Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The Dullest Phase of my Life

Ever since i got posted to Infosys MCity's bench , I ve just been whiling away my time . There have been no useful hobbies, no aims and generally no direction to my life. In school there was this mad race for marks. I came out on top . In college there was a good fight for grades and jobs . I came off well there too. The Infy training in Mysore was the place where I saw the first failures in my academic life. It was a jolt. I somehow came through.

After landing myself back in home Chennai , the time has passed off in the most fruitless, useless manner. My father insists that I develop a good reading habit . I resist coz I never have been hooked on to books . I have lost touch with my violin inspite of having attended classes for many years before. I dont have many friends to just roam around the place with them . I dont have a girl friend either. Its just been a lonely time. I roam around the city in the weekends. Mostly I go alone only.

In college it was a gala time with friends. We were busy catching up with the latest movies. Now everyone has moved on in life. It has become an ordeal to catch up with friends who are working in other companies. The contact with them has dried up. The occasional meeting with an old friend helps in reliving some of the good old memories. Mostly I ve become a LONE RANGER.

In the midst of all this , I get excited at times. The time when I rode a bike 10 days back after a long time, was particularly impressive. The car drives also boost me up nicely. I spend a little amount of time reciting slokas and doing my daily prayers. I have resumed weight training at home to stay rugged and strong.

My daily routine is something like this . Getting up at 6 20am . Catching the train at Guindy between 7 30am and 8am. Reaching office . Passing off the whole day chatting with colleagues , reading and forwarding mails. Then catching the train back home between 3pm and 4pm. Reaching home before 6pm. Browsing the net, Playing computer games , Watching Dvds . Getting the odd scolding from parents . Sleeping off b4 11pm .

Does this sound interesting ?? I bet not. My only hope for the future as of now is my plan to study journalism in 2009 maybe . My fascination with blogging has just fuelled this desire. I just wish I can succeed as a journalist . I fear I cannot survive in this world of codes,bugs,errors,tests etc etc.

But who knows ??? Life holds lots of twists, turns and surprises in store for us. My life might turn more exciting in the near future . This unpredictability of life only makes us live on.