A Blast From The Past ..

Was chatting up with a couple of third standard friends of mine from IIS, Jeddah (www.indianschooljeddah.com/). It was indeed a nice experience to find some long lost friends who you were good friends back in the third grade, Thanks to Orkut. So now I am in touch with quite some guys, who I studied with in my third grade in another country ain’t that simply great ?? I also managed to get in touch with some other friends of mine … form various schools.

The reason for writing this particular blog is not simply to express my joy of finding these long lost buddies of mine but to for you and I to ponder how people change so very drastically with time. Those third standard friends then did not then have a personality, did not know what they wanted in life, knew nothing at all, not even to find their way back home! Today some of them stand as monuments of excellence, some getting there and some who have a long way to go. Why? Why is it some have made it and some have not? Individual capabilities is it? Or is it the way one has been molded at school, at home and by the surrounding environment. Or is it both ?

Its always funny to see some people doing better than others, I feel it is cause many fail to understand and recognize what their true potential is and what one is good at doing. Of course there could be a hundred other factors like hard work, financial capabilities (as it changes the opportunities one is offered), luck (if you believe in its existence) and so on …

It is indeed very ironical how apples of the same basket have turned out. Seriously ironical I’m sure you would have some kind of similar story to tell !