Inspiration

One very significant thing struck me recently.appa and me were discussing this last week. While we go around looking for "mentors" and seeking "inspiration" everywhere, theres a lot of inspiration right at home.



patti - whew, what shud i say. a brahmin widow 40 years of age with 3 kids all alone, shunned by relatives, homeless. had she given up ive wud not be around here typing up all this trash. Spirit, endurance, Hard work , integrity - she was the ultimate testimony to all that. I'll become great one day and maybe write a book on her.

she died 2 years ago, of cancer. she was 93 i think.whew !



appa - That book i was telling about wud have half of it dedicated to appa. his first salary was 225rs. He got his driving license at 35 years of age.Guess what he is doing today ? Talking to me about 100 crores , 400 crores, IIms, Columbia B school, stanford.



What a whiner iam turning out to be ! Iam 20, ive been having the license for 2 years now. My first salary offer is 18,700.



amma, perippa, abhishek, every1 around me is an inspiration, a great person to work with. Why on earth am I worried ?

Work

I have spent a lot of quality time with appa , at home , in the factory in the last month. Iam almost convinced that I'l not go thermax this year. I'l join Abhilash Chemicals :).

I have been discussing with appa lately about lotsa stuff. I kinda have a fair idea of how this business runs. There is a lot lot of stuff going on which should make me exptremely proud of joining, instead feeling that Iam spending time doing nothing in a dump like madurai. (MAdurai Is a DUmp , no issues on that).

For instance, the factory is one of the best ive seen. All workers work EXTREMELY HARD. If i work even 50% as hard them, i would be god knows where. appa says, dont be put off by bull work, they work hard physically. U work mentally. I fully agree. Nevertheless, Iam still dazed, they work damn hard. REally hard.You must see it to beleive it.

SO il use this blog to chalk up ROADMAPS (this word is fashionable these days :) ). U know like things to do and all.

About stayin focussed

Wavering, confused, Eccentric (Used here in its derogatory sense) have been my trademarks throughout my 4 years in college. Although I have an inkling that ive been like this throughout.



However, in the midst of all the mileu, i have actually gone on to learn new things, meet new people , set new goals and so on. so its ok. No point in wailing over spilt milk.



Before I actually get into grisly details, one bare fact remains, " I will work for Abhilash Chemicals Private Limited (yeah , with its name and all) one day FOR SURE". Why ? - Ive been always like that. For as long as I can remember, its always been like that. Ive never given anything else much thought.



This is the time, (iam 20 years of age, in the final semester of college, with almost no chance of getting into an IIM (Come to think of it,do i really want to go?), and facing what could be, one of the most crucial decisions ive made to take).



I have spent the past 15 days working with my father, my mother, the staff in the office, people at the factory, my brother , a lot of people.

WHoa ! HA HA HA! Traaa ! psst , Do I sound like shrek ?

:) I kinda hope i do. This is the umptieth time iam trying to get a blog going. There are a bunch of issues that are preventing me from doing this.



1. I have this problem of spilling out too much into what blogs i create. This would cause considerable embarassment if accidentally noticed by someone. anyone.



2. I have been doing stuff in various places. My class notebooks (ECE , economics lately even my PMS note ), my eccentrix website, my taxmann diary at home, the PC at home , the PC in my room and so on,so that has resulted in a , er, multitude of ,well, blogs.



This blog i hope will put a full stop to all that and help me in chanelling my thoughts so that i can stay focussed. Thats the key. Stayin focussed.