For anyone who's read part-1 of the similarly titled piece....this is not exactly an extension of whatever was stated then...
It's more out of want for a better title on what has been a trying and tribulating day...
The Hindu Young World quiz in delhi 1999...led a team from school to the event...came nowhere close to qualifying for the finals...even as the audience...couldnt know a word of what the quizmaster was hollering about...just knew that the chaps from DPS were answering left, right, centre...went home a shaken, make it terribly shaken kid...
A quiz by 'pickbrain' in college 3rd year...somehow after a miraculous prelims...make it through to the finals...after an enervating 1 hour..come back down with 5 points..1 answered question...and a devastated ego...
Another quiz called 'quiztrac' in Coimbatore...fellow college goers would recognise it to be coimbatores biggest open quiz...I rather remember it as my biggest heartbreaker..three times in a row...2004-5-6...could just sigh as was left high and dry in the prelims itself...all the bloody time...
2007: BT Acumen Finals....the euphoria was yet to set in..was actually in the east zone finals....
with the closest thing to an idol that i have...harsha bhogle hosting...walked onto stage at the IIM-C audi...before an amazing harsha and a fabulous audience............
...and went to pieces.... finished in last spot....
2008: Tata Crucible Semi-Finals: Land up in the shooutout round for a spot in the finals of Crucible...the holy grail of any campus quizzer..take three minuses and one plus.... end up in the negative at the end of the round...out ..and that too in some way....
and today...The BT acumen 2008 finals...qualified again...same IIM-C audi...Harsha was there again..the audience too...heck i even got the same spot that i had last year...
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the lakes at IIM-C have a curious thing about them..little ripples come up...break up, recede...and then back up again...
I finished second to last today....after the home team had all but decimated us...once again...came home with just a bagful of bruised dreams...
My quizzing ripples too have always seemed to break-up..sooner or later...true...winning isn't everything...and i can hear a couple saying.."hey...isnt this the same guy who said he quizzed for the sake of quizzing"...sure ...still am....
but the problem with being passionate is; the fact that passion unfortunately; hates being told you're just not good enough...
but the best part of the ripples are that they just dont stop coming...to break-up maybe..but they just dont stop...not their style...
so i pack up and look towards crucible'08...another disaster in the offing perhaps..but never mind...i live to die..another day...
5 comments:
Hmmmm. Well bro, if this may help, there was "Brahma". I don't know many people who could have done such an excellent job like you did.
:( i thought i would be the first person to comment, but late ho gaya...
sahi re bilkul, the worst part of being passionate is being told that u r not gud enuf and the best part is that the passion never dies...
u r a superb quizzer... BT acumen mein 3rd hona is also a very great thing.. koi na chheteh, tussi champ zaroor banoge.. :)
@ sooraj...
bro..howz u?? been a long long time...
hey! and thanks for the kind words :) ..the post came at the end of a very disappointing day!
u kids have done a much better job of brahma over the last two years btw!!
@ director saab...
Sirjee...IIM-C ke saath mortal rivalry to start ho gayi hai...next stop - Carpe Diem!!
Next time you are in some Quiz, think of me.
You'll get back all the confidence in the world :)
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