Recalling the past

It's almost the end of my Masters course, at least officially classes have ended and I have just my internship left. While writing this post i recall what i had written the day i joined IIIT-Bangalore,to exactly state " July 29th, today is my first day at IIIT-Bangalore. Its so silent here, everyone's indoors slogging or at Labs", today on December 24th,2009, its silent again but only me and a few unlucky research elective students are slogging at the lab :), hopeful of making some inroads in the field of research. This day reminds of my early days at IIIT-B, just out of company, confused about what path to take next and so on. The confusion still remains but about new things in life, but yes i personally feel, i have become a much wiser and an adaptable man.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my stay at IIIT-B , at least most of the time i could say except for the time when deadlines of projects came closer or dinner time at the canteen. There have been lot of 'firsts' here some of them being first night out or night outs for project completion, working out in the gym at 1am in the morning, first international conference paper and so on. There have been really tough and rough times for me, on a personal front life has been roller coaster ride and i have seen emotions flow to such an extent which i never felt or faced all my life. Did i make any new friends, well to be true to the term good friends may be one, adding one to my minuscule list of true friends. On the professional front, it was great learning and lots of interaction, IIIT-B gave me umpteen number of opportunities to interact with leading academic personalities and industry professionals,which i had never imagined was possible some years back. Yes my 2 year stint with TCS definitely helped me manage myself confidently and build new contacts and engage people successfully.
In fact the 2 years here i could consider as one my best days in life, i have laughed, cried, hated, sighed and rejoiced moments and each one of them is memorable. I wish i had kept a personal diary when i joined the college, things are just memories and most of them may fade away someday. This post was quite intentional to help me reminisce me those nostalgic days at IIIT-B. Another 6 months of the course remains, but as internship and hardly any hostel life / academic, a new life filled with action awaits me at the company. Its time to pull up my sleeves and plunge back into the corporate world, adios academia !! unless and otherwise if my distant dream of doing a PhD comes true.