ADDIO 2012 Part II

I have been sharing my views, my experiences and my feelings on this blog. But this time I would like all my close friends to share their experiences as well. Yes, I have been inspired by another special friend to do so. Some might be able to share things that they don't want to be judged for or asked to give an explanation to anyone, whereas some get a chance to share their joys with unknown people. So here it is

Anonymous 1

2012 has been an interestingly different year for me.

For the starters i got employed. Best feeling ever. Felt worthwhile after a long time.

But few things amazed me and left me thinking till this day.

Where on one hand i found some new honest friendships in my journey for the year ,while on the other hand i lost a friend whom i considered one of my best friends, whom i thought was honest with me.

After uncountable number of reasoning and arguing I learnt my lesson - don't trust anyone easily. 

Now that will be my mantra for d happy wala new 2013 year. Hope it works out. 

Happy new year everyone.

Anonymous 2

I shared a two-day friendship with someone in school during the last days of school. The friendship was as close as it could get in spite it being of just two days. She said to me that she often wondered how all of us would react if we met each other sometime in the future somewhere.

I have met her once in each of the past two years. Both times, some official work has made us meet.

We did not even talk to each other. We acted like even strangers would not.

There is a face which when I have seen this year, there has been no feeling. Absolutely no feeling. I have just gotten warm. The many years when I wanted her, the more than many years when I dreamt about her, are now truly behind me.

There is a feeling which I discovered last year - anger. There is another feeling which I discovered this year - hate. So much of it, I have spent months with that hate inside me, hate for some of my closed ones. I have had several confrontations in my mind with all of them. I still remember the day which started it all. I still remember my tears that night. I cannot talk to her. I cannot talk to the one who I once used to.

All that I cannot share with the world, I share on this blog. Thanks.

Anonymous 3

This year was the most important year of my life in all respects. And also from this year only, I am a no longer a teenager ;-)
This year, I have achieved, learnt, experienced the most amazing things of my life.

Lets start with friendship.
It touched new heights. This part constitutes the (almost) complete part of my 2012. Friendship has grown stronger, stronger and stronger.
Seriously guys, you have made my year hell of fun and life :D :D

!!!...ultimate and limitless "bakchodi"...!!! :D :D

wo doston ki, bandiyon k naaam pe marna, wo baat baat party maagna, har doosre din kahin na kahin jana----ultimate fun...
I don't have words to express these feelings..... :) :) :)
Love you Doston, you are my life <3 <3

and as far as love is concerned....seriously, "on comments" ;-) ;-)
//hidden meaning...

I have got over certain things in which, don't know why, I was stuck for some not much sensible reasons, though I don't have any hatred feelings for anyone.
You were absolutely right at your place and thanks for enlightening me :)
And seriously I mean it :) pehle se jyada khush hoon ab... :)
khud ko aur behtar tareeke se jaana, doston ko aur behtar tareeke se jaana...

studies se koi shikwa nahi koi gila nahi ;)
and yeah i would like to sincerely thanks all my professors for bestowing their kripa on me, as it would have been really difficult for them to find places to give marks ;-)

On 21st September 2012, I got my first job of my life after so many attempts...pehle kabhi written me katt jata tha to kabhi interviews me...but finally I also got one.!
and poore placement season k dauraan kaafi kuch seekha... "learning experience"(Mandeep :P )

On 17th December 2012, I got my first "paid" intern from college.
College main 4 saal me 1 bar paid internship karna to banta hai boss.!! :D
and the best thing is meri naukri aur meri intern dono hi same field me hai, jaisi mujhe chahiye thi...
so i would say somewhere everything is already decided for everyone ;)

I overcame a few weaknesses of mine,like,
I learnt how to keep secrets.! ;)
I learnt how to priortize things.

aur jahan tak rahi "dukh" ki baat...main jyada dukhi rehta nahi.! ;)
waise bhi koi khaas dukh nahi rha 2012 me...ya yun keh lun mujhe abhi kuch yaad nahi...
God has been really kind to me :)

aur serious baatein mujhe waise bhi pasand nahi hai...

dialogue time : to bus haso muskurao khush raho...aur logo ko bhi khush rakho...coz duniya main pyaar se sab "almost" sab kaam ho jate hai ;)

i just believe that
"Kisiki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar,
Kisika dard mil sake to le udhaar,
Kisike waaste ho tere dil mein pyaar,
Jeena issi ka naam hai..."

PS. Overall 2012 has been a blissful year for me.

Anonymous 4

As the year ends on my friend’s recommendations I thought of writing an article of how the year 2012 served me. This year had been such a roller coaster ride to enjoy with. Becoming a captain of the most wonderful team, spending friends birthday’s in the dirtiest way possible, then to go on a voyage of dreams to agony of rejection from interviews to excitement of getting placed.

The most wonderful day this year I could collect in my memory is after we had completed our mission at the competition and were going back to inn. Giving the year’s hard work in those 40 min time of competition we all were thoroughly exhausted when “senior chief” took us on a refreshing ride to one of the safest and secured places of the world US Navy Base at Patuxent River. I had never had seen such a frolic beauty. The place was an amalgamation of beauty and technology “imagine seeing an F-35(a true engineering marvel) standing alongside vast Atlantic Ocean”. And then enjoying with the team on the Coast of Patuxent River was refreshing and thrilling.

The year 2012 had been very much interesting and playful. It has taught many different aspects of life both personally and professionally in most dramatic manner. Some of those lessons could be compacted in lovely one liner which I would like to share among you:

Failure is not an option

It’s a quote from Flight Director of Apollo 13 mission while rescuing 3 astronauts who had their lives hanging in outer space.

With burden of legacy achieved by the team in past three years under two great captains Rochak and GG “failure was never an option given to us this time”. During preparations for the competition we made a record 6 consecutive crashes with 4 critical ones losing both of our main and backup aircrafts and other major electronic components just 2 months before the competition. The team’s heart was broken but only one thing kept us motivated “failure was not an option”. The team’s thorough dedication and efforts showed its mark when the judge announced the result and called UAS-DTU as the 3rd best team in the world.

Engineering is Science with budget and schedule

Fail early fail cheaply but recover quickly

These two quotes are one of the many one liners taught by two most wonderful mentors from Lockheed Martin John and Peter. They not only taught us different aspects of engineering management but also had taught the basics of industry. One of the mantras Fail early fail cheaply but recover quickly is very much appropriately used in project management and also had been the essence of the success of our project. It tells you to try all those wild ideas you have at early stages of any experiments when its failure will not that expensive if you had taught at any later stage.

After working with this team on real world engineering problem taught engineering is not only science but a science controlled by budget and schedule. Budget and schedule are critical things when you work in industry. An in schedule completion of any project under budget always keeps your manager or customer happy.

Study for Knowledge

The most important thing I failed to recognize early, you should always study for knowledge not for marks, well I had not been doing so any of those in my college years. After a continuous disappoints and setbacks from interviews which had worsen more when I was not able to crack even the written exams; it was a mayday call for me. There was something really wrong happening, either I was not that capable enough to crack a good job or I had lacked something important. While reviewing those failed interviews I realized that I don’t had my basics cleared enough to be able to get them. I took a gap and started studying not for job but for knowledge. This time another company came. I had never heard of the company before. It was not a dream job but was a decent one. I sat for it and to my astonishment I cracked it.

These are some important lessons I had learnt this year hoping next year would bring another set of exciting stories and wonderful experiences to learn and share.

Adios 2012 & Welcome 2013

Happy New Year

Anonymous 5

Something that i have learned this year,

Contentment Vs Happiness

I often hear people say that I’m content with my life and the first question that pops in my mind is “Are you happy?”
I refrain from asking the question aloud for I know it would be misunderstood.
Contentment and Happiness contrary to the popular belief don’t go hand in hand. A person might be content but he might not be happy.
Others may argue that happiness like contentment is a state of being but I beg to differ. Happiness is inexplicable; it can’t be explained whereas contentment arises from satisfaction, satisfaction of met fulfilled desires and achieved goals. A happy person is always content; however the same can’t be said for a person who is simply content.
Is the above baffling?

I’m sure it is or maybe to an enlightened mind, it isn't  There is nothing much to say, except for the fact that true happiness comes from within. It isn't a by-product of contentment.
I don’t know how you can achieve happiness. I really don’t. Some people claim to know that they know the road to happiness, they might but it’s the journey that brings a smile to the face not the arrival at the last pit stop.
Reflect on that. The above ‘lines’ aren't something that we don’t already know, we all do but we tend to forget.
Don’t go looking for contentment, aim for happiness and contentment will follow.