Sunday, July 29, 2007

Swamped!!

Techie geek that I am, I know that there's huge amounts of information on the www if you know how to look properly. Like so many other things, that was just another factual statement i could toss out to my "non-geeky" family,friends, co-workers and whoever else would listen to me.


Till of course, it became time for me to start researching B-schools. OMG!! The amount of information out there is staggering! The number of sites, people posting away all kinds of data, how on earth am i ever supposed to make an sense of it all?

Was supposed to call up Kunal over the weekend but I didnt. I know he's out of station over the weekend so i'll have to wait till he comes back before i call. I should finish the call as early as possible. Working on essays is not going to be easy in the least. The only consoling point is that he's re-apping to Chi so i'll have some company there :)

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Chuck it man!

I've decided to chuck the PR for the time being. Under the pretext of finishing PR "first" i was simply delaying starting work on the other books. So I've chucked it for the time being. When I feel like it i'll come back to it. Or atleast for the tests/exercises.

In the meanwhile (meaning yesterday night) i've started with beatthegmat's flashcards

Will also start with the Kaplan book that I have courtesy Ronnie. Yet to pick my colleges. Arranged with Kunal to call him late at night and discuss this. Conversations with him generally go on for about 30mins to 45mins(based on the One time that I called him :D and later confirmed by iday)

Thinking of a template that should help me decide schools. Unfortunately, I dont quite know what exactly I should be looking for in a school. I've got ideas floating in my head but should hopefully be able to put everything down on paper after my chat with Kunal.

Looking for people who can take a look at my essays. This is a toughie.

HELP!!!

Friday, July 20, 2007

Damn!!

Even though I've booked my date, that sense of urgency has still not bitten me yet. I'm still plodding through my PR and struggling to finish it. Beginning to get bored of it now. Hoping to get it over with by this weekend and move on to either the OG or Kaplan by Monday. Reading Montauk and Bodine in bits and pieces. Yet to finalise on colleges. Such a lot of work so little time.
Job's not interesting any more. Its becoming boring and its also sapping all my energies. I have to spend long hours at the center with nothing much to do or do some mind-numbingly dumb work and that's even more frustrating.

Pressure from home also to get things moving. To go to a B-school this year. To improve the financial situation. To stop thinking only about myself and to think about the family for a change.

PRESSURE!!

How well can I handle it? Its only going to get worse.

Monday, July 9, 2007

Booked!!

After months of dilly-dallying I've finally booked a date.I am now going to be appearing for the GMAT on Sep18,2007 at 9AM. Its the will-only-go-in-the-morning jazz that's pushed my date so late. Tentatively I had settled on 13th but between Sunday and today even that's taken. No worries from my side though the family is definitely going to freak out :-(

I've also mailed hella to be included in the Applicants list. Let's see how that works out :)