My takeaways from Mumbai!!

It was July 2008, when I first stepped to Mumbai, with lots of dreams, aspirations and hopes to make it big. I was like all other people who come to this city of dreams with the intention of only gaining and not loosing anything. I too believed the same way. I felt I has nothing to loose, so it was a good deal. I joined my college with lots of enthusiasm, not realising what life has to offer me over here. When I look back , I find I have lost  lot of things, including trust, but on the other hand, gained faith and friends for life.

When I came here, my only intention was to get a degree and enter the corporate world, be a renowned figure in my field and someday get a degree from IIM in fellowship. I was the usual girl I used to be in the initial days. Then slowly slowly life started changing. I began adopting Mumbai's lifestyle, wherein most of my language got twisted. I lost the innocent kid I used to be and transformed into someone who was quite matured and too demanding. I began using slang in my conversation and much before I could realize I was the one often using words like f***, in my sentence, which I once used to put in the category of forbidden words. I adjusted with that and thought, that was just and as I would not be loosing anything in that process didn't care much about it.

Well, then the thing happened which made me loose my trust on emotions, feelings, love, guys and many more but that at the same time made me realize what good people were around me and how was I neglecting them.

I met this guy, whom I even dated for a year, and then I broke up on a very hostile note. Things were not at all good when I broke up, and I had to bear that. I tried to hide my pain from all the people, around me which was an unsuccessful attempt though. I wrote N number of poems, notes, diaries and shared my feel with that. When words could not suffice, my eyes, my actions spoke up. I started doing things which were totally unexpected out of me. At times, I landed up in such conditions, where I was on the verge of killing myself, (well not in an attempt to suicide, but in a road accident). Then I got selected in a paper presentation and went to kirloskar, which proved to be a rescue. Met some really good people there and talking to them helped me a lot. When I could not handle my breakup all alone, since its my first and i hope it to be the last too, I confined to my frens. Anand, Ifti, Manpreet, Vishakha, u guys were really helpful. And I should thank Anand, my best fren at ITM, for being there always whenever I needed someone to talk too. I know I have been shouting at you and acting foolish at times, but you never mind it. You actually are one  among the list of my best frens ever.

When I was with my guy (ex-guy) I was so into him, that I never got time to look around and even judge people in my own classs and around me. It was only after I was over with him, I could judge them in a proper manner. Though we have lot of politics, but some of them, who I take to be my good frens are superb!!!!

so to sum it up, 

I gained:

1. A fren for life;

2. A lifetime experience on trusting people;

3. A firm belief on there is no such thing called love at first sight (at least not on internet);

4. A degree in PGDM-HR;

5. An happening hostel and boring hostel life;

6. An I don't care attitude;

7. Lots of lingo and colloquial "gaalis";

8. Experience on how difficult is it to get a job;

9.  Lesson that brands counts and no matter how well you are in concepts, you need to have 60% throughout;

10 Lots of memoried which I would never forget.

I loosed:

1.  My trust on the one whom I has totally trusted;

2. My belief in the so called "pyaar andha hota hain" dialogue;

3. The innocence once I had;

4. The sweet language once I used;

5. The free person, I used to be as in when I never used to take life seriously and did whatever I wanted to do;

Nyways, gain is more that loss, so not a bad deal :)

Till my next blog or till I remember some more points to add.... ADIEU