1.AC DC – Highway to Hell
2.AC DC -You shook me all night long
3.AC DC-She’s got balls
4.Joan Jett- Bad Reputation
5.Joan Jett -Touch
6.Joan Jett- I love RocknRoll
7.Beat It -Michael Jackson
8.AC DC -It’s a long way to the top
9.Dropkick Murphys- Shipping off to Boston
10.Led Zeppelin-Ramble On
We are living through troubled times,dear reader.
Let’s recap.On May 4 2011,I resigned my job.I came home,prepared for CAT with almost single minded tenacity.On November 11,at an out of the way engineering college somewhere in the outskirts of Cochin,I appeared for the test.On January 18th,the results of the same were published.At 10.00 am,the same day I woke up and found that I had done reasonably well.Over the last month the following colleges showed an interest in having me in chronological order.And have chosen to throw me out as well.
1. Few IIMs,God bless their soul.
2. . IIM-K : Rejected in the second stage due to relatively poor academics in STD 12.
3. SIBM Bangalore
4. SITM Pune
5. IMNU
6. GIM: Dates clashed with those of IIM Ranchi, hence the ambitious unrealistic nut in me, canned it.
7. TAPMI
8. KJ SOM PGDM & PGDM (IB)
9. TISS CMC
I also appeared for MICAT,the results are expected soon.I don’t think I have done well enough to guarantee a call.MICA is my holy grail.
I’m left with the interviews for 7,8,5.Someone in my financial position cannot go for 9,as much as I’ve enjoyed appearing and clearing the cut off by a gargantuan margin.Results of 4 is out,they have graciously offered me admission.I think its too early to commit,plus I don’t have 2 lakh+ lying around my house to give them by 28th March plus,I don’t know,it doesn’t feel right.
With barely 9 months of work experience in hospitality and a reasonably good CAT score,on 10th March 2012,I’m still not sure where my call lies.
There must be several others like me,lying in wait for that link that will display ‘Congratulations’.To them I say:
1.Stay strong
2.Drink lots of water.
3.Try not antagonising your friends by only interpolation in ‘Collegespeak’:A special breed of language understood only by MBA aspirants,certain phrases such as ‘cut off’ ‘call’ ‘fuck them’ used in plenty.
4.Be nice to those of your friends who haven’t gotten calls from anywhere.Your problem might be the confusion with respect to which interview to attend,but understand there are those with no calls at all.Be sensitive while prattling along in Collegespeak.
5.Try not to alienate the rest of the world who currently finds you boring and/or borderline psychotic.
6.Engage in social activities that do not involve discussing your prospects.
7.Read something other than GD prep material.Marvel comics are the way to go.
8.Stop reading pagalguy forums on the colleges,end to end.If your home page is pagalguy.com,Dude you need help.
9.Last but not the least…CHILL.
I have compiled the list as a reminder to myself more than anything else.If it benefits any of you trolls,silently creeping around my blog,do let me know.Suggestions welcome.
I share your pain.
Hello Devika,where have you been? It’s as though you have fallen off the edge of the world leaving a devika shaped void in the scheme of things. We have missed you.We have missed telling you all about our insane love/sex lives, our shopping sprees and our new shiny best friend who has all the time in the world to listen to our moral dilemma on whether to pick lilac or fuchsia for our nails and the shade of pantyhose and stilettos.
We heard that you went back home .We did want to check up on you oh so badly, but as I’m sure you will understand, because you always do, we had better things to do with our time. We all did say that you were a show off and wished you death behind your back but you never knew that, you blonde ignorant insipid you.
Nothing burns quite as well as polished firewood bridges. We know you will agree.We don’t think we will be hearing soon from you anytime soon.Please,do stay dead. You are so much more fun and interesting that way.
Mwah
Hugs
XoXo
Fair warning dear ladies and gentleman : Tiny bathrooms.
Good location
The rooms are well kept,though it is my personal opinion that its time they gave the decor an upgrade from the 80′s.While checking in I had requested the gentleman behind the counter for a double espresso to be sent up my room as soon as possible.Imagine my wonder when I got a call from housekeeping asking me whether I wanted condoms placed in the room!!!! I perhaps should mention at this point that I am your average single lady traveler.Dead tired and outraged,there was no trace of restraint on my part from picking up the phone and sharing a piece of my mind with the front desk.Apologies.Apologies and more apologies with the request that I don’t take it up with the bosses came next.A genuine case of mishearing and misunderstanding.The gentleman seemed positively and sincerely sorry,and hence I let it go.In the words of the great thinker and philosopher :Bad things Happen.
The rest of my stay was very lovely,the female staff member who handled my check out was charming,gracious and quick.Great food at Okra.Very well coordinated and smooth airport transfers.I did truly enjoy my stay at Hyderabad Marriott,and I must say that these guys have got the human element in the service industry down very well.Something that the Pune Marriott could improve in leaps and bounds.
I will most definitely be back,and enunciate any request for coffee at least thrice.Smiles.
However,nothing stopped me from posting the above review on tripadvisor and their customer care.Am I racking up bad karma?Was I a bitch?Am I taking out my frustration on a hotel employee who made a mistake?Especially since I used to work for hotels not so long ago?
Oh God.
Day 1 at Hyderabad
Awesome.Awesome.Great dinner at Urban Asia, Sherlock Holmes 2,and my black skirt.One hot mess of an evening.
Day 2 at Hyderabad
Scared petrified and more thinking of results day which is tomorrow.Funny how days that seemed so far away tend to zoom in a rather quick fashion.Tried to control the paranoia by incessant shopping,and a hairdo,courtesy Him.Feeling slightly better,aided and abetted by the Apple ginger concoction I’m shoving down my throat.
Hello Person Who Has Their Life Figured Out,
Is the entire point behind your existence to make me feel bad ? Like want to kill myself variety of bad?Why do you have to be so perfect in every way concieveble right from your spritzed hair to the perfect home done french manicure that you brag about?I tried the same paint in the bottle and my nails look like something has curled up inside them and died,and remotely resemble a pinkish splotch with white stains.I did not even want the whole thing in the first place other than to look and act 21.
I think thats the general idea.You get flowers for your house and do the manicure because you like it.I do the same because I’d like to feel mature and grown up.When people ask you how you’re doing,you tell them about the fabulous 4 course meal you whipped up for your family just because you felt like it,and the new recipe book you’ve been following with maaarrrvelous results.You stand there in your perfect kitchen in your perfect house holdng up the said book,like its supposed to answer my question for you.
But you know why I can’t make fun of you, Person Who Has Their Life Figured Out? Because you’re genuinely happy. These are your choices, these are your own desires, and they just so happen to be very vanilla. You’re not struggling. You aren’t a struggler. Must feel nice.The right choices are effortless for you.You don’t know any different.
One day may be I’ll have my ducks in a row too.But that day isn’t today. I guess the one good thing about being someone who doesn’t have it all figured out is that you’re able to see real growth. The changes are palpable. . I don’t have it figured out but I know more than I did yesterday.
I’m still jealous in a very normal way though.
Love,
Border Line 21 Year Old Screw Up
(Sound like an exotic whiskey cocktail no??)
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