After a long time
Ages have passed since I last blogged. Sorry for such a long delay.
I just dont know how the past 25 days passed. Only a few days ago I had appeared for
the mid sems, now I have already taken two end sem papers. The past few weeks were pretty gloomy for me in every front.There was only one happy moment. My wingmate Arindam Mukherjee who is my department junior as well has become the V.P of IIT Kharagpur. For the uninitiated V.P is the highest post that a student can hold in IIT Kharagpur. This called for a gala celebration, cakes, rasgollas and finally a treat at Khana Khazana. It was a nail biting finish as he won by a slender margin of 27 votes. Usually a V.P is a highly talented guy who has to be an expert at time management. Arindam or Alu as he is fondly called is no exception.
I wish him all the best and I am sure he will do a wonderfuljob (considering the fact that IIT Kharagpur is in the news these days for all the wrong reasons).
I dont know what is happening in my life nowadays. It just seems that I am not in control of my life. I have a vast amount of pending work which need to be completed as soon as possible. It is untrue that I am not working hard. However I feel my efficiency has gone down so much that at the end of the day it seems I have done nothing concrete. All effort is gone in vain and I end up achieving nothing.
When I got admission into IIT i was a stary eyed teenager having grand plans of doing well in engg. I had no special liking for any branch of engg as I knew so little about any branch. I was just happy to study engg in one of India's most prestigious institute. After four years of toiling on technical subjects I still have no special liking for my branch of engg (remember i am an industrial engg).
In our school days there were many subjects which we had to "endure".......none had any liking for the subject but still we had to study them. The same applies to engg studies. Majority of the subjects I took in these last 4 years I had to "endure". I had to somehow pass these courses and hope that the next course was dissimilar from the earlier one. I found only 1 or 2 courses which really appealed to me. However the initial enthusiasim for the subject used to fizzled out by the the end of the course. Sometime I think that the problem lies with me for I am still to find out what I like and where my interests lie.
In life I have always been given alternatives to choose from . It doesn't matter that I think all the alternatives are pathetic but I stillchose the least bad one.
Now things have come to such a point that I cant even take a guide of my own choice even though he is very interested to take me. I dread to think of what will happen to the mtech project for which I have already lost all tempo in the very beginning itself.( Dont forget tht I am in a dual degree course).
The departmental farewell was held today. My btech batchmates were presented mementos and we all enjoyed a lovely dinner. A sense of despondency took over me after the ceremony. I wish I had passed out his year. I sorely repent being a dual degree student.
People say that student life is always better than professional life. I fully agree with this viewpoint, However it is not at all a great feeling to see your own batchmates getting jobs and passing out. Whereas u have to stay here for a year more..........do some more rubbish courses and get almost the same jobs as the btechs. Yes we get an additional degree Mtech but what is the point of an additional degree?
Dont u think having job experience is more important than getting more and more degrees?
majority of my friends are going out. It shall be an ordeal to stay at this place for another year.
I know there is nothing good in this post and if u have read till now u must have become sick. Sorry for wasting ur precious time.
I just dont know how the past 25 days passed. Only a few days ago I had appeared for
the mid sems, now I have already taken two end sem papers. The past few weeks were pretty gloomy for me in every front.There was only one happy moment. My wingmate Arindam Mukherjee who is my department junior as well has become the V.P of IIT Kharagpur. For the uninitiated V.P is the highest post that a student can hold in IIT Kharagpur. This called for a gala celebration, cakes, rasgollas and finally a treat at Khana Khazana. It was a nail biting finish as he won by a slender margin of 27 votes. Usually a V.P is a highly talented guy who has to be an expert at time management. Arindam or Alu as he is fondly called is no exception.
I wish him all the best and I am sure he will do a wonderfuljob (considering the fact that IIT Kharagpur is in the news these days for all the wrong reasons).
I dont know what is happening in my life nowadays. It just seems that I am not in control of my life. I have a vast amount of pending work which need to be completed as soon as possible. It is untrue that I am not working hard. However I feel my efficiency has gone down so much that at the end of the day it seems I have done nothing concrete. All effort is gone in vain and I end up achieving nothing.
When I got admission into IIT i was a stary eyed teenager having grand plans of doing well in engg. I had no special liking for any branch of engg as I knew so little about any branch. I was just happy to study engg in one of India's most prestigious institute. After four years of toiling on technical subjects I still have no special liking for my branch of engg (remember i am an industrial engg).
In our school days there were many subjects which we had to "endure".......none had any liking for the subject but still we had to study them. The same applies to engg studies. Majority of the subjects I took in these last 4 years I had to "endure". I had to somehow pass these courses and hope that the next course was dissimilar from the earlier one. I found only 1 or 2 courses which really appealed to me. However the initial enthusiasim for the subject used to fizzled out by the the end of the course. Sometime I think that the problem lies with me for I am still to find out what I like and where my interests lie.
In life I have always been given alternatives to choose from . It doesn't matter that I think all the alternatives are pathetic but I stillchose the least bad one.
Now things have come to such a point that I cant even take a guide of my own choice even though he is very interested to take me. I dread to think of what will happen to the mtech project for which I have already lost all tempo in the very beginning itself.( Dont forget tht I am in a dual degree course).
The departmental farewell was held today. My btech batchmates were presented mementos and we all enjoyed a lovely dinner. A sense of despondency took over me after the ceremony. I wish I had passed out his year. I sorely repent being a dual degree student.
People say that student life is always better than professional life. I fully agree with this viewpoint, However it is not at all a great feeling to see your own batchmates getting jobs and passing out. Whereas u have to stay here for a year more..........do some more rubbish courses and get almost the same jobs as the btechs. Yes we get an additional degree Mtech but what is the point of an additional degree?
Dont u think having job experience is more important than getting more and more degrees?
majority of my friends are going out. It shall be an ordeal to stay at this place for another year.
I know there is nothing good in this post and if u have read till now u must have become sick. Sorry for wasting ur precious time.
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