My not so personal "personal statement".

A most terrifying experience is when the application you really want to fill in requires very specifically a personal statement. Fpr the un-initiated a personal statement is essentially a picture of yourself, presnted to someone through written medium. It should reflect your personality, cultural influences, personal history and how its influence your intellectual ability, academic opportunities that shaped your life..etc etc....

OMG..crazy stuff totally..writing about yourself. I I me me..i know my blog is all about me..though still...its an official application and I really want to pass..so i just cant blab about myself..

oh well..however tough it was..its over now...and the result is what follows:

Personal Statement

“The obvious is enchanted by the hidden.
Protrusions are contrasted with indentions.
Patterns fascinate, involve and deceive.”

The intriguing nature of nature has always delighted and implored me. In the urge of understanding it I often tread a path characterised by hard work, patience and repetitive questioning. And to reach the Zion, is as enchanting as the magical moment when a caterpillar after being a stationary chrysalis for a while transforms into a handsome airborne creature. Even after seeing this phenomenon many times during my childhood, I am left in utter awe, as a butterfly unfurls its wings to take flight. Such is the design of nature and my admiration for it.

At school I was not only exposed to biology but also made it my subject of interest. My biology teacher probably saw that intent and further insinuated my mind with questions and more questions that needed to be answered. The sheer challenge of answering them, would lead me to setup my own experiments (much to the trouble of my parents), to a limit where keeping a lizard as pet (superstitions consider lizards “sinister” in India), just to see how it stayed firmly stuck to smooth walls, didn’t seem to be a bad idea.

Another important experience from which I learnt my life-lessons has been my involvement with a non-profit organisation “Nav Jyoti” that worked for the families of drug addicts (in rehabs or deceased) in India. At a very young age of 10, I learnt to share and respect others views, as I volunteered to befriend and teach a child my age. Participation in fund raising events for that organisation brought to me the feeling of satisfaction in working for others’ causes. This feeling remains un-matched to this date and this whole experience changed the way I perceive life.

Such early experiences in India have as much shaped my character as some of the more recent events that have helped me narrow down to my current research interest. A summer studentship with Dr. Jacqueline Beggs, after being enthralled by the invertebrate diversity of New Zealand in one of her papers at the University, was a big influence on my choice of research. This project involved 10 days of strenuous fieldwork in a steep valley, with both day and night sampling of pollinator diversity. But at the end of each day the satisfaction that the data extracted was invaluable for future research, was the supreme reward. This project was a great success and I went on to present a poster publication at the annual New Zealand Entomological Conference and winning the best poster presentation award. At this fieldtrip I was also made aware that so much is unknown about the honey-dew producing scale insects and a whole system remains yet unexplored. I find great appeal in novel systems, greatly because of the large number of different ways that it can be looked at. It presents an opportunity to step out of the stereotype and think it out from the scratch. New Zealand biodiversity provides exactly that, alluding to a continuous source of inspiration and stimulation, as I delve deeper and deeper into the realms of unveiling the outlandish nature of its fauna.

I present a fresh approach and take the initiative to explore all possibilities arising from an opportunity. With a brainstorm of innovative ideas and a personal desire for knowledge I take pride in all my endeavours and am not scared to lead a new movement of thoughts, ideas or research. I firmly believe that my past experiences are the stepping stones, that will lead me to my ultimate career goal and also satisfy me personally by contributing good quality research and answering most if not all the questions that the intriguing nature hurls at me.



Now that I read it again...its loooks life a BIG ROFLMAO joke..my style!!!

any comments anyone :s