Finally got the visa.

It was the day when my dad joined me in a visa training centre. I thought it is supposed to boost my confidence levels. But it didn’t work that way !! Oh my gosh. I am supposed to by heart the answers for the visa interview. I couldn’t by heart the answers my tutor gave me and started loosing confidence.

I could hardly sleep the next day. Self analysis solved the problem finally. The reason my tutor gave me for the need to by heart is that under pressure at the US visa consulate, one may not be able to give an instantaneous answer. I thought whatever mam said applies to people who are low on confidence and not to me.I have informed the same to my madam. She is flexible enough to change her teaching method. I would give an answer which would come naturally to me though it is not rich in vocab and idioms. This worked and my confidence is back.

On the day of my visa interview I am confident. I said to myself that I can do it as I have required communication skills, decent educational background, genuine financial certificates. In the worst case, if I get a reject I can go for job in Satyam. I greeted the officer with a smile on my face. Here are the questions

1) what are the universities you have applied to?

Sol: blah..blah.blah

2) Is this the cheapest university?

Sol: No Sir, I have got a financial aid of about 7000$ from FDU. That is the cheapest university.

3) What is the costliest university you have applied to?

Sol: NYIT.

4) Why only this university?

Sol: This university has got very sophisticated labs which can help me understand the subject better and I can have hands on experience…..(i went on saying. The officer interrupted and asked me the next question.)

5) What are parents doing?

Sol: blah blah blah…

Ok , I am issuing a visa and would be looking forward to see u in America..

Thanks a lot Sir.

The whole interview lasted for a few seconds. I was very happy and made my first telephone call to my father. He is the happiest man on earth . Amazingly he thanked me and said that his tension got relieved . Never seen my father in such a tensed state.

Beware of the future.

In this article i shall discuss something that life has taught me. Lets consider two categories of people, students who postpone and people with bad spending habits. I shall discuss how their habits make them stressful ,its prevention and cure.


Students are very much tensed during the exams season. Most of us spend the whole year wasting our time and during the final exams we are subjected to stress.The student at this point develops all kinds of negative feelings like what" if i fail in the exam,then i will be disqualified for the campus interviews,my life is not worth living" etc.,Such situations arise when you want to accomplish something but you are not up to it.


Likewise a more severe case is the bad spending habits adopted by people. People in 30's since they don't have many responsibilities go for luxuries without saving money for the future. After a certain period there might be a necessity of money due to ill health or for children's education etc.,by which time he\she has decreased energy levels or might be too ill to work because of age. Even such situations lead to stress.


In the above two cases a situation arose primarily due to the absence of foresight. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”If a student studies everything in advance he will be confident enough to face the exam. Likewise if the person plans his future and saves money,he can be out of stress.

love!!!!!

This thing is really hyped up in films and to me it is no more than a trash.In my college life i came across many lovers who speak on phone for hours at the risking their future.Is it really worth it??To me it is no more than attraction.But these people do not accept my point ..They tell me that it is love.Then i ask why don't they talk for hours together to their dads whom they love.They don't have answers for this.

I ll tell you something ,people in america date many people only to find their perfect match and here in india it is mostly arranged ones.But it is known that divorces are quite high in america and it is hardly seen in india.What do u think is the reason?Simple u need to have the heart to love.It is your attitude that counts.If you have the right attitude u ll look at the positive things in your partner and mould yourself accordingly.


It really sounds funny when i hear people saying there is someone who is made for them.Even if people are prepared to sacrifice their lives for love in the initial stages of their marriage , after a couple of years,their relation is no better than arranged marriage couple's. So all that is needed is some sort of attitude.If u have the right attitude i am sure your relation with your partner would be the best no matter whether it is a love marriage or not.So love is not actually required in college life and all these are the reasons why arranged marriages in india are successful.

Lead a cool life man.

Most of us get anxious when we face a competitive exam like gre,cat etc.,Such anxiety is mainly due to living a life divested of options which leads to fear of failure. One should realize that winning and loosing are part of life. Building up unnecessary stress is uncalled for when you know that it only helps ruining your health and messes up your exam.

Options are important in life so that we need not get bogged down on a particular goal.For eg.,In my case after i graduate from the engg college,I have 2 options which are to go for MS or to go for a job. I need to keep the 2 options open.Even if i am rejected a visa i should be prepared to go for a job and viceversa . I dont mean to say that you shouldnt have a strong goal to do something.Always aim high and give your hundred percent . Still if you dont succeed u always have the second option.


Games also teach us that failure and success are two sides of the same coin.It is an ordinary thing for the players to experience setbacks.The ordeal (as it appeared )that Ganguly went through is no better example.But Ganguly has risen up to the challenge and came out with flying colours.So, in real life even if they fail they dont get dejected but accept that as a natural occurrence in everyones life.


Even after a lot of drudgery we may at times end up as failures and sometimes a perfunctory work may fetch you success.Things always do not happen the way we expect them to .This is what life is all about.Always have confidence in yourself and never listen to anybody who says "you cant".

Introduction

well well this is the place where i would be raving and critiquing the systems :-)...Sounding kindaa official ???But i think everyone has got an obligation towards his society and i find blogging would be a great place to express your ideas and also to jot down one's personal experiences. So here i am blogging..