looks like this didn't get posted on last friday...
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yep..i've got 3 weeks of leave...my manager has agreed for the same..so from monday till Nov21st,will not be coming to office..and got whole time for CAT prep....hope i make use of this time effectively...
these 3 weeks is going to be quite crucial.
but am really not sure,whether these 3 weeks will be enuf..maybe i shd've prepared more prev itself...or maybe my prep is enough...it's confusing.
actually,prep is going on ok...but among the last 4 tests,i had 2000+ rank twice,700+ once and the last week's one was 1100+...
suddenly it looks like,when everybody is moving forward,i am just doing the reverse...and also looks like am discovering a few negatives now.(or a lot)...
hope i improve...
it's really scary to think of not getting any calls,after all this prep and 3 weeks of leave...the whole team seems to know abt me giving CAT and i just hate it...and the ranks don't seem to be giving me any moral boost...
still in the corner of my mind,i have a feeling that i might crack CAT and get all the calls...don't know to what extent this matches with the reality...or maybe since we are not able to think of the negative side,our mind just clings on to the positive side...
but am going to make sure to give in the best efforts...so that after the exam i will not regret abt not giving in the best...
suddenly my confidence level is quite high now...:):) hope it continues...
let me post again on Nov 21st evening....with some good news...
Oct 29, 2004
Oct 25, 2004
when a confidential information is not confidential....
today there was a design review for the new feature in which am working...reviewers were myself,my teammate and one more guy from other module.
my teammate is not there at her place...so we are just waiting for her and chatting in general...suddenly he asks me,"So when is ur exam?"....oh god,there no r words to describe my reaction...am not able to imagine how my face went...but am sure it shd've been a bit horrible..like a terror struck fellow's face...
still my mocking mind never gives up...i ask him,"what exam?"...he replies,"hey,come on ya..everybody knows that u r giving CAT.when is it?"....
was there really any need for me to pose one stupid question and get this reply about the universally known info.
i say,"It's on Nov 21st...i really didn't know that u know abt me giving CAT"....this was a genuine question from my side...bcos i was shell shocked when he asked me...
and really speaking,i was angry and irritated.
he replies,"No,actually,somebody told me sometime back...i tht everybody knows abt this"...
come on,is this an acclaimed event to be informed to everybody...(but i didn't ask him this question..:))
then he goes on saying,"Even i had plans of taking CAT...i even joined IMS,then i realised CAT is not for me..so i dropped it..."...well,i did knew he enquired with my friend hareesh abt taking CAT..but i didn't know that he really tried giving a shot...
then i reply,"Oh..ok.actually for me it was an aim from College days..but didn't have enough confidence till date.."..(actually after seeing the last 2 MockCAT Results,am again doubtful now ...but thats a diff story)
then he again asks me when is the exam..i tell him it's on Nov 21st..so am planning to take 3 weeks leave..then he says ok,goodluck...
by this time,my teammate comes...and we go for the review..
but frankly speaking,my mind was not in the review...and am sure nobody wld be able to tell this truth other than me...bcos i was participating fully in the review...
i think this is one tactic,which i have really learnt off-late...i might be in one great meeting or conf-call where discussion is going on abt some crucial stuff and i might be contributing for the same..but that doesn't mean am involved in that...and this mainly occurs,when there is some sadness in the mind...
maybe this is a general trend...
now the point is,i felt very angry and irritated when my poor teammate told me that he knows abt me giving CAT...i somehow felt as if it is an intrusion into my privacy...
and also,the only person to whom i told abt this is my manager...and this means my manager has informed a few ppl...how can he do that?
when i tell him something as a confidential item,how can he tell this to some other fellow teammate...?
and also the most surprising thing is,why am i getting angry for this silly thing...? is it bcos i expect perfection from everybody? or have i become too privy person that i don't like others knowing something abt me?
i think the later is true...i don't seem to like when somebody in office talks to me abt any of my personal things...ofcourse frens excluded..
or maybe am scared that i might not crack CAT and everybody will know the same...so to put it blankly,am scared of my failure...
and i don't think that is wrong...or maybe thats what is driving me crazy...:)
let me postpone this thought line to a date after Nov 21st..
then yesterday's Mock was bad...actually while taking the test,i didn't feel scared or didn't give up in between as happened in the prev week...it went on smoothly...but my error rate was a bit high and also silly mistakes attributed to the same...
so i might not get a rank below 1000 this time...
suddenly it feels as if,i have lost the art of scoring marks...or maybe it's the result of me thinking too much...
but whatever maybe the thing,i shd give in my best efforts in the next 4 week.i just need to make sure that i shdn't rue later that if at all i had put in some more effort,i cld've got it...
also planning to take leave from Nov 1st onwards....yes for 3 weeks..
my teammate is not there at her place...so we are just waiting for her and chatting in general...suddenly he asks me,"So when is ur exam?"....oh god,there no r words to describe my reaction...am not able to imagine how my face went...but am sure it shd've been a bit horrible..like a terror struck fellow's face...
still my mocking mind never gives up...i ask him,"what exam?"...he replies,"hey,come on ya..everybody knows that u r giving CAT.when is it?"....
was there really any need for me to pose one stupid question and get this reply about the universally known info.
i say,"It's on Nov 21st...i really didn't know that u know abt me giving CAT"....this was a genuine question from my side...bcos i was shell shocked when he asked me...
and really speaking,i was angry and irritated.
he replies,"No,actually,somebody told me sometime back...i tht everybody knows abt this"...
come on,is this an acclaimed event to be informed to everybody...(but i didn't ask him this question..:))
then he goes on saying,"Even i had plans of taking CAT...i even joined IMS,then i realised CAT is not for me..so i dropped it..."...well,i did knew he enquired with my friend hareesh abt taking CAT..but i didn't know that he really tried giving a shot...
then i reply,"Oh..ok.actually for me it was an aim from College days..but didn't have enough confidence till date.."..(actually after seeing the last 2 MockCAT Results,am again doubtful now ...but thats a diff story)
then he again asks me when is the exam..i tell him it's on Nov 21st..so am planning to take 3 weeks leave..then he says ok,goodluck...
by this time,my teammate comes...and we go for the review..
but frankly speaking,my mind was not in the review...and am sure nobody wld be able to tell this truth other than me...bcos i was participating fully in the review...
i think this is one tactic,which i have really learnt off-late...i might be in one great meeting or conf-call where discussion is going on abt some crucial stuff and i might be contributing for the same..but that doesn't mean am involved in that...and this mainly occurs,when there is some sadness in the mind...
maybe this is a general trend...
now the point is,i felt very angry and irritated when my poor teammate told me that he knows abt me giving CAT...i somehow felt as if it is an intrusion into my privacy...
and also,the only person to whom i told abt this is my manager...and this means my manager has informed a few ppl...how can he do that?
when i tell him something as a confidential item,how can he tell this to some other fellow teammate...?
and also the most surprising thing is,why am i getting angry for this silly thing...? is it bcos i expect perfection from everybody? or have i become too privy person that i don't like others knowing something abt me?
i think the later is true...i don't seem to like when somebody in office talks to me abt any of my personal things...ofcourse frens excluded..
or maybe am scared that i might not crack CAT and everybody will know the same...so to put it blankly,am scared of my failure...
and i don't think that is wrong...or maybe thats what is driving me crazy...:)
let me postpone this thought line to a date after Nov 21st..
then yesterday's Mock was bad...actually while taking the test,i didn't feel scared or didn't give up in between as happened in the prev week...it went on smoothly...but my error rate was a bit high and also silly mistakes attributed to the same...
so i might not get a rank below 1000 this time...
suddenly it feels as if,i have lost the art of scoring marks...or maybe it's the result of me thinking too much...
but whatever maybe the thing,i shd give in my best efforts in the next 4 week.i just need to make sure that i shdn't rue later that if at all i had put in some more effort,i cld've got it...
also planning to take leave from Nov 1st onwards....yes for 3 weeks..
Oct 19, 2004
haikus
Below are a few haikus whick i liked while browsing...quite interesting...
Won't you come and see
loneliness? Just one leaf
from the kiri tree.
Covered with the flowers,
Instantly I'd like to die
In this dream of ours!
My grumbling wife -
if only she were here!
This moon tonight...
I kill an ant
and realize my three children
have been watching.
Night, and the moon!
My neighbor, playing on his flute -
out of tune!
In all this cool
is the moon also sleeping?
There, in the pool?
Silence--a strangled
Telephone has forgotten
That it should ring
Oct 12, 2004
getting paid unnecessarily
looks like nowadays,MOT is paying me unnecessarily....
i don't seem to be doing any productive work...
yes i do work..but not 100% as it was the same time last year...
last year this time,was working for one new series phones,(Triplets) and god, life was really hell....
we almost did nightout every day in office...my tolerant roommates were annoyed when i knock at the door at 1am or 2 am everyday...
but nowadays,am coming to office at 10am and leaving by 6pm...it's become a perfect 8 hours job...it's bcos i've got only 1 feature to be developed and got one team mate for that and am performing the lead kind of role...basically doing nothing...
and the strange thing is,i asked my manager as whether i can start looking into some other new features..he said that it's not needed now...am surprised.but i think he's very considerate...he knows that am giving CAT this time...and will be taking leave in this month and next month...maybe thatswhy he doesn't want to give me much work...
but i feel a bit guilty,as if i am getting paid for nothing...let me compensate it after CAT...
then i've got leave for this thurs and fri...and wed is a holiday...so will be back to office on monday.
hope i prepare well in these 3 days....i better not waste time...
i don't seem to be doing any productive work...
yes i do work..but not 100% as it was the same time last year...
last year this time,was working for one new series phones,(Triplets) and god, life was really hell....
we almost did nightout every day in office...my tolerant roommates were annoyed when i knock at the door at 1am or 2 am everyday...
but nowadays,am coming to office at 10am and leaving by 6pm...it's become a perfect 8 hours job...it's bcos i've got only 1 feature to be developed and got one team mate for that and am performing the lead kind of role...basically doing nothing...
and the strange thing is,i asked my manager as whether i can start looking into some other new features..he said that it's not needed now...am surprised.but i think he's very considerate...he knows that am giving CAT this time...and will be taking leave in this month and next month...maybe thatswhy he doesn't want to give me much work...
but i feel a bit guilty,as if i am getting paid for nothing...let me compensate it after CAT...
then i've got leave for this thurs and fri...and wed is a holiday...so will be back to office on monday.
hope i prepare well in these 3 days....i better not waste time...
Oct 11, 2004
got the hall ticket
well,just now got the hall ticket for CAT-2004.it was really a mixed feeling to get this.
there was a slight prayer on mind that i shd get the GD/PI Calls as well for all the IIMs....and then the admit cards for the same...
and felt extremely happy when the registration number sum was 5....yes,am a stupid little follower of all these luck stuffs and numerology...
and 5 is my birth number and a lucky number to me...
so this indicates that even god favours me getting into IIMs....so the only thing left is me putting in that required effort.
my last Mock rank was pathetic...it was around 2218...(and the prev one,rank was 134 :))
i was telling all the reasons for bad mark...and got a single line reply..."There is one very famous saying,"In Business all that matters is the result...and reasons are the one provided by the person who doesn't get the result"...so no point in mailing reasons...i shd better start getting the result...
even hareesh was a bit harsh in his mail...he said this rank is totally unacceptable and it's high time i put my head down and prepared.
he also mentioned that i shd concentrate more on DI and that might be the crucial factor for me cracking CAT...
i have promised myself not to deviate like this and i'll make sure to get ranks within 500 for the next 5 MockCATs...yes i think only 5 are left....
actually speaking,am a bit fool...i know my strengths and weaknesses...but am not concentrating on these things and preparing...instead i keep worrying as what if i don't get and what if i get a paper with all questions tough only for me...
and just realised that this is the worst nightmare and am thinking only abt that...the chance of this occuring is very less..and if i prepare,i can minimise it further...
also,i shd stop doing silly mistakes..this time i have lost around 7-8 marks by just pure silly mistakes in quant...and it's bad.
i will do well in the next MockCAT.
also am planning to take leave this thurs and fri...wed is already a holiday..so need to put my head down and prepare..
also nextweek, thurs and fri are puja holidays...so got really lot of time to prepare...so i need to use it properly.
also, i shd thank my good friend karthi for sending a wonderful mail...that mail was a big moral booster for me...infact thats the reason for me being in such a sanguine mood...
am happy to have such a nice friends....
there was a slight prayer on mind that i shd get the GD/PI Calls as well for all the IIMs....and then the admit cards for the same...
and felt extremely happy when the registration number sum was 5....yes,am a stupid little follower of all these luck stuffs and numerology...
and 5 is my birth number and a lucky number to me...
so this indicates that even god favours me getting into IIMs....so the only thing left is me putting in that required effort.
my last Mock rank was pathetic...it was around 2218...(and the prev one,rank was 134 :))
i was telling all the reasons for bad mark...and got a single line reply..."There is one very famous saying,"In Business all that matters is the result...and reasons are the one provided by the person who doesn't get the result"...so no point in mailing reasons...i shd better start getting the result...
even hareesh was a bit harsh in his mail...he said this rank is totally unacceptable and it's high time i put my head down and prepared.
he also mentioned that i shd concentrate more on DI and that might be the crucial factor for me cracking CAT...
i have promised myself not to deviate like this and i'll make sure to get ranks within 500 for the next 5 MockCATs...yes i think only 5 are left....
actually speaking,am a bit fool...i know my strengths and weaknesses...but am not concentrating on these things and preparing...instead i keep worrying as what if i don't get and what if i get a paper with all questions tough only for me...
and just realised that this is the worst nightmare and am thinking only abt that...the chance of this occuring is very less..and if i prepare,i can minimise it further...
also,i shd stop doing silly mistakes..this time i have lost around 7-8 marks by just pure silly mistakes in quant...and it's bad.
i will do well in the next MockCAT.
also am planning to take leave this thurs and fri...wed is already a holiday..so need to put my head down and prepare..
also nextweek, thurs and fri are puja holidays...so got really lot of time to prepare...so i need to use it properly.
also, i shd thank my good friend karthi for sending a wonderful mail...that mail was a big moral booster for me...infact thats the reason for me being in such a sanguine mood...
am happy to have such a nice friends....
Oct 6, 2004
yet another email posting
well below is the mail typed by me on Oct 17th,2001...
looks like,i am always typing long mails....:):)
this was sent by me to our yahoogroups for our college girls...it was typed after my birthday...and it goes on narrating my birthday celebration and abt my initial experience in hyd and abt work cum colleagues...looks like there is always a scope for improvement in english language...
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well girls atlast a mail from me...:)
reg myself here,ya life is fine and going smoothly.Into a project in wireless subsriber.it's really making life hectic,but it's really very interesting too.it's not that we r really vetti murichifying too much.working for a 3G phone release ,sometimes i just don't understand why we r doing all these stuff,already phones are there?so why to break our heads for better versions of that?
but that's life right.otherwise no development,no job and atlast no money.(thats the ultimate thing)
when we were in college,we thought that coding is the main work we'll be doing.no it's not like that.it's a minor part.infact most of time is in meetings,discussions and documentation.(jai when i did a documentation for one design,i really wanted u to read it and give me suggestion, remember u did that for all the letters we sent in 2nd year for that math course.)
we don't find time to send long mails.infact the time i spend in thinking abt all u gals and taking oath like should send a mail is much more than the real sending.
actually now i'm staying in a flat with 3 other girls.nobody is from our RECT. but 2 r from CBE:-):-):-) and one from vellore.2 r with satyam and 1 searching for a job. and we have got a servant maid from one of the roommates village.so she's doing all the cooking stuff. so food is not a problem.infact i think i still remain as motti only.but miru don't imagine too much.see me and then decide. everyday going to office by 8.30 and coming back by 8.00 or something(not before 7.30).
weekends are really a great thing.but time flies off like anything.and i've got a kinetic,so no probs for going to office and all.but the traffic is very horrible,nobody follows the traffic rules.so sometimes it becomes a great adventure to come from office. what else then?
reg my b'day celebration this year,well surely i missed our opal kind of b'day.but i should say even this time it was a very different experience.a new kind too. to my greatest surprise,at night 12.00,my roommates woke me up.i didn't know that they know my birthday.so when they gave me a bouquet and said "happy birthday",i was taken aback my surprise(sorry girls don't know how to express in words those feelings).
then they asked me to come to hall.went there and saw a b'day cake.i was shocked to the core(infact i feel too much of surprise leads to shock,yes thatshow i felt)i cudn't speak.then cut the cake and had a nice chat for an hr and went to sleep. infact the most funniest thing is that i saw the bouquet prev night and like a bekku i told one of our roommates that it's too good and i thought it was given to her by her guy.so i didn't probe much over that other than praising abt the taste with which the bouquet has been selected and discussing the meaning of the flowers like gladulas,jeromes,pink and red roses in that bouquet.(yes i've got to know abt all those after sending one to alak).
then in the morning ramya called up and wished me.that was just b'fore i was leaving to office.so i left for office in a great happy mood. then in the office also it was really very nice.all friends n colleagues coming n wishing.all chocos and sweets(krishna sweets got couriered from
home) got over.and afternoon had a great lunch at one of my newly found old couples home.
yes i got know a old couple during my yoga class.so they've invited me for lunch.had a proper feast.
later that night,we went for a treat.yes 11 people.all freshers who joined with us.got a great surprise present from our guys.a beautiful marble made night lamp.it's so pure white and too great. and a present from my other friends here and another bouquet.
and later that night,alak called up and we had a proper chat in phone for around 30 mts.so altogether i really had a the main thing missed,it was the bumps. also i feel nowadays,i am becoming a bit more adjustive than i was in college.so when compromising is there,there's nothing much to worry. and frankly speaking we r getting many new friends also.
still sometimes u know,we with a monkey mind,tend to compare and think that our old friends are too good and how i miss them. i really miss u girls sometimes.b'cos sometimes with the new friends u have to explain a bit elaborately.this is not the case with old friends...
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looks like,i am always typing long mails....:):)
this was sent by me to our yahoogroups for our college girls...it was typed after my birthday...and it goes on narrating my birthday celebration and abt my initial experience in hyd and abt work cum colleagues...looks like there is always a scope for improvement in english language...
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well girls atlast a mail from me...:)
reg myself here,ya life is fine and going smoothly.Into a project in wireless subsriber.it's really making life hectic,but it's really very interesting too.it's not that we r really vetti murichifying too much.working for a 3G phone release ,sometimes i just don't understand why we r doing all these stuff,already phones are there?so why to break our heads for better versions of that?
but that's life right.otherwise no development,no job and atlast no money.(thats the ultimate thing)
when we were in college,we thought that coding is the main work we'll be doing.no it's not like that.it's a minor part.infact most of time is in meetings,discussions and documentation.(jai when i did a documentation for one design,i really wanted u to read it and give me suggestion, remember u did that for all the letters we sent in 2nd year for that math course.)
we don't find time to send long mails.infact the time i spend in thinking abt all u gals and taking oath like should send a mail is much more than the real sending.
actually now i'm staying in a flat with 3 other girls.nobody is from our RECT. but 2 r from CBE:-):-):-) and one from vellore.2 r with satyam and 1 searching for a job. and we have got a servant maid from one of the roommates village.so she's doing all the cooking stuff. so food is not a problem.infact i think i still remain as motti only.but miru don't imagine too much.see me and then decide. everyday going to office by 8.30 and coming back by 8.00 or something(not before 7.30).
weekends are really a great thing.but time flies off like anything.and i've got a kinetic,so no probs for going to office and all.but the traffic is very horrible,nobody follows the traffic rules.so sometimes it becomes a great adventure to come from office. what else then?
reg my b'day celebration this year,well surely i missed our opal kind of b'day.but i should say even this time it was a very different experience.a new kind too. to my greatest surprise,at night 12.00,my roommates woke me up.i didn't know that they know my birthday.so when they gave me a bouquet and said "happy birthday",i was taken aback my surprise(sorry girls don't know how to express in words those feelings).
then they asked me to come to hall.went there and saw a b'day cake.i was shocked to the core(infact i feel too much of surprise leads to shock,yes thatshow i felt)i cudn't speak.then cut the cake and had a nice chat for an hr and went to sleep. infact the most funniest thing is that i saw the bouquet prev night and like a bekku i told one of our roommates that it's too good and i thought it was given to her by her guy.so i didn't probe much over that other than praising abt the taste with which the bouquet has been selected and discussing the meaning of the flowers like gladulas,jeromes,pink and red roses in that bouquet.(yes i've got to know abt all those after sending one to alak).
then in the morning ramya called up and wished me.that was just b'fore i was leaving to office.so i left for office in a great happy mood. then in the office also it was really very nice.all friends n colleagues coming n wishing.all chocos and sweets(krishna sweets got couriered from
home) got over.and afternoon had a great lunch at one of my newly found old couples home.
yes i got know a old couple during my yoga class.so they've invited me for lunch.had a proper feast.
later that night,we went for a treat.yes 11 people.all freshers who joined with us.got a great surprise present from our guys.a beautiful marble made night lamp.it's so pure white and too great. and a present from my other friends here and another bouquet.
and later that night,alak called up and we had a proper chat in phone for around 30 mts.so altogether i really had a the main thing missed,it was the bumps. also i feel nowadays,i am becoming a bit more adjustive than i was in college.so when compromising is there,there's nothing much to worry. and frankly speaking we r getting many new friends also.
still sometimes u know,we with a monkey mind,tend to compare and think that our old friends are too good and how i miss them. i really miss u girls sometimes.b'cos sometimes with the new friends u have to explain a bit elaborately.this is not the case with old friends...
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Oct 5, 2004
A day to remember...every year
why do we think Birthdays are special?
maybe for us it's like what is Jan 1st for a year...we have completed yet another circle of days and reached the starting point again....
yes i think so...
it's really amazing...if we recall our past year on every birthday...am bedazed with the ring of events that has happened in that year....
and also it helps us to remember the pending things in our life...or some small things which we would like to accomplish...
well,today is my birthday...:)
and if i think of the same day last year..guess i was waiting for my Visa Interview date...and my fren/colleague hareesh was here,to crib to..:)
yes,in last year August,there was a very urgent project requirement in US and i was needed immediately....so our HR deviated from the regular plans and booked a Visa appointment in New Delhi...and i went there...stayed in Marriott Inn Hotel..(wow,that was the best thing happened in my trip to NewDelhi...)
and in the consulate,i was denied Visa..bcos it seems am a software engineer with a graduation as BE in ECE...so i need a specialised petition like Individual L1 or H1B...it's not possible for me to get a visa with a Blanket L1 Petition.
it's really strange..bcos till date our company processes only blanket L1 for all the ppl...but mine became the first case to get a Visa denial.
it was a big blow...not only for me,but for my manager...bcos he had been telling the client that i'll be in onsite by Aug end...
and i was scared as,the general mood abt US Visa is,if it gets rejected one time,then thats like a black mark until u get next approval.
but thanks to my manager,company had decided to re-process my petition..so got an individual L1 petition and the interview was scheduled on Oct,b4 diwali...
so i shd've been waiting for this interview,at this time last year...:)
there are a few great things happened over last year...
first was my US Trip....
learnt a lot as how to work under pressure...also visited Chicago,NewYork...also have some wonderful memories of trips made around Florida...
it was very nice...got License and started driving a Car...started to enjoy the cooking...and tried dishes from cookies to shrimp fried rice...saw lot of Old English Classic movies...and Casablanca became my lifetime favourite movie...became a fan of Gregory peck,James Stewart,both the hepburns...
another important thing which happened was my decision to try for CAT....
the first thing which i did after returning back to India was to join TIME Course...
from then on,life has got a single focal point....and it seems to continue in the same manner for the past 5 months...
hope god helps me in improving over the next 1 and half months and give CAT well.
there were also a few sad things...basically these events are sad for me and also sad for the fellow person to some extent...but ultimately,it's a good thing for the fellow person....
got confused...:)
first was my fren and colleague lakshmi and hareesh left MOT...
hareesh got calls from all the IIMs...and finally cracked all the IIMs other than A....so he left MOT in June and joined IIM-B...
yes,i shd be happy that one of my fren is doing MBA in IIM-B....and he's there to help me by giving advices for my CAT and all....but apart from these selfish reasons,am sad bcos he is not here...
also lakshmi wanted to pursue his acting/modelling career..so went to Chennai...
i guess it's a curse for me...whoever becomes a very good fren and colleague in office,they'll quit immediately in the next 6 months...
first was my colleague Prakash,he left to Join Samsung,Seoul...then came Nitin,who went to IIT-Mumbai...and Srihari who went to Kyocera...
now it was hareesh/lakshmi''s turn...
the next sad thing was my roommates...
one of my roommate got married and got a transfer to Blr...another roommate went to US and will be joining the chennai office directly...another roommate went to a place near Hitec City...
so now i don't have the real gang,i used to have....am alone now...need to stay alone until i find another roommate...
so both the sad things were mainly due to missing of friends...it's really painful when people part u...it's also the time,when we realise the person's important and also we rue abt the things which we didn't do or the wrong things we did...
and it's equally painful to get a new friend and adjust with them and convert the new acquaintance to friendship...
so these are the things,which happened over last year...
looking forward,even this year seems to be an exciting one...
hope i crack CAT....
maybe for us it's like what is Jan 1st for a year...we have completed yet another circle of days and reached the starting point again....
yes i think so...
it's really amazing...if we recall our past year on every birthday...am bedazed with the ring of events that has happened in that year....
and also it helps us to remember the pending things in our life...or some small things which we would like to accomplish...
well,today is my birthday...:)
and if i think of the same day last year..guess i was waiting for my Visa Interview date...and my fren/colleague hareesh was here,to crib to..:)
yes,in last year August,there was a very urgent project requirement in US and i was needed immediately....so our HR deviated from the regular plans and booked a Visa appointment in New Delhi...and i went there...stayed in Marriott Inn Hotel..(wow,that was the best thing happened in my trip to NewDelhi...)
and in the consulate,i was denied Visa..bcos it seems am a software engineer with a graduation as BE in ECE...so i need a specialised petition like Individual L1 or H1B...it's not possible for me to get a visa with a Blanket L1 Petition.
it's really strange..bcos till date our company processes only blanket L1 for all the ppl...but mine became the first case to get a Visa denial.
it was a big blow...not only for me,but for my manager...bcos he had been telling the client that i'll be in onsite by Aug end...
and i was scared as,the general mood abt US Visa is,if it gets rejected one time,then thats like a black mark until u get next approval.
but thanks to my manager,company had decided to re-process my petition..so got an individual L1 petition and the interview was scheduled on Oct,b4 diwali...
so i shd've been waiting for this interview,at this time last year...:)
there are a few great things happened over last year...
first was my US Trip....
learnt a lot as how to work under pressure...also visited Chicago,NewYork...also have some wonderful memories of trips made around Florida...
it was very nice...got License and started driving a Car...started to enjoy the cooking...and tried dishes from cookies to shrimp fried rice...saw lot of Old English Classic movies...and Casablanca became my lifetime favourite movie...became a fan of Gregory peck,James Stewart,both the hepburns...
another important thing which happened was my decision to try for CAT....
the first thing which i did after returning back to India was to join TIME Course...
from then on,life has got a single focal point....and it seems to continue in the same manner for the past 5 months...
hope god helps me in improving over the next 1 and half months and give CAT well.
there were also a few sad things...basically these events are sad for me and also sad for the fellow person to some extent...but ultimately,it's a good thing for the fellow person....
got confused...:)
first was my fren and colleague lakshmi and hareesh left MOT...
hareesh got calls from all the IIMs...and finally cracked all the IIMs other than A....so he left MOT in June and joined IIM-B...
yes,i shd be happy that one of my fren is doing MBA in IIM-B....and he's there to help me by giving advices for my CAT and all....but apart from these selfish reasons,am sad bcos he is not here...
also lakshmi wanted to pursue his acting/modelling career..so went to Chennai...
i guess it's a curse for me...whoever becomes a very good fren and colleague in office,they'll quit immediately in the next 6 months...
first was my colleague Prakash,he left to Join Samsung,Seoul...then came Nitin,who went to IIT-Mumbai...and Srihari who went to Kyocera...
now it was hareesh/lakshmi''s turn...
the next sad thing was my roommates...
one of my roommate got married and got a transfer to Blr...another roommate went to US and will be joining the chennai office directly...another roommate went to a place near Hitec City...
so now i don't have the real gang,i used to have....am alone now...need to stay alone until i find another roommate...
so both the sad things were mainly due to missing of friends...it's really painful when people part u...it's also the time,when we realise the person's important and also we rue abt the things which we didn't do or the wrong things we did...
and it's equally painful to get a new friend and adjust with them and convert the new acquaintance to friendship...
so these are the things,which happened over last year...
looking forward,even this year seems to be an exciting one...
hope i crack CAT....
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