AIEEE Counselling Blues-Prologue

Flashback:July 2nd,2009 Event:On way for AIEEE Counselling @NIT Patna
I had learnt "how-to-drive" around a month a month ago,and was quite keen to try my hand on the highway.The drive to Patna from Gaya(around 100kms) on NH-83 for eee counselling,appeared to be perfect for this endeavour of mine.I took the driver's seat(and my dad was on the other front seat) and vroomed off the narrow lanes of our dusty hometown.All was fine for the next 45 minutes-the cool monsoon morning breeze made the drive even more pleasant,the sun trying to make its way through the clouds,the fields back to life with the first rains,everything around me seemed picturesque...but only until that railway crossing..i was confident i would make through the narrow railway crossing,before the truck coming from other side could have been anywhere near it..but,oops..it was a wrong judgment,i took a turn and the rear side gate banged into the truck's bumper..heavy damage,but thankfully no injuries..
The next thing i remember is,my dad driving the car and me asking "the car is insured,right dad?"..heavens..what a relief a "yes" can bring,a smile was back on my face.
U know,i have always believed in "everything happens for good"..so,the rest part of the journey was spent by me,brain storming..exploring the "hidden goodwill" in me banging the truck.Many reasons popped up in my mind..I'm sharing few.. :-)
1)Failures are the pillars of success..right??..a small accident could be a big step in making me a "better" driver..
2)The car is insured..so we had nothing to worry about..the car needed a good servicing..the car would be sent to the workshop for repair n would get a good servicing as well..bonus..something that wouldn't have happened in normal course..long term benefits for car..u see..
3)Car damaged=money spent by insurance firm=increase in inflow of capital into the market=rise in purchasing power of people="glitter of hope" in the times of recession..that's my version of "trickle down effect"..i wonder why i didn't take economics as a subject??..what say guys???
hmm..now,i would refrain myself from sharing more reasons.{before you bang your heads into your computer screens and wonder what is " the hidden goodwill" in the damage done to your computers...} :-)
We finally reached our destination-"National Institute of Technology,Patna" read the letters in white on a blue background.We got off the car and entered the institute,"the process would be as smooth as the counselling procedure at IIT Bombay(which i had attended 2 weeks back)" i thought..having not even a hint of the ordeal that was awaiting us..i found Abhineet at the counselling hall..we had no idea that the counselling would turn into a torture..
..to know how??..keep following our blog..Abhineet would post on that topic soon..