Maggie @ 3AM

My last post was also at 3AM, I had prepared a soup. I had to struggle, and innovate, but I was determined and eventually succeeded in preparing the soup I wanted to.  It’s 3AM again, I have morning shift tomorrow, I started watching Gangs of Wasseypur, and got hooked!

I felt like writing something. I was thinking what to write, I put the water for boiling, decided I will write after eating my Maggie. But then, I roamed a little, just couple of rounds in the hall, and some memories came to my mind, I was also looking at my life currently, and bang I’m in the groove! My fingers type automatically and my mind directs it on what to type, it feels like all this is happening subconsciously, I do not need to think or analyze much! Well that’s how it has been since my first post in 2008, and that’s how I write, I don’t know about others, but I guess this is natural to me!

So let’s go back in time. I was a teenager; we were 3 best friends in school. We used to go for walks in the evening. We used to pull each others leg a lot, all of us had admirable sense of humor (hell we still do), we also used to discuss issues; typical teenage life crisis. One day, we were discussing what do we want in life? I still remember what one of my friend said, he wanted to have enough money to have a home, a car, and should be able to go out for a movie with family every week. He is a CA now, he married to a CA. I guess he has definitely done justice to his aspirations, and perhaps even more!

The other guy, he is into business. He completed engineering, started assisting his uncle in business and he is now doing his own business. And then finally me, I did not talk of any plans on what I wanted, I did not have a list then. I do not have a list now, but I do have some aspirations, there are some things in life I want to be, and they are much beyond getting a car or getting a house. Money is not a unit of measure for what I want to do in life, those who have been very close to me will realize what I am talking about! Even the lady who took my ‘Verbal Communications Test' at Infosys knows about it, she had asked me: 'What I want to be in life?'

Present day. I have 5 years of experience in IT industry. I have worked for some of the biggest and most reputed companies, not only in India but also the world! My school friends would not have expected me to reach these heights, I used to be good in Maths and Science, but was an average student overall. I never even got a first class till 9^th grade. I was not part of any particular group of friends, I never have been. I am friendly with everyone, and I have some close friends, but I have never been a ‘we are a group of amigos’ kinda guy!

I worked my ass off in 10^th grade, burned the midnight oil and prepared for the board exams. They were pretty good, however frankly speaking even I was not expecting to get 81% in SSC, having never got a first class before. But, it was a lot of dedication and a lot of studies; I guess that was the first major achievement of my life!

Today when I am able to sit and write a blog in Magarpatta City, Pune working for a MNC, and being able to spend on all my wishes and enjoy my life to the fullest, I can proudly say I have done pretty well. I know many friends who have done much better, but I don’t wanna compare myself to anyone, I wanna compare myself to the guy in his teens, who was hanging out with his best friends that evening, chatting about what we want in life!