The bygone year of 2009 for me

The year 2009 was great for me and could have ended on a brighter note had i been placed by the end of 2009. But i think destiny has something else up on its sleeves for me.
The year started with me pursuing my old passion of quizzing and winning my first biz quiz in my life in Jnuary in KIIT-SOM, Bhubaneswar and netting a cool Rs. 2000. The year also bought the third trimester in ITM in which i was able to cross the dreadly 3 CGPA mark which had evaded me for long. Then in March i was able to be a city Finalist at TATA Crucible Mumbai and the episode was telecast on TV. I was very elated about the fact. I took off to Goa for a week after my 3rd trimester and cooled off my heels at my uncle's house in Goa before coming back to Mumbai for my summer internship. The summer internship at ION EXCHANGE was a bag of mixed experience for me, where i learnt many a things about Mumbai and corporate life, while at the same time the management of the organization was not supportive nor appreciated the efforts of me and my friends. Then a quick visit to home followed before commencing of the 4th trimester.
The otherwise boring 4th trimester became exciting for me when me and Anirban became the DARE09 quiz western zone champions and were invited to Delhi for the national finalsto be hosted by Shahrukh Khan. A stay of 4 days at a plush Delhi hotel at the expense of IIPM, while quizzing was really a experience to be relished for long. The feeling of coming second in this prestigious quiz by beating many national and international teams gave me that feeling of satisfaction and achievement while bringing name and fame for the college. I netted a cool amount of Rs. 75k and other goodies. This trimester was also accompanied by the Swineflu scare. The trimester ended on brighter note with me scoring a 3 CGPA again. I was also fortunate enough to watch TATA crucible national corporate finals at the TAJ MAHAL hotel in mumbai.
The 5th trimester started off with podium finishes in many corporate quizzes where we brushed shoulders with the bigwigs of Indian Quizzing. Also came the placement season in 5th trimester. The first co. that i sat for, i screwed up my interview, the next co. didnt match my expectations , the third co. that i appeared for thought that i didnt match their expectations and the saga continues and lo after the end of 5th trimester with exams going on,urs truly Soubhagya Jena is still unplaced. In the mean time i won quizzes at IMT Ghaziabad, IBS ,Mumbai and Kohinoor businees school and reached the national finals of NTPC quiz thus gaining some kind of notoreity in the college as overhyped quizzers.

I also tried to encourage quizzing among juniors by organizing a quiz for them and thankfully a few of them were good enough.

I just pray to god in this new year, that all the students in the college including me get placed before the course ends.