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I am typing this document on my beloved new MacBook Pro as I was reading the account of some IITB graduate with his PhD at MIT. I have been procrastinating for a long time now almost wasting my summers (did nothing productive) always telling myself that “This time I’ll definitely find an answer to what I like doing or what subject I like studying by surfing the internet and self-introspection.” I have literally no clue what to do next after having spent three wonderful days in Jaipur as my vacation approaches an end. What I want in the third semester for myself is to be non-competitive. What I exactly mean by this is that I don't want to waste my time comparing myself to others and poking my nose over what everybody else is doing. I just want to remain busy with myself, constantly improving and trying to hit to the next level of expertise in any field as long as I enjoy doing that work. I just want to f ucking forget about my performance in the second semester as that never lets
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Heaven's a heartbreak away

Hello World. I know I am posting after so long but the second semester was a busy semester (we had 39 credits to complete and had two Department Introductory Courses (DIC) whereas the students of the other departments had to take only one DIC in this spring semester). A lot has changed since my last post. I've become more responsible, mature and efficient all thanks to the hectic routine we had this semester. On some days we had classes from 8:30 to 12:30 in the morning , then labs from 2 to 5; then NSS/NSO/NCC from 5:30 to 7 approximately (this time varied from activity to activity) and a CS lab again from 8:30 to 10:30. For some students who were a part of 'Advitiy' (the Student Satellite Programme, successor to 'Pratham'), they had their team meet from 10:30 to anytime after that, and then again classes from 8:30 the next morning (not that we used to sleep early :P ). I was still an 'innocent' freshie at the start of the second semester and was not u
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Winter Break

Hello World. I know it's quite some time i wrote something on my blog; was busy with exams and all. So, the first semester here at IITB is over and winter break is going on. It's pretty boring as all my friends are busy in their respective colleges as they're yet not done with their first semester. Writing this blog is maybe an attempt to keep myself busy and do something productive. The boredom is partially checked by the excitement of the first ever encounter with the famed 'Mood Indigo'. What a feeling it is! Weather over here at my home town (in Punjab) is quite cold in December-January and a break from the moderate Mumbai weather; a perfect atmosphere to savour my mom's food. I've been playing a lot of Chess lately; with my brother, with my father and it's fun and I've improved a lot; from being clueless as to what the first move shall be to having a clear cut strategy since the beginning. I made a lot of plans for my winter vacations, th
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My First Post

Hello World. This is my first ever post as a blogger and am quite excited. I have a variety of topics to touch upon and still haven't zeroed down onto a single topic. I may discuss the mindset with which i sit to study; I may also touch upon my ambitions and the self-doubt i sometimes face and how do i tackle with such negative thoughts. I may also start discussing my journey in IIT so far as well. I may discuss about the emotional upheavals a student faces while preparing for any competitive examination but i seriously don't want this blog to be one of those cliched blogs which serve as a guide to crack some competitive examination or JEE for that matter but i want it to be more general in it's composition such that it touches upon the various emotions, i repeat it again in bold, EMOTIONS, that a student goes through in the two years. And not only students, the things which i'll be discussing in my blog, they are applicable to almost anyone and i'll consider
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