Jack of all trades

Hello and a very happy new year. After writing this blog I am going to send it to a few of my friends just to ask them if they agree with this assesment of myself. I am one among 1.2bn Indians struggling like many others to carve a niche for myself but confused how to go about achieving it. I ,therefore, try out a lot of things never making it big in any of them though.

Academics : This is something I used to pride myself on. At least my credentials would prove so until a certain point in time. I joined an engineering college and was smacked left,right and center by the likes of Karma and others.I wanted to be a professor, wrote GATE but then I thought MBA appeared more lucrative:went some distance in that direction till I was made to realize that I am not yet made up for it. So I joined the firm I had been recruited for .Now I find myself in a major combat with the opposing forces being Java, Unix and Perl. So I have decided to lie low for some time.

Cricket : I am a batsman and finger spinner. I am good at the pull shot and the occasional straight drive but nothing more. My eyes lose track of the ball much before it reaches my bat. My balls (the ones i deliver :) ) turn a bit but without line and length i have often seen it disappear over my head.

Straight drive

Swimming : I can cross the breadth of an average sized pool but will drown by the time I reach more than half the length. Tried learning it over an irregular period of 2 years till i decided to suspend it. I claim that if 2012 is to become a reality then i can remain afloat for some time till necessary help arrives.

Pool : I learnt this game thanks to Rishav in the final year of my engineering. My biggest achievement has been beating Partha (a slow ,not so elegant player who somehow manages to pot them all) in a game and beating Juju in every game we played after the first few. Juju was my frequent pool partner who used to initiate table money and I got a free game every time.

Basketball : Another final year initiative. I always put in a lot of energy running around after the ball. Was a decent shooter but a slam dunk remained a distant dream. Miss this game though especially the part where we used to get up at 5 in the morning to play it.

Bowling : 103 is my highest score and that was when i played it for the first time. Every game I have played since has been a disappointment till when I scored an 86 when I last played. It has been embarrassing losing to girls 2 times :(

Reading : The thickness of a book is the principal criterion . I love reading newspaper and magazines but when it comes to reading books , well, it takes eternity . At 10 pages a day it would take me more than 2 months to complete a 600 paged book .

Movies and music : Of selected genres .Can only watch movies in a theater with the crowd giving necessary inputs as to when the situation is funny or serious. I am a bathroom singer and would any day qualify in one of those funny episodes of Indian idol .

Looks : Spend a decent time looking at the mirror . Make frequent attempts to lighten the tan that Sun god so generously gifts me every time I step out. Have put on a lot of weight of late and intend to shed a few kilos though at present it is only in the mind.And with money in hand have developed a taste to try out fancy clothes.

In the end, given the person that I am I would want to be remembered as a loving son, good friend and a caring would be husband