HAMPI..THE DREAM OF STONE

It's me looking at a distance.. trying to find an end to the countless number of stones out here. It was all around me. Yup.. It was Hampi....

Although Hampi looks full of stones, .. May be, it took years together to build it, may be its not the same now there , but a dream of stone -Hampi.. Made me realize something.

My life was almost comparable to the broken stones out there..Life was bit different when I came to a new place here.. trying to figure out, how can I find the same old friends out here..

Life sometimes changes so rapidly, May be, the moment u start feeling low , it always brings u those special moments, which needs to be cherished[:)]

I looked at a big stone.. standing alone.. like me.. was silent.. just like a stranger.. surrrounded by a many more stones... all looked the same..

Just turned to see those 10 new faces of those new friends, almost comparable to the other stones surrounding the big stone, laughing,, teasing one another..enjoying the every moment...

Exactly one day before, most of them were a complete stranger, like the other stones out there.

suddenly the stone which I was looking was not alone anymore.. realized that , it was the way I looked at it..

Life has to be enjoyed, has to be utilized to make every moment special, who knows the way u lived u r life ,might become a dream life for others...

After all ,the one who makes the dream a reality is the winner right!!!

Hampi- The dream of stone..

The first dream of MDS life

HAPPY DAYS

Its me.. listening to the Happy days song this time. It not that I have not seen the movie before,, its not that I am listening to the song for the 1st time. It does not feel like the same movie anymore..Never thought , one day that movie will mean so much to me.. the way they used to laugh, the way they used to cry, the way they used to read for the exam,the way they used to love each other, the way he used to try to propose the girl. they way we used to fight. Does not look different anymore. A must watch movie[:)]



I was a kid when I entered the 1st bds . Without knowing much about whats called the medical life, sitting at the first bench, watching at the 99 number of batch mates, 99 looks big isn't it?.. now its not big anymore.. I am out here.. out in the world, where life is not similar anymore.


The anat, physio, bio chem, which we once used to fear of, does not feel scary anymore. The viva, the practical exam, hmmm.. its not out here.. out here its the fear of loosing some one, fear of proving something, fear if getting someone to know. The fear of settlement.






99 totally new friends, totally new world, the cadaver does not sound fearful anymore, I have dissected each nerve, each muscle, even the brain, but stll its the fear of death out here..


We used to fight on a silly small topic , but I miss it now.. Its difficult to fight out here, the world full of surprises, full of commitments, full of strangers..


The time which I had spend with my friends, sitting at the lecture hall, the time which I had spent in sharing the cup of tea, the smile , the fight, the tear,, I miss them the most.

The way I used to sit beside the window, looking out .. the world looks so small when u watch through the window isn't it.. is not so small anymore..

The way we used to look at the girl when she used enter the class room, hmmm, the way I used to tease my friend with his gals name. The way I used to look at her, The way she used to look at me.. its not similar anymore.

The stress of the exam,The way my friends used to console me, the day before the exam, from the 1st bds , to the MDS entrance exam.. I wish he had been with me this time too.

The way we used to solve my friends problem , the advise which I used to give him specially on whats called love matter,, even though I never understood it!!.There is so much time out here to love, to care, to feel,, but Its not easy anymore

The way I used to say,, hey.. chal meet u tomorrow.. its not similar anymore.. I wont find them tomorrow.. they wont be around me anymore..

They are the the fragrance of happiness.. Eventhough it wont last longer.. but the time which u have it around u in this large life.. makes that moment special..

I miss the way I used to sit in the lib,, 10-12 hours a day, reading the books, with the dream of achieving something.. It looked so big for me at that time.. but its not big anymore,, I realized , sometimes ,the things which u always waited for, looks so smaller when u achieve it.. isn't it??

May be life is not similar anymore. May be I wont find that 99 anymore. But the time spent with the best pals should be missed, should be preserved..

Life is the same always.. Its monotonous.. But its the friends which make it polyphonic. Make sure..You remember them , because one day when you are alone out there. Play the the same ring tone , I am sure that will make u r life worth living[:)]



It was my life's best 5 years.. We made so many friends, some became dearest, some became special,fell in love with some one, some went abroad, some changed their cities, some left us, we left some, some are in contact, some are not in contact, some don't contact because of their ego, we don't contact because of our ego,what ever they are, how ever they are ,, I will still remember , love, miss, care for them because of the part they played to make our memories..



Dedicated to my All Friends who made my 5 years of BDS life worth living..


Wish you A Happy day

How I prepared for My MDS ENTRANCE

Hi .This is Dr.Suresh Shenvi

Once you enter the best days of internship, after that hectic long BDS final year,with a dream of doing MDS in mind.. you start looking for the books need to be read? wondering which coaching to join.. but many later realize that, such facilities will be available only in metro cities..so the student starts thinking about dropping another year to join the coaching next year so that he can give his 100%.May be they are not wrong .. But u have 10 precious month of internship . so why dont u give a complete genuine try..

Now the big question is HOW?

I can tell u how I had prepared for entrance during my internship . I had a good score during my BDS yrs, but I too was not sure about how to prepare for entrance for MDS.. so I was no different from other.

I had asked some of my immediate seniors who got through various entrances..so apart from reading this long mail , u should also ask u r seniors, as they will give u better idea about u r state entrance

Its better to follow the things said by Seniors who have got success than trying to find a new path on ur own..

U have around 10 months from now.

There r two ways.. Either read theory or MCQ explanation. I followed the MCQ

I will give u a formula. U r success can be divided in to
60% what u do in internship
20% what u did in past 4 yrs
10% luck
and remaining 10% cant be achieved no matter what u read

How to achieve 60%-

Start from the 2nd month of internship, or at least 10 months before exams.

All r at the same position when u start preparation , may be one or two percent more than u,, but its the not start,, its the end which matters the most.

U need to do following books minimum

Pulse-6 times
Gourishankar- 4 times
Bhatia-3 times
Neeraj wadhwan-3 times
Jatin kalra-2 times(optional)
Duggal 2 times(optional)
Bytes-2 times
Mudit khanna-3 times
Dental Explore and books of aiims and aipg papers by Dr.Naveen Choudary - 3 times
National Boards
Prabhakaran

Our Own book "Dental Quest"

I repeat.. Its the minimum time.. If u start early u can finish the pulse 7-9 times for sure and rest books 2 times more than what i mentioned

U need complete this task this before dec.. And in jan u have only time to do pulse and just the dental papers and just question and answer from mudit khanna

How to achieve 20%

If u have not read some good books in past then don't worry.. read the explanation given in the mcq books

Order of reading

Do pulse completely once excluding synopsis. Takes 2 month at 1st reading.The in next reading do a subject from gourishankar followed by the same in pulse. complete both book in this order but this time with synposis

Next reading do a subject from bhatia and then same in gourishankar and then
pulse.. Make sure, u should try to remember all repeated question from pulse.

So when u reach till bhatia start reading Neeraj wadhwan side by side.

Complete one round again..

So u have already done pulse 3 time now .Now u start reading Mudit khanna...One papers of mudit khanna takes around 10 hours..so do it in parts.

When u finish mudit khanna 1st round u will have u r aiims exams. So make sure u complete mudit khanna before nov.. Do pulse again in 15 days beofore aims. and may be PGI in dec.. So when u come back revise pulse gourshanakr and other books.. but these two books are imp for state entrance apart from solving papers..

and do mudit khanna also may be only recent papers.

So in jan do revision again for 15 days.. and when u come back after aipg just do pulse and old papers ..U can give State entrance, Mahe, Kahe, Abshetty, and if u want Siddarth dental colleg, Yennpoya, Jss and may be SDM next time if it becomes deemed.

Read only question papers the day before the exam and sleep atlest for 10 hours.

And Dont get distracted from studies no matter what the situation is. Never worry about fees.. Get the best rank first.. u will have enough of time to think about fees later

Joining a test series will give a added advantage too.. It will help u to
remember things which r repeated too often in exams. and that too will help to have that fear about exam, but the ultimate result depends on once own effort. Never follow the test series timetable for ur preparation.. U need to plan according to the time and number of revisions u need to do before giving the final exam..

Remember one thing.. The key to success is to remember as many things as possible.. Read for at least 10hours when u complete internship.. Needs dedication. Nobody knows that he will be the topper in exms..

So Aim for aipg .. but its the time, luck and hard work which can buy u that.. but for state entrance u need to mug up total pulse and gourishankar,, and recent papers .But never try for short cuts.. reach till Mudith khana and i am sure u will best in all exam.

Believe me, if u have failed once that does not mean u will fail again[:)].. u just have to find where u went wrong.. but whats imp is giving 100% effort and not 99.99%

there r lot many paths when it comes to entrance and no path will assure success at the start.. u ask in those 500 student who cleared exam, they will tell u around 500 ways of preparation

but its up to u choose the best in those and stick to that , but u also need to remember that all r different.. i got a seat that does not mean that evrybody will get a seat if they follow my route, but that also means that u might get a better a seat than me...

so it has both advantages and disadvantages

but the problem is u really cant sail in two boats at a time... so select one strict to one... and work for it till the end... and for the result .. nobody , even a topper will be sure of getting a seat when he/she starts preparation... but they dont leave the prepration in the midway.. thats what is imp..

but u all can go for a retrograde study..for exp u can read only those few imp topics from the textbooks,,not it all depends.i had read all std books in my ug so was not that keen to read them again, and even my senior showed me the same path of mcq preparation

few tips for all-

1) never listen to others when they say its not possible.. be away from them
2) u dont have to be topper to get a seat,, but ya.. they might be good
3) never fall in love during prep.. fall either before or later :D
4) be with someone who is equally serious about studies
5) stop all the fun.. may be u can take break on sunday . its better to loose fun to get something more later
6) always read all new editions
7) give all the exam , if u can afford to pay the exam fee,, but that does not mean that u need to take a seat there... its just for practice
8) make u r parents understand that thats what is imp for u right now
9) its one mans game.. friends r u r competitors now.. remember that.. u might be good to them but they might now
10) dont loose the hope till the end.. all will start but the winner is the one who ends it
11) make up in mind that its now or never
12) and do MDS as a dream ,,and achieve it
13) revise , revise and revise
14) make a time table and allot time for each subjects.. , mark the subjects in that and try to finish it in that time
15) once u finish few revisions u need to change the prep plan..give imp to those points which u forget and give less time for others...
16) give more imp for synopsis after 2-3 revisions as they will come as new questions
17) call the publishers and try to get the new papers before its out in u city shops so that u get more time
18) give aiims and pgi as a revision exam and not to get a seat.. u will come to know how much u remember in repeated questions. so that means u should atleast finish 2- 3 revision of pulse and 2 of others
19) try to read medical papers.. they might come or not but they will make u r mind stronger
20) dont leave any book now.. its better work now rather than regret later
21) last.. sleep well.. eat well.. and read from start.. its time to be serious about life.. this is the right moment.. work hard now,, and at the end before exam u will surely relax more


Believe me.. Not because i got a seat,, Because i followed what my seniors said to me and thats why I succeed.

Got
Kcet 6th,,
PGI-18th, ,
abshetty 23rd,
Manipal 71 and
comed 55th and
kahe 43.

Anyway did not got rank in AIPG may be because i did not do national boards.But I guess my other ranks are worth.. As this was my First and Last attempt without spending another year for coaching..

I am not the only guy who has done this

Who knows. u might be the topper next time

Read well..

best of luck

do read my new blog about entrance on

http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2010/07/most-frequently-asked-questions-about.html

(This is just to help new aspirants and not for publicity and I am sure if u look , u will find many who have achieved more than this.. So find them out [:)] )

Dr.Suresh Shenvi

Just Turn Around

One fine evening sitting in Delhi train station.. alone !!!.. watching people running around , was looking at the long train track.. the people crossing it.. A guy asks me ..sabh hot Tea??.. Taking the sip of the Garam Tea I realized .. the word Hot was missing..I had already paid the money.. I finally had to compromise. Life is full of compromise.. isn't it?


A train arrived at the station. I got up with the cup of tea , hoping the train is mine.. Hope.. This is what life is just all about? Isn't it?

I need to travel 3500 km to reach my place.. The Journey becomes easy when u know exactly where u need to go.. But life is not that easy right?.. u don't know were u need to go.. did u think about the future when u were r kid.. .. its when u grow up u start realising that u need to become a doctor and Engineer.. but later when u reach the top u still feel insecure.

Sitting at the station,, watching the the board of train.. listening the whistle of the train.. i saw a pretty girl.. a stranger.. realizing that she too watching me curiously.. we r curious about life isn't it?


Slowly the train started moving ahead,, people rushing to enter it.. the same tea wala rushes to the window..poor fellow.. life is bit difficult when u r around the strangers.. isn't it?

Although it was not my train. what if it was mine? I would have been inside, sitting alone at the window..eventually I will not have the station in my view anymore.. . would have been travelling ,hoping that i will reach my destiny soon... sitting in between strangers.. I realized I was almost comparable to the Tea wala.. the only difference being.. I know where I am going..

But it was my journey right.. not the life

but hey I am still siting in the station..The train moves on ,, I remembered my childhood.. its like the same station u know.. only thing is, u don't know where u need to go.

Seeing my past 23 years in each of the inches of the track, starting from the station called childhood made me realize many things

The childhood.. All are happy with the things going around.. playing joyfully,, crying almost for everything. Crying was a best solution for every problem. We were sure that Dad will bring u anything to stop u from crying. The way we used to walk with out sisters and brother. clasping hands together.. kicking evry stone on the road.. as if we don't even care about the world.. We were the king at that time. Attending the classes , evnthough we used to hardly understand what exactly the A B C D look like.. Mom trying to teach us how to write each single letter... The endless fights with friends on the most silliest things like whos gonna do play first in cricket. The way we used to break friendship by saying KATTI, and The way we laugh withgirls evnthough we were never knowing the word whats love for a girl.. Life was Innocent.. asking mom where exactly we came from? listening to the stories of the bird which brought us in to this world... hmmm..never knew what exactly death means. asking just 25 paisa.. showing the coin to everybody.I used to see the 25 paisa coin for one hour..we never knew what exactly rank is worth of.. what exactly study is worth of.. what exactly love is worth of..what exactly is the friend is worth of.. what exactly the family is worth of.


The train moves around 200 mts ,I realized the life has moved too.. leaving behind some beautiful moments comparable to each inches of the track..

The adulthood.. even though we now know A B C D .. which once was a impossible to write.. writing the same letters is damn boring now.. isn't it? Telling the thing repeatedly , in fact to u r own parents is bit stressful , which once they used to do for us 100 times a day . Friends change in a matter of days.. Friendship is no longer easy to maintain. The way we used to cry for hours together is not easy anymore.. its almost impossible to form single drop of tear as u grow older. The way we used to apologize so easily.. not that easy anymore.. Its not you whose the boss now.. its the Ego,. The way we used to laugh .. sitting on the blank of tree . the giggling for hours together is not easy anymore.. most of us act.. its not natural anymore. The 100 rupees not looks so small for us, which once we never dreamed of..

Hey there is my train now on the station..

Although I travelled 23 years in the train of my life.. but luckily I was back on the same old station of my life on that day. I still have another journey to complete, but I don't have to travel the same old 23 years track again. This time the journey is different

U just need another start. U just need to open up.I wish u see u r station soon ..[:)]

Happy Journey[:)]

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-5- Its not over yet

Hi friends..


So finally I have decided to fast forward the life story.. So this is me writing the last part.. the 5th one

Make sure you have read my all parts before u read this last one

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-1- The day before the silence on

http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2009/03/failure-is-stepping-stone-for-success_13.html

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-2- The unsaid

http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2009/03/failure-is-stepping-stone-for-success_14.html

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-3- The True Friends

http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2009/03/failure-is-stepping-stone-for-success_15.html

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-4- The Second Life

http://ajourneytopast.blogspot.com/2009/03/failure-is-stepping-stone-for-success_7974.html

This is the last one.


It was big turn in my friends life after the result of first BDS, He managed to make a new name in his dream college.. years after years, he has managed to learn a lot many things no matter how the life has treated him. Getting 76% 1st BDS ,70% at 2nd BDS,69% at 3rd , 68% at final year.. finishing the BDS overall 4th rank and and a distinction three first class .. Happy with the how the life has taken him from the worst to best..

Ok.. lets stop here. This this not end of the story.

The big event of life was still pending. He too had a dream of getting a MDS like all of us, but the of time given for entrance , the amount of money spent for the books, the immense pressure to get a seat in first attempt , made this CET entrance exams for post graduation the toughest.. and hopefully this was the last chance to prove that he was not the same anymore.

So we both started reading for entrance ,sitting in the college lib for last one year, traveled from the time of confusion over the way we need to prepare for entrance and till the result day..

I am sure, those who have read till this blog might be wondering who exactly is the one who traveled this far.

The wait is over friends

Its the same who once had failed in PUC-1st and managed to reach this far

Its the same who once met 6 new best pals in PUC-2 and even after 7 years they are still the together,

Its the same Who once had feared about passing the BDS and who managed to pass with a flying colours

Its the same who had a dream of getting an MDS and worked for it for one long year

Its the same who was once called as repeater and today remembered as topper

Its the same who once thought that his brother as challenge to him, and today he is glad that he has one, the one who made him to realize that anything can be achieved, the one who had believed in him the most

Its the same who today got 6th rank to state in his post graduate entrance exam

Its me..

Its Dr.Suresh Shenvi :)

And as u all know

--------Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success-------

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-4- Second Life

In my Last blog we saw how my friend cleared PUC- 2 with respectable marks. Lets sail through the next..

Getting good PUC marks did not help him much. His performance in the CET was not that good on that day. Why? Its the same.. PUC 1st the biggest problem this time too..Anyway ,life had given him 6 new best pals, A new identity, and lots of luck.

Although he did not get BDS seat.. but managed to get a seat in an BAMS degree college. Was happy as one of his best pal from that best friends group got the seat in same college too..

One thing which made him to hope for a bit of luck was the amount of building fund which the BAMS college asked from him..

I wondered why he has too pay the same fee as BDS and he even wont even 10% of life what he had dreamed of..

So it was 2nd round of CET counselling. Before going to Bangalore he went to his best pal and told him that he will be leaving that earlier seat.. May be it was bit depressing for his pal as he wont be able to be with him in that college anymore.

Went to the counselling, luck gave him a big gift on that day.. a single seat of BDS in the same college which he had always dreamed of.. It was just for that single seat he travelled a long way to Bangalore again although even after knowing that there r still around 2000 students in front of him..

Now how can he get a seat when there are already 2000 students ahead?? I asked the same too.. But for the better part..The seat was reserved for those who have read in a Kannada medium for 10 years.. [:)].. It was GM-K Seat.. I guess reading in a Kannada medium was not that bad[;)]

Anyway it was like a milestone in his life and he still thanks god for it..

He went to the new dream college , got the admission for the 1st bds.But getting just an admission wont change u r life.. isn't it

He has just thought about the fun which he gonna have if he gets that seat, but whose gonna think about that 4 years of nonstop study?

He brought the Anatomy book on the 1st day of college. Opened it. Those new words of muscles, bones. My god.He had cried on that day, the syllabus was well above his intelligence.

There is no retuning now. The family members have trusted on him,giving a fee of 35k per year to a person who once failed , was like gambling.. and the bad thing, u cant even leave the course in between. It was too late.He was in the middle of sea now.

It was the first day of college. He did not even understood a single word of that big one hour bio chem lecture. It was the Anatomy dissection class in the afternoon.. Many of friends were already knowing that he had a brother who is topper in the medical college.. So my friends name was already pre-programmed as Intelligent.. HA HA..People once named him as Repeater... God is great..But the real past was never been explored by anyone from them.. So he thought its better to keep bad memories apart..

There were two girls who wanted to know the name of the book need to be read for physiology..Poor fellow.. He was really bad in English that time.. He was not able to complete the 1st English line which he had ever spoken..[;)].. never mind.. happens with all.. So he managed the things KANNADA LATER

It was his brother who had become a big challenge for his life.. His professors expected the same from the from him too.. It quite difficult right.. how can a guy who had failed in PUC-1st can top like his brother, and that getting a distinction like his brother was well beyond his imagination..

As time passed by. He had his 1st internal exam. The best part, he was the one who topped in that exam.Told this to mom. she expects him to think about final exam as that will be the one which is important for passing.Yup that's right too.

Anyway days passed by. He was improving in studies, but the fear of failure was building in. what if he fails again in 1st bds.. he remembered the day when he had brought the anatomy book and had cried on his decision of taking BDS..

His final exam dates was announced.. Although he had topped in 2 out of 3 subjects in prelims but it was the that one word 'PASS" which he wanted too see in that final exam of 1st BDS..

I dont know about ENGG.. But I too have experienced the amount of stress we need to undergo during those continues exam shedule..

It was the 1st day of exam.. Paper without any options was bit different from ususal...

It was the Physiology on the first day and the Anatomy, giving continues exam for the first time, he was totally exusted,just 2 hours of sleep for the day, that's what what made the third exam Dental materials a big fear.. It was the night 3 o clock when he told his mom that he wont be performing well in the the third exam and might fail in exam too.

Mom somehow consoled him, told him that not to worry about result.. Gave him some exampls of big achievers, told him not too loose hope in the middle of the race.. This is what made him to realise the importance of mother in the life of an individual.

He read whole portion again in that final 6 hours from morning 3-8 am

Reached college.. sweating at morning 7 was bit difficult to explain. It was the last exam. Got the question paper..Some how managed to write everything.
It was shocking to see his brother and father in the college after exam. waiting for him, worrying about his exam

Anyway. He was still not confident about passing. He must have calculated the marks about 10-25 exams in that gap of 15 days before the exam..Wishing god to pass him. Can u believ, a guy who just topped in prelims, thinks of getting a pass class in the final exam, I have seen him on those day. He looked horrible.

It was the result day when life was not the same..

How many of u really think he will pass in exam? after all that happened in that past 2 years..

I too never believed when I saw his result.. He had beaten the everybodies expectation.

He was the Distinction holder at that moment.. Got 76%.. It was after 3 years when someone had got a distinction in that college.. Altough he stood 2nd to the class.

Never mind.. Forget the distinction..

The best of that one year .. He was the one who topped in Anatomy. the subject which he had the feared the most and he still says.. that was the best paper he had ever written [:)]

Hmm. story is not yet over dear.. the big one yet to come[:)]

Keep reading

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success PART-3.. TRUE FRIENDS

First of all let me thank you for reading the Part-1 and Part-2. In my last blog I mentioned about my friends result when he gave a second attempt and this time he somehow cleared. So let us sail through .

There is no return from whats called failure... Its like, a stain left by an ink and no matter how much you try to wash it.. it still leaves a mark

This is how my friend replied to me when i asked him about his days after clearing puc 1st year in the second attempt..

It was a new life, This time he was entering the college with a new identity.. A REPEATER.. I guess it not that easy to sit beside your juniors,, why? .. you have that constant fear, what if they come to know that you r a senior who just passed in the exam..

People hate those who fail.. no matter what the subject be ,,. May be life gave bit more time adjust. I guess he did not loo that old when compaired to his new batchmates.

But there was still one unanswered question.. people started wondering where did he do his Puc-1st year.. I guess there is always a way to escape things.. this time he found a new way,, He told them that he did his PUC-1st in some other college and got the admission in this college for 2nd puc.. May be this idea was not that bad..

Although his new bathcmates did not catch the lie,, but u cant really hide from the teachers right.. They have seen him before. It was a good day , a class of maths,, the teacher came near the desk, his batchmats were shocked to see how the teacher talked to him so gently.. i guess that made the picture clear..

But time heals everything.. Isn't it?? .. Now it was the time to apply for a tution classes.. This time my friend choose to go to new teachers , as he was sure that his old teacher wont give him a seat in their classes.. but sometimes life does not go as we all think.. It was reverse this time, the new teachers denied from giving an admission to their tuition.. so he decided to meet his old teachers, and guess what, he was Wrong.. they gave him a admission with a smile.. so he still wonders how did they agree to give him a seat..

It was the first day of the tution,travelling 3 KM on cycle at morning 6, entering hall thinking about the past, decided to sit at the last bench.. it used to be crowded there.. this was the best place so that nobody can find the failure..

Maths in the morning.. Chemistry in evening.

Let me ask u one thing.. will u ask a failure to be your friend at the first day of tuition.. will you invite him for a dinner in night.. Believe me,if i would have met him at puc-2 I would have never wished to.. but it was the 1st bds when I met this friend mine..

It was that day when he met 6 new friends who asked him to join them at dinner.. and I guess he still wonders why they did it.. now u might be thinking how did they come to know about my friends past.. ok.. One of the friend from that group had a brother who was studying MBBS with my friends bro.. so he knows complete in and out.

Anyway.. he joined them in the eve,, had a great time.As time passed by.. they became good pals.. but they never asked the big question?? why did he fail?? he still wonders?

Playing sports, walking in the college campus, roaming on the road at night 11, having the best days of life, this clearly indicates that he was enjoying his best days of life. Sitting on the first bench had become a craze for him, even started trying to solve maths ealier than his good friend who was a champ once, reaching the tution hall as early as possible, reserving chairs for his new best pals, racing with them to reach the another location, sharing vada pav, having fun in the tution, laughing at the smallest thing,discussing the serious topic, I guess he misses them. I sometimes wonder, failing in exam in not bad as it looks[;)]

PUC-2 is like a gateway for the bright future. It was the time of supreme court judgment, passing its judgment on the whats called COMED made getting admission costlier.. the fees was almost doubled..

Anyway sticking to the topic, the exam was approaching.. this time although the boy was serious about studies but he never felt the fear of failure .. may be because he was having those 6 toppers with him.

Few day before exam he met his tuition teachers alonne.. but it was depressing to find that his teachers really dont believe in his work.. they reminded him about the past failure..

Told u,., failure is like a stain..

Anyway it was the main exam.. these 6 met in front of college.. but surprisingly they all were so relaxed.. I guess this is what differentiats the confidence.

Sitting in the exam hall.. receiving the question paper ,,asking for the supplements definitely shows that my friend must have done the exam really well.

Anyway.. the exams got over. Without a doubt, they all had done well.. but how can u expect a guy who failed in PUC-1 to do well good in PUC-2 .. isn't it?

He knows getting a pass class wont help in much future.. so he need to get something good from it..

It was the CET which was also imp.. And as you all know.. If u want to get through CET u need to have both the knowledge from PUC-1 AND PUC-2.. so this is what he was wondering ..

Ok..Stop..This is where my college and me come in to the picture..

My friend gave the CET exam right in front of our BDS college.. When he came out of the exam hall. He just asked one thing from god.. " God.. if you want me to give something, then give me seat in this college"

And u all might think.. why he needs only that college.. I too asked the same..As i have told u already.. he had a brother who was doing MBBS in the same campus.. My friend used to attend the college function during puc-2.. and he was crazy of the way life is lived in medical college.. and he knows he wont get MBBS ,,Not even in dreams..so the best way he can have that life was to get a admission in BDS college which was in the same campus..

So its the time of result.. strange but true.. this time my friend had scored well more than what I have ever thought.. remember ,he had got 8 marks once in PUC 1st.. so how much u expect him to score in PUC-2.. 50? 60? 70? 80?.. u r joking right.. how can he jump from 8 to 80..

but let me tell u.. its not 80.. its 87..huh.. my god.. strange but true.. last time he was mercy passed in other subject.. this time he had score all above 80.. I know its not that good.. but how many of u have really met such person ? I am glad I did..

Told u already, Failure is like a stain .. If a guy scores more than just passing marks after a past record of failure,, people don't believe it so ealiy. They started saying ,he must have copied.. but this time my friend was not even bothered aboutwhat others say.. Why??

Because he had those 6 true friends, who know its was his own effort

Hmmm.. Let me tell u.. Just passing a puc with 85 percent does not prove much right??

So keep reading.why?. Its me whose in the picture now.. Do read my next blog..

To be continued[:)] soon

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success- PART- 2..The Unsaid

So.. Friends .I hope its the time to continue my earlier blog,but please make sure that you read part one before reading this one. In my last blog I told you till the day when my friend got to know that he failed in PUC-1st. So let me continue it from there.

It took him 10 days to get out of whats called post exam depression. You know I sometimes wonder, the best gift of a child is that he can forget bad things easily ,but as u grow older, its damn difficult..isn't it.

Watching his brother getting 1st rank in a medical field , must have made my friends life difficult to adjust.It was after 20 days when my friend came out of his house. People try to wonder how can a person starts living silence , who once never used to love talking..

Somehow my friend tried to recollect the lost courage from deeps inside his gut.. Made an attempt to go to college, hoping to find the way to get out from this whats called failure. But life did not have much in its store except a chance of 2nd attempt after one year..

When u get busy in life , you wonder how the time moves so fast,, and on the other side clock stops ticking when u have absolutely nothing to do.Even after one month life was totally dry for him,, wondering what to do.Poor fellow. How can he even read from the start of the year for just one subject of PUC.


Life is not that bad..You will find all kind people no matter where you stand , may be , there were still some friends who used to be as bad he was. One thing what he realized at this moment , life never leaves empty. .U r never alone.

It was the day when he cried for almost 8 hours when he was asked for the reason of being a failure, sitting in a corner, surrounded by around 12 of his relatives, making fun, laughing on him.. insulting him in front of his parents.. Hmm..May be they must have though Habits or some girl as a reason for failure..

Anyway one months were already over.

His friend used to work in STD phone booth.. so this friend of mine started helping out his friend.As the time passed he realized that, getting himself busy in some work is the best way to forget bad things.. so he started looking for the jobs. and one day he thought of being a computer operator too.. but somehow its did not work out.,,

So he used to sit in the STD booth without any pay, while returning home,, he used to meet many , Everybody used to ask him about the result,, You know ,saying the truth is always not that easy.He finally found a a way out ,although it not good to lie but that what looked best at this time.. telling each person only one thing,, "I just entered PUC-1st and My exam is in NEXT MARCH". This is how he has kept his life ticking for one year.

How can a person get sleep when does a absolutely nothing.Seeing the son worried about future, his mother used to apply whats called NAVARATNA OIL daily once, and he says,,, it really does not provide relief from tension as they show it on TV[;)]

So now this friend of mine started thinking about doing some other courses like ITI, or joining some garage to learn repairing, even his mother once asked electric shop owner to give him a job.. my god this might have been very depressing for him.. never mind it was already 4 months ..so i guess he must have learned how to cope up with life.

One day his dad asked him , "Son why dont you join a medical shop, That will help you to learn something about medicines.. so later you can do a D-Pharmacy and open your own shop"

At first moment it was difficult to decide as he will have to say the truth to everyone while join the shop.. anyway its better to except the challenges than running from it[:)]

So he finally agreed for it. It was around 6 in evening, he went to the shop,, and as he had thought, they asked him,, "why u want to join here?and what about you college?"

May be this was not that tough to answer as they were totally new to him..

Hey .I forgot to mention one thing.. This medical shop where my friends used to work was situated just beside his college. So its obvious that he will see his many friends passing by.

It was 6 months from that failure ..He started learning things so fast and owner stated admiring his work.. In free time he used to work in the electric shop too.

May be it gave him some moment of Joy but it was definitely not that easy... Hiding behind the refrigerator whenever his friends or relatives used to come to take the medicines, carrying medicines on cycle in front of his college while going to a primary health center where the head used to be his brother classmates mother..

It was depressing to see his friends walking in front of shop , watching them, enjoying the second puc, and he living life alone , sweeping the floor, cleaning the glasses, arranging the medicines..!! yup this is really bad

Anyway that was his world now.. Till then the owner started giving him a salary of 600 rupees per month.. wow..

Its almost 8 months.. In another 4 months he needs to give the 2nd attempt for the subject of maths.

His brother and his dad started wondering about his life now.. Joined a tuition Touching the books after 8 months was bit new to him.. But life was not the same.. This time surprisingly the boy started solving problems so easily that the teacher started wondering how can this friend of mine fail in maths?

Anyway life must have been very kind to him.. he used to read around 6 hours a day for next 3 months..The exam was announced.. It was nice to enter the college campus again after 12 months ,, after everything what he did.. but he was afraid too, as if something goes wrong then life wont be the same again.

Sitting in the exam hall, seeing the his professors looking curious at him, somehow managed to solve most of the questions. The exam was finally over.He returned home.. Convincing the parents that he wrote papers far better than the earlier one was bit difficult..

It was already 15 days after exam when he went to the a maths teacher to ask about his result..and managed to just find , the result will be out in 10 days.

so it was the result day...and guess what.. He cleared[:)] with respectable 70 marks.. yup i know it might look less, but from 8 to 70.. i guess this friend of mine needs salute.

Wait Wait,, the story is not yet over friends..just passing puc 1st wont help u isn't it.. People generally fail is PUC-2 as it the biggest exam of once life.. So the guy who failed in PUC-1 ,how can u expect him to pass 2nd puc..

Will be continued[:)]

Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success- PART- 1..The day before the silence

Hi.. Friends.. Before sailing through my new blog, let me request you one things.. This is quite a big story.. So to understand the depth you need to read till the end.. I hope you have time for it[:)]

"Failure is the Stepping Stone For Success".. Huh..I know you have said it so many times. Isn't it?

But there is a difference between saying and experiencing it.. Right?

I know one such person who knows what those 7 words mean to him.It took 6 long years to prove it. And believe me , when I heard his life story,, I can say.. Life is not that bad as we all think..

So this is me writing a blog on once such persons life[:)].

He was an average boy, with average IQ,, was happy with the way life was leading him..May be he never thought that once in future he would have to face worst days filled with whats called Failure.

Reading in an Kannada medium school, trying to figure out how to pronounce the those English words.. somehow managed to get 62 percent in SSLC.. May be he never understood the importance of study at that time..

You know, when you place a dark colour beside a bright one, the dark seems more darker. I guess my friends life was bit similar to it.. He too had one brother who has always excelled, no matter what he did.. Life is bit tough when parents start expecting the same from this guy too.

After passing SSLC, with a wish of doing science, he applied to one of the best college in his town.. But the taste of rejection of his application was bit bitter as it was new to him , this was the first day when he realized that 62% is not such a good score, although till then he was happy for passing with a first class..

Parents always want to give the best to their children.. This friend of mine had a bit luck, as the parent were really caring and and as you already know, he had one intelligent brother who had a good name in the same college .. Because of this ,my friend somehow managed to get a seat in that reputed college after getting the application rejected three times.

Although you can place a stone between diamonds but u cant really make it shine..This is exactly how the life of my friend was going on. He had seen many extraordinary students around him, wondering how can they solve the problems so easily..

Although he had many friends,, but they too were no different from him. It was the first internal, ENGLISH subject.. That was the first time when he met what's called failure. Seeing his dad depressed and wondering how he did not scold much, just letting him go by giving him a simple advise .. Son.. Put more efforts

As days passed by , exams after exams.. somehow managed to read a bit, managed to understand what exactly those subject mean..My god, it was difficult for him.

I guess he was not serious at that time., spending most of the time on computer games,, and the new thing called Yahoo messenger, roaming with his friends who too were struggling with studies,. may be he had tried but he was not that intelligent to the subject of science.. So I guess he should have done arts or commerce

He says, It was 10 days before exam when he actually came to know the date of Final PUC(11th) First exam.

Huh.. When he said this to me, I thought, how can a college waste a seat for a guy who does not even bothered about the exams dates.

Anyway there is a always a reason for everything which happens in the life. So i continued listening to his story,,

It was the exam day when he somehow managed to write something, he had never imagined that he need to to spend some tough days ahead.

It was the result day , his parents waiting in home to hear the word I CLEARED..I hope he mmust have thoght the same. But when he looked at the notice board !!Checked his name on the first class list,, huh,, I wondered how can he expect to score a first class when actually never bothered about the exam dates??

Next was the pass class,, He searched from top to bottom for his name, which he found missing in the both list..

Now this confirmed the biggest fear .. He had failed in PUC-1st

Came home , somehow managed to control his cry.. watching his mom waiting near gate,, may be she was knowing this was going to happen... Without scolding him a word,, they somehow tried to stop him from crying .. told him to take rest.

Its 6 years from that result day .He showed me PUC-1st marks card.I was shocked to hear his scores.. Although when I looked at his marks card , I figured out , he had been mercy passed in all subject except one. Maths.

Now you must be thinking!! why only Maths?.. I too asked the same..You need to score at least 30 out of 100 so that they can put 5 marks extra to pass you somehow!!


But this friend of mine scored much much lower than what I ever thought... ha ha..8 in maths.. Yup.. you are right ..Its out of 100

HMMm.. This story is much interesting and needs another 2 blogs to complete.. Let me continue it in my next blog..

WILL BE CONTINUED.. SOON