<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18383320</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:12:23.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>a life less ordinary</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reclaimingmylife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18383320/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reclaimingmylife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>alien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11616194086118926891</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18383320.post-113047510687715398</id><published>2005-10-27T21:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-27T21:51:46.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>i donno y m i doin this....this seems weird, y shud i write about my frame of mind on the net and let others know abt it....what purpose will it serve......i wonder! &lt;br /&gt;rite now i m in too bad a state of mind.......quarrelled with my employers ( oh the contumacious me!)....showed loads of attitude.....i wanted to leave......i wanted to live a life without any fall back option for a shortwhile, and then think about what to do next........what wud give meaning to my life.......cant just sqaunder my life working 9am to 6pm on these excel files........i dont just want to make a living........i want to live a life........but i m stuck........stuck.........stuck.........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the basic fault of this Indian system is that children are taught to play it safe from their very infancy.......comeon ppal...leave them alone..........watch them.......is it books that entice them....or is it singing.....music.......soccer.....cricket..........what is it that he can really do even when not forced to......plz allow him to follow his heart.......the typical Indian family wants his child to study like hell...get a good job....marry.....reproduce.....continue living.......retire from his job....then his life........gimme a break.......i m not meant for triviality..........i have not been sent on this earth without a purpose...i m sure about it......when i become 50, i shudnt say to myself,"ahh....i could have done better, i could have followed my heart, the ones who dared left an imprint on the sands of time.....whatever i did was just ordinary.....very mortal.....i could have lived a life less ordinary.....had i tried.....if only i tried...if only" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so what do i do......(other than blogging!)???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well.....nov is a crucial month for me......i want to set things straight.....i want to get back to where i belong.....got to give CAT, the common admission test........got to crack it......not that i want to become a manager ......that will be yet another hypocritical job.....but i want to bask in the glory of cracking this very competitive test where 1.7 lacs guys appear.........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;alrite then......what do i wanna do with my life.......what does my heart want.....will tell ya abt all this in my next blog.......&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18383320-113047510687715398?l=reclaimingmylife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reclaimingmylife.blogspot.com/feeds/113047510687715398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18383320&amp;postID=113047510687715398' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18383320/posts/default/113047510687715398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18383320/posts/default/113047510687715398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reclaimingmylife.blogspot.com/2005/10/i-donno-y-m-i-doin-this.html' title=''/><author><name>alien</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11616194086118926891</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
