play it cool:
I should explain why did i choose this as my title. From time to time i have experienced this. whenever a crisis/problem/important thing comes, most of the time i will get tensed inside though i wont show it. result: Bad show. a lot of things happened by this way. my graduate seminar (at M.Sc) and the list goes on
but sometimes when i really get cold i can come through it specturalry. result: entry to IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) and ...
the same thing in cricket too. whenever a situation comes i will try to play it cool. and mostly the result will be positive.
i think confidence also plays a important role here. becaz most of the times i am not confident at all. this sometimes give me advantage as there will be no expectation from me for me. so that reduces my pressure/tension.
it was exactly what happened at my M.Sc . when i was trying to prepare for the examination i didnt think/expect getting into iit. i want to improve my knoweldge on chemistry and i was reading regularly at the vacation.even at the time of examination i dint think abt that. i was just relaxing-sleeping well at my brother's room. and at that time of examination i was really cool and i was wondering when i saw junta studying and discussing furiously before the examination whether i will be upto the bar. even some of batchmates are disucssing(acting? i now wonder) this and that. so there i was, thinking abt nothing and went to write the exam blankly. After exam i rarely discussed the answers and almost forgot abt. the same thing happened for NCL(national chemical laboratory) entrance examination. but for this exam i started discussing answers a bit but some of friends had different anwers for which i was sure that i was correct. so i stopped discussion. after these esaminations i went back to my home from chennai and almost didnt think abt that. and i was abt to get or i got (i didnt remember exactly, but i'm sure i didnt apply)application for bharathidasan university.
then the result came for NCL .
BANG!!
i was in 43rd position and though the seats are half of that. but i was assured that i can get as top ranked will be going somewhere else (IIT!). so i was preparing to leave to pune. at this time there were hot discussion was going on between me and my parents. at this point i should tel that at the time of applying to NCL they turn red and started scolding me when i told i want to apply to pune- which is atleast 1000km from our place- for my MSc. the application was merely hundred rupees. and they were reluctant to give! after peruasion from my brother they agreed. though i was irritated by my brother's domination( thats different story, later i can explain it). Finally, after so many discussion with lot of people they agreed. meanwhile i asked my brother to check the status of my IIT exam. i dont think he checked and he told i didnt get thru it. Then the day came. i was ready to go trichy ( which is 35km from my place) for booking ticket to pune. the train was at 12.30 and it came -
BIGBANG!!!
A letter from IIT. It said i were in the waiting list and it moved, so i got admission to IIT. i cant believe myself! but my parents are not convinced whether i should got iit or pune. i made the decession but still they count. again afte a lots of discussion they agreed to IIT though the fee was very much higher than pune.
SO I GOT THROUGH IIT
- One of the premier institutes of India and argueably asia.
i think i started somewhere i ended up somewhere.
