Cats and Dogs

It’s a story about cats and dogs…

There was this CAT and there was me like a dog chasing it for the last 2 years.

1st try managed to get some cool calls(with utmost modesty, getting calls is not at all difficult for me..as saumya says”100% conversion rate”)..but genuinely, not to my surprise, couldn’t convert even one.i say not to my surprise because at that time I had that feeling that for cracking GD/PI you either have to have excellent communication skills or you need to be a genuine leader having genuinely(meaning…not organizing events in college and crap like that) done something in your college life..both of which I didn’t possess. I tried, though, it was not as if I picked up my hands in the first go only, mugging up the capitals of states(yeah, at one stage I was that bad),CMs of various states.,reading (though, obviously not enjoying) newspapers and that big word, EDITORIALS…and at the end of the day, feeling quite learned to my pleasure..though I didn’t know why but I had that hunch that I ll not make it…

2nd try..again hundred percent conversion rate…but this time I had started my GD/PI preparations right from the word go..but this time it was different..there was saumya who was ready to discuss any social issues…I was pleased to tell her that I had the facts ready..but when I started discussing the topic with her,I knew I was lacking something…that something was perspective.my initial 2-3 discussions with her were quite a failure…with she saying that I get intimidated easily…that went into my head..n then after reading editorials from umpteen newspapers(yus!!believe me I used to read the editorials of at least 7-8 papers daily) I started mulling over wat I read…taking a neutral stand n discussing all the possible pro n cons of the topic…

And then the results started pouring..after IIFT n FMS debacle, I was very very afraid…what went wrong I couldn’t figure out. I felt strange. At one point, I felt like crying, at other point ,for no obvious reason, going n hitting my boss(seriously!!!not kidding)…then I thought, this was my most serious attempt..something will come..n it (or rather, they) came as NITIE n SJMSOM(IITD was just a backup plan).

When mufeed said after my result “how ll u work there, teri to yahaan kaam karne kee aadat hee chhot gayi hai”..i didn’t say anything but I wanted to yell”man,there were days when I havnt taken bath for 4 days in this humid climate of mumbai just to save time for my CAT studies, my social life was almost zero then, no movies, no hanging around, less(well..cant say no here) booze” ….
And today when my mom asks me everytime I call her up “beta job kyun quit kar rahe ho, MBA ke baad job lag jaaayegee naa”..i feel like hugging her.

ORKUT

pre MBA results...the 1st site that i used to open was pagalguy...very informative...
post MBA results...the 1st site i open is orkut now....n whoever i sent an invitation to, no matter how reluctant,ended up enjoying orkut.

wats that which makes orkut so enjoyable apart from the obvious fact that nothing is hidden here...u can spy on anyone's orkut life????

i think in my case it is something called, if i can put it bluntly,individuality crisis....to know at what rate my scrap count is increasing,who alll have added me as their fans, i am popular amongst how many ppl,how much %trusty,cool n sexy i am, who all hav written testimonial for me without my saying so...

And thats wat happens in real life too....to overcome individuality crisis...we work hard in office....to get noticed, we excel in either studies or sports(depending on wat our strengths are)..and if at neither we are good, then we try to get noticed by organizing events, participating in extra curriculars, and if we are even bad in that field we try to be popular amongst our friends.....

THE ANNUAL C&A SALES MEET

To go or not to go….that was the question….
The annual sales meet of L&T C&A …where I was superficiously invited by RLM(my boss)…
Explaining in each detail to sujal the complete address where the meeting was supposed to be n not even once looking to me…
Till morning I was in dilemma…even sujal was not able to tell me properly..sometimes saying come n sometimes don’t…
Then I thought I m going to do MBA n there will b harsher n tougher situations ready to slap me on my face…so I shall go..
And man was it bad….every moment I felt like puking on CRS n PRM(MSS was not present ..so luckily he was saved)
They were discussing things without even the slightest realization of my presence..thank god sujal was there…had at least some time pass moments with her…
N then trupti comes n asks “rachit..y r u here?” I replied(it seems..just to please her..because that was the answer she was expecting) “khaaana khaane”..n she giggled…I didn’t dislike her or anything at that moment…but I just felt …dunno how to put it…hurt.

I m not trying to create a sympathy wave here….i just raelized that day it is all your doing that slaps u back on your face…(had I been little alert…not saying workoholic…jus a little alert..cos all the so called workoholics in C&A also do the same thing here…it would have been an enjoyable day)
1 more year here in C&A.. I would have died.

F*R*I*E*N*D*S

my first blog for those who are of utmost importance for me...
family is by default...
apart from them
my friends...
uptill my 12th standard..i was that type of guy who had no interest in "making friends"...will go to school, come back, eat, sleep n study..the idea of night staying in some friend's place was horrifying for me..
i had my friends..but they were limited to hanging around the canteen only..

n then the 4 years that changed the whole perspective of my life..
i lived in the hostel slept-ate-laughes-fought with people who i have never earlier met in my life...n then these were the persons who became the inseparable part of me....

when saumya says she hates classifying friends...i dun agree with her..bcos i feel that wat u can share with ,say, mufeed(in my case) cannot be shared with utkarsh...though both of them are my good friends...u can talk about ur family problems, ur love lives without any pretence with only a certain group of people not with each n every one of those with whom u r hanging about...

n 2 weeks ago..when john n soni said they ll b soon leaving the room n i ll b all alone in the room...the idea was stinking ....to think that i ll b all alone evn for a few days...though john is a good friend n soni, not even that, yet the idea to separate from them after 10 months was not at all encouraging...