Why Future Predictions ???

one day one of my friend Neha was asking  "Why u always calculate everything about future, don't u think life should be like a surprise gift?"
I was not having any answer at that moment but after thinking I came to a conclusion that when u want ur life to be perfect u should calculate everything before going for some particular decision , may be I am contradicting some of the lines of Bhagwat Gita here which said "Never worry about the future and live in the present moment"
I am totally agree with the above line that one should always live in present but I am just saying that be calculative as wise person and never feel pressurized because of future predictions. For example , What my aim from childhood was that I never wanted to look back into my past life saying "If I had done this , the results could be better , I don't want my life to be a regret at the end" . So everytime when I m going to take a decision ,I always look for the future happenings so that I won't regret at any moment of life . This is the only reason why I love my past life so much .May be many of the people not agreed to me on this but this is what I do :)

Confusion All Around

There was  always an environment around me when I was looking forward for something , was desiring something but the days I am spending right now are working differently , the whole things getting confused . I was talking to some of my friends about this but was not able to conclude what I want now .  
          For a person who was always busy doing something whole the time , suddenly , have done something and he is free for couple of months and being tension free. Life without tension is also such a boring thing specially when the people around you are always working for some goal and you have nothing to do , just to spend the time roaming here and there . Everyone is discussing about the future expects and specially what they are going to do after college , and in that discussion you are feeling  departed . Everyone want this kind of free time but when they get this , they have no idea where to utilize this.  Same thing is happening here . Was this all I was desiring ????
I am still asking that one simple question from myself :
"HAVE I MADE IT LARGE OR STILL SOMETHING THERE TO ACHIEVE "

SSB : Experience of a Life time

Dated : 19 June 2013

I reached  at 12pm on Railway Station of Banglore from where we had to go to the SSB centre by a Bus . There were 7 more friends from NITH in our batch. At 2.45 the bus reached there and we were dropped at centre by 3.30. There were 180-200 guys and we started filling the PIQ forms as well as the allowances form. After completing , we were given Chest Numbers , mine was 33 and we were sent to the Rooms. Rooms were really great and were 8 candidates per room. so that was the starting day

DAY 1 : We woke up at 5 and collected outside the mess by 6 am . Then we were taken to Testing room for our first test named Screening Test . Firstly , we had two tests named Verbal and Non verbal Reasoning . They were quite simple and was able to attempt all as there was no negative marking . Then we were shown an Image which was not clearly visible and we had to write a story on that as well as characters position , age and mood. We were given 3 minutes for that. After story writing we were sent and were called for Group Discussion after an hour. In GD,  we were asked to Narrate our stories one by one and after that we had to conclude a single story . Discussion was not that good as all were trying to prove their points at the same time .After that we had our Lunch and the result was announced after an hour. 86 were screened in. We were given new chest numbers and the others were sent back to the Railway Station. Now , my chest number was 74.  

DAY 2 : Next day again , we woke up at 5 and collected outside mess by 6am , then we were taken to the same  Test Room for Psych test .It includes TAT , WAT , SRT , SD . 

TAT (Thematic Appreciation Test) : We were shown 12 slides and we had to write stories on them in 3 minutes each , last slide was blank so we could write any story of our choice. 

WAT (Word Association Test) : In this test we were shown 60 words one by one and we had to write a line  that comes first in our mind in 10 seconds. It was quite simple and I attempted all of them.

SRT (Situation Reaction Test) : In this , there were 60 situations in the booklet and we had to write our reaction for each. This was the tough one just because only 20 minutes were given for 60 situations but still was able to complete 57-58 .

SD (Self Description) : Here we had to write the answers of some questions related to us like : What your Parents think about you ? What your Friends think about you ? What your Teachers think about you ? What you think about yourself  ? What are you weaknesses and how you are improving them? . I was prepared for these so there was no problem answering these questions.

DAY 3 : This day , we were having  GTO tasks , we collected outside mess at 6am and then we were divided into groups of 8 each. We had Two group Discussions,  one on the topic IMPORTING WEAPONS FROM RUSSIA  and second was WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT BIOTECHNOLOGY OR IT SECTOR ?. After 5 minutes discussion on both we were shown a Chart on which some pictures were made ,on the basis of that picture one situation/problem was given and we had to write a solution for that . After writing , then we had to come on a single solution. After these tasks we were sent to the main ground , where  firstly we were given some group tasks and then we had a Snake race. After Snake race we had Lecturrate where we had to speak on a topic for 3 minutes .My topic was "SUCCESS OF IPL" and I concluded topic  before time. Then we were sent for Individual tasks where I completed 8-9 obstacles out of 10, a Command task and Final Group task , and it went very well. 

DAY 4 :  This was the Day of Personal Interview and seriously , the most deciding factor in SSB Recommendation . I was the last to be Interviewed. My Interview completed in One and Half hour . It was the best part of whole SSB . He asked me Personal questions , technical questions , GK questions and questions related to NCC and my Hobbies . I was able to answer almost all the questions.

DAY 5 : The day of Judgement arrived , we were given new chest numbers and in a formal dress we entered conference room one by one . It took only 1-2 minutes for one candidate and all completed in 4-5 hours . After lunch , the result was announced . As my chest number was announced , what I can say " One of the best moments in whole Life ". So ,there  I was standing with a New chest number +10 , with all other recommended candidates.

Next Day we left to Mysore for PABT (Pilot Aptitude Battery Test) , after qualifying that we returned to Bangalore for Medicals . Seriously speaking , medical for Pilot entry is tough one and many of us were not able to qualify that. It took 4-5 days to complete whole medical process. After medicals I returned back but with a lot of memories and new friends , Now I am waiting for Call letter  :) 

Personal Interview at SSB Banglore - My Experience

It was the third day at SSB Banglore , we were completed with our Psych Test as well as the GTO tasks , now it was our  PI (personal interview) that left for the last day before Conference . As according to many experts , Interview is the most deciding part in someone's recommendation so all were very nervous . I was the last to be Interviewed among 86 who qualified first round . At 6 PM on the last day my name was announced and I was there standing outside President's room for my turn . So I entered the room with a file of all my documents in my hand .I was little bit nervous as there were lot of scary stories I was told from my childhood about SSB interview .
As I entered the room President said " Ashish Chauhan , have a seat ". After placing  my documents file on President's table I sat on the chair in front of the Interviewer.

"So Ashish , tell me from where you are ? " here the first question came
"Sir , I am from Hamirpur , Himachal Pradesh"
"Ok , tell me two kinds of people who should not come to Hamirpur "
After a pause of 2-3 seconds I said
"Sir , the persons who expect Malls , Big building , high Internet facilities , those should not come to Hamirpur and guys who are not a good Judge of Beauty should not come there" He started smiling.

"Now tell me about your Education , where you studied , your percentage , where you are studying now , what your parents think about you , what your teachers and friends think about you , what you think about yourself , your strengths and weakness and finally how you are improving your weaknesses ?"

At this moment , had to remember the sequence of questions and their order. I answered all the questions very well .
Then he asked me "Why do you want to join Indian Navy as you are from NIT , and you will get a good job from there "
I was well prepared for this question as this was asked from all the candidates.

Then he asked questions about NCC like "From which wing you are ? How many camps you have attended ? Which rifle you had used ? What is the range of that Rifle ? Tell me the names of target ? 3 techniques of swimming ? Number of sails in D K whaler ? How a ship works ? How to communicate in Sea ? Name all the Morse codes ? etc"
As I am NCC  'C' certificate holder , so was knowing all the answers.

Then he moved towards General Knowledge questions "Tell names of 3 countries in Africa , North America  South America and Australia . Where is Black , Yellow , Red and Dead sea and why they are named like that ? From where moon rises? Why moon rotate around earth ? Tell me the formula of Gravitational force?
Why Sun Stands still ? "

After that he moved on to PIQ (Personal Inquiry Questionnaire) and asked me about my Hobbies and questions related to them like : Tell me Difference between SLR camera and Digital Camera ? What is Exposure time and Shutter Speed ? First movie of India ? How that was captured ? How pinhole camera work ? What is the height of Badminton net ? Dimensions of badminton court ? and some questions about designing

So , the interview lasted for one and half hour and he was quite happy , reason may be my interview went well or I was the last candidate to be Interviewed :)
It was very nice experience and One advice to future aspirants "Never Get Nervous During Interview because Interviewer always try to Check the Patience"

Aise hi Kuch Bhi :)

""When I honestly ask myself which person in my life mean the most to me, I often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share my pain and touch my wounds with a warm and tender hand "" .Seriously , if  u think these lines are not written by me then  Yes ! you are right , I have taken them from somewhere (as many said You are Jugadoo person) . But I still feel that  you  are the folks with whom I can share everything (seriously  everything , Nooo.... but most of the things :) , yes). I had always dreamt to have a group of friends as I have seen in Movies and Serials but never had a single thought to have one but you know "Everything Happens for a Reason" so still I dunno have a group of friends (yaraa ,aap to serious hi le gaye :D ) , we are not group we are "Aaramjade" :D , till the date I can't imagine that I have given this name to our group (sry Tidu , I have taken the whole credit , you know self obsessed :)). The most common words used by our group are "Chalo ! Plan banate hain" (am I right ??? :)).  Don't know what is going to happen in future as POM teacher said "Future is Uncertain" but still I am not going to make you forget me (Tum sab ki shaadi ke baad bhi , shayad :D).  Still we have 1 year to enjoy but 1 year is not enough I think .    BTW my desires are not to make you emotional after this post , (vaise itni senti post to hai ni , but Neha se mujhe puri umeed hai :)).

An Old Friend

 It was an exciting day or u can say exciting evening ,I was doing something on FB , something was Chatting obviously , as it was weekend so I was totally free . I saw some boy has commented on a post and his name was something known . After few moments ,I remembered that the boy has a sister who was my classmate from 1st class to 10th but rarely talked to her during those days . So I tried to find out her name in his friend list and it was on the first page its self. I send her friend request as well as a message "Hey , remember me , good to see u :)" , then I waited for couple of minutes but no notification yet , I waited for some more time then comes the notification that she has accepted your friend request and now u can write on her wall but thats not appropriate to write on someone's wall as I was caught sometime while I was writing on the wall of classroom and don't want to remember what happened after then :)
                                          Suddenly I got a msg on chat box saying "Ya long time , wass up ? wow , u r in NIT now !!!" so with that a new conversation started and continued for next three hours .On her cover photo it was written "Don't Grow Up , its a Trap " ha ha ha . During chat , I keep on checking her photos that how she has been changed in last 4 years and the change was shocking that from a simple "Champu" girl , she has become a fashionable girl in her hairstyle as well as dressing sense. As she was studying in Chandigarh , so change was obvious .

                                             We talked about how we were in school time and how things has been changed now , how we hate engineering a lot and had never thought the life could be this much complicated . We were very shy during school time and never had any conversation more than 10 minutes in those 10 years but today there was no shyness . We talked about the day when we were chosen Mr. and Miss Farewell at the last day of school and our photo was there on the local newspaper . I use to  talk to many friends everyday but she was special one , don't know why but Ifeel so close to her during every line of our conversation . A nostalgic feeling has surrounded me during our chat , we would talk in future also with that lines I said gud night to her at 1:30 at night as she was having class next morning.