The place that I belong

18th Sept 2011...a day that not one Sikkimese will forget...nor will the people of the nearly affected areas.It changed the whole way of how I used to look at things.Life is short...smile,live,b carefree but when it comes to your loved ones it doesn't remain carefree anymore...and for that matter not just your loved ones...your homeland.Somewhere down I always knew I loved my hometown and I was patriotic(but hadn't done anything worth proving it) but when something like this happens u actually know the intensity of the feelings u have towards things.6.8 on the richter scale they say and the epicentre in my own state...my family and friends all over the state...and me out here 2 (sumthing) thousand kms away wondering,worrying,trying to get a freaking connection through my mobile phone so I could breathe easy.All my frens away from home calling each other out of despair...voices cracking,looking for some peace in each others voice...so lost,so grave...the feeling was a total pain.Tears didn't stop streaming down my cheeks.After an hour or two we get in contact with our families...only to know they are out in the rain,cold and the pitch darkness.The scared voices of my kidbro n babysis numbs me for sometime...how I wish I was there for them when they needed me.After the call ...still nothings fine...stayed up watching news all night,the same news repeating but still didn't tire me out.The next day's gone...still the fear lingers on.Death toll rising minute by minute...I never thought this would happen to my Gangtok,my Sikkim...and makes me realise how much I love it.This particular incident amplified my emotions,doubled my fears ...made me fall in love more with the place that i belong :'( .

ENGINEERING...for me

As of July 2011,I stand as an Engineer...completed course...no backlogs...no failed papers...Hell yeah I survived.Four years of late nights,maggi,coffee...pending assignments...and puffed eyes the following morning,one hour sleeps,one-night study...exams and quizzes every other week...frustrated with the lectures,the lecturers(would love to kill few),the administration...complaints about the food,etc etc (Engineers u know wat i mean).BUT FINALLY NO MORE OF DAT. A strong feeling inside that this is it...no i am not studying any further.Proud parents,proud friends,proud myself...Life now begins.No more hardwork...earn,eat,sleep and get paid for nothing....SO WRONG...."I'll never study again...never touch books...no more hardwork"...all proves out to be wrong...there is so much more to do...sigh...