD ..
    pan pan pan...

    "..And I realised how silly all those thoughts were..."
    He jaaarasa Khatakl... :P (hope u dnt mind)... kadachit te weglya context ni aalel asu shakel... :)

    Baki kay as usual chanch lihilayt...

    aani to wise guy kon ka asena pan barobar aahe tyach...
    "No blog posts are silly.It depends on the perception of the readers."

    So Keep Writing, :)
    Umesh

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  9. @Umesh... Thanks for all the compliments in that comment (I mean Blog) :) :P

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  10. Niiiiiiice....
    Life Does Move on...
    also This is nowhere near to a silly post.
    Its awesome...

    and
    LOL @ ""I admit I didn't completely understand what he meant , but here goes..""

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