Half Marathon , 21 km in 1 hr 52 min.

What a day it was !!! A lot to share , starting from last night ,The Navy Ball , we were wearing Number 6 uniform , drinking and listening to Veer Das comedy . After Veer Das , some dance performance was there and then comes KK , the legend . He started with  'Yaaron Dosti Bdi hi haseen hai ' and with few more songs , whole environment changed . Officers started dancing with their families and soon the singles like us joined them. A lot of dancing , first on KK songs and then some more singers and then on DJ . After dinner , we moved to our rooms and it was already 0130hrs.

Next morning we were having Marathon , so we decided to wake up at 4 bt when I woke up ,my watch was showing 5. I rushed to Abhimanyu's cabin. They seemed less interested in going , so I decided to go myself. I took bus and reached the starting point. Soon the Marathon started.

First 10 Km. : In starting , I could feel the hangover so have no idea , how first 3 km gone . After 3 , my counterparts started showing less enthusiasm and they were kind of less interested in race now. Soon only one of my friend left with me . We crossed bridge , Kahawa , Naval Base , SFNA  and were almost at 10 km milestone when the last counterpart left me alone.

10 - 20 km : Soon I reached the 11 km point from where I had to return back . I was running like hell , no breathing problem , only sweat was coming. As I reached Naval base again , I decided to call Abhimanyu and we talked for some time . After crossing bridge , I called to my brother , and we talked for 2 km . People standing on sides of road were amazed to see that a guy is talking on phone and running at 18 Km milestone while others have already started walking. As I reached 20 km , I cut the call.

Last 1000 meters : Now it was last 1 km , and i was still having lot of energy , so I decided to sprint. I am sure that I crossed at least 50 people in last km.

As I entered the ground , it was all crowded . I reached the final point , took my medal and stretched for some time . I was not able to feel my legs after few minutes. After all , I stepped outside the ground , had 3 juices and then took auto to naval base. It was a great day and had lot of fun . Seriously , I had never expected to complete 21 km with such good timing of 1 hr 52 min with hangover , sleepless night and dance for 3 hrs last night .

The long day

The day started with hangover , 2 beers I had last night in Officers Institute were enough to take me out of senses . My watch was showing 9:30 am . Soon I realized that I have to pee , I rushed towards washroom . When I looked into the mirror , eyes were red showing three  consecutive restless nights that I had . I picked up my phone and saw 2 missed calls from Reetu . I called back , they were leaving from Munnar and were expected to arrive allepy at 2 PM.
I got ready , took aviators from Shreyas , and then reached main gate in next 15 minutes. From there reached railway station and bought ticket. After  reaching allepy at 2 PM , I entered some Restaurant and was doing some surfing on internet . Suddenly I heard some voice asking "Can I join u ???" . She was some foreigner and was carrying big bag. I helped her putting that down and offered water. We talked for 45 minutes . She was from UK , coming from Sri Lanka and going to Pakistan . After she left , I decided to walk around. It was a gud place , back waters and boats.
My friends reached at 3.30 ,when  I met them , they were planning for some House boat . After doing all formalities , we entered the Powerboat . We had gud time there , bt I had to leave at 7 . After leaving , I again was standing on the railway station .
A cute girl was sitting there , and was doing something  on mobile. As train reached , she entered 2nd ac , I followed her.  In next 10 minutes I was sitting in front of her talking , and sharing basic information. She was from Banglore , and did B Tech in Bio Technology . Now she is doing job in Congizant . We talked for some time and then my station arrived. After leaving station , I took auto to Kahawa - coffee centre.
At kahawa , I opened FB and tried to find that girl . Soon I realized there were two eyes looking at me constantly. There was a girl sitting in front table looking at me. I waited for 5 min. And then slowly walked towards her table . I asked to join her and started talking . This girl was from Assam , did some course for one year and was Receptionist at Trident hotel. After some time , my friends (bros) arrived Kahawa and her friend also came . I left her table and joined my bros on other table. An hour later , I saw her leaving from Kahawa. We continued masti till 12:30  and asked for bill. Receptionist amazed  me telling that girl already paid my bill. WTF. I gave money to receptionist and told him that whenever u see that girl in future , give this money to her.
So finally day ended with lot of memories.

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 :)).