THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

I break my prolonged silence to bring you the news of something very important, probably the most important thing in my life so far. That, and to let you know that I am still alive.

Now that you know I am alive, let's get to the second part, shall we?

It is Thursday. Around 9:30 in the night. On most nights I am either in front of the TV or reading some book or sleeping at this time. But somehow, that fateful night I was staring at my gmail inbox. And I found something staring back at me.

Microsoft. Naam toh suna hoga…

Yup, Microsoft, the software giant had invited me to Cochin for an internship test!!! I had submitted my resume about 10 days ago and now, I was one of the shortlisted candidates!!!Oh lord…THIS WAS AWESOME!!!

Cutting short the travel details, I ended up in Cochin on Friday night. Everything was ready. The test was scheduled to start on Saturday morning and end by evening, so I was ready to leave by a 4:30 train. Everything was ready. Except I hadn't studied.

I tried to do as much as I could in the night and next morning. The rest was all in His hands and I went to my examination centre. The test began late and ended by 11:30. It was pretty easy, basic C++ stuff and the like. On the whole I think I did pretty well. Now came the wait for the results of round 1. It was expected to be out by 3:00.

3:00…3:30……

Oh it seems now that results will be out by 4:00.

My 4:30 train plan? Out of the window.

4:00…4:30….

Oh, apparently they are conducting this test in centres across India and can only announce results after every centre has completed. Great.

The results did come. At 5:45.

And…..

…..

…..

I WAS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

And now came round two. And it was easier than I expected. I solved the two programs easily. However, when it comes to execution time, my second program is too slow.

And this might cost me.

Dearly.

Anyhow, I was done…and I have to wait a whole 2 weeks or so for the results. Anyhow, this is what happened later.

It was 7:00 PM. No vehicles to get me to the railway station. I desperately needed to catch the 8:30 train atleast.

7:20.

Still no vehicle. And completely out of the blue, I saw an auto a short distance from there,  and he agreed to take me to the railway station. He also informed me that it was very difficult to get vehicles after 6:00 there. And it was pure chance that he had been there.

Chance? Or the Hand of God?

I believe the latter.

I made it and am now home.

Oh Lord, this is AWESOME!!! Thank You SO MUCH!!!

The Cricketing God's Next Miracle!!!

SACHIN : THE BEST IN THE WORLD AT WHAT HE DOES

I usually don't comment on sports on my pages for my fans to read and admire, but since the whole world is right now talking about this man, I figured I had to give him my kudos, and a big, deep bow myself.
I am talking, as you very well know, about Sachin Tendulkar (why am I getting red lines on his name? It should be in the dictionary by now...).
16 March 2012 will forever be known as the day the God of Cricket scored his 100th century. Imagine getting 10000 runs from centuries alone...that is a feat that will probably never be recreated again.
Beginning his career when he was just 16, the Master Blaster has virtually done everything there is to do in the cricketing world. He is the leading run scorer, in tests and ODIs and he hit the very first double ton in ODI and now he has scored his hundredth ton. What more is there for him to accomplish? Don't answer, because he will do it himself, pretty soon there will be another record to his name.
Recently there has been a lot of talk regarding whether Sachin should retire or not. Many have been telling him that he has hit the 40 mark, he can't do it any longer. But that is all codswallop on my opinion.Nobody, and I mean nobody can tell him when he has to retire, he can still get the job done. On any given day, he can still hit a ton and lead Team India to victory. He still got it. And as long as he can do it, I think he should. There will always be people to criticize you no matter what you do or how good you do it. Thy are just people who are jealous of you because they could never get to the position that you are at right now.
Maybe it is time all of us, critics and fans alike, look up to Sachin, and learn what makes him the best. If you ask me, it is just one thing.
He loves what he is doing.

CONGRATS SACHIN!!!
HOPE YOU CONTINUE ON YOUR MARVELOUS CAREER FOR A LONG TIME!!!