"THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE"-my review

Somebody asked me if i had read the new one 4m chetan bhagat, 'the 3 mistakes of my life'.i replied in negative as it hadn't even heard of it before.i had already read the first two 4m the author namely five point someone (first ever novel i read) and one night @ call centre.i was in no mood of starting a new novel as i was already reading one from dan brown which i think i'll not finish soon considering its thickness.


i was roaming in the hostel when i met my classmate holding the book 'the 3 mistakes of my life'.i turned the book to its back cover so as to know whats in there."the prologue doesn't sound interesting", i said.my classmate nodded to my statement.i flipped some pages of the book and found "ishaan" written there.my name has recenlty become popular with aamir khan using the name ishaan nandkishor awasty in "tare zameen par" and now an author of two bestsellers in india using it again in his new one.i still remember my childhood when ppl made awkward faces as i told them my name.they used to ask the meaning of my name.even now some ppl can't pronounce it correctly (e.g.my college classmates) and continue to ask me the same question.therefore the mention of my name in the book egged me to read it.i finished the book in no time as it was not a long story .the other reason of finishing it early being the start of a new semester in my final year with no important work to do yet.

i am not a regular blogger.i had not posted much on my blog for 5 months though i read many of other ppl's blogs.i wondered if i was so busy last semester.yes,i was sort of, with some unavoidable reasons(need not to mention).



i came up with a few lines 4m the book i couldnt resist sharing..


1)Nonsensical,monosyllabic responses:

This a usual thing ppl have xperienced when talking to persons they need to start a conversation with especially in case of opposite gender.



2)A guy's plight :

Why are there so few pretty girls? why hadn't evolution figured it out that men liked pretty women and turned them all out that way?


3)The term 'just good friends' or 'very good friends':

A very good friend is a dangerous category with indian girls.from here u can either make fast progress.or if u play it wrong u go down to the lowest category invented by an indian women ever-"Rakhi brother".
Rakhi brother really means 'u can talk to me, but don't even freaking think about any thing else'


4)A lesson:

Life will have many setbacks.people close to u will hurt u.but you don't break it off.you don't hurt them more.u try to heal it .it is a lesson we and our country needs to learn needs.

Another thing i want to say which came to my mind just when i started writing this post is :

construction and destruction go hand in hand.one doesn't lose anything.it comes back to the person in one or the other forms.so have faith in yourself and try not to ever regret whats goes on in your life.

so here it is a new one ,in my philosophy towards life.... :)

HAPPY READING!!!

THE TEN MINUTES

The Ten Minutes that i m going to narrate left me no more unemployed.

Many ppl didnt believe when i told them abt my interview . those who believed didn't stop laughing for long.


interviewer: offered me a seat
me:hello!!! sir

interviewer:he was looking at my cv and writing my name on a form he was having he wrote my name as eashan malhotra and then corrected it 2 salhotra.

r u sure its salhotra and not malhotra??
me:of course sir its my surname.

interviewer:i ve seen many candidates with name malhotra but salhotra
me: sir it haapens. i ve got a certi with my name misprinted as malhotra so i can understand

interviewer:do u watch movies?
me:yes sir

interviewer:which is the latest movie u ve seen
me:TARE ZAMEEN PAR (i said delibrately)

interviewer:how do u rate the movie and y?
me:excellent . sir the name of the character and my name r same

interviewer:oh , so hw do u like the acting of little child?
me: i wud say it was good. even aamir khan said in an interview on ndtv that children act well though problems come while working with them.

interviewer: do u remember the name of the child ?
me: sir the name in the film or the real name of the child?

interviewer:the full name of the child in the film
me:ishan nandkishor awasty, sir i do remember the name, doston se itne comments jo mile hain

interviewer:r u 4m west bengal or 4m other place?
me:jammu and kashmir

interviewer:OH MY GOD !!! how do u live there
me:what happened sir,r u talking abt terrorism?

interviewer:of course
me:there's nothing 2 b scared abt .we live a normal life .actually the thing is media hype.4 xample if an incident takes place in hilly areas in jammu district they report it 4m jammu centre and ppl outside think its all happening within the city.its really a very nice and certainly a normal life .plz visit my city whenever u can

interviewer:do u know kashmir is also called "zannat"?
me:yeah it is definitely a "jannat" due 2 its scenic beauty

interviewer:have u ever been 2 kashmir
me:no

nterviewer:y?
me:sir there r 2 reasons.ek to parents ka kabhi plan nahi bana and the other is that i don't have enough money 4 such a trip

interviewer:gazing at my CV , u c ur marks ve gradually decreased 4m 10th to 12th then here.y?
me:started xplaining abt 10th 12th

interviewer:tell me , were u in love??
me:no, not at all, i was busy in extra curricular activities plus seniors kehte hain college lyf needs 2 b njoyed 2 the fullest as its the golden period . so i njoy it.

interviewer:but u shud study also...
me:i do, i m satisfied with my marks as they r my own nd genuine.

interviewer:what is ur best subject?
me:sir best subject...hhmmm...kabhi socha hi nahi , i ve never distinguished between any sub..so no best subject..well 12 th mein genetics was 1 of my favourites .actually i was a medical aspirant , missed my mbbs seat by 10 marks and landed up in engineering.

interviewer:so y didn't u carry on with medical?
me:life mein sab kuchh nahi milta.saath mein parents said ki drop nahi karna hai.

now i feel that engg is a better option and i ve not made a mistake

interviewer:really, how?
me:sir i ve turned 20 last month and within days i'll b getting a job . on the other hand i had 2 study 5 yr mbbs then internship , tab jakar kahin kuchh paise milte.plus nowadays u need 2 ve a MD if u wanna get recognised as a doctor

interviewer:i think our company is not a suitable place 4 u.
me:sir i know ur company works on huge databases of genes and other bioinformatics projects.so if i get into ur company , i can contribute a lot in that field. i ve already done a project on bioinformatics using perl for prediction of protein structures that included the application of data structures.

interviewer:if i ask u some ques on C will u b able 2 answer it?
me:that depends on the nature of the ques . i don't practice c programs.well u can ask if u want 2

interviewer:do u ve any ques?
me:waited 4 a moment.then .... sir i give u two choices: ceo of a company nd an ias officer,whom do u think gets more respect and whom will u prefer.

interviewer:i don't like govt sector . it has many limitations and constraints.i'll stay with private sector......pata nahi kya kya bola...but in the end i would say , i'll definitely prefer an ias .
any more ques ?
me:no sir abhi yahi ques aaya tha dimaag mein , so i askd .if there will b more i'll ask u later

interviewer:ok then we'll let u know..thank you
me:welcome

DISGUISED SMILES ... :) ....????????????.

the following post is purely a matter of my philosophy and thoughts.its resemblance to anybody's life is thus coincidental.


chhotti classes ki hindi ki book mein ek chapter padha tha jiska naam tha hansi ke mukhaute. chapter ki kahani thi to bahut simple but was good enough to leave an impression on me.story to mujhe achhi tarah se yaad nahi but still i'll try to recall.

ek aadmi bahut dukhi hota hai but uske chehre pe kabhi ye xpression nahi aata ki woh andar se dukhi hai. uske ghar par jitne bhi log aate hain unse woh achhi tarah se muskurakar baat karta hai and njoys with them also.it gets revealed at the end of the story that his son had died and still he didn't disclose his feelings just bcoz he didn't want to spoil his guests's mood.but andar hi andar woh dukh ki aag mein jalta rehta hai just 4 his friends who were very happy at that time.
i repeat i don't remember the story but only the title.pata nahi achanak kahan se strike kiya ye hansi ke mukhaute and i started to type down as my thought process began.


sometimes i find this applicable to our life also when we just disguise ourselves in different characters without having an inner feeling of doin such a thing.pretending to b very nice towards someone when u actually critise at one's back,stuffs like buttering nd pampering.i find them awkard really.but ppl say they r essential if u wanna grow up bigger and faster in this materialistic world.
however,sometimes it becomes really difficult to withstand with ur inner feelings.u may have something in ur heart that makes it feel heavy but ur conscience says that u should give a smile to make somebody's day.
for xample,u've been thrashed by something nd still u smile hiding ur tears bcoz u know nobody is there to wipe them off and everybody to mock @ u calling u a coward.u r xhausted ur body breaking into pieces nd ur friends call u 4 a hangout.u can't resist bcoz u can't b a spoilsport and u move on with them. u spend hrs with them still u don't get any credits.
but don't care abt the world and the credits it will give u if ever they will realise ur value. if u can make someone feel happy nd u succeed in cherishing one's life u'll never regret.the thought that happiness on others face is due to ur smile will content ur soul itself.
so even if u r hurt don't show it as it will make many ppl who r concerned abt u feel sad (provided the thing is not too significant that it should not b disclosed to ur close ones).

one sms said:
smile in ease
smile in pain
smile when trouble
pore like rain
smile whn someone hurt ur feeling
smiles you know are very hailng

at last i'll say that "a smile is a curve that sets everything straight".
so KEEP SMILING!!!!!!!!

DESTINY --- BELIEVE IT OR NOT!!!! ( continued....)

whatever i m going 2 tell is an incident which took place a long ago but few days back it just flashed back as a fresh one.once i went to a hospital 2 see one of my relatives.most of ppl least like 2 visit two places a hospital and police station . the atmosphere was completely boring with sign boards of emergency opd ward nos operation theatres nd many other like that (that antiseptic nd phenyl smell blended with that of medicines...typical characterisitic hospital smell i can say).


as i entered the ward it was full of beds with patients lying on them and more number of attendants as visiting hours were there.on one corner of the bed was my relative whom i had come to visit.i asked my relative about her health , her treatment nd when will she b discharged.she was in a better state of health.she asked me a number of obvious questions about my parents studies etc nd informed that she will b discharged within a few days after some diagnostic tests.
on the opposite bed there was another lady in a very unhealthy condition.i was looking at her and observing her facial expression in such a state of health when i was interrupted by my relative who told me that the lady on the opposite bed was suffering from some type of blood related cancer and had to come regularly to hospital after a stipulated time for platelets and blood transfusion.
i spent some more time with my relative tellin her about my studies.suddenly i was called up by the lady about whom we were talkin about.the call included no words but only some gestures of her hand with her arms attached with the drip needles dipped on the other side in some kind of solution in a bottle hanging 4m a height on a long stand.her attendant was out to buy some kind of medicines or whatever(doctors usually don't allow attendants spend time with the patients ,askin them bring one or the other stuffs involved during the treatment moment after one has just returned 4m bringing the previous item).
i stood up 4m the chair and moved towards the lady.she tried to speak up in an almost inaudible voice.it was almost impossible to understand what she was sayin.then she tried to convey through her gestures that she wanted water by indicating towards the water bottle kept on the table.i got her signal and filled a glass of water 4m the bottle.
i made her sit comfortable by adjusting the back of the bed nd keeping a pillow on her backside.i gave the glass of water to her which she drank very slowly.
she uttered something which i could not understand nd gave me a little smile (though it seemed very difficult 4 her to even smile in such a condition) as if she was thanking me 4 my help. i adjusted the bed again in order to make her rest in her previous position.at that moment i found myself filled with an unprecedented feeling of satisfaction but could not understand the reason.

the next evening when i visited my relative ,i observed that the opposite bed was vacant.i thought the lady of that bed might have been taken 4 some kind of tests.so i got myself diverted 4m the thought of the lady and asked my relative about her present state of health who replied that she was getting discharged the next day itself.an hour past but the lady of opposite bed did not return.hence i inquired about her 4m my relative.she became silent as soon as i finished up with my question.she remained quite but then after some moments she told me that the concerned lady was no more.she had died in the afternoon the same day while having a platelet transfusion.the doctors had already tried 2 keep her alive 4 so much time by regular transfusions but this time it was her last time.

i was shocked with the news nd tried 2keep myself calm nd composed.who would ve thought the previous day that she would not live even up2 the next 24 hours.suddenly u get to know that the person 2 whom u gave some of the moments of ur life by a little help just the previous day is no more in this world.
on my part,i had some strange moments thinking over what happened and felt relieved that atleast i contributed something to a person's life in her last moments (although it was not such thing to be considered as help).
once again the event made me wonder about the irony of life and the power of fate.every thing is destined 2 occur at its fixed time.
otherwise hw can 2 ppl spend some time of their lives who live miles apart and dont even know each other??

QUOTE UNQUOTE

A sense of humor is critical for a happy life.It can ease pain,accelerate healing,reduce tension,win friends,enhance learning and make life a fun-filled adventure.




Never take some one for granted
hold every person close to your heart
because you might wake up one day
and realise that you've lost a diamond
while you were too busy collecting stones...




If u would not be forgotten as soon as you r dead,either write things worth reading or do things worth telling and writing


Being flexible doesn't mean that you are weak. It just means that you are intelligent enough to change your mind when it makes sense.




The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.



The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.



No body is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS

during vacations i read "the god of small things" ...a very slow story told in a really exciting way..
the story deals with very numerous small incidents n comments which do not seem important but may ve a gr8 impact....




deeply obsessed by the message the book conveys,i decided 2 give a vent 2 my thoughts..




we overlook a number of small things of joy n sorrow while following big things...busy in this materialistic world 2 earn luxuries n comforts we forget that lyf is there 2 b lived every moment with good and/or bad times at their turns..


we strive hard 4 happiness but usually happiness is around us...bas woh nazarein chahiye..
kuchh chhotti par motti baatein hamesha yaadgaar ban jaati hain..jo baad mein bhi humein kahin na kahin support karti hain..
hum mein se kitne hi logon ne khul ke baarish ka mazaa liya hoga..bahut honge.magar tym ke saath hum bhool jaatein hain ki nature mein aisa bahut kuch hai dat makes us feel relaxed n comfortable..
the main thing is how u see lyf n how much contented u r with what u have....



i received an sms dat really impressed me...



HAPPINESS IS LYK BUTTERFLIES
IF U RUN AFTER THEM,THEY FLY AWAY
WHEN U DO NOTHING, THEY SILENTLY COME N SIT ON UR SHOULDER
WISHING U A LOT OF BUTTERFLIES IN LYF
SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! DON'T MOVE....