Hello there... Its been a long long time... I was busy doing something else and I could not find time to write.
Anway here are the updates - on two things that I mostly talk about
Civil Service Preparations
I did not clear the civil services.
I attempted all the 6 times. Cleared prelims 5 times. Did not clear once
In the 5 Mains that I wrote, I did not clear even once. Although I came close to cutoff in 2015. I missed the OC cutoff by some 10-20 marks.
I did not clear the state groups exams
I gave both the Group I & Group II exams once each. I did not clear either of them.
Reasons why I did not clear: Well, only one reason. I did not prepare well.
I only blame myself and not on any situations - like Pub Adm paper was tough while Anthro was easy... or that I prepared well, but luck was not on my side. The reason I did not clear is simply I did not do enough for this exam.
I only regret not giving my 100%. I do not regret trying for civils leaving a decent job in MNC back in 2012. Anyway, after trying few other things like
- writing answers to questions asked by school children and get paid for the answers
- preparing prelims question papers for one of the IAS institutes
- In the institute that I worked, for 1 prelims question with options, explanations of answer, sources - we get around 10 rupees.
- I heard someone say that Vision IAS pays upto 100 rupees for a single prelims question and 3000 rupees per hour for teaching geography (or) pub adm to students.
- giving demo classes to future aspirants and to become Pub Adm faculty in some other IAS institute
Nothing worked out... So, I am back to a job in IT. Have to start from scratch again.
So, there's that. Pursuing a career in administration is over for me.
Football
Well, there's lot to talk.
Man, what a unbelievable season we had last year.
We won the CL against all odds, beating favourites like PSG, Chelsea, Manchester City & Liverpool. And memorable comebacks too.. We completed the double by winning La liga, although barca was weakened by Messi's departure.
Future looks promising, because we have talented players like Vini, Rodrygo, Valverde, Tchouameni, Cammavinga.
And this is world cup year. I would like Portugal to win it for Ronaldo... but I know its difficult.
Final Thoughts
While, career in administration is over me, I still like to read news, stay up to date on current affairs, follow whats happening around the world. So, I will try to write my perspectives on the things that are happening around the world.
And I will also write little bit about these last years - as to what happened in general & stuff.
