Experience @ A Street Side Eatery

Most of the day was spent out and I was really hungry towards the evening. I decided to check the food at Bade Miyan. As expected the lane that housed the Bade Miyan outlets had a distinct charm to it. We ordered a half chicken tandoori, Chicken Bhuna seekh, Chicken Tikka kebab and Rumali Roti. More than the food, it was the experience that I enjoyed. The food was okayish, nothing out of the world and it was definitely more costly compared to other street food outlets. Mumbai has much more to offer in terms of street foods.

Experience at Tata Crucible Campus Edition

I would never get tired of saying this. The experience at Tata Crucible is one of the best that I get in the whole year. The couple of hours long round of rapid fire quizzing just gets you on your feet. It is also the place where I meet some of my friends from college and I see most of the regular quizzers around. This time too the experience at the Mumbai regional rounds was awesome. It was ITM all the way with SPCE being a close runner up. Giri, the quizmaster, declared that the finals would be held on 10th April and I have already put in my email requesting a pass. Is there a way am gonna miss it? Never! Anyways, the icing on the cake was some comments from the head of Group of Hotels, a subsidiary of the TATA group. He cited a story. There was a corn growing competition that was held in a village. One villager won the event all the way. After winning he distributed his share of winnings, corn seeds, amongst other farmers from neighbouring farms. When they asked why he was parting with his winnings whereas he could have used that to sow more corn and reap more the next year, he replied that once these seeds germinate, there shall be pollination carried from these farms to his farms and that would increase his productivity. Besides this, he said that he already knew the secret to improve his productivity compared to that of his peers.

Lessons learnt: There are two rules that should be followed in life.
First, sorround yourself with people who are more intelligent and knowledgable than you are.
Second, spread and distribute knowledge, for it comes around in better forms.

For me, it was again an outstanding experience, amidst the charm of Taj President.

The Day it Was..

Just reached home around 8:00 PM. Had a GDPI for an IIM today and believe me, at the end of the day, I was all drained out. The wait for 5 hours made me tired and the fact that my interview was scheduled towards the end was equally taxing. I enjoyed the experience, though I am not sure to put up an overall rating as to how it went. Only time will tell. Anyways, I am going to chill out tomorrow. Would be attending the regional finals of Tata Crucible. Till then, looking forward for the next interviews.

It is still Unbelievable

It was the usual Sunday morning. The day started off with a visit to the temple. We were home by 11:30. A cup of tea and the newspaper are enough to grab my attention no matter what tries to distract me. As I glanced through the pages sipping my cu of tea, the news started pouring in on the television. The CAT results were out. To be honest, which I try to be always, I was too reluctant to check my scores. But with my parents insisting on it, I was left with no option but to open to site to check my scores. I felt a temporary relief when the site failed to open. But the IIMA and IIMS results were out. I didn't make it to either list. "If you are not into the best and the not so good then probably my scores are really bad", I said to myself. The noon went by with a good lunch. It was around 4:30 PM.I again tried to check my scores and this time the site opened. What I saw next, took me back and forth the last 4 years. I had hit the 99.22 percentile. Unbelievable!! Not because I am not worth it, but it happened when I expected it the least. They say and I completely agree purely on the basis of experience that hardwork alone is not enough. There needs to be the extra bit of luck to see you through. In the next few days I got the results from the other IIMS and I had landed an interview call from IIMK, IIML and the coveted IIMB. These days I am preparing for the Group Discussion and the interviews.I really do not know how the gdpi would turn out. All I know is, I will put in my cent percent. What happens next is unknown. Friends, I want to continue this post and I sincerely hope that the news next time is equally good.