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..
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