Amreekan winters - 3

Mausam,

Itz the fag end of the winter season now. The locals tell me that this has been the warmest winter that they have seen in Boston. Well to me this was'nt too bad either, maybe I was too prepared mentally for the worst. There were only a few really cold days but by and large everything was under control. It was always that 10 minute walk to the train station which was a nightmare.
Anyway, I am sure this is definetly not the last of Amreekan winter for me, as things stand now it looks more than certain that I am headed to Indiana @ Krannert starting this summer (Cant think of any other place keeping in mind the awesome fee waiver that they have offered). The winters in Mid-west are even worse than what we have on the east coast ( If I end up at Smeal, the situation wont be too different coz State college too gets a lot of snow).
With piles of snow collected on the sidewalks, itz my daily routine to walk on the snow instead of the "clean" portion of the road. I find tremendous pleasure in stepping on the snow while walking and breaking it to further pieces. The strange screech which I hear while walking on the snow, gives me the same kind of kick that a child gets when he/she prefers stepping on every raised surface that he/she encounters while walking (a kid always likes walking on stairs in the way, a raised boundary wall, any uneven surface they encounter....Do you know what i mean?). I few slips and skids hav'nt deterred my habit, I think I am awaiting a major injury by a fall, before I decide to change my habit!
Getting admit from various good schools has been a tremendous high. My limited hardwork has paid rich dividends and I hope it so remains the case in future too. I think I have many well wishers, and they truly wanted my success and probably that has helped me immensly.
There is so much to do, so much to accomplish, I hope I do'nt lose focus of what is right and what is wrong. I recently made up my mind to do things which I think are right, instead of doing things which others expect me to do; So it becomes even more crucial for me to make the right decisions at all times.
Since quite sometime now, I always had set targets that the circumstances had set for me, for example; Giving exams during engineering, working on various projects at work, taking up Gmat, meeting application submission deadlines etc, so there was'nt ever a time since so long, when some external "thing" was'nt monitoring me. But I think the next 3-4 months are going to be crucial in the sense that I will have to set my own internal goals and achieve them and if i know myself then itz going to be one hell of a task. Lets see if I have learned something from the past experiences. I think this has been one of the worst blog posts (entertainment wise) and also one of the most different.
Mausam, lieff rocks!
Regards,
Ajj Kaim

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