Happy New Year December 31, 2004
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Days come & go…
Months come & go…
Years come & go…
And you wonder.. where the h*** they went!! 
I wish all the readers (& myself!) a very happy new year. May this year prove atleast a little better than the last. May this year bring you a step closer to ur goals and dreams and assure you that you are not too far off!! May this year bring in a little more joy… a little less pain. May this world be a lot more safe to live… May peace prevail.
Wish comes true! December 30, 2004
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 2 commentsHey, check the time I wrote the below post, around 2 in the noon.. and an hour later a mail dispatches from the HR department, asking each of us to contribute one day’s pay. Looks like, they heard me and acted upon it sooner. 
My small contribution is on its way to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. God Bless. Ok God, now comes my next wish….
Why do things work the way they do?
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , add a commentSome things suck! I really hate the way things work at some times. Consider this TSUNAMI, for example. How many corporates have gone out of their way to help these victims. Hardly a handful. A simple example could be the current place where I work. For the the uninitiated, I work with one of India’s largest company. We have a workforce close to 80,000 people. We may not be the most successful one this quarter but we are definitely BIG. Then how come we are not doing anything to these Tsunami victims. Really sad the way things are!
If the firm had said. Ok, so all u folks, we are cutting ur 1 hr (mind u, just an hour not even a day!) pay and sending the total amount to help these ravaged victims. Wow, that would be something.. even if we assume an average of 100 bux then the total amount will be close to a staggering 80,00,000 Rupees. Phew! That would be sucha help to so many people out there. Why doesnt corporates work this way!! I guess its about time that firms actually went beyond the ‘corporate-social’ responsibility farce and actually work on something concrete. I guess at these times, you dont have to be overly creative but a little passionate about the social environment u live in.
Mother Nature turns awry! December 28, 2004
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 3 commentsLife is so full of weird things. When you think that things look a little bright and ok, something comes up which is unfathomable. One such thing is the TSUNAMI that stuck Asia-Pacific two days back destroying so many buildings, shattering so many lives and killing thousands of people. It might be just a statistic piece of information for so many of us, for me too.. but hey, imagine the state of people who were at the receiving end of the wrath of Mother Earth.
Whenever such natural calamities occur, I always wonder whether it is RIGHT, I mean, nature has a way of balancing things… We as humans, have been devouring so much of nature that we hardly give it a thought. Consequences, atleast here, are too dangerous to contemplate let alone be missed out. Ever-expanding population, decreasing forestation, increasing pollution and reclaiming lots of land that was not originally meant for us is not RIGHT. At some point of time, we have to pay for our actions. No, I am not inhuman. I wouldn’t be even in a position to talk about this had some of my loved ones been there. I can’t imagine such a misfortune on my friends and family. Yet, the truth stays, we all need to pay back some time or the other, either through our parents or through our children.
For all those who have been gorged by Mother Nature - RIP
Merry Christmas December 24, 2004
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Christmas has always been a very special occasion for me. It is very close to my heart as it brings about a lot of love and laughter in the air. Truly magical and mystical. I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas! Have a great time folks… Wine, Dine and Dance.. in the spirit of love!
MERRY and JOYFUL XMAS!
Mumbai Marathon December 14, 2004
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Its a great exhilarating feeling to see a lot of enthusiasm on our forum. This is the second successive year of the Mumbai Marathon and the great news is, PaGaLGuY volunteers are running for NASEOH. The volunteers are running for the cause, for our dear students of NASEOH, yes the physically challenged ones. We have close to 6-7 members running the ‘Dream Run’ of 7 kms. Other members can support these runners by pledging any amount of money. Its just our small effort to raise some funds for NASEOH. All the money hence collected will be joyfully donated to the Director of NASEOH. But the feeling of participating for someone else is in itself very fulfilling!
Rock On PaGaLs! You all are the Best!
Biggest Failure! December 10, 2004
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 8 commentsThere have been a lot of times when I have failed miserably and thought it was just the end of the world. But I guess GMAT this time beats all of my past failures. And I hold myself responsible for this stupid feat. Have been going thro a lot of emotions and sic feelings. I feel like kicking myself a 1000 times for being a nervous wreck on the D-Day!!
One thing, theres no doubt I was well prepared for this GMAT exam. I really was but then again, whats the point when you totally blank out and have a panic attack right before you start the exam. That is precisely what happenned to be. See, as a person, I have historically messed up all these standardized ‘tests’ because I suffer from a BIG phobia. I just under perform during these std tests. Last Jan when I took up the GMAT, I knew deep within that I would not get a hi-fi score but when I went in this time, I atleast felt a wee bit more confident. Damn, I had slogged myself for 2 odd months.
I started off with the AWA section. First was an argument and it was ok. Then, came a lil bit tough Analysis essay. Writing this took quite a effort because I had to get all those darn creative juices out onto that text editor. How I hated writing that piece. I wont be surprised if I get a 4 upon 6 this time. Who cares! Then, started the Quant section & my God, I was not prepared to any of the questions that kept bombarding the screen. It was outrightly insane!! They were so tough and knowing my mental block for these questions, I was paralysed with fear. I started shivering & was almost having a heart attack. What happenned? Were the questions really tough that I could not manage or was it just a pyscho thing that got into me.. I can never really say!!
Next came the verbal session. I knew that I was a goner in Math and wanted to max up in my Verbal. All along, I thought I was doing well but I was damn surprised to see a low score on Verbal. Math score too was bad but seeing the way I guessed, it could have been worse. And in totality, GMAT killed me right, left and centre.
Hmmm. Now, this serious debacle set back a lot of action plans and options. It almost limits me to nothing now. What do u expect, 2nd GMAT score lesser than the first, Sheesh.. the adcom guys will take me to be a ‘Moose’. What is my next move? How am I even gonna get around to working my way out? Really not sure. Also, after close to 2 days, I am even able to recount my nightmarish experience. I just feel awful. More than that, vengeful!
GMAT 2, 1 Go… December 6, 2004
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 2 commentsHey, day after tomorrow my GMAT will be done with!! Yipeee, but I seriously hope I dont sc*** up bigtime!! Bad bad to have such thoughts! Anyways, friends, just put in a small prayer for me
Hey, Anil, now my blog looks cool…. Me need to import a lot of stuff from my blogspot id. Will get around doing it right after the GMAT. Hopefully I will have something to blog about.