Women are GREAT, So are men ?
Writing this story based on true incidents..
Women are really great thats why we say “mother is god”.
At many times middle class family will have lot of financial challenges.
1. Education - Financial challenges
This will have lot of challenges for parents, especially when their children are growing up, they need to pay huge money for their education like school/college fees, books, bus fees, and computers etc whichever is needed for students all the needs to be accomplished.
- In my Engineering entrance exam(EAMCET in Andhra Pradesh) luckily i have got a free seat(Govt will reimburse the full fees)
But even to pay the actual feels we dont have the amount, My father told that i may not afford him an Engineering seat so lets make him go to Degree, So my mom convinced him and gave her jewellery and got a bank loan of amount 26K(1st year fees).
- Engineering 1st year : I remember practicing C in a computer which is having configuration of RAM 128MB and Hard disk capacity of 64GB. Same machine is used by my father for his Accounting work as well. In the same year we have applied for reimbursement of the fees paid during the joining of college for 1st year(As per govt benefit we will get it back to our bank account)
- Engineering 2nd year : When i reached 2nd year we used to have Java in our academics but when i installed Java in our computer, performance degraded a lot so i asked my father for a new computer with higher configuration, with the reimbursement money he bought a new computer for me, I used to practice Java on it and used to play games as well. my mom used to angry on me when i play games.
- Engineering 3rd year : Though i have a computer at home i don’t have internet, So every small file or something which i want to download i used to go to my friends home and get those things done. So i asked my dad saying i need internet he said it again takes extra money, So i sacrificed my comfortable college bus journey for that and i took a Bus Pass of APSRTC(Student Pass) and got saved around 8–10k per year So i got internet connection
- Engineering 4th year : Everyone in our class were going to Hyd/Bangalore for project works and it will cost around15k But my parents are not in a position of affording the same. So i told my project team members saying i wont be able to come, they are very good they went and got the project done and came back. I just revised it myself and we presented in the exam.
With all these things a Computer Science student should learn various programming languages and courses to keep him updated/skilled in the market, As we are not in a position to afford lot of money, my father made me join in a Computer Institute thats run by my relative. I felt like really i was blessed with this chance because i used to have lot of freedom to sit in whichever course i am interested, In the same institute i learnt C,C++,Data structures, Java, Web development using HTML, Javscript, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, PHP, .Net, Photoshop and developed various websites for hands on experience.
In all these situations i had my fathers support, though we are financially challenged we somehow managed to get things done at that point of time.
Story of my dad(when he was 15)
I saw my father never wore branded clothes, never had fancy things for him All he did is to give us a good platform.
My grandfather expired when my dad is somewhere around 15 years from then he took responsibility of family and He supported education of his sister, and he reached financially to a good position as Accountant after that he got married to my mom.
This story always inspires me that there is no specific time for challenges/difficulties to come in to our life, the only thing is how we cop-up the situation and bounce back.
Today i might earn good salary and live comfortable life but all this because my parents did many sacrifices and they gave their sweat and blood for their children.
When i was in Engineering i used to go on by-cycle to catch a bus(college bus) to go to college. I didn’t had a comfort of going on two wheeler. But we are happy that my sister got that comfort. After i got settled my parents got her a bike so that she can go to college on that with less pain.
When i struggled to get a computer in engineering my sister got a laptop during her time.
When i couldn’t afford money for Project work my sister did her project work with her friends.
When i struggled for a job with no reference in a new City like Bangalore, my sister got a campus placement and she is working in CGI.
So i feel that whenever god writes a difficult story line for one, he will write a happy and smooth story line for others(example me and my sister).
I always feel that whatever situations/challenges i faced my sister shouldn’t face them.
And Men are always sentimental, they love old things and antique pieces.
The by-cycle i used in B.Tech
First computer i played mario and dave games
First time when i got internet for my computer
First Laptop(which my dad bought me when i went for job search)
The Interview Shirt - which i used to wear during my job search in 2011, I still have it with me and it fits perfectly :)
First crush, First move that we enjoyed a lot.
life is full of memories.. sometimes everything flashes again when we think about old days.
So i feel father would also deserve same gratitude as mother, Both are like two eyes for me. My Parents are always an inspiration for me.
I wish everyone refreshes their memories and past situations and go on in life with a positive vibe. Take care of your parents. See them happy. Spend time with them…
Stay home Stay safe….
