Never give up!

So I got busy after writing my first blog post, surprising isn't it? Anyways, an intra-college fest is going on my college, actually, today was the concluding day of it. I took the chance upon and decided to take part in robotics. So I assembled my team of Nikhil and Navneet (my teammates), bought the items needed to make a robot, and then confronted some wiring doubts. So next day I and Nikhil went to Navneet's college, met a senior there, and returned to face that the next day only I had my event. So spend the night half-making it, faced lots of problems, slept after 4, woke up at 9, didn't go to college for classes, finished the bot somehow, went to college. Till this it seems pretty much ok. Now while trying it before my turn, one crucial motor broke down. Although I had been told that you would definitely receive setbacks but you shouldn't give up, this was really depressing. After having spent so much time and dedication, and for the first time while entering into a new world, facing something like this. Our bot was made quite rigid and fixed hard, so it was kind of impossible to remodel it right then and there only. It could only be done till I would get a new motor, and hence I could not participate in the fest. I felt so bad I didn't participate in other events like gaming and quiz. And just to mention, I made my first poster for this event only. I had expected it to be discarded, but the seniors selected it gladly! It means a lot to me, to see my poster everywhere in my college! Here's the poster:

Back to the dis-grateful incident, this can be imagined to be a test of my character and persistence. You might not feel what I am feeling, but try to imagine with something you love in place of robotics and you can feel it. Anyways, I haven't pulled down my shutter. I've just gone in for some improvements, and will be back with a bang at the next event. Nikhil just told he got the motor replaced, so the problem is almost solved. So the moral of the story is don't give up ever, even if you have to go out, go out with a bang! I hope I would make that happen soon and make this blogpost count as true.

And yes, on his death anniversary, salute to the great man of India, Mahatma Gandhi. This country and its countrymen would forever be indebted to you. Jai Hind!

Sometimes its good to do "self-discovery"

Well, as you can(not) imagine, at 2 in the night while I was busy solving the clues of a puzzle, power went off. And it came back around 5 in the evening, after repeated calls to the electricity board. Meanwhile it left me wondering if we are able to remotely even think of doing anything without power. Most of us would just sit and do nothing. Well, I am not one of the most! :)

In the noon, I sat for a while, and then sprang up, and opened my old drawer. And... it was magical! To go back to the childhood days upon seeing all the collections, old comics, stickers, board games, small pull-and-release cars, trump cards, favorite pens, old drawings and paintings and unfortunately some report cards among many, really many uncountable things! In those days, no one would've had the privilege to even lay a hand on them, now they are rendered useless. Anyways, it managed to bring a smile on my face, and will surely bring to your too if you do it someday.

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So this is it, the small moments that make up a LARGE part of our lives in such a beautiful but small ways, that we forget to think the importance of these moments. They're like the singles and doubles scored in a century. From outside, just like any other viewer, only the boundaries are the highlights, but for the player who has scored it, every single run counts and he knows their value. Likewise only we can understand the values of these little memories. So just take some time out regularly, not to do something, but for yourself. You'll be drawn into a magical world inside this maniac world, where you can feel like... Well I think you should experience this yourself, as you are the player here man!

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