Waking Up....

I am watching Ranbir Kapoor’s interview with Omar where he is out promoting his new movie “wake up sid”. One of his statements on the show was “there is a sid in everyone”….this made me wonder the truth in this small sentence.

For those who do not follow TV closely….I would like to devote few sentences on the character of Sid. Sid is a carefree, happy-go-lucky teenage fresh out of college. He has no aim in life…living on his parents money. Basically…rich,spoilt,aimless boy but not a brat who discovers his aim only after coming in touch with the girl of his life(Konkana in this case).

Quite an ordinary story but in reality the most frequently repeated ones around us. Ever wondered why only the sons of rich fathers are tagged with the status of a brat! I have seen friends around me who hail from ordinary backgrounds and have all the traits of a brat but still they fail to reach the zenith of disapproval that the rich sons usually face. Hmmmm…..well I ll ponder on that later….coming back…Rich or poor all of us are aimless at some point of our life. I still remember I wanted to be a doctor till I was in seventh standard, doctor gave its way to being an engineer (after I saw my sis successfully clearing the entrance and proudly grabbing a seat in a premier college) and may be after that doing a MBA to give a final fullstop to my study career. That was my POA but there is a difference between wistful thinking and practicality. I “woke” up when I failed to crack any of the top engineering colleges and enrolled myself into a BA programme with Economics Honours in one of the city’s college, not something that many people would be proud of ….because in my place only two professions are looked on upon….Doctors and Engineers, other career options are unthinkable. I easily sailed through the 3 years of graduation with top marks and then thought may be I can still make it to MBA.

Thinking I will drop one year, prepare and then appear for MBA, I started my preparations. I decided to sit for the immediate CAT taking it as a practice exam. I gave the exam JLT….but was stunned with the results. I did gr8….yes…I mean really cool. Unfortunately, I had filled no forms for admissions and yet again life chose a different route for me. Fortunately, Crisil had just floated its forms for a new in house finance programme…and there I ended up at last after all the interviews and GD.

I still wonder what would have my life been had I chosen my original POA…..but its just curiosity because am quite content where I am. But I am still aimless, aimless about what
to do after this, should I change my company, when should I settle down, so many questions but no answers……m I aimless or plain confused. i wonder…I ponder…..