SUDDEN career changes are scary.

Its been a LOOOOONG time n MUCH has happened since..
I got my first year results...did very well...(modesty is for the GANDHIS of the world)..and got down to my GRE words...
It was'nt an easy task...5000 words that you ve NEVER heard of..sheeeesh.....

ANYWAY..i was sittin on the bed learning my 1026th word..when mom walked in.Its amazing how insanely UNPREDICTABLE these "parents" are...when you expect them to blow their top and tear their(or your) hair out they SOMEHOW love your idea and support you through n through...sometimes even maniacally....
But when u think they ll be overjoyed at you having learnt the 1026th word by HEART they give you a loooong look and say..."whats the USE???" awww COME on....

But i what she said later changed my life...or IS changing my life.
My parents have a lot more faith in me n my capabilities than myself...and hence she said i was not utilizing my QUALITIES doing what i was doing...
and she pointed at a newspaper cutting. "Pilot shortage in India" or something similar...

Now i wanted to be a pilot in school n all but who DOESNT...i know i dun have the gumption to join the Indian Air force...i have a lotta respect for those guys but i really m not capable enough..
and i had vaguely heard somewhere that commercial flying training is VAAARY expensive..and besides...i was doing well academically...never struck me..

Then followed hours of research on the net...talking to people..Mamma going out of the way to help..Daddy giving a quick green signal...as I said....MAJOR decision but this time parents in their usual unpredictable manner were convinced within a week that their little braces wearing book reading daughter had it in her to fly a freakin plane.

And i was convinced.

Suddenly this feeling of NOT doing something i like,something that is worth the effort vanished.My friends will vouch for how i defended BSc but deep inside i felt a little stupid doing it..no offence ppl...i still LOVE science.

And here i am....HAPPY.i WANT to do this thing.i KNOW i ll do well.i KNOW i wont regret this decision 15 years down the line..it just FEELS right.

My admission is done.Visa interview day after....butterflies in my stomach coz i ve heard the consulate ppl are absolute bitches..

so,well,m gonna be a pilot.




AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!