.. et c'est la vie!

I am coming back to my office after a long discussion with Robert on the influence of geometry perturbations on hydrodynamics. I am still a bit puzzled about the interpretation of what the linear order calculation shows... I wash off the chalk on my hands and go back to my desk... Inbox 1!
Yes, Princeton University Graduate Admission Decision! It starts with
"Thanks you for applying to our Graduate School for ..."
Well, it is the rejection letter from the only place that I have been dreaming of going to in the whole past year. The only place that I actually had a hope for...

Surprisingly, I was neither feeling upset nor disappointed!
I was actually smiling!

Once again my life proved to be be extremely unpredictable...
How boring it would have been, if things had happened the way that I had thought of!
There has been no single turning point in my life that I could have predicted!
What a gifted life!
The most surrealistic reality!
What is the surprise that is waiting for me this time?
What is coming after this?
I am eagerly waiting to know.