Yesterday Night In My Dream

last night in my sleep i dreamt
a dream so beautiful
i kept wishing it were true

i soared over the himalayas
with my hands streched out
and by lord how i flew

i played with the dolphins
swam for hours looking for secrets
in the ocean deep blue

drank from the fountains
smelt the mud in the first rains
i even raced the deer and the caribou

a feast for the senses
that feeling of eternal joy
it was through and through

woke up with a longing
to be there again
but how, i had no clue

the answer came from my soul within
i wasnt dreaming...
last night i was with you...

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Job Offer

I ve been offered a job after 2 rounds of interviews today... apart from a decent raise i get to work at a good locale... away from home ...away from everything...
what was wonderful was the interview experience... besides being able to articulate my thoughts in a fairly appreciable manner, i was able to let my personality shine... not once but twice... you know when you can see the twinkle in the interviewer's eye... you can be assured you ve been selected...
ahh the feeling of self confidence... when you are asked to hang around for .... the manner in which one interviewer puts the interview evaluation sheet in front of the other interviewer, the smiles that you get from the support staff when they see that sheet.. the two or three times that your name is called out to reassure that you havent actually left... talking about mentoring in an IT organisation to an HR head... about people development... and how for that one moment everything seems connected... in a unison... to a point where you are so sure that you actually ask the interviewer, when you would be getting your offer letter ...right there or by mail??...

Admissions Helpline

sometime later this year ... i intend to open a admissions hotline.. i ll publish my phone number on the internet and give out free admission advice.. heck i ve 2 yrs of experience ot share.... and i can guarantee an interview call... rest is upto you...
guys from my hallowed firm need not worry... a missed call would be enuf... i'll call them back... bloodie engineers are paid far too less to indulge in excesses like this....

The moment ive been....

The moment i' ve been waiting for... or in hindi
"jiska mujhe ...tha intezaar...wo ghadi aa gayi ..aa gayi ...aa gayi"
is here....
my applications are over and done with... interviews are still going on ...i dont mind them... by this time i have my answers so much "in" me that you can "wake me up" from my slumber and i wouldnt miss a single word...
man i am good...

In the end (Linkin Park)

It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

Chorus

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know (2x) Chorus

Bye bye orkut

Deleted my orkut account today!!!
Next up is deleting google analytics from this blog :)
man both are so addictive...

UCLA

I havent heard a peep from UCLA...its been like 2 months now... going over the essays with a friend of mine, i realised the kind of grave mistakes i had done in the application... i mean who would talk about his school teachers and librarians... apparently somebody did ...hehehe... gosh...
Well UCLA is incredibly tough to get... but then so are all the other good things in life... so even though i know the results are not yet out... applying to UCLA was worth the effort..
Going through Orkut entries of my friends i managed to locate people who started off with me about 7-8 years ago... some even way back... and most of them are around LA at this time... it would be fun to be in LA...

New year greetings

With the New Year around the corner, i wonder if it would be a good idea to send a new year greeting to all those alums who ve been so supportive throughout the application process...
My thoughts went out to my interviewers too... i mean this is what is called networking right?... so what i didnt make it in your university ... i am gonna be someone better and i will make sure you hear about it... now that what i am talking about brotha'..
Okay heres a list : (Check if you are on it)
1. ILP friends (E-Cards)
2. Project Mates (E-Cards)
3. Recommenders (Personalised Greeting Cards)
4. Alumni (E-Cards and Greeting Cards depending on location)
5. (Scratch my head) Who else...???
hmmm....

Interviews and Admission

The more i think of it,
the more anxious i become..
analysing my actions,
finding some deeper meaning into words..
that never existed...

hell I've started believing in numerology, tarot, and what not...

What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time

Passport and neighbors

I received my renewed passport yesterday. Exactly 15 days of filing an online application. Well I.T. is changing things in my homeland and i am sure things will change for the better.
Meanwhile the Passport verification Officer turned up today, a day after my passport had been delivered :)... had to get 2 witnesses who would vouch for my claim of residency.. easiest choice were my neighbors.. so there i was at the mercy of people who i absolutely loathe... i swallowed my pride ..made some small talk and got the forms signed... incidentally... one of the neighbor opened the door with his pants down...?????... what????.... why????.... i mean ok you dont want your daughter to open door to a stranger... but opening the door with your hairy legs showing... nahhh... definitely not good...

finished and done with...
hey...i saw Godfather III yesterday.... and here are a few quotes from the movie...
"Never let anyone know what you are thinking"
"Dont hate your enemies, it affects your judgement"
ahh... a masterpiece...

Quote

Ever Tried? Ever Failed?
Try Again, Fail Again
Fail Better, Feel Better!

Big Fat Greek Wedding

Nah ... not me... not yet... this post is about dear Sharmaji... who got married today... the best thing about his marriage was he was his usual self and with the usual ease we connected... its really heroic to laugh in the face of adversity ...wtg sharmaji...
i wish i could click some photographs today... so thats a task for a later date now...
Awkward statements of the day
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she : "aapke parents bahut nice hain really"
out of words me : "haan yeh to hai"
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she : "kya aap love marriage karoge ya arranged?"
sheepish me : "arranged hi hogi"
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all you need

sometimes all you need is a pair of arms around you ...before you drop your defences... and let the river flow...
sometimes a few words is all it takes...
sometimes a glance is enough...

Emotions

Unsure
Confused
Unsafe
Lost
Disdain


i am an aberration of the system it seems... while everyone got their results today... i am still left in the lurch courtesy my lovely interviewer...
Thoughts in my mind :
1. Patience
2. My time will come (Ramneek taught me that : he had a spate of 6 years of Bad Luck before he was on track to IIM)

I am torn between calling him up again and just forgetting all about it....
i mean whats worse... they say they are a community and here is a great way of welcoming you.... ha...

anyways... maybe i shouldne have tied so many things up with D... maybe it was just good to get a call...

maybe it was important to have met, than to spend a lifetime together.... :)

Quote Unquote

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.
~ Mary Tyler Moore

Gothika

Great Thriller of a movie... captivating... keeps your nerves on the edge... the plot gets a little too predictable towards the end but the cinematography and the drama keeps you plugged in...
Needless to say... a must watch for all Halley fans... she looks simply fabulous... damn she looks so pretty you almost feel sorry for her marrying the fat husband of hers...

Authenticity

Today i heard something about forging Letterheads for MBA Applications... simply because the company doesn't provide letterheads for personal use without "adequate" questioning... so someone just thought of a simpler way.... get your own letterhead...
All this .... just to be a little more "Authentic" in the recommendations...

Amongst other absurd things

Getting super special paper for admissions photocopy.... well a friend of mine does that every time she has to send a paper...She s not alone... am I the one sitting on an island??? I still need to figure out...

Mock Interview

I finally got the details of the interviewer today. The guy is in a pretty senior position with a leading ceramics venture in India. What remains to be seen is
1. When will the interview be scheduled - Tomorrow is out of the question...i will be in office and don't think i can go without at least a day's notice..
2. Where will it be scheduled. - I don't think i want to travel all the way to bahadurgarh... meeting him on the reception night would be good...

I had my mock interview today... an hour before the interview i had the most terrible case of butterflies in the stomach.. not surprising for a guy who hasnt faced an interview in over an year... surprising for a guy who interviews and tears apart at least 2 people every week...
The interview went off pretty fine... more so because of my passion to join D...

my application to UNC is still hanging midway... hope to finish off the essays today... May the FORCE be with me.....

Nifty Cool and Snaazy

I just got myself this nifty little piece... and its made my life hell for past 4 hours that i tried to get it up and running... but finally its up and its made my life a lot less clutter-free...
Its my new... wireless router... i can now surf the internet from virtually any corner of my house without any wires... in fact this is my first post from the router... cheers..

ah.. i almost forgot... i got an interview invite... :)... snazzy...