As the world seems to lock itself down in the wake of Corona, I thought of utilizing some of the extra time available time by cleaning up my room and if the trend continues will try my hand at cooking.
Meanwhile, I thought of writing something positive on my blog page after having filled it with a lot of rant in the last few years (my poetry page to seem to have got filled with too much rant) So, I will enumerate few of the best compliments I received in my Life which I remember.
1. During my school days, a dear friend and I used to compete heavily in our favourite subject - Mathematics. We used to finish proofs and problems ahead of classes and even the Tuition classes (which themselves are supposed to be ahead of school classes). My Tuition teacher used to be impressed with my questioning capabilities in school. I still remember one of the question I asked him regarding Earth's revolving around Sun much ahead of getting introduced to the words Centripetal and Centrifugal forces. He would often call my friend, 'Marie Curie' and me 'Aristotle'. A nice childhood memory. When I look back now, I have met so many people far more intelligent and far far more talented than me. The compliment is a hyperbole of an hyperbole, but it leaves a really really good taste when I think of it.
2. The bachelor's degree I obtained was an honours course. We had Maths, Physics and Chemistry and we were supposed to major in one of the subject from third year onwards. In my fourth semester, one of the Maths paper we had was advanced Real Analysis. The professor was quite impressed with my ability to write different kind of proofs. After evaluating the mid-semester exams, looking at my paper, he told me, "You fellow! You should never give up Maths!" And when I ended up taking physics and he came to know of it, he exclaimed in Telugu, " కొంప ముంచావు కదరా !" which meant that I made a disaster.
3. It was the second year of my first job. A team of almost 15-20 people were to travel to Noida to receive Knowledge Transfer for a bunch of projects our Team was taking over from a different company. Two of us accompanied our admin specialist couple of days ahead to ensure everything was set and others would not face any hurdles during the travel. That was the first time the admin colleague of mine interacted with me closely and he gave me a beautiful compliment. It goes, "I am a person who ensures that everyone notices my presence but you are a person who makes everyone notice your absence."
4. Another dear friend of mine and I were in his car recently. May be a year ago. I had learnt so much about Life from him and was casually expressing that admiration to him. I told him that he was one of a kind among all the friends I have. He spontaneously responded, "There will be lot of people like me Sasi! It is people like you who are rare." This is one of the best compliments I have ever received in Life.
5. A colleague of mine exclaimed recently, " You are like Israel. You expose only your weakness but never expose your strengths." It was a really nice compliment.
There are a few other compliments which I have received which were very humbling at the point of time I received. But, I have chosen not to include them here intentionally.
Meanwhile, I thought of writing something positive on my blog page after having filled it with a lot of rant in the last few years (my poetry page to seem to have got filled with too much rant) So, I will enumerate few of the best compliments I received in my Life which I remember.
1. During my school days, a dear friend and I used to compete heavily in our favourite subject - Mathematics. We used to finish proofs and problems ahead of classes and even the Tuition classes (which themselves are supposed to be ahead of school classes). My Tuition teacher used to be impressed with my questioning capabilities in school. I still remember one of the question I asked him regarding Earth's revolving around Sun much ahead of getting introduced to the words Centripetal and Centrifugal forces. He would often call my friend, 'Marie Curie' and me 'Aristotle'. A nice childhood memory. When I look back now, I have met so many people far more intelligent and far far more talented than me. The compliment is a hyperbole of an hyperbole, but it leaves a really really good taste when I think of it.
2. The bachelor's degree I obtained was an honours course. We had Maths, Physics and Chemistry and we were supposed to major in one of the subject from third year onwards. In my fourth semester, one of the Maths paper we had was advanced Real Analysis. The professor was quite impressed with my ability to write different kind of proofs. After evaluating the mid-semester exams, looking at my paper, he told me, "You fellow! You should never give up Maths!" And when I ended up taking physics and he came to know of it, he exclaimed in Telugu, " కొంప ముంచావు కదరా !" which meant that I made a disaster.
3. It was the second year of my first job. A team of almost 15-20 people were to travel to Noida to receive Knowledge Transfer for a bunch of projects our Team was taking over from a different company. Two of us accompanied our admin specialist couple of days ahead to ensure everything was set and others would not face any hurdles during the travel. That was the first time the admin colleague of mine interacted with me closely and he gave me a beautiful compliment. It goes, "I am a person who ensures that everyone notices my presence but you are a person who makes everyone notice your absence."
4. Another dear friend of mine and I were in his car recently. May be a year ago. I had learnt so much about Life from him and was casually expressing that admiration to him. I told him that he was one of a kind among all the friends I have. He spontaneously responded, "There will be lot of people like me Sasi! It is people like you who are rare." This is one of the best compliments I have ever received in Life.
5. A colleague of mine exclaimed recently, " You are like Israel. You expose only your weakness but never expose your strengths." It was a really nice compliment.
There are a few other compliments which I have received which were very humbling at the point of time I received. But, I have chosen not to include them here intentionally.
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Lovely!! I can say you are the best I know in writing. This is another one.. LOL..
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