> > Respected Sir > Thanks a lot for the good wishes. You had been like my guardian and > without you I wouldnt have been able to do anything in life professionally. > I think I sleep for around 3-4 hrs.... well sometimes... and now a days we > are busy with Bulbophyllum bicolor project so even if I sleep I see orchids > in my dreams!!! > Thanks is a very small word to express my feeling at this moment ! > Regards > Pankaj >
On Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:06:58 PM UTC+8, Dr. G. S. Rawat wrote: > > Dear Pankaj, > > Thanks for sharing your feelings!! All of us are truly proud of you and > thankful for your contribution to the our e-group. Hope, you will continue > to do so wherever you are. > > The younger generation and budding field botanists in India need a person > like you! > > I do hope, you get good night's sleep at least 5-6 hrs these days. That's > most crucial for your health. > > Take care, > > Gopal Rawat > Kathmandu > --- > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I am still thinking what too reply. Main bahut bhao-bivhor ho gaya hoon >> :)!!! I would like to forward this message to my boss, Rawat sir too, >> because he is very well aware what I have been through and he is one person >> who was closest to me during all these phase, and also to Ninad Raut who >> knows everything. >> I am not sure if thats the right word. But its really too kind of the >> members and especially Gurcharan sir to write this. >> >> I know I had been bad before. When I look back, I was thinking for the >> whole night why and what was wrong with me. >> >> I had been in research field just even after my finished my MSc and its >> over 9 years that I spent at WII. I have faced very odd days but by grace >> of god my supervisor was Dr. G.S.Rawat who is one of the most wonderful >> person on earth. But my struggle for survival in research field had been >> very hectic due to many reasons, all of them outside eflora. Dr. Rawat also >> used to read mails and he used to calm me down and boost my moral knowing >> that I was going through some bad phase of life. I always tried to help >> people but in return what I got were some very bad experiences. I lost many >> things, both at professional level as well as personal level. At the same >> time, I saw very mediocre people getting success for whatever they were >> doing. All those reasons made me so much frustrated that I almost lost my >> hopes to achieve anything significant in life and then pressure from family >> and expectations of my boss and friends..... Those were really some of the >> disheartening moments of my life. I always tried to give the best I can but >> nothing seemed to have went into my favour. These frustrations started >> showing up and I was like READY TO FIGHT guy on minor issues on eflora >> mostly with respected Gurcharan sir. It was like I had nothing in my hands >> and so I didnt even go home to meet my parents at Ranchi for nearly 6 years. >> >> But as it is said, things really happen for good. I lost many things and >> then what I received through a long round of interviews, question and >> answers and presentations, was really better than what I had lost before >> and I shifted to Hong Kong. What I am doing here is EXACTLY what I wanted >> to do in life, but yes, I never expected to move to HK, rather I was >> dreaming that I will go to Kew. Even Dr. Rawat and my boss here Dr. Gunter >> knows that Kew is my dream destination. So I was also looking towards >> Europe. But yeah, I think I have some mroe days to live so this may not be >> my penultimate destination !!! >> >> I hereby take this opportunity to to apologies for my behaviour with the >> members hence at eflora. I am really thankful to my boss, Dr. Rawat and >> many members who interacted with me here to boost up my morals, especially >> Dinesh sir for calling me every time I was upset, Balkar sir and Gunjan Sud >> (they actually asked me for my birthdate and they showed it to some fortune >> teller too, which was too considerate of them), Tabish sir and many silent >> members like Yazdy sir, Shrikant sir, Mani Sir, Usha Page mam and then some >> who had been my very good friends from before and some who became friends >> later, Vijayshankar, Ritesh, Navendu, Swapna, Aparna, Neha, Sweta, Amit >> Kotia, Ninad, Raju Das, Prasad and many more names. I know people who may >> not for eflora posts regularly but they follow any mails sent by me. I may >> not be able to recall, but for sure you credits goes to all above 1600 >> members on eflora who have helped me in coming to this stage in life. I owe >> this all to you. >> >> I really hope to do some good work and make you all proud. >> >> Frankly speaking I am really not able to write to express properly what I >> mean. This group has been more like a family than just a group. >> >> Regards >> Pankaj >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Nidhan Singh >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> No doubts about his capabilities, skills and knowledge...keep going Dr. >>> Pankaj..congrats. >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>> Department of Botany >>> I.B. (PG) College >>> Panipat-132103 Haryana >>> Ph.: 09416371227 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Orchid Conservation Section >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36C, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251(mobile). >> Fax: +852 >> 2483 7194 >> > >
