Chaklala Scheme 3 Part 1

Somewhere in August 2006 ,

 After finishing A levels perhaps the most boring/tense time for most of the students , is the time they spend at home waiting for their acceptance letters from various universities . I was no exception to this and when I got admitted to NUST, praises from all across the community were showered at me . The community at KSA , considered this an outstanding achievement and so I always felt that I was somewhat special .

 Along came early september , and it was time to leave your loved ones and go study in a somewhat alien land(sadly). It was my first flight and I was all alone. I can never have enough words to describe the "fears" that existed within me at that time. Those moments ,whether that be finding your way to the departure lounge or getting outside and finding a cab , were haunting to say the least. It was as if I was to this day living in a nest and now it was time for me to explore the outside world , like a young bird on his famous first flight. My feeling at that moment was in no way different to a baby cub getting out for his first hunt .

   Islamabad Airport.

                                                      

 However sometimes it takes moments like these to let someone learn what life really is about ; What life really is outside the rectangular T.V box . Eventually I conquered those moments with an unknown impulse of confidence and wisdom that to this day has baffled me . Call it instinct , call it faith ; whatever you call it , it taught me one of my very first lessons .

It taught me that there was no mountain hard to climb , no river hard to conquer , no fire hard to tame in the wild wild world we live in ; all we need is a will and we shall find a way.

Life’s an eye-opener.

Sometimes the world looks quite unfair . Many a times it looks ridiculous but sometimes it can be an eye-opener . From birth to this date we were pampered to believe that after graduation , our lives will become much much easier. Graduating from a premier university ,we could expect racing ahead of everyone else and become a symbol of hope for our families and friends . But as it turns out , the more closer you think you are to becoming a hero , the harder it gets for one to believe that he’s actually the one . Me along with my friends were told to this mighty day that our problems will be resolved , that its a walkover from now on . Its sad but its true, that the reality is far more grim then we all originally thought. It was because of these very expectations that we succeeded to reach this point , but it is these expectations that now are leading us to disappointment. Everywhere we see , we feel we have achieved so much but in reality we have nothing. It took us four rigorous years of mind boggling studies to graduate , but now that we are there ,all the roads look closed . Now that we look at it , it seems we weren’t so special after all .

It also seems the hype generated and fed into our brains was at most an expectation. Expectations, sometimes cant be met and that leads to disappointment. Today all of us see a clearer picture of life and its hardships. Some amongst us will say life is unfair,unjust,strange,harsh ,others would say life is beautiful,peaceful,lovely. These interpretations portray the amount of satisfaction present within us. Perhaps we have taken too many burdens on ourselves when life wasn’t meant to be like this? Perhaps we have created too many desires, expectations and ambitions on whose burden we feel pressured to death ?

The truth is life is just an eye-opener , waiting to tell you your place in this world.