HuMan preps for the GRE

Continuing with the next phase of my life, I am now nearing the end of my graduation after a 4 year engineering degree. I guess, there really isn't any harm in dreaming big because well, I am now going to try to move out, again. Growing up in Kuwait towards my 18th birthday I was really getting sick and bored of the comfort and that happened to be at the perfect time to start my engineering in MANIT Bhopal. Since then I have been fairly inactive on this blog, I've become mentally healthier, I have gained friends and learnt what it's like to be a good friend too. It's been a long ride, one that at some point I was ready to write a book on, since the last 2 years especially have been exhausting, with dengue, jaundice, multiple infections, it has been quite a ride.

Anyway, I am in full flow of preparing for my GRE exam now to pursue further studies in a master's program abroad, most probably the USA, but let us see. I am ready to keep my options open. This blog's primary purpose was to initially realize my dream of writing. Writing about the things I like and want to write about. One that I have been very inconsistent with as it may be evident, but one that I rediscover every time I feel like that fire has been extinguished inside of me. While not active on this blog I considered writing my own book about me and the people I love and all that I have learnt from them, and somewhere in between a caption reviews concept on Instagram.

The AWA section on the GRE is a blessing in disguise I guess. AWA stands for Analytical Writing Assessment that consists of 2 types of essays to be written during the exam that are evaluated by someone some time after the test is conducted. And I have been practicing to improve my essay writing skills and in that I find this essay writing to be my most adored section of the exam. It has an uncertain evaluation sure, but writing it is so so fun. To be allowed to flex your creativity and thought process and have someone read it and evaluate it is something I never thought I wanted but slowly the dialogue "Did you read my essay?" is very slowly and powerfully growing on me.

Regardless, I shall be posting on this blog the essays I write and some travel stories when they happen, and some personal updates. Not personal life personal, more like where I am and what I am doing, try and keep this writing thing active even after my I am done with my GRE. I really don't know if anyone is reading this. Even if you are can't guarantee you're following, probably on a web surfing spree. But nonetheless, one of my inchoate goals for this blog was for you to 'relish' in what you find here. And I still do.

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