Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

I'm Screwed!

Friday, March 04, 2011
Yeah, you read the post title right!

Well the reason is my PG degree is been issued. Then why am I being such a drama queen, you ask? The problem is my final mark sheet has wrong entry of marks. How screwed up is that?

All this started when I wanted to change my boring brilliant developer job profile into something interesting & creative. I thought I would fit so well in Branding & Marketing. But I was an Electronics & Communication Engineering graduate who is currently working in IT for Airlines. Go ahead, say it. FYL (Go Figure!)

I needed an entry ticket to move into marketing.  So, I started looking up for diploma courses from few good B schools that provide fast track courses since I could hardly wait to finish it off & get my hands on something creative. I did find one of the top B school providing one year PGDMM (Marketing Management) courses. I enrolled myself. It was a distance learning program and so I had to attend classes every weekend.

The term exams went by & the marks were out. Fret not dear ones. I cleared the external miraculously, but only to find the internal marks (Assignments & Case Studies) were fed wrongly into the system.  The online statement was showing all wrong entries of marks. I reported the discrepancy (Spare the IT jargon, can’t help it! *Eye roll*) to the center staffs. They too found that the register entry for the assignment marks (quite high scores) don’t match with the online ones. Like any other educational institution, they too asked me to escalate the issue to the director, center in charge and who not. I was mailing & calling them almost every week left, right, center! Result - It’s still messed up.

My next semester too came to an end. I freaking passed again. Oh, whoever said “Miracles never happen twice”, Screw you! And I so want to stick my tongue out (:P) to whomever said “Misfortunes never come single”, because the internal marks were properly fed into the database this time. But again I kept on nagging them for the mark change.

I grew tired of it after sometime & it slipped my mind. One fine day last December, my mum said “Hey, didn’t you finish your course 6 months back. When are they giving your degree?” That’s when I realized the unfinished mission of nagging them. Crap. So I re initiated the mission. They said I will be getting the certificates in February & the marks will be changed.

Last week of January, It was my mum again who told, but now with a sterner voice though “When are you planning to collect your degree certificate? You want me to consult an astrologer & see when the stars are just right to get it?” (Somehow my mum was super interested in me finishing off the degree. Well, can’t blame her. My parents paid for this course too. I know, I suck!) I called the center & had to narrate the entire history since the in charge was replaced by a new lady. She sweetly said she will get back to me and I promptly called my mum & conveyed the status.

I received a call from that-same-sweet lady that the B school has sent me my graduation certificate. I was so excited and called my mum and said “Athaaaaa Naaaaaaa Degree Vangiteannnnn” (Mum, I got my degree) only to get a response “What about the wrongly entered marks?”. I was like *Blink* *Blink*. All I could do was look up & say "Enna Koduma Saravanan Ithu".

I called the director again only to find that marks can’t be changed & he very coolly dismissed saying “It happens”. Huh, just you wait. I have plans for you Mr. I sweetly called my mum with big puppy dog eyes & told her what the director said. All she said was “Give his number to me, I will deal this.”

Buhahaha. Well, You asked for it, Now you are screwed Mr. Director. =P

Slipping Through My Fingers All the Time...

Friday, January 28, 2011
Funny how time flies! Here I’m, sitting & pondering where all the time of my past 26 years went? Was at least half of it spent wisely? One lends to indulge in such deep thoughts when you hit the later twenties I guess! Sigh… This is gonna be a long blog.


Whenever I see the photos of me as a baby, I can’t believe it’s been twenty five years since it was taken. Innocent & happy, needs attended to, everybody’s apple of the eye! What about now? I’m definitely still the golden girl of my family. But the innocence & happiness, long lost! More responsible, more level headed, more compromising, more compassionate, more what-not is all that’s left. Yah, that’s right, I’m an adult for some time now.

But the question is, what am I really left with after spending one third of my lifetime?
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  • Love is sure in the cards. ;)

Let’s start with my parent’s love for me. This love has always given me the last extra push that one needs most of the times. It has always been there, even before I was born. And it will always be there for years to come. I’m not being sentimental here! I don’t know why, if it is because that am an Aquarian, I always have a wee bit of detachment from all bonds. That’s doesn’t mean am incapable of having emotional bonding! Hell I do. It’s either extremely emotional or extremely detached. This is a reason why my mom always says I’m selfish (Of course, I’m not!).
Thanks to the inter-related marriages that have been happening in the family tree for the past three generations, all my aunts & uncles are my parent’s cousins, niece/nephew (Well, there are always few exception!). Growing up with cousins is something I would wish for my children too. There is always a lot of ‘I got your back’ & ‘Bros before hoes’ feeling in the air. One never gets tired of fun & pranks.
  • In Friends we trust
Friends sure play a major part of our lives. They are more like an extended family. I have a very select few friends. Don’t get me wrong! I’m not socially challenged. I’m a kinda girl who can easily drop a smile & start a random conversation with a complete stranger. But I don’t easily accept people as friends. I always hold people at bay.
So, these handfuls that managed to creep into my heart definitely have my complete trust. Sharing secrets (Even the darkest & embarrassing ones), seeking advice (How to smitten the guy that I’m interested in), helping out (Fashion crisis =P), and the list goes on. I don’t call & text my friends very day. Hell, I don’t even text them weekly. But still somehow the select few know what I am up to & me, them.
The moronic grin thinking of some funny incident with them during office meetings, an occasional nostalgic feel on missing those carefree days, going on & on about the hideous pranks we pulled to my roommates – All these sum to one thing. They will always be a part of my life whether in touch or not!
  •  Respect gained. 
Aye aye Captain – That’s the kinda a respect am talking about! The one that allows a little humor to trickle, the one I get from my siblings, my cousins, my peers, even from some of my friends.  Their belief in my intuition, accepting my judgment, easiness with which they correct me, the light hearted humor that we share – sure shouts respect in my view. This respect is something that has nothing to do with tolerance like the one they give to some slave driving managers.
The respect I always have for my parents are now getting reciprocated. They started seeing me as an adult now, that they starting discussing family issues & asking for suggestions. My sisters & brothers (Includes my sibling, cousins & family friends) look up to me. I’m not being boastful here people. I take pride in telling that ‘I’m king of few trades & Jack of many’. 
I’m dedicating this to my parents, family, and friends. Thanks for everything you have given to me so far without expecting anything back. 

I love you all b’cos you smile at me & you guys mean it!