Dear friends, I want to share something very urgent with you all from the deepest bottom of my heart. Please take some time to read it although it will be a bit long (if you find worth to read whatever I share or else you all can ignore this status update) Last 8/9 months have really been such rough days for me mentally even though I have always tried to share positivism with you all through my status updates (thanks to the story I heard in my childhood days about the blind man who could not see the world but carried a lamp while walking during night for others to see the way) Why? Its a really long story with so many specific details .. but in synopsis from the spring semester I had been having funding issues with my department (i do not want to go into reasons of what went wrong but I sure admit that I may have been responsible in some parts too) ... I got only half time funding for the spring semester, none for summer and for upcoming fall the department has still not given a final word, so I really did not want to live in this mental torture of waiting for funding decision in each semester. Honestly, was really not being able to perform to the best of my abilities in the past several months as a PhD student. So what was my decision? Long story again but in very short I was just looking for other opportunities in PhD in other colleges, and if that would not work out for Fall I had made up my mind to go back home, take GRE (as my GRE has already expired) for my further applications and apply from NEPAL ... although I know in that case our society would backbite about me that I am a failure and all such bad things .. it really did not matter to me as long as my family and my friends would understand my situation and circumstances .. Whats the blessing in disguise over here then? I kindly want to inform you all that, finally in my quest I have been selected for PhD position in School of RNR, LSU from Fall 2014. Its a research grant with one of the faculties in the department, hence, with a secure funding. So, that means I will be going back to the University where I accomplished my Masters .. Positives and Negatives in Columbia ?? Throughout, these one and half years of stay here, I can say that I have faced the atrocities of life, mentally been such fragile yet hold on and struggled and finally moved on from whatever I faced over here. But one thing that I really am proud of my stay here is finding some friends who are treasure for a whole life time ... all of them are real gems ... lucky to find them ... Finally a message for you all ... Life is really unpredictable and challenging, a real struggle ... so just keep struggling and never loose hopes ... I know I am going through a low phase right now, I can tell you its a real relief to at least get a good road to move on and please do watch this space, This is a new beginning for me and the morning and that sunshine will reappear again .. Thank you so much for reading my stupid, awkward feelings .. God bless you all friends ...
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 06:06:26 +0000
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