Points to ponder !!

Coming to US for higher studies was not a good idea. This is what comes to my mind when my friends sitting in India say "You are don, doing MS and all in US". I get to this conclusion looking at the series of unfortunate events that started happening the moment I decided I wanted to go, till date. The events keep on piling up and never promise to cease. Year 2007 was not the best year I ever had, unfortunately twas the worst year of my life. A series of unfortunate events with friends and family were not enough when another day in 2007 walked along with a not so pleasant news of self realization. The only good thing I felt happened, was the visa grant and me coming over here. The self realization was not good enough when I lost my love. Yes, its pretty much open. I lost her. I traveled here hoping to make great new friends. As one of my friends wrote on his Gmail status message, "Welcome to USA, the land of opportunities and the land of ultimate loneliness", it was ...

The pursuit for happiness has been the final goal for all humans. Its something every man looks forward to at the end of each day. That's the reason why, every single day we go out there to earn money, try to be successful, so that we can stay happy. Speaking of success, I believe there are two types of people in this world, one who are born with a silver spoon, who find success one way or the other. The second category of people (I consider myself from this cult) are the ones who struggle almost whole of their lives to see a small ray of success shine upon them. I have never been successful at anything in my life. Some might say this is an understatement. For those people I would like to re frame the sentence. "I have had my small moments of happyness, which I have accepted as success." I once thought I was successful at sports, although I did pretty good at sports there came a " period " in my career. I never thought of myself as a brilliant kid at studies coz...