It starts for everyone presumable after college. People usually know what they want from life. They intend to work towards their aspirations. They take up jobs and really commit themselves to what we call these days as a CAREER.
So here is what happened to me after college. I finished learning all about genes and diseases and research techniques using sophisticated laboratory gadgets only to realize my perfect capacity of ignoring all that is sad and depressing in this world and live happily ever after. When I look back at why I chose biotechnology, it could be coz' A) It sounded a lot more cool than B.E. or B.Sc which was too plebeian for my taste. or B) I was more phobic of mathematics than I care to admit to the world in general or c) I was really clueless of what to do and having my college just 15 minutes from home seemed awesome. Always being the pampered child, bourgeoisie sub urban modes of transportation viz. buses & Trains seemed classless.
So there I was driving my own car or car-pooling with cute rich kids... believing in their dreams... living life king size.... College was brilliant.. no regrets on that front for sure.
As for the subject I chose, all I can say is it made me more conscious of my health and still awes me as I realize the potential of life. Life-sciences is by far a highly mysterious realm most of which will feel magical. Switch on to any of the..Animal Planet / Discovery channels .. I have new found respect for my Full HD Samsung LED and my science teachers.. :-)
When all seems nice and easy.. I feel frustrated. . When I am happiest, it gets excruciatingly boring. This is the gist of my past two and half years of service in the corporate world. I somehow ended in Software Industry which paid me so high, it became a matter of acute ego for me. So it is only befitting that I am in a job which intends to pay me less than one fifth of my last drawn Salary.
My dost log still cheer me... ADVERTISING!! It seems... I made it to the the MAD AD WORLD...honestly.. I don't think it's a deal to get a job anywhere if you agree to work for peanuts. So ergo, my Day 2 in office as of now.
I now take a train starting from Vashi to Kurla (20 mins) and a LADIES SPECIAL DOUBLE DECK BUS !! from Kurla to Marol (35 mins) and then walk again (10 mins) to reach my desk. En route, there are places named Bail Bazaar (Cattle Market) & Jari Mari Road which is an interesting patch. This part is directly adjacent to the run-way of the Mumbai airport thereby giving a nice view of flights taking off when seated on the upper deck of the bus.
Now being a non AC common man's transport, most people only dream to be on those flights so it does become a moment of euphoria when we traverse that patch. Given the fact that Mumbai has only one airport, there is always a flight taking off (I saw 2 already in my 2 rides).. Such a simple moment of joy.. so easily captured in so many eyes. I love this city. It always smiles...
26 years ..what have I got to boast about.. let's see.. I have been a "Best student" in school, an acceptable college "General Secretary", something of a genetic researcher for a while, a branded software firm's senior employee with couple of performance awards.. and ..since all of this has not been enough for my narcissistic (why else would I list all of it here..) mind... now I am supposedly an Advertising & Media Intern ...
Question is.. for how long .. and then what??
Chronic Dissatisfaction... picked this term from a Woody Allen flick.. loved it ever since .. use it ever so often... for that's just the perfect two words defining me...
P.S. There is the whole new chapter about Love, Men & ...
So here is what happened to me after college. I finished learning all about genes and diseases and research techniques using sophisticated laboratory gadgets only to realize my perfect capacity of ignoring all that is sad and depressing in this world and live happily ever after. When I look back at why I chose biotechnology, it could be coz' A) It sounded a lot more cool than B.E. or B.Sc which was too plebeian for my taste. or B) I was more phobic of mathematics than I care to admit to the world in general or c) I was really clueless of what to do and having my college just 15 minutes from home seemed awesome. Always being the pampered child, bourgeoisie sub urban modes of transportation viz. buses & Trains seemed classless.
So there I was driving my own car or car-pooling with cute rich kids... believing in their dreams... living life king size.... College was brilliant.. no regrets on that front for sure.
As for the subject I chose, all I can say is it made me more conscious of my health and still awes me as I realize the potential of life. Life-sciences is by far a highly mysterious realm most of which will feel magical. Switch on to any of the..Animal Planet / Discovery channels .. I have new found respect for my Full HD Samsung LED and my science teachers.. :-)
When all seems nice and easy.. I feel frustrated. . When I am happiest, it gets excruciatingly boring. This is the gist of my past two and half years of service in the corporate world. I somehow ended in Software Industry which paid me so high, it became a matter of acute ego for me. So it is only befitting that I am in a job which intends to pay me less than one fifth of my last drawn Salary.
My dost log still cheer me... ADVERTISING!! It seems... I made it to the the MAD AD WORLD...honestly.. I don't think it's a deal to get a job anywhere if you agree to work for peanuts. So ergo, my Day 2 in office as of now.
I now take a train starting from Vashi to Kurla (20 mins) and a LADIES SPECIAL DOUBLE DECK BUS !! from Kurla to Marol (35 mins) and then walk again (10 mins) to reach my desk. En route, there are places named Bail Bazaar (Cattle Market) & Jari Mari Road which is an interesting patch. This part is directly adjacent to the run-way of the Mumbai airport thereby giving a nice view of flights taking off when seated on the upper deck of the bus.
Now being a non AC common man's transport, most people only dream to be on those flights so it does become a moment of euphoria when we traverse that patch. Given the fact that Mumbai has only one airport, there is always a flight taking off (I saw 2 already in my 2 rides).. Such a simple moment of joy.. so easily captured in so many eyes. I love this city. It always smiles...
26 years ..what have I got to boast about.. let's see.. I have been a "Best student" in school, an acceptable college "General Secretary", something of a genetic researcher for a while, a branded software firm's senior employee with couple of performance awards.. and ..since all of this has not been enough for my narcissistic (why else would I list all of it here..) mind... now I am supposedly an Advertising & Media Intern ...
Question is.. for how long .. and then what??
Chronic Dissatisfaction... picked this term from a Woody Allen flick.. loved it ever since .. use it ever so often... for that's just the perfect two words defining me...
P.S. There is the whole new chapter about Love, Men & ...
