Blotted out the sun!!!

Persian: " A thousand nations of the Persian empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!"

When I saw the subsequent scene in the film 300, I was mesmerized. Today it was brought on again when UCI reclaimed the world dodge ball record.

This mega social event during the very first week of the Fall quarter at the university gave us – the new international graduate students an opportunity to experience the vivacious student life at UCI campus. There were only two colors – blue and yellow visible in this unified multi-cultural Eater nation. The soft balls were fired in unison by both the teams soaring high in the air spreading the message of brotherhood. Fuel cells of the participants were kept full to brim, thanks to the Live music, cheer leader performance, rockstar energy drinks, mouthwatering food sold by student organizations and the enthusiasm in the air. It was a moment of proud for me and other 4000+ fellow UCI students that this attempt had created a new world Guinness record. You can re-live this record at here.

Thanks to UCI, and its co-sponsors for organizing such electrifying event. Raring to go Zot, zot and zot again!!!

Quote Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416449/quotes?qt=qt0447660

Pic Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/record-318240-players-world.html?pic=1

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

                                                                                                                                                                         – As quoted by Steve Jobs & The whole earth catalog


 

              I still remember the days when I felt a thirst to further expand my knowledge, strengthen my basics and turn out as a contributing person to the field. I saw many of my friends appearing for GRE exams, applying for overseas college and flying to various parts of the world. At that time, I felt that it wasn’t my cup of tea, though I yearned for it. Many people discouraged the very idea giving reasons from recession to racial discrimination. Your strengths are better known to your friends than you and so did my friends. They encouraged me to go for it by explaining the complexities and rewards involved in it. In a puzzle when you identify one piece’s position, others fall into their place with ease. I got sufficient guidance from my tutors, support from mother & relatives. With these I embarked on the mission in full swing and now I have landed in this new country where many dreams have been fructified after a yearlong hard work. It was also a rewarding experience for me as it turned out to be a crash course to learn the complexities involved in Indian Banking system, like mortgaging, legal opinion, property evaluation, power of attorney, property registration, tax filing are few to be named. Running from one office to other, filling innumerable application forms, reading various rules and regulations, reaching out to reluctantly reticent government officials, preparing umpteen numbers of plans and to do lists tested mine and my mother’s nerve strength. I hope they have hardened me enough to face the new challenges and softened enough to accept new changes. I feel confident enough to guide others on the same path and help them fulfill their ambition too.   

At this moment I must thank all the above persons who played an important in role in my securing a graduate admission at University of California, Irvine. I learnt in my childhood that I can be outnumbered, but never I should become outgeneralled. With this thought in my mind, I intend to remain hungry for knowledge, explore all paths by starting as a foolish and finally evolve as a source of light. In this journey, I seek blessing from my Guru –SAI, my mother and my tutors to travel in the right direction. I request support from my friends to travel at right speed. 

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