Another day in paradise.......
Hutch is now Vodafone. I have started loving the T20 version of the game. And I have turned 24. Is that a milestone. Maybe its just another year passing by. After all why should birthdays be milestones. They will inevitably come if you are alive.
So whats special today? Thats the question everyone who wished me asked. And I had to give the same answer - Nothing actually....just another normal day! But I have observed something. For the last few years my birthdays have been pretty special. Its always been associated with a happy event. Let me see.....I joined engineering college the day I completed 18. That was a milestone I would say. A new chapter in life had begun.
I got my second job in campus placements just an hour before I turned 21. And believe me that did have something to do with the stars! I did not know what had got into me that day when I answered questions in quantitative analysis like a pro!
On the day I completed 22, I solved the toughest problem that I have ever faced in a project at my workplace. It had been a month after I had got into my first job an there were eyes all over the place watching me to see if I displayed any potential. I myself did not have any self confidence. When I solved the problem that had been affecting the project for quite a while, the company knew they had got a person who they could rely on and I knew I had got into a job that I liked!
(Yeah...I have shed all my modesty while writing this!)
On the day I completed 23, I was in Eindhoven. After all not always will I get a chance like that!!!
And now its 24. The people who I thought would wish have wished, a few who I didnt expect would wish have also wished, and some as usual have forgotten! And of course the one who I really hoped would wish - also wished!!! It has been a pleasant experience but nothing really unexpected happened. Maybe the stars are not aligned in the right positions! Or maybe turning 24 is not a milestone.
Sometimes I feel everyday in life is my birthday. After all even with all the challenges that life throws up I have learnt to remain happy! It is like the dog in the Hutch ad. After a long walk it returns to find a change in its kennel. It accepts the change and continues its life. After all its just another day in paradise.
So whats special today? Thats the question everyone who wished me asked. And I had to give the same answer - Nothing actually....just another normal day! But I have observed something. For the last few years my birthdays have been pretty special. Its always been associated with a happy event. Let me see.....I joined engineering college the day I completed 18. That was a milestone I would say. A new chapter in life had begun.
I got my second job in campus placements just an hour before I turned 21. And believe me that did have something to do with the stars! I did not know what had got into me that day when I answered questions in quantitative analysis like a pro!
On the day I completed 22, I solved the toughest problem that I have ever faced in a project at my workplace. It had been a month after I had got into my first job an there were eyes all over the place watching me to see if I displayed any potential. I myself did not have any self confidence. When I solved the problem that had been affecting the project for quite a while, the company knew they had got a person who they could rely on and I knew I had got into a job that I liked!
(Yeah...I have shed all my modesty while writing this!)
On the day I completed 23, I was in Eindhoven. After all not always will I get a chance like that!!!
And now its 24. The people who I thought would wish have wished, a few who I didnt expect would wish have also wished, and some as usual have forgotten! And of course the one who I really hoped would wish - also wished!!! It has been a pleasant experience but nothing really unexpected happened. Maybe the stars are not aligned in the right positions! Or maybe turning 24 is not a milestone.
Sometimes I feel everyday in life is my birthday. After all even with all the challenges that life throws up I have learnt to remain happy! It is like the dog in the Hutch ad. After a long walk it returns to find a change in its kennel. It accepts the change and continues its life. After all its just another day in paradise.
posted by Sriniketh S at
4:03 AM
2 Comments:
yeh what is this man..u never told me that ur b day comes on sept..
woh bhi just after me... kam se kam bata to deta... ab to belated happy b day bolne ka bhi time nahi baha hai...
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Dare Devil, at 6:45 AM
change is good!
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Rupam Bhattacharya, at 11:46 AM
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