It’s early morning 5:30 am and the alarm on my cell fone is literally shouting and trying to wake me up.Gosshhhh it’s 5:45 now. I need to rush. Weather is as usual damn unpredictable here.It’s so chilly.temperature must be in minus. I wore almost every possible thermals, clothes, jackets i have. Two socks, golves and cap. It’s 6 now. I have to rush as my job starts at 6 morning. Today i am working at tube station, have to do leafletting. They pay £5 per hour and its cash in hand(the best i can think of).3 hours job and all i need to do is distribute newspapers to people.Anyways, i took the bus and have reached at tube station 30 mins late. The manager has started shouting like hell. He treated me as if i am a piece of shit and but after begging n requesting for 5 mins, finally he agreed that i can continue but will have to work now for 30 mins more. So now here i am, in front of tube station holding bundle of newspaper, covering every posible part of my body except my face. and now i am waiting for people to come whom i can give the newspaper. Ohh damn, the paper is free and still no one wish to take it. its been around 20 mins now and no one has yet taken the paper. I have 6 bundles to finish. now i am running behind every possible person to give the newspaper.Some have started responding positively and some are avoiding me as if i am an untochable(though they are unaware of unaware of untouchability of india) . The worst part is you know what, when you see a gorgeous girl of your age coming towards you and damn you cant even look in her eyes,. ask me why ?? Bloddy hell !!! you are a daily wage worker distributing paper in early morning when almost every possible person with good financial background are still in their warm bed. Well thats the situation i am facing every five minutes. I am dying every minute. but this is not the only factor which is tearing me in parts, weather the extreme cold weather is now seeping inside me. My socks are wet now due to cold weather and now my feets are almost numb. My fingers have stopped responding but its still just 8 now. I still got 1:30 mins left and i have to finish 4 bundles of newspaper. The only factor which has kept me alive are those £15 pound which i will get after one week. I am struggling hard to finish time. Remembering every possible good moments i had spend back in my country and cursing every possible thought which suggested me to come to this place. Today, i will be skipping my first two lectures of college. I never use woke up on time during my college days (in my country), Use to be late in my office coz i loved my sleep more than anything. But gone are the days, now time is not a concern for me, because i need money for my survival. I have learnt hard, time is invaluable and money is above all. I have learnt now, that chasing wild dreams are not easy. After remembering all those days and chasing every person who are coming out of station, now time has come to leave. As usual this time as well, i have not been lucky enough and i couldnt manage to distribute 3 bundles. Its still left and if my manager will see them then i will not get my pay. I am taking these bundle of papers and looking for dustbins which are far from this place. Fortunately, i found two bins and now i have disposed my bundles quietly. It’s 9:30 now, i have to rush, i got presentation today in college. I am an international student, i have no time to think about myself anymore. I came here to study but now i am learning to survive. I may not become Bill gates of tommorow but surely i will be one of the strongest person who has learnt to survive.
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Ashish Mishra's Blog 
Hi Dear,
Your wrote very well about every second international student over here. But for this matter i would like to share a phrase of Allama Iqbal.
Tundi e baad e mukhalif sa na ghabra ey Oqaab
Ya to chalti ha tujha ooncha orana kalia…
So back up my friend.
Men life are like so.
Cheers
very well summed up my friend, most of the students in UK are going through this scenario….
touching but very true..every peson should think hundred times before going abroad..yes friends you spend your half of time struggling here and rest of time comparing your life here with the life in home country..it is very true…..
hey Ashish sooooo true!!!!!!! thought i am standing at the tube station and distbuting papers…lol…..very goood
It is the early life of a student in London the student which have no reference no relative who support and help.but, it is the law of the world that the day comes after night.It means do work hard at the initial stage but after some time there may be good future in London…
You wrote in a very nice way Ashish……………………….good good really interesting and every line based on reality.
Well written and here what I would like to add ” there is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands……..you seek problems because you need gifts. “
Hi Ashish,
I am really confused, even after giving it a thought about the choice of my words to put here…. I appreciate the connection of your words to put down your feelings so well..
I get sad to imagine u n all our brethren in such situation…and happy that u guys are living dream what i too carried in my engineering days….
Well. .also if u feel that if this life is more than to learn about survival,..more than the petty little things to do for survival that human has been doing from stone age…i too feel we humans have to at some point grow psychologically…which we have been refrained from….
Peace n Love,
Sharat.
http://www.thezeitgeistmovementuk.com/
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org
You wrote very well ashish….. but we all come in the same category and in the coming days u see the even more worst than this when student are not allowed to work so then life is 100 time dificult then the current.
Well ashish …………..i do have the same experience as u had but a small change i worked in kitchen for just 2£ p/hr………..but these experience will give patience and will mould us from clay to a sculpture ..when we go back to our motherland these memories will help us to become an ideal business man.
brilliant and fantastic account of an internatioanl student. brilliantly written. and ” I may not become Bill gates of tommorow but surely i will be one of the strongest person who has learnt to survive” is the gist and that’s all u manage to accrue from what u do as an internaktional student. Very lovely Ashish. keep it up. I’m sure next time u’d come up with another interesting stuff in ur blog. very lovely
life and its endless battles..COMRADES!! we shall overcome! LOL!
very nice…… feels like standing on tube station.. and if one learned to survive it means he earned the life… cheers
Dear All, Thank you for your responses. I have tried to show the picture of International students, who come here with a dream and then end up working in odd jobs. This is not my story but story of International students. I only painted the potrait, while the original already exists. Thank you once again 🙂
Love you all.
Ashish
Hey misroman !
Thinking to forward this script to shayam benegal ! 🙂 🙂
Best Regards,
Dada
U covered up nicely evrythng.. gud job bhaya… come back soon. missing u..
Even I am wondering, what the hell life actually teaches us. Childhood and adolescence seems doesn’t have any connections between them.
Only I can ask you is whether you think you deserved what you are pursuing, and please leave the judgement to yourself only……
So True, I think these post should be given to all students, who wish to come here and study.
They should know the reality. But the good thing is that this country has made us realize the value of time and money. Life is not easy here, It is too hard.
Excellent work Ashish! You have hit the nail’s head with the depiction of the routine. Kept it real! But I feel you could have been a little positive. Experience, however harsh, always bring put the best in us. They often say “life is like a washing machine, it twists and turns us and bangs us against the walls but we always come out brighter and better than before”. So put your heart into whatever you do, think big, aim high and expect the best from life because that is what everyone deserves. I am sure you are more than capable of becoming one Bill Gates and we all will be proud of you.
This is d bitter truth of international student ‘s life in Uk.Students with lots of dreams and hopes in thier eyes comes here most of them from middle class families and some make huge sacrifices to come here but soon after reaching here thier illlusions breaks and realizes how hard is to fullfill those sweet dreams by living here and life becomes only a enigma for them.People like me who never love to awake early and in home never place a single thing from one to another ,reluctant to walk nd use bike or car fr short distances only work like a labourer here.And importantly no doubt the lines u hv written ‘the worst part is you know what, when you see a gorgeous girl of your age coming towards you and damn you cant even look in her eyes,. ask me why ?? Bloddy hell !!!’ very true this is d voice came from our souls loosing dignity..watt to say noo words…..
At the end of day we can only satisfy our hearts by thinking when we go from here we realize d value of money and most importantly of time,will take positives and move ahead.This is d life is all about .
Very true! I saw this article two years back but now I realize what was actually written! These words horrified me a bit and then one ping in my mind said “that’s the world I think of being good?” but the reality is totally different, at any place the world is only good when you’re good : financially and from mind!