FUN-December 2005 I was probably enjoying my life more than i ever did....friends, night outs, Picnics, girls, flirting..i had probably done everythin in that year...it was my last year in college, nd TY exams were to be held in March...bt i wasn worried, i was confident about my studies, as always i knew that 1 month of studies would be sufficient to get a first class which i had always achieved when the big stage came...like the SSC or HSC, i knew it even this time i would be able to cope up with the pressure.Little did i know that things were not to happen my way.
SERIOUS-As February 2006 Approached i had started collecting my notes from various sources, frnds, x students, everyone bt it was getting difficult, but i thought dats just a stupid hiccup..Meanwhile i in the same Month i gave my Combined Defence Services Exam (CDSE) conducted by the UPSC..i jus wanted join the Army ...didn wanna do any thing else.i was extremely passionate about the army, i still am..i wanted to finish my Graduation and fullfil my dreams..i wanted see myself as Lt. Rishikesh Patki in the year 2007...keeping that in mind i started studying for Graduation.i had gathered almost all notes as Exams approached.
HOPEFUL-Finally it was the Climax...Exams Started...Anyone who knows me would tell you about my level of optimism..so wen i gave my first paper i was like woah!! dat was awesome, i said to myself not a bad paper at all..atleast 60 marks in this one..come paper no.2....i got up in the morning..was feeling very uneasy, it was not the same feeling...my mouth was drying, i was feeling thirsty...i had mild fever...i told myself...Just another hiccup rishi..carry on!! my sister gave me some medicine and bottole of 'electrol' for some energy...in those crowded trains i went ahead and i gave my paper..i was feeling very sick...in fact very very sick.i would have collapsed..bt i fought gave the paper.after the paper i went back to college to meet my friend Lalit to get some additional notes..i told him..."dude m not feeling well" he replied " jus hav 1 somke n tea n u'll be fine"..n i literally did that..i took the notes n went back home like a dead body.....
HOPELESS-.....That Perhaps was the dooms day! i was struck by a Mosquito. and it was The MOSQUITO BITE i will neva forget in my life..i had 2 days off in between for the third paper so i thought i wil recover, little did i know that..it aint gonnna hppnn..uhh huh! 2 days in bed suffering from Malaria i had one thing on mind..i don mind 35% bt wanna give my exams...i don wanna fail...so wen the time came for my third Paper and it was "Advaced Economic Theory" i got up in the Morning..read a few chapters..gave myself some energy boosters..pep talks..my mom was praying for me all nite n early morning, my dad, my sister and our driver accompanied me to my centre Ruparel College...nd that was it...i had to sit in that room fr 3 hours...i wrote 4 answers...n i jus cudnt sit out there..i was collapsing...i was dying...i cme bk submitting my paper..1 hour before...went and sat into the car..put my head onto my sisters lap...nd that was it...i was HOSPITALISED :(
I was detected with something called as 'Falcepareum' some type of Malaria i guess...thankfully for me i had 3 days off for my fourth paper...but my condition was absolutely hopeless...i used have fever..shiver, sleep, eat, vomet everything, have enuf bottles of saline, yell at my family members(coz of irritation) and then sleep again...i still remember the Three Musketeers 'Sai, Aditi & Swarupa' coming to visit me in that hospital...( thnks guys ur gr8)...meanwhile i had not informed my friends Ajay Lavesh nd ppl aboout my condition as they had their Xams goin on..at the back of mind though i was determined to complete my exams...3 days of severe pain,almost 20 bottles of saline, and numerous anti biotics later..i asked my doctors to give me discharge as i was feeling better and i wanted to give my exams the next morning....i fought with him, nd finally got a discharge at 2.00pm in the afternoon...cme home took bath had good food...nd started studying....within minutes i vometed...bt so desparate i was to give the exams...i didnt even tell my parents abt it...nd finally in the evening i collapsed...nd was re-hospitalised...the MOSQUITO BITE was Killing me..only 1 thing had changed in 3 days....my HOSPITAL BED! around 30 0dd ppl had visited me till then.
ACCEPTANCE- Slowly but surely i had started accepting the fact i was gonna miss my TY exams.that night i tried studying for my exams the next day..bt at 7.00 am the next morning i told my mom...this is it...i will not be able to give my exams..i was feeling pathetic...bt i knew i had to live with it..i informed Sai & Aditi & Lavesh my friends that m not giving my exams...Sai n Adi turned up dat afternoon to support me(thnks Again)...that night i just cried nd cried...bt i knew i had to overcome this stage in my life.....
Few Days later i recovered completely from illness...i was up & fine running around...doing the same things..trying to recover frm this shock..when few months later i got another shock...i had cleared my Army entrance...bt i wasn a graduate then..well i guess things jus didn fall in place that year was a horrible year..but with my family & frnds support i recoverd frm this shock too...i completed my graduation the follwing year...my frnds Sai,Aditi, Swarupa, Lavesh, Ajay, Prasan...have been around for me for good...also my mom dad n sis..they r a gr8 source of inspiration...Thank you so much!
Here i am Four years later...living a excellent Life...not in the army but probably doing something that i love...thanks to all the support from my well wishers.
Love you All
Take Care & God Bless!
