ACT I still continues..

A few more days passed by. I had applied to only one university under the brand umbrella. Something like you write CAT and you apply for IIM-A,B,C,K, etc. And the process in these Management schools are that, even if you get a great percentile in your entrance exams, the school will have a certain way of calculating your score and there will be a separate list of shortlisted applicants who are called for GD (Group Discussions) and PI (Personal Interviews).

I wondered when the final list will be out. And to my expectation most of them who get a decent cut off in their entrance exam do expect their names in the final merit list. Hence, I did find my name for the final round - GD/PI. There was this huge list of requirements that was attached to the mail by the university.

Here's the small little things you need to do if you want to make it to the top management schools. Every single word in the mail seeks importance. The smarter you get with these things, you are heading the right path. For instance, in my mail they had given information about what is expected out of us. They asked me to carry my resume, a portfolio - a compilation of whatever you had done in your under-graduation mostly, certificates, and few letters of recommendation supporting all your other documents can come in handy.

It was almost February 4th 2010. I had great plans of designing my portfolio in a particular way. But it was difficult to do all that in a short while. This is when I learn a lesson that I should keep design templates done much prior with time. I managed to do a simple portfolio which was segmented into various sections - Personal, Co-curricular, Extra-curricular, Achievements, etc. One might assume that there is not much importance given to your extra-curricular activities. I bet you are wrong. As in you are completely, flip-side-down, horizontally, vertically, from all directions you are wrong. Nothing like a small achievement in any of the passionate things  you would like to pursue in your life like - singing, dancing, art, sports, magic, films, photography, etc. This boosts up your marks in the personal interview. And here let me make it clear, its like your booster packs (more like an added advantage).

After all this preparation, I couldn't wait for the day when I can finally be done with all these procedure to know what my career's destiny is like. I traveled in the train thinking about everything. Heading from Chennai to Pune.

Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days

ACT I Continues..

It was a season of happiness and yeah, realized that a year has passed by. I have always wondered how one year dies and an other year replaces the previous year in the exact same way except that the numbers and days change. The whole world was glued to the idiot boxes to commemorate the birth of year 2010. No one knew what I was feeling. I didn't want to see the year pass-by. That night few forwards buzzed my mobile stating that "In two more years, the world will come to an end". I was wondering what a lateral way of thinking by few people who just randomly trust the rumors. These are the people who blame the world and the surrounding for their inability to achieve.

It struck 12 midnight and NDTV, CNN-IBN and all the million TV News channels were celebrating the new year's birth. I was feeling a bit insecure within that 2010 decides a lot of things for me. My under-graduation coming to an end. My results for the entrance exams that I wrote were awaited. Musically, I had to grow in this year. Had made so many plans but wondered if I would execute them properly.

All I said to myself is that "Everything will be fine and just don't take things too hard". And yeah, it's so true when I think now. I just dreamt that 2011 will come sooner like our Jet planes and not like our Mumbai Mail. So, wished that things turned out well for me. It was not a prayer but like a magic wish asking all the superior powers to support my endeavor.

Days, passed on.. and the much awaited results were out by Mid- January. And guess who tells me about the results? A dear friend of mine named Madhu messages me and asks what is my register number. And I am like why? and the following message she sends is - "you are selected!" I was like whaaaaat? Because, I didn't even know if the results were coming. Honestly, didn't really expect it to turn out this way. I started watching an interesting movie that night named "Bicycle thieves" before all this excitement news poured in. And after which, I missed watching the movie for a week :( Anyways, now that the results turned out to be this way, I had to make my choices. And what did I finally decide?


Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days

ACT I

Today was December 19th 2009. I just got done with my Internals after which I had to go and perform a concert in the December Festival, Chennai. My mom was a perfect example of any mom who can put their child through pressurizing waves and get their blood heated up too. But I understood her agony and would obey her for the moment but decide to do what I feel like doing. And yeah, she kept reminding me about an entrance exam that I had registered for, which was scheduled on Dec 20th 2009. It was sensible for me to practice music because I had a concert the next day and I didn't wanna fool myself on stage.

My logic for any entrance exam is that at you either prepare for it on a regular basis or never appear for it if unprepared. I was not even an inch closer to something called Preparation. I was least bothered and practiced music and slept. On 20th Dec, gave a decent performance and thought I could somehow convince my mom about skipping the exam. The exam starts at 2pm and it was already 1pm. My mom anticipating such dramas from me, intelligently carried my hall ticket and few pencils. In these situations, if someone could ever convince me, it was my Dad. Hence my mom asked him to convince me somehow. He affectionately put it across to me in similarity to any dad pampering his daughter and I couldn't refuse.

I prepared NOTHING and went inside the hall and to my surprise I found geek like people sitting there who gave me looks which reflected their so-called-coaching-classes attitude. I found them real fun because I found many emotions in each and every student's face. Some tensed, some confused, some almost looked like they will vomit whatever they know on the answer key, and some were uncaring about the whole thing. At that moment, I just gave it a thought. My mind asked - WHY CAN'T I? As in why can't I do this and get a good score? Its after all basic quants, English, reasoning, and GK.

I am a vivid reader, I follow news, I watch movies, I converse a lot, and I felt am no less competent to others.      That kind of thinking self-motivated me. Trust me! It really works. All you need to clear these MBA entrance exams is to use your presence of mind, be more practical and you are definitely there.

The bell rang in the hall and the teacher in charge gave me those thick bundle of question paper. I managed to do whatever I knew and I actually enjoyed doing the exam because it was fun finding those logical reasoning to a problem or answering those cake-walk English questions. But yeah, my GK was bad. and quants was a scrape through.

After all this, did I manage to clear this exam with a decent cut-off ????????


Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days

What is this all about?

Hey there - to whoever is reading this right now. Its been ages since I wrote something. And one of my friends urged that I write about my present life on this blog. And now you maybe wondering what's up with my present life? Fine! Let me take you through a quick trailer of my life. Its going to be a word-trailer unlike the so-called-visually-appealing ones you would have come across in your daily life (well, I love complicating simple stuffs just to check if you have not dozed off! Knock Knock! Oh! Well, you are awake reading this. Well, sorry for the interruption!)

Trailer Sequence - A visual of grainy image showcasing the year of my birth way back in 1989 December. (cut to) A grown up image of me going to kinder-garden school (cut to) ..........and it fast forwards to year 2010. Woooooohooo! Time spent by so fast in our so called Indian Education system, I managed to complete B.Sc in Electronic Media in Chennai.

And now its time to either work or as the society today expects every single Indian who hails from a family like mine to have either a MS from the US (or) a B.Tech from the famous IIT's, or even better an MBA from Harvard or our never-ending-fees-hiking-institute, the IIM's.

Now that you know what I am speaking all about, stay connected to know what exactly I chose to do after B.Sc, the process to get there, the life updates and all that!

Cheers,

2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days