A coupla of minutes after waking up, an uncle of mine calls to ask whether I want to go to an education fair in mumbai. I tell him that I will think and let him know. He says there's no time to think and that I should inform him within 5 mins. (Which is this tense I am writing in! it's pathetic! :|) I was about to say "Too Much!” But then realized it was for my good and the person calling me wasn’t exactly my best buddy who will listen to the curses of mine.
These are the days in idleness! I get up at any time between 11 am to 4 pm. After the CAT debacle, kuch psycho jaissa behave karne lag gaya hoon. {Beware of me guys and gals A virtual psycho!} Nonetheless, I have started looking for other opportunities. "If one road is closed, there are 10 other new roads opening" they say. I catch the gist of it now. It's amazing how you understand the true depth of these maxims when we see them happening to yourselves.
Anyways, so just to be kind and show my receptiveness to the "advice" of the elders and to escape conviction from the blame of not doing enough to catch the "so called opportunities" of a education fair I decided to give it a try.
On attending the fair, it wouldn't have taken a particularly keen mind to realize that the representatives of the various universities were providing the information with the same enthusiasm, as a criminal would have to the inquisitor. And the information being provided was nothing of the type “never heard before”. The same old marketing strategies (in case of "not so reputed" universities) or admission requirements (in case of reputed one’s). One way to overcome this boredom is to start asking foolish questions. Need an example! Here it is. I asked the representative of a Italian University "why do u think Italy is not as popular education destination as UK, US or Aus are?". She listened quietly and replied stoically "Because the national language of Italy is Italian and other's is English" whoa! That’s news! I didn’t know how to react. I collected the prospectus and quietly walked out!
The only "kewl" thing about the education fair was that it was held in Taj. You know what I mean.[:-P]. And yes, Taj is next to Gateway of India. I spent the rest of the evening walking across the romantic streets near the Gateway and talking with my Bestest friend. Belive me guys it is romantic!....Ohh....Did I forget to mention something?....yeah.. we talked on a cell phone. And yes the talk wasn’t romantic, just plain enquiries about health and current state of affairs![;)]
So guys today I make two promises. First: never attend an education fair. They serve no purpose. We can get all the information we need at the click of a mouse! And Second: If you break the first one, there are better things to do around than asking stupid questions.
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Koi mujhe job dila do bhai!
These days i am busy reading Times Accent, browsing timesjobonline and similar sites. Nothing new in graduates searching for a job after their graduation.(Now that’s information: graduates complete graduation)But in my case, the only hitch is that I am doing so after quitting the first job!
Reasons for leaving the first job! No, my Boss wasn't a Moron! In fact he was the perfect candidate for the Ideal Boss, a rare category these days!
No, my work wasn’t hectic!...Although it attained periodic peaks in terms of timings, the frequency wasn’t too high, twice or thrice in a month!. By IT industry's standards it was quite lenient! In fact I enjoyed my brief stint in my company!
But I have this uncanny ability of entangling myself into tricky situations from a vantage position! The reason for my quitting the job was that i wanted to do my PG as soon as possible!. I ignored the simple fact that one needs to clear entrance exams for doing so and if you don’t clear it you have to ensure that it doesn’t impact your career path. And so in order to gain time I quit my job and started preparing for the toughest exam in the world CAT! This was very reason I couldn't post during the past 1 and a half-month. Not that there are many people visiting this blog! But who cares, I write for myself! Anyways the point is I am back!
As far as preparation was concerned it was better than my BE exams. I was confident to conquer the toughest exam in the world. But bacche this is CAT, famous for its unpredictability! The first shock after seeing the paper was that I had to attempt only 75 question in 150 mins. Not really a shock is it?. The second surprise was that there were 5 options instead of traditional 4. Quite a reasonable trade-off!
But these trivial changes were not going to affect me! I was ready! I started off slowly! Paced myself beautifully! Even Rahul Dravid would have been proud of me! But I got hooked in the end! I attempted 2 ques in the last 25 mins! Despite this unpardonable offence I thought I fared well! I had the slightest of chance! Came home and had a nice sleep! Relieved from the constant one and the half-month preparation!
And then started the traumatic experience! As the preliminary cutoff's and the solution started making headlines on the various sites, my faint hopes started vanishing and for the first time I truly realized how the people onboard "Titanic" would have felt! A journey supposed to be memorable experience became a disaster. A dream ended in a debacle. For the first time the realization that my career is in limbo struck me!. For the first time i realized how happy go lucky nature i was. For the first time I started doubting my decision of quitting the job! For the first time I started thinking of being serious in my life!
Perhaps I had miscalculated! Perhaps I had overestimated my gray cells! Anyway, this failure has thought me a lot of things! I gonna try more harder and more smarter in whatever I do! (CAT hone ke baad it doesnt matter much, but still I'l keep this learning ! :))
I am thankful to the almighty and the CAT paper setters for that!! Long Live CAT! And long live CAT Aspirants! Hope it brings smile to your face one-way or other!
But for the time being please provide me a job! ha ha [;)]
Reasons for leaving the first job! No, my Boss wasn't a Moron! In fact he was the perfect candidate for the Ideal Boss, a rare category these days!
No, my work wasn’t hectic!...Although it attained periodic peaks in terms of timings, the frequency wasn’t too high, twice or thrice in a month!. By IT industry's standards it was quite lenient! In fact I enjoyed my brief stint in my company!
But I have this uncanny ability of entangling myself into tricky situations from a vantage position! The reason for my quitting the job was that i wanted to do my PG as soon as possible!. I ignored the simple fact that one needs to clear entrance exams for doing so and if you don’t clear it you have to ensure that it doesn’t impact your career path. And so in order to gain time I quit my job and started preparing for the toughest exam in the world CAT! This was very reason I couldn't post during the past 1 and a half-month. Not that there are many people visiting this blog! But who cares, I write for myself! Anyways the point is I am back!
As far as preparation was concerned it was better than my BE exams. I was confident to conquer the toughest exam in the world. But bacche this is CAT, famous for its unpredictability! The first shock after seeing the paper was that I had to attempt only 75 question in 150 mins. Not really a shock is it?. The second surprise was that there were 5 options instead of traditional 4. Quite a reasonable trade-off!
But these trivial changes were not going to affect me! I was ready! I started off slowly! Paced myself beautifully! Even Rahul Dravid would have been proud of me! But I got hooked in the end! I attempted 2 ques in the last 25 mins! Despite this unpardonable offence I thought I fared well! I had the slightest of chance! Came home and had a nice sleep! Relieved from the constant one and the half-month preparation!
And then started the traumatic experience! As the preliminary cutoff's and the solution started making headlines on the various sites, my faint hopes started vanishing and for the first time I truly realized how the people onboard "Titanic" would have felt! A journey supposed to be memorable experience became a disaster. A dream ended in a debacle. For the first time the realization that my career is in limbo struck me!. For the first time i realized how happy go lucky nature i was. For the first time I started doubting my decision of quitting the job! For the first time I started thinking of being serious in my life!
Perhaps I had miscalculated! Perhaps I had overestimated my gray cells! Anyway, this failure has thought me a lot of things! I gonna try more harder and more smarter in whatever I do! (CAT hone ke baad it doesnt matter much, but still I'l keep this learning ! :))
I am thankful to the almighty and the CAT paper setters for that!! Long Live CAT! And long live CAT Aspirants! Hope it brings smile to your face one-way or other!
But for the time being please provide me a job! ha ha [;)]
Friday, October 06, 2006
Proud 2 b an Indian?
"The life in west is much more a pleasurable experience than ours". My uncle who recently had been to europe was telling me.
Even though it's a cliche, I gave a thought 2 it!
It has 2 b 1 pleasurable experience! If you suddenly switchover from driving on pothole ridden roads 2 t smoothest of ones, even the zealot of patriot will be pleased by the serendipity!. If all the trains run on time without any delay whatsoever (and there's no announcement like "Asuvidha ke liye khed hai, aap ki yatra sukhdayak ho!" after t train getting delayed), if whatever you purchase, let it be from costliest of wathches to t cheapest of vegetables, is rich in quality, if the students have enough time to indulge in creative work rather than paritcipating in protests, if the supply of power/water is continous without any hiccups, if you get your driving license without paying bribe, if.....and hell lot of things like these, life ought to be a pleasurable experience.
What r we proud of?? ... The inefficient administration or the depressing politics?.
The basic needs or the lack of it?.. Well i dont wanna scratch my head answering these!..
Only one fact, a recent poll says that 89% of the indians would like to be reborn as indians again! And I am proud 2 b one of those 89%!!
BTW this is my birthday post! ( A weird topic 2 choose i know, but that's what i am!!). I would like to dedicate this blog to my online friends nids and kalps! Both of them bloggers!
@kalps : As if i care!! ;)
Even though it's a cliche, I gave a thought 2 it!
It has 2 b 1 pleasurable experience! If you suddenly switchover from driving on pothole ridden roads 2 t smoothest of ones, even the zealot of patriot will be pleased by the serendipity!. If all the trains run on time without any delay whatsoever (and there's no announcement like "Asuvidha ke liye khed hai, aap ki yatra sukhdayak ho!" after t train getting delayed), if whatever you purchase, let it be from costliest of wathches to t cheapest of vegetables, is rich in quality, if the students have enough time to indulge in creative work rather than paritcipating in protests, if the supply of power/water is continous without any hiccups, if you get your driving license without paying bribe, if.....and hell lot of things like these, life ought to be a pleasurable experience.
What r we proud of?? ... The inefficient administration or the depressing politics?.
The basic needs or the lack of it?.. Well i dont wanna scratch my head answering these!..
Only one fact, a recent poll says that 89% of the indians would like to be reborn as indians again! And I am proud 2 b one of those 89%!!
BTW this is my birthday post! ( A weird topic 2 choose i know, but that's what i am!!). I would like to dedicate this blog to my online friends nids and kalps! Both of them bloggers!
@kalps : As if i care!! ;)
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