Saturday, November 19, 2005

Machine Drawing - An Epsiode to Forget

Well, this is the story of my ordeal with Machine Drawing, one of the two courses I liked in the 3rd semester. I started off very well and I knew the concepts extremely well. I just loved the subject. But the way people took it changed my opinion about Mech in IITM. People bunked a lot of classes in the beginning and towards the end, they just started dweling in the CAD lab! They spent all their days there finishing their backlog and then doing something extra and that too in some very bad fashion which changed the impression of the professor who taught us. Man, these people just don't sport it! furthermore, after knowing everything and being quick and efficient in the software, I still managed to screw up everything by making the worst careless mistakes I've ever come across in my life!
This could be my worst ever score in a test on 50. I already made a landmark dark spot of 5.5/20 which hit me like the asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs, leaving a gaping hole in my mind. I should try and get rid of this carelessness which was dominant before JEE, dormant during it and back with double the intensity after it.
Another thing that saddens me is that I've missed the 2nd wedding in a row this year. My absence was felt. I felt left alone and too much open to the subtle changes chance brings to me. My studies shouldn't go anywhere but up. And that's a long way to go starting with my carelessness that is sky high.
I believe that I can make it some time and that I will. There is a force inside me that keeps me going even in the worst of situautions and it has to grow. Faith and hope can lead me when coupled favourably with immense amount of hard work. I'd rather highlight that the work you have to put in does sometimes exceed very well, the goal you have to reach.

'Na me mrtyushanka Na me jaatinbhedah
Pita naiva me naiva maata na janma
Na bandhur na mitram gurur naiva shishyah
Chidaanandaroopah Shivoham shivoham'

I have no death or fear, I have no distinction by class or caste,
I have no father, or mother, or birth,
No friend, no kith or kin, no teacher or disciple,
I am the embodiment of knowledge and bliss-
I am Shiva, I am Shiva

From Nirvanashatkam of Sankaracharya.