Friday, August 8, 2008

What I want to do with my life...

So, the perennial question...what am I going to do with my life once I get out of the so-called best days of my life, get out of school and look for something in the "big bad world"...
Well, I say that a good job is one where you get the satisfaction...and more importantly, the money, and a little bit of fun never hurt.
What i want to do is to ditch college altogether...to think higher than most of my family...some of whomthink that anybody other than an engineer, a doctor or a CA is jobless, and an MBA means getting on top of the world...I want to, as most of my public know, be a pilot. Not just that, I want to become a Vishnu Som.
Ever heard or watched that guy on NDTV? The man has a Commercial Pilot License, knows scuba diving and is a TV anchor/journalist.
The result? His job involves diving to see coral, driving Ferraris around Maranello(Italian countryside)and (check this out!)flying MiG-29s,-35s, JAS-39s and F/A-18s...
So he gets the satisfactionand the money and the fun!!
So one day, don't be surprised to see me on a TV channel flying a MiG or a Sukhoi or driving a Ferrari...it'll all be part of a job,won't it?( No,mom, I'm not asking you, you'll rattle off saying
that I must do my duties without expecting fruit...and so on...this is for my public to decide)
bala

2 comments:

Shreya said...

hey!!! i liked what you have written. m facing the same dilemma myself. i want to be a pilot with the Indian Air Force but family and friends think i should go 4 a beaten track. and as far as Vishnu Som is concerned, i could worship the fround he walks on. saw his programme on gripen fighter jets?? who wuldnt want a job like that??
do reply and all the best!

sankar said...

Wow- what a great vision - I am sure you can do it.
But I wonder how a fellow who is scared to take a dip in a calm Bay of Bengal would venture deep sea scuba diving.
Things to ponder

Sankar