Hired!

"Why MBA?" - this is one question that keeps haunting you right since you were preparing for the never ending entrance tests, when you get admissions, when you are studying for the course. You kept lying to yourself that you were doing it for growth, higher degree, value addition and all other blahs that you learnt during the course. But 21st Jan 2011 was the day when I had the moment of truth, I looked at the mirror and I found the answer - "I need a job". I knew that day was different.

Placements is the most emotionally charged event in an MBA college. Especially when you are in a Tier2 college.This is when you actually witness the supply-demand gap you have been learning about. A typical Tier2 MBA student is a 24 something who couldnot crack CAT and with some work-experience which is considered inadequate both in terms of quality as well as quantity by most of the recruiters. This guy is in a dilemma, he waits for something that does justice to his profile, while recruiters feel such profile are not doing justice to their high paying jobs. This is where frustration creeps in. In this frustration, you can witness scenes like people getting ecstatic for not getting selected while you can also see tears rolling down the cheeks for getting selected - Insane!

After being not selected (Although some people like to read it as 'rejected', I prefer this way), for 3 occasions, this time I had mentally prepared to fight to win. This is exactly what I did during, the otherwise very burdening process for me, GD. I started the GD for the first time in my life, there I sensed that 'I have arrived!". There was no looking back after that, I got shortlisted for the PI which was a smooth sail and it did have a happy end with finally getting to hear my name being announced by the Placement Manager as a selection for TCS E-serve! This day I came to  know the real meaning of the statement - "Attitude and not aptitude is what matters"

Adventures of the Govt 3 : The Goan Hogfest!

       My dear friend Craig rightly says, "I guess we spent the entire 2010 eating". If the Chinese have 'The year of Tiger, Mongoose, Snakes etc', the government surely can name 2010 as The year of Hogging. We have been spending weekends hogging at possibly the best places in and around Mumbai, all those places which once we used to feel intimidated entering. Surely the Governments GDP is growing! We decided to give the year of hogging a much deserved climax - The Goan Hogfest!

     It was a chilly December morning, 5:45 am to be precise, when Craig's Dark Wife (his nick for his much beloved Black Alto) took a roar after being put to the first gear. The Trance Music blended effortlessly with the 100 kph cruise along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. We touched NH4 at the break of dawn, and it was all a smooth ride through blooming sugar cane fields all along till Goa. We reached Mapusa in the evening and finally manged to find ourself a roof for just one day as for the rest days it was already arranged. Staying in Goa for 420 bucks for a day at the center of city was itself a great start. The night at '9 bar' at Vegathore was amazing with an international DJ getting us into the groove.

The rest 3 days we spent eating at some of the best places in Goa, Johncy's at Benaulim, Brittos at Baga, Lobo's at Calangute, Infantaria at Baga Road and Kashi's Diary at Vasco. No that is not a spelling mistake, thats how the Propreiter wishes to name his resto. Kashi's may not be as well known as other places, but yeah you get one of the most amazing Parathas, Chhole bauture, Jalebi, Mava Cake and Tea! It served as a welcome veggie break every morning to cure the Sea-food Hangover. The count of species that we had will surely make our tummies eligible to be called as aquarium. We had a great dinner on Jan 31st at Lobos and Finally we spent the new year inside our beloved Dark wife, cutting the blue berry cake from Infantaria away from the crowd, noise, buzz! Just with ourselves.

It was possibly one of the best times we had together, yet there was current of thought flowing somewhere inside the sea of enjoyment, that probably we may lead different lives from 2011, each having their own priorities. So this was the moment, and we wanted to live it to the fullest. This celebration of all the good times we had together propelled a great amount of 'josh' in me to look forward for 2011 which is going to be a great year. I am standing at the crossroads, this year is going to be the time when I chose the right roads for me both personally and professionally. 2011...here I am!