I finally decided that on the musical front, I will accept whatever work I get, but will not let that affect my college life. That meant that I did not go about work hunting. Ever since my life after Idol, I have been fortunate enough to get shows and recordings frequently but I must admit that professionally, things could have been way better if I had tried harder. I could have been juggling crazy amounts of work if I had decided to give graduation a backseat. But I have no regrets. None, whatsoever; chiefly because I was determined to enjoy my college life. As a child artiste on stage, many a times I felt that I missed out on certain really beautiful moments of childhood. The stage matured me before I would have wanted to; involuntarily, that too. I was quite sure that I did not want to penetrate the big, bad world of glamor already, what with ugly cut throat competition out there with a fresh crop of singers with every reality show!
Life has been amazing after having made this decision. I go to college, hang out with my buddies, enjoy the vigorous and testing project work that comes along with the prestigious Wilson BMM, participate and scream my lungs out in festivals, chill out endlessly at the McKenzie premises and fool around the beautiful Wilson College campus, in general. Yes, it is hard to keep everyone happy and the professors don't exactly love me. After all, I can't let go of my first passion in life, right? I do the shows and go for the recordings as and when I find the time, which obviously leads to an attendance that I am not quite proud of. The defaulters' list loves m more than gravity loves apples :D And after every semester I hear those wise words from Prof. Sudhakar Solomon Raj, "You must learn how to balance the two things."
To that, well, what can I say? Dear Sir, it's not that simple... but I'll try :)
