I would like to say a year that changed a lot of thing (no, this post is not inspired by any of Obama speeches).
Change in role, from a computer science engineer to a MBA student. This has been my dream for few years and I would say the best thing that has happened to me in last few years.
Change of country, moved to USA five months back and this was also I wanted to achieve. Most repeated question to me last year was – Will you be coming back to India/ are you planning to stay in US or some variation of this. But, I would like to repeat my answer again. No, I will not stay here longer. I will be heading back soon and that have been a promise that I have made myself long before, even before I started thinking of MBA.
I took a month long break before joining college and a month of break currently. These were very important for me since joining as SE in Aug ‘05 I did not take any break. I have a set of ideas but needed time to refine and package them, now I have something in my head and hopefully I can improve on it and this education and environment will help me improve. Then there are lot of small changes, but thankfully all are on the positive side.
My new year resolutions, none, but I have one thing that I want follow. My keyword to life is ‘Learn’, learn as much as possible from people, experiences, reading and whatever you can think of. Learning is something that will never stop for me and the day it stops, everything else should stop too.
Yes, I have a list of things I want to achieve on personal front :
- Take YAP to newer level and at least have 30 episodes in 2009.
- Start running, I don’t want to be a marathon runner but at least want to do 5 KM in a stretch.
- Learn a lot about photography
- Reduce weight, at least by 4 kgs.
- …and learn, learn, learn….
Wishing everyone a wonderful and great new year!
