Training at Mysore : Part 3

I've been told by my friends to keep my story simple and not to drag it on, so I'm going to finish up my training experience in this post. Though I had only a glimmer of hope, I was determined to do well. I did not tell any of these things to my parents and it was hurting me. I would wake up on the morning of every test hoping that I would clear it but only failure came my way. I kept telling myself 'Even if you don't make the grade life will go on, just make sure that you give your best all the time'.

My friends out there would also try and console me saying 'I deserved better than what I was getting'. And one fine day I managed to clear a test in the first shot. My joy was confined to an extent as I knew there was lot of modules ahead of me. And from there on I did well in all the modules and successfully completed my training.

Looking back, I felt that I had out of a big hole which I fell into. It was all due to me, I put myself into that situation so I had to come out of that. I did not say any of these things to my parents till date.

EPL: Title race

The race for the English Premier League title this season is going to be greater than it has been over the last 5-6 years. Champions Manchester United had a cool 10 point lead over Liverpool going into the match against them at Old Trafford. And the last thing that they wanted was to lose all three points and give hope for Liverpool. And what happened was just that. Liverpool had a sniff after that result and there was sudden belief among the players and the fans.

They were hoping that Manchester United would slip up and they could take advantage of that. And United dropped points again at Fulham and Liverpool were right back in it. So it's going to be a fascinating few weeks before the end of the season. Will Liverpool catch Manchester United, we have to wait and watch.

Training at Mysore: Part 2

The training program was preplanned and all the materials needed was given to us. We never used to study during the college days. Thanks to that habit, I found it quite tough to cope up with the pace of the training. Not that I was not able to understand anything, the fact was everything I learnt there was new to me. Had I studied a little during college, I would have got through them without any difficulty. And I need not say what happened in the first test, I flunked it.

My friends told that I need not worry and there was re-test that was there for those who could not clear the test first time. But the questions will be a lot more difficult for the re-test than the first one. I flunked that too. My misery started there. I went on like this for 6 tests (12 including my second attempts). I went to situation were I was nearly out of the company and I had even started to ponder what I was going to do next. But then there was a glimmer of hope for me, I had to clear all the remaining 8 modules with high scores.

Training at Mysore : Part 1

I was overjoyed when I got placed in campus interview and after our final semester got over, we were waiting for our joining dates. And finally we got the date of joining - July 14th. It was a week after my birthday and we had to do all the pre-joining formalities that were being communicated to us. And we set off for Mysore on July 12th night by train, carrying the wishes of all my other friends who had got into different companies. We reached Mysore the next day morning around 8 a.m. And when we reached the company campus, I was awestruck.

It was such a beautiful campus with fantastic facilities. We were inducted as trainees the next day (July 14th) and one part of my dream had come true by then. And one great aspect was we did not have our tests in the first week of joining itself. The first week gave us time to get used to the place and the new people around us. And the real action started from the second week. Training out there is quite tough and it has been certified equal to a two year B.S degree in USA.

My School Life: Grade Two

The month was June and I was happily waiting for the school to re-open. I was hoping to catch up with my friends and was told at the end of last year that we would be moving to new buildings for Grade Two classes. So I had lot things to look forward to and that was when I got the shock of my life. My parents told me that I was going to be put up in the hostel. I did not know what to do and I started crying. I had never been away from my parents.

In spite of all my protests, I was admitted in the hostel. I still remember that day, I was crying non-stop and one of my uncles was in the last year of his schooling. He would come and console me saying that I can go home in a couple of weeks. The next day was when the school re-opened. I had a tinge of disappointment on my face but on seeing my friends again, it disappeared. As we were told, we moved into one of the new buildings. There were a couple of new joiners and we were ready to start Grade Two.

My School Life: Grade One

Till date I would say that I had the best period of my life in my school. Our school was primarily found for the people from village and there was a committee formed for establishing it. And the name of the board was "Grama Manavar Kalvi Kazhagam". My grandfather was one of the board members so I had little or rather no difficulty in getting and admission. I did not get admitted for my Kinder Class itself, I only joined from Grade One. I was so young and I had never been in a place where so many people were around me.

I was a bit shy in my early days and that certainly did not help in getting to know all the people. The school was getting bigger at that time with new buildings constructed and I would look at them with a lot of awe. I was not a naughty chap in the school so I was had a good name with the teachers. There were not many students in my class at that time and luckily one of my cousins was there in my class and that helped me get along with others. And time moved on so fast that I felt Grade One was completed in a jiffy.