Tagged!!
A long break from the world of blogging. And then I had to be back because I was tagged.
But before I do what I am supposed to, I shall tell you a thing or two about the break.
The sanyas was forced upon me by CAT, not a pet of mine, but the entrance tests to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management. I never knew CAT would become so much a part of my student life. wordlists, Quant problems, RC passages, DI caselets, these are what we discuss day in and day out these days. Come to our library and you will find some poor soul from our batch frantically writing a mock. Visit cafetaria on Sunday afternoon and you will find a bunch of souls, wearing varied expression of their faces after an all India mock. Take a look at our xerox center and you will find piles of coaching class material. Shrutz, Anubhav kaul, tp and their likes are discussed in the institute as if they were our next door hostel mates. The word that feaures in in our conversations during a day maximum number of times is not f*** or bandi or se** but it is "CUT-OFF". Asleep or awake, it is CAT all the time for us. And why not, we have got just a month left to the D-day. Man this sounds scary. But let me mention one thing - this bloody exam called CAT has been one hell of a humbling experience. Before I started taking mocks I didn't wince before saying that I am good at Maths. Today if you ask me I would not dare to say anything better than "average". Boy, they give us 50 questions and we still end up with single digit scores in QA. Now who won't doubt his being an engineer or a one-time JEE aspirant? I want to write more about CAT. But hell, time constraints! Will definitely do it after I am done with CAT.
So now something about me. I wonder whether anyone would be interested in knowing even one thing about me, leave alone 20. But then I live in a democracy and this is my space. So here I go:
1) I speak less. But with those whom I am really close to I can be a real chatterbox.
2) I do not carry anything to extremes. I believe in balancing everything. And therefore there isn't excess of anything in my life. And there isn't any deficiency either. I am a contented man!
3) I have a very very soft corner for my sisters. I can sacrifice anything for them.
4) I am vertically, visually and artistically challenged. Art is something I am miles away from. Apart from academics, I am good at nothing.
5) I love my mom the most.
5) I am peace loving and hence prefer solitude. It is a great pleasure to be alone and think about anything under the sun.
6) I am overly self-sonscious and as a result anything that requires me to come into public lime light is a big no-no.
7) I am flexible in the sense that I have some ideals in my life but can put them aside for a greater cause.
8) I believe that honesty is the best policy. I wonder if I will ever be able to deceive anyone for my personal benefit. (Well, this, they say, is the job of an MBA. Does this mean I will make a useless MBA??)
9) I am highly introvert. I do not share any of my personal details with anyone, not even my mom or my sisters or best of my friends. I just cannot do that. And because of this, I feel that I am often looked upon by people as aloof and lacking faith. But sorry people, even though I trust you, I just cannot bring myself to give anyone an access to the private regions of my thought process.
10) I have terrible problems with my concentration. At any point of time, there are at least two streams of thoughts going on in my mind.
11) I believe in being regular and methodical in everything I do. I am obsessed with things being in order.
12) I would love to play basket ball and lawn tennis some day. Steve, are you listening? How about next semester?
13) I laugh a lot. Much more than a normal person.In school, I was often penalised for this habit of mine. But I do not want to change this. When I am not laughing, I am smiling. Being cheerful is something that comes naturally to me.
14) I do not believe much in religion. Perhaps this will change when I will grow up. But I am no atheist. I am a believer. It is just that I do not feel that intensity within me when I bow down before an idol.
15) I am fascinated by Aishwarya Rai.
16) I am dead scared of dogs. World would have been so much better without them!
17) I walk very fast. Half of my batch teases me for this. And the rest half teases me for resembling one of our professors. Their beliefs are unfounded! They need spectacles more than I do!
18) Confidence is something I slightly lack. Dudes and dudettes, any tips for rectifying this major drawback??
19) I indulge in a lot of day dreaming. It is fun yaar!
20) I am shy of fairer sex. I find it difficult to talk to them about anything other than academics.
Well, so this was about me. Nothing new for all those who have been with me for all these years of my college life. Nothing exceptional. But if you reached up to here, you did find it worth reading, didn't you??
And now Bhavesh, Shikha, Raj, Sameer, Luv it is your turn.
-Vivek
But before I do what I am supposed to, I shall tell you a thing or two about the break.
The sanyas was forced upon me by CAT, not a pet of mine, but the entrance tests to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management. I never knew CAT would become so much a part of my student life. wordlists, Quant problems, RC passages, DI caselets, these are what we discuss day in and day out these days. Come to our library and you will find some poor soul from our batch frantically writing a mock. Visit cafetaria on Sunday afternoon and you will find a bunch of souls, wearing varied expression of their faces after an all India mock. Take a look at our xerox center and you will find piles of coaching class material. Shrutz, Anubhav kaul, tp and their likes are discussed in the institute as if they were our next door hostel mates. The word that feaures in in our conversations during a day maximum number of times is not f*** or bandi or se** but it is "CUT-OFF". Asleep or awake, it is CAT all the time for us. And why not, we have got just a month left to the D-day. Man this sounds scary. But let me mention one thing - this bloody exam called CAT has been one hell of a humbling experience. Before I started taking mocks I didn't wince before saying that I am good at Maths. Today if you ask me I would not dare to say anything better than "average". Boy, they give us 50 questions and we still end up with single digit scores in QA. Now who won't doubt his being an engineer or a one-time JEE aspirant? I want to write more about CAT. But hell, time constraints! Will definitely do it after I am done with CAT.
So now something about me. I wonder whether anyone would be interested in knowing even one thing about me, leave alone 20. But then I live in a democracy and this is my space. So here I go:
1) I speak less. But with those whom I am really close to I can be a real chatterbox.
2) I do not carry anything to extremes. I believe in balancing everything. And therefore there isn't excess of anything in my life. And there isn't any deficiency either. I am a contented man!
3) I have a very very soft corner for my sisters. I can sacrifice anything for them.
4) I am vertically, visually and artistically challenged. Art is something I am miles away from. Apart from academics, I am good at nothing.
5) I love my mom the most.
5) I am peace loving and hence prefer solitude. It is a great pleasure to be alone and think about anything under the sun.
6) I am overly self-sonscious and as a result anything that requires me to come into public lime light is a big no-no.
7) I am flexible in the sense that I have some ideals in my life but can put them aside for a greater cause.
8) I believe that honesty is the best policy. I wonder if I will ever be able to deceive anyone for my personal benefit. (Well, this, they say, is the job of an MBA. Does this mean I will make a useless MBA??)
9) I am highly introvert. I do not share any of my personal details with anyone, not even my mom or my sisters or best of my friends. I just cannot do that. And because of this, I feel that I am often looked upon by people as aloof and lacking faith. But sorry people, even though I trust you, I just cannot bring myself to give anyone an access to the private regions of my thought process.
10) I have terrible problems with my concentration. At any point of time, there are at least two streams of thoughts going on in my mind.
11) I believe in being regular and methodical in everything I do. I am obsessed with things being in order.
12) I would love to play basket ball and lawn tennis some day. Steve, are you listening? How about next semester?
13) I laugh a lot. Much more than a normal person.In school, I was often penalised for this habit of mine. But I do not want to change this. When I am not laughing, I am smiling. Being cheerful is something that comes naturally to me.
14) I do not believe much in religion. Perhaps this will change when I will grow up. But I am no atheist. I am a believer. It is just that I do not feel that intensity within me when I bow down before an idol.
15) I am fascinated by Aishwarya Rai.
16) I am dead scared of dogs. World would have been so much better without them!
17) I walk very fast. Half of my batch teases me for this. And the rest half teases me for resembling one of our professors. Their beliefs are unfounded! They need spectacles more than I do!
18) Confidence is something I slightly lack. Dudes and dudettes, any tips for rectifying this major drawback??
19) I indulge in a lot of day dreaming. It is fun yaar!
20) I am shy of fairer sex. I find it difficult to talk to them about anything other than academics.
Well, so this was about me. Nothing new for all those who have been with me for all these years of my college life. Nothing exceptional. But if you reached up to here, you did find it worth reading, didn't you??
And now Bhavesh, Shikha, Raj, Sameer, Luv it is your turn.
-Vivek
posted by Vivek Pabari at 2:15 PM
9 Comments:
bravo bravo! didn't expect the cat-premi to post so soon:P!
awesome post, man! u haven't missed out much abt urself except that u'll b the gold medalist of the class of 2002, and that u'll be a fellow of IIMA, class 0f 2006!
and i'm game for teaching you anything u ask provided u teach me swimming! and u'll have to play badminton with me next sem which reminds me i'm quite late in buying u back the racquet of urs which i'd mutilated 2 yrs ago! so what say u join me after cat to go shopping for some sports gear;)?!
man! concentration n confidence low, n tht 2 viki! u must b dng sth extraordinary 2 cover it up, gvn tht u manage evrything so well! this tag thing is coool vivek! got to read u n steve after looong!
now 4 my turn... will do it rightaway!
Is it really concentration problem ?Or am I having a comprehension problem ? :P
Anyway the planet can be divided into two kinds of people - those who like Aishwarya Rai and fools. I'm glad you made the right decision.
be4 i kill u, i wud like 2 kill da person who tagged u. oh man, it will take one hell of a time doing this. i guess this is da first time dat u r openin up 2 express ur feelins 2 ur fanclub :P. if i had 2 rite 20 things abt u, i too wud hv got most of these ;).
2 streams of thought at any given time?? wow... u shud get urself checked for parallel processors, extra attached brain, so some such thing.
please bhavesh! spare my soul:P
hey that was a gud one...and i agree with bhavesh for parallel processors...
Hey!! I've been living with you for 3 years and 4 months, and I knew the most of it. Overall it was great read, and I visualized every point.
Some unsolicited suggestions for you:
1. You know what, you should learn to say NO to people on some occasions. Because you're too good, people exploit you a little.
2. Do more public speaking, you're good at it.
3. Even I'm dead scared of dogs, you very well know my encounters. Let's kill them.
4. Be what you're, you're the best.
Reminder: CAT in 20 days!
hey...
yeah i agree with all ur other "fans"....concentration prob s bit hard to digest...btw one thing s for sure...my dear fren is v v v modest...anyways , n abt introvert part...there s nuthin wrong in being an introvertas far as u know wat s happning ard u...infact in certain times , its good to be one...anyways , u rock!!....i m turning into ur big time bhakt...he he!!!!
luv ya bro!
wonderful post professor(you know who) but you have given me an assignment(shit , just after diwali break..sobbing).. there is few important thing people should know,not mentioned here ,which i have seen during our SEN project..
1) this guy is very modest
2) have a soft corner for few girls
3) if you don't do your work, he will do yours.(next time take him in your project team)
4) never criticize neone
5) this one is very serious- he postpones his CAT study for our SEN project.. hats off to him..
btw best of luck for your CAT exam ..
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