Whoa!!! this was a blast of a night.. I havn't been to a pub/disc/lounge in a while now.. but decided to go to Opus this last sat.. it was amazing experience.. They had live band and I enjoyed it to the maximum..
Sharath walked away in between.. it wasn't his kind of music.. Anumod, Murali, Harsha,Arpita, Priya and myself.. had a good time..
I had a good fun fight with Arpita.. :-) and beat her up LOL :-) (Arpita I hope u r not reading this.. else its my turn to get beaten up) she is too sweet a person though and readily forgave me..
Sunday was good. I went to the school to teach in the afternoon.. was teaching maths 6th and 9th standard students.. it was a test of patience too.. as I found those things very simple.. obviously since I its been many years.. but children were having difficulty.. so had to patiently sit with them and go over problems...
At night, had a good dinner with Boss and another manager from UK.. the best thing about dinner was the mutton starter.. its called "Sikandari raan".. and its Oh My God wow!!! was quite expensive.. Rs.610.. but who cares when company is paying :-) It was delicious.. I have this urge now to have it again.. BTW the restaurant was "Tandoor".. its on MGs.
Yesterday, I was feeling kinda low.. and even today too.. probably will get over this feeling in sometime..
Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
Mixed bag of emotions!!!!!!!!!!!
I am feeling quite f$%#^d and at the same time good too about what happened yesterday..
I had a t-con with one of the McCombs alumni at night 2330Hrs. He is based out of SJ, CA. I narrated to him about my past and achievements.. He had very good things to say and also even offered to refer me as part of the alumni referral program. Meeting went on for around one and half hours.. So it was quite fruitful. The negative part is that even after having an exceptional application.. where I am lacking is my GMAT score which is not so great.. he emphasized so much on that.. and then I felt so low.. I have worked so hard on applying this time.. and the essays and applications have come out so well.. Considering he is part of the adcom and so would know more in to what adcom looks into, I started feeling really bad.
I wrote to Jennifer and she assured me that based upon her experiences I still stood a very good chance. So not to worry about this much.. She also mentioned that I could give my GMAT once again after finishing my McCombs application.
Now comes the maths part. I think if that is one huge stone that I need to turn to make it to the big schools, then I have to turn this stone.
Karna hai, to bas karna hai. That's it man... I never give up. always a fighter. So no reason to give up now, rather I need to think and plan out as to what I can do. Essentially it means that what can I do to get more time from office work. Ok few things that I have to do:
1. Give GMAT before 31st Dec 2007.
2. Cancel all plans of Goa and SriLanka or Assam
3. I would have exactly 45 days to make a turn around..
4. Stop Gym.
5. I think the best possible thing I have done is to keep a cook. So that should take care of my time that goes in cooking. I have realized tht I can't eat outside anymore in Hotels.
6. Cut off from the world till this year ends.
7. What else??? well, think about it and jot it down..
YOU GOT TO DO IT MAN!!!!!!!!! No other option. So get on with it and come out of that F$%^#d up mood.
I had a t-con with one of the McCombs alumni at night 2330Hrs. He is based out of SJ, CA. I narrated to him about my past and achievements.. He had very good things to say and also even offered to refer me as part of the alumni referral program. Meeting went on for around one and half hours.. So it was quite fruitful. The negative part is that even after having an exceptional application.. where I am lacking is my GMAT score which is not so great.. he emphasized so much on that.. and then I felt so low.. I have worked so hard on applying this time.. and the essays and applications have come out so well.. Considering he is part of the adcom and so would know more in to what adcom looks into, I started feeling really bad.
I wrote to Jennifer and she assured me that based upon her experiences I still stood a very good chance. So not to worry about this much.. She also mentioned that I could give my GMAT once again after finishing my McCombs application.
Now comes the maths part. I think if that is one huge stone that I need to turn to make it to the big schools, then I have to turn this stone.
Karna hai, to bas karna hai. That's it man... I never give up. always a fighter. So no reason to give up now, rather I need to think and plan out as to what I can do. Essentially it means that what can I do to get more time from office work. Ok few things that I have to do:
1. Give GMAT before 31st Dec 2007.
2. Cancel all plans of Goa and SriLanka or Assam
3. I would have exactly 45 days to make a turn around..
4. Stop Gym.
5. I think the best possible thing I have done is to keep a cook. So that should take care of my time that goes in cooking. I have realized tht I can't eat outside anymore in Hotels.
6. Cut off from the world till this year ends.
7. What else??? well, think about it and jot it down..
YOU GOT TO DO IT MAN!!!!!!!!! No other option. So get on with it and come out of that F$%^#d up mood.
12th November 2007
Again after a very long gap.. I'm back.. The last I wrote was on July 8th.. somehow need to catch up on blogging.
The past few months were quite happening.. Right from Coorg trip to father having a Trasient Ischmic Attack (TIA); From getting ready for writing the essays/apps for B-schools to relaxing now chewing finger nails in anticipation of a call. :-) LIFE is surely very EVENTFUL. Need I say more.
More importantly, having a lot of time for myself these days.. So weekends are going for teaching kids at a school and being at the old age home.. things that I really wanted to do for a long time. Friday, I went to Ashwini Charitable Trust (ACT).. to teach Maths and English. To my surprise, they took me as a music teacher.. and there I was choosing students who were inclined towards music or had even a bit of sense of sur and taal.. but that was quite moving to see them present a skit for me.. that too for an hour.
The week end was also good. Spent time with Mona, Avani and Shiva.. Diwali time. :-) I dont like burning crackers.. First of all, these things add so much to the global warming... and secondly at least I don't see it worth wasting so much money on just some noisy crackers.. What a waste!! Diwali in its true sense has already lost its true purpose for celebration.. people just think about bursting crackers.. and behave so inconsiderately for others.. as they keep on bursting crackers till late night.. Ooops.. sorry if I am being too opinionated.. but then I can't recall the last time when I didn't have an opinion about something..
One resolution I took last week is to spend more time in drumming.. It gives me a lot of joy.. I actually watched a video of Mike Portnoy (he is God.. when it comes to drumming).. Lemme just put it here..
Man this guy uses a god-knows-100-piece-drumkit!! awesome.
Anyways, apart from that, I read, "The Alchemist" from Paulo Coelho. Quite a nice book on pursuing one's dreams.. I liked it a lot.. still thinking about what all it said. Gonna post something that I recall on the other blog.. (Notes to Myself).
Alright.. its 1802 IST now.. Got to take status from team and push off to home..
so Adios..
The past few months were quite happening.. Right from Coorg trip to father having a Trasient Ischmic Attack (TIA); From getting ready for writing the essays/apps for B-schools to relaxing now chewing finger nails in anticipation of a call. :-) LIFE is surely very EVENTFUL. Need I say more.
More importantly, having a lot of time for myself these days.. So weekends are going for teaching kids at a school and being at the old age home.. things that I really wanted to do for a long time. Friday, I went to Ashwini Charitable Trust (ACT).. to teach Maths and English. To my surprise, they took me as a music teacher.. and there I was choosing students who were inclined towards music or had even a bit of sense of sur and taal.. but that was quite moving to see them present a skit for me.. that too for an hour.
The week end was also good. Spent time with Mona, Avani and Shiva.. Diwali time. :-) I dont like burning crackers.. First of all, these things add so much to the global warming... and secondly at least I don't see it worth wasting so much money on just some noisy crackers.. What a waste!! Diwali in its true sense has already lost its true purpose for celebration.. people just think about bursting crackers.. and behave so inconsiderately for others.. as they keep on bursting crackers till late night.. Ooops.. sorry if I am being too opinionated.. but then I can't recall the last time when I didn't have an opinion about something..
One resolution I took last week is to spend more time in drumming.. It gives me a lot of joy.. I actually watched a video of Mike Portnoy (he is God.. when it comes to drumming).. Lemme just put it here..
Man this guy uses a god-knows-100-piece-drumkit!! awesome.
Anyways, apart from that, I read, "The Alchemist" from Paulo Coelho. Quite a nice book on pursuing one's dreams.. I liked it a lot.. still thinking about what all it said. Gonna post something that I recall on the other blog.. (Notes to Myself).
Alright.. its 1802 IST now.. Got to take status from team and push off to home..
so Adios..
Sunday, July 8, 2007
8th July
Writing after a really long time.. quite a hiatus. Not that I was very busy all these days.. I think the habit of writing everyday needs some time to settle in.. Anyways, from the last time I put a post, its been quite a mix of emotions. Loads of good and bad things have taken place.. and now I am realizing slowly to take charge of myself. Always reacting to what happens around me, doesn't do any good. You got to be level-headed. I think life teaches you this, and so I am learning.
Will be back after a drink... 2128Hrs
Back now.. 2200Hrs.. but really gripped in the match (Wimbledon finals).. gonna watch that for now..
write back later..
Will be back after a drink... 2128Hrs
Back now.. 2200Hrs.. but really gripped in the match (Wimbledon finals).. gonna watch that for now..
write back later..
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
June 13th, Wed
Yesterday was as plain a day as one can imagine. The only respite was that after a long time I chatted with one of my old pals, Siddhu (I really like this picture of him on the right. It was taken at Vinay's wedding. I know happiness is a state of mind, but in reality there are other materialistic substances also that you can intake to achieve that smile. :-) We had loads of fun there.). It really took us down a memory lane and in reminiscent, we said, "Those were good OLD times."
That made me wonder for a while that why it is always, "good OLD times." I guess it's more to do with connecting the dots, as Steve jobs put it very succinctly in his commencement address to the Stanford Graduate Business School. The caveat is, you can never connect the dots in future. Its only possible for what has already gone by, the past.
Anyways, the morning half just flew by in meetings. I am really not sure if at all these meetings do any wonders, but the irony is that everyone feels that we need to. It becomes very hard for me to pass time. The kind of person I am, I don't like beating around the bush and that's what generally happens in a meeting.
Had a wonderful time in the cafeteria. I really dont like any cuisine that is served there. It won't be an exaggeration but I eat there just to live. But yesterday I had a feast of my colleagues' tiffins. God bless them all for the wonderful home cooked food they get to office everyday. Prashant seeing my misery gave me a big chunk of the sweet he had got for lunch. That was wonderful.
Yesterday I reached back home in time and hit the gym quite early. It felt good to work out for an hour and a half and in that time I think I spent more than half of it in just admiring my newly built modest muscles in the mirror. :-) What a fool!!!
Had a quick dinner as I had a t-con scheduled at 11 PM!!!! Yes, this usually happens. Again as I had expected this meeting was also inconclusive. Why doesn't the world listen to me!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL :-)
Was feeling a "bit" hungry again and so had half a dozen bananas before hitting the bed. :-)
and another day passes by.....
Monday, June 11, 2007
June 12th, Tue
Yesterday was quite an eventful day. I had a nice time with the team in the office. Had loads of fun with Manish, Prashant and Soumen. Spent a lot of time in convincing Prashant to come out this weekend. I really want to go on some adventure trip just for the weekend and since Prashant and gone along to Goa, I thought he fit the bill.
Anyways, in the afternoon, it was quite a chaos. Everyone was trying to find out where one of our colleague was. Our manager was looking out for him. It is my speculation that he was fired eventually. I haven't witnessed anything of this sort earlier and it was quite tough to empathize with that person, although he never told this to anyone. Being in a managerial position, there are few insider things that I come to know off and so know what happened in his case. Anyways, I wish him all the best and pray that he improves in the areas where he failed miserably. To top it all, I hope he finds a good mentor in life and not the kind he had here.
Later in the day I got caught in one urgent issue and spent few hours in that. Eventually I was able to reach home by 2000Hrs and immediately rushed to the gym. My share of surprises weren't over for the day. I met Suraj Miranda there. While I was studying engineering in Belgaum he was my neighbour. I was so glad to meet him after almost six years of no communication. We decided to come to gym regularly. It was nice to meet someone you have known after a long hiatus.
Later in the night, I called up my sis. It was nice talking to her. Basically, we bitched about relatives for a long time. :-) Sometimes that's fun too..
Anyways, before sleeping, I watched some TV. Ok.. I dont want to hide. :-) I was watching WWE :-) and was quite thrilled to see match between : on one side: Bobby Lashley and John Cena and on the other side, Samoa, Shane and Khali. :-) it was awesome fun..
Finally I gave up and surrendered to sleep.
Anyways, in the afternoon, it was quite a chaos. Everyone was trying to find out where one of our colleague was. Our manager was looking out for him. It is my speculation that he was fired eventually. I haven't witnessed anything of this sort earlier and it was quite tough to empathize with that person, although he never told this to anyone. Being in a managerial position, there are few insider things that I come to know off and so know what happened in his case. Anyways, I wish him all the best and pray that he improves in the areas where he failed miserably. To top it all, I hope he finds a good mentor in life and not the kind he had here.
Later in the day I got caught in one urgent issue and spent few hours in that. Eventually I was able to reach home by 2000Hrs and immediately rushed to the gym. My share of surprises weren't over for the day. I met Suraj Miranda there. While I was studying engineering in Belgaum he was my neighbour. I was so glad to meet him after almost six years of no communication. We decided to come to gym regularly. It was nice to meet someone you have known after a long hiatus.
Later in the night, I called up my sis. It was nice talking to her. Basically, we bitched about relatives for a long time. :-) Sometimes that's fun too..
Anyways, before sleeping, I watched some TV. Ok.. I dont want to hide. :-) I was watching WWE :-) and was quite thrilled to see match between : on one side: Bobby Lashley and John Cena and on the other side, Samoa, Shane and Khali. :-) it was awesome fun..
Finally I gave up and surrendered to sleep.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
June 11th - Monday
After coming back from vacation last monday, I am finding myself quite alone here in Bangalore. This is the same place that I used to like a lot earlier. The place is still the same, probably, something has changed in me over this period of time that I have been here. I used to love my solitude, but then when no one is around you, it is kind of tough to choose. This makes we wonder that the things that we normally choose consciously become so difficult to accept if they are forced upon us and we don't have a choice to make. This to me seems quite ironical. But then that's life and there are so many things to learn.
Vinay called up on last thursday and as usual we met on Friday evening for some drinks. I met three of his office colleagues too - Keyur, Srikanth, and Raghu. I guess I spoke a lot after a couple of drinks. I spent the night at their place. Saturday morning I wasn't feeling that good. There was nothing else to do, so I got two movies to watch on my laptop. Where Eagles Dare and Schindler's list. I don't know how I missed watching Schindler's list for such a long time. It is an awesome movie and very touchy. Spielberg does a brilliant job in bringing into life what happened with jews. I feel it will move even the mildest of emotional people.
By Sunday morning, I was feeling well as I had taken some tablets on saturday. I lazed around as usual for a long time before going out for breakfast. I ordered for lunch from US Pizza at 1600Hrs and brought "Bhagambhag" to watch. It wasn't that good movie at all and I had to look for other options like watching the final match of AfroAsia cup and in between the Roland Gross Final in which yet again Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer. Something was wrong in Roger's game. He wasn't his usual best and made too many unforced errors.
It's a fine Monday morning. A brand new day starts. I could not go to the gym. I think I should stick to the evening schedule. Will go to gym today evening. There are lots of things pending in office. Adios for now!
Vinay called up on last thursday and as usual we met on Friday evening for some drinks. I met three of his office colleagues too - Keyur, Srikanth, and Raghu. I guess I spoke a lot after a couple of drinks. I spent the night at their place. Saturday morning I wasn't feeling that good. There was nothing else to do, so I got two movies to watch on my laptop. Where Eagles Dare and Schindler's list. I don't know how I missed watching Schindler's list for such a long time. It is an awesome movie and very touchy. Spielberg does a brilliant job in bringing into life what happened with jews. I feel it will move even the mildest of emotional people.
By Sunday morning, I was feeling well as I had taken some tablets on saturday. I lazed around as usual for a long time before going out for breakfast. I ordered for lunch from US Pizza at 1600Hrs and brought "Bhagambhag" to watch. It wasn't that good movie at all and I had to look for other options like watching the final match of AfroAsia cup and in between the Roland Gross Final in which yet again Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer. Something was wrong in Roger's game. He wasn't his usual best and made too many unforced errors.
It's a fine Monday morning. A brand new day starts. I could not go to the gym. I think I should stick to the evening schedule. Will go to gym today evening. There are lots of things pending in office. Adios for now!
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