Mixed feelings... I dont know how to react, because this is the first time i faced a situation like this.
Dont know, where to start... Ok let me begin from my class 10.
When i was in class 10, i wanted to become a bus conductor, the reason behind this was bus no. 747 in Vizag.
I still remember, bus reaches old Gajuwaka bus stop @ 7:15 Am without any delay. Filled with college girls (not women special, but looks like that). By the end of my 10th class, i realised that this job sucks, because later i got a chance to explore the other buses too, which went crowdless, and in the evenings, pungent smells out of that raising hands. yuck.!! And i woke up from the dreams where i am a bus conductor.
In my class 11,12.. i never thought of an ambition, i never took the words like "aim", "ambition", though my father compelled me to join the IIT-jee coaching center, my mind was not trying to fit those stuff in. And as the time went on, i dint bother for anything that would come-up in life.
Some time during the end of my journey in class 12, one of my lecturer's challenged me, that i can score a good rank in Jee, of course not IIT-Jee, the local one (EAMCET in Andhra Pradesh). That feeded some anger in me and resulted in a 2 months of serious bookishness. Bunked some IIT Jee classes to prepare for the local Jee.
With me, some frnds, who can do some physics and chemistry. they think that i do good maths. I dont know much maths, but somehow managed to get an impression of that sort
Ravi kishore, Srikanth, Guru, Me. we all bunk the class and go to a park to read some basics. I dont know, if somebody would bunk college to read.. :O, well we did that.
Somehow, Guru manged to take Ravi to movies. The Final day... that is EXAM DAY (EAMCET) has come and we are ready. I dont know how i did the exam, i came out of the exam hall without any expectations.
Later in few days the Key was released. Ravi called me up and told... "Dude, i've compared my answers to the key, i got 148 (of 160)", i was surprised.. not about his marks, but about his memory power.. "how this fellow managed to remember all the 160 questions that came in the exam and also the answers??".
Well, i dont even remember which set I've answered (Set A/B/C/D... like columns in an MS excel till VX.).
The twist is here... Result day has come.. I think all the credit goes to the HB pencil which i've used to bubble the answers on OMR sheet, i scored 9000 odd rank.
Immediatly, i called Kishore, to ask him how much he got.. (I was thinking of some single digited number).
He picked the call and told "Dude, i will call you later. busy @ home", i thought, he surely must've scored a state rank and his relatives came home and he is celebrating.
I went home paying 10rs to the Internet fellow for that damn print-out. My dad waiting for me "hmmm how much?"I told "10rs".
He was looking at me as if i did a murder for 10rs, oh my gosh... I told him 9000. He said nothing.
Nextday he went to office and came home, and told me that you are the top ranker... i was surprised and told my self "did the internet fellow gave me a wrong printout, so that i will come again for a printout then he would charge me another 10rs.. oh god, greedy internet fellows."
My dad clarified that the 9000 rank is right but the thing is my father collegue's sons none were to score less than 9000. (not all collegues, but of his known cirlce, may be 2-3.. :D lucky me)
Everybody was bearing a rank equal to their mobile numbers.
I then thought "hmm... good job dude", well, i dint see Ravi's photo in the news paper congratulating him. so i thought of calling him again.
Ravi picked the call and told "dude!! its 30000"..
me: oh, how it could be , you scored 148 compared to key?
ravi: no dude that key was wrong... :(, i got a total of 78.... huhuhh
me: muhahahha (like a rowdy laughing at the hero).
Ravi: ok bye dude.. will catch u in the long term class.
Me: yes, lets join the long term
I told my dad,
me: dad, let me go for the long term and get a rank in IIT-JEE.. :D (eeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Dad: no son, understand the family situation, join some college and get a job and run the family.. you are grown up. i cant help the situation.
Me: ok cools... sure. i ll take that call.
I've joined Engineering, and opted for Btech Biotechnology as major. In 2004, everybody was racing to opt that course, because that A**hole Hindu paper education columnist told.
After that nothing happened which made my life too interesting... asking my self what is your Aim?, and answered it saying "later"
And the journey continued from engineering college to a s/w company, from fermentation tank to excel sheet... like a plastic cover flying in the heavy air...
Now, i am an export quality, thinking of all those days.... I pleed time to give me courage to answer my own question.
