lost in LOST

It's been a very long time since my last post. So many things have happened since. The reason for which I has started this blog has been defeated. Well that does not mean I am going to discontinue blogging, actually I am more interested than ever to write blogs(I will reveal the reason at the end).

Well CAT was the reason I took to blogging. After the exam I wanted some vent for my frustration to flow out, but Jan 8th turned out to be a very different day for me.
There wasn't any hope but even then I was checking the website every minute to find the flashing sign "Can't u wait until 12", my heart was racing and clocked beats faster and faster with every passing minute. There were lot of rumors and speculation in the air. Then came the news that we can receive the scores via sms, sent my test registration number and date of birth to the specified number.

Then came the message, my entire body had gone chill, I could feel goose flesh rising upon my body. I opened the message "Please type the DOB in this format dd/mm/yyyy and send it over to the number 00000" wtf &%*&#$&#&* (censored;) ) I wish I could have seen the reaction in my face. All this excitement to read one stupid message??

Then sent the message again, then came the message. It read percentiles of VA: 95.91, DI - 98.53 QA - 89.95 OA - 98.57. To be frank this is a big percentile for me, even a dream of getting such high percentile would have made me so happy, but despite seeing this score, I was not happy, but I felt very sad. I was disappointed that Quant had let me down(still complaining something else for my stupidity).

Till Jan 7th, I would have settled for any score, but after seeing the score, I was really down because this is as much close as it can get for not getting a call. Bless my fate, the sms does not give the details of the calls that I have got from the IIM's. So had to sit back and refresh the web-page again and again hoping the server honours my request.

At some point of time, I started counting the number of refreshes and then lost count in the middle, the last number that I rememeber was 202.(This lost is not what the blog heading refers to :D ). All this happened on a working day, I had a small guilt of using my office resource for this purpose, (comeone I was just joking the previous sentence, felt the blog was getting very serious :) ) finally instead of the usual 404 message, I got to see the score sheet. Then below the score sheet was these lines,
You have been shortlisted for the following IIM's

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Yeah it was just a dash, "wait a second" there was a scroll bar. Have I got a big list??(lol) no chance, but then it's worth a scroll after so many relentless clicks..
Then I could see it,

-IIM Lucknow.

I wasn't sure whether I was happy for having got the first call of my life or sad for having missed few other calls just by one quant question or was the shock of getting a call so much that my brain hanged? :D because my responses were limited a lot and there were so many mixtures of emotions that were flowing within me. Pride for having conquered CAT(really??? whatever), disappointment for my quant and for my friends who weren't as lucky as I was in CAT, a sense of achievement, fear of a single call, hope of an IIM tag, thought abt the boring Sunday classes at T.I.M.E again :( and so many other things.

Well each day is a learning lesson in life and this was yet another important lesson. I have preached to many of my friends about taking loss and victory as same, but here I am disappointed about what I could not get, instead of thinking about what to do next to grab the golden oppurtunity. Though I had the initial sadness, luckily there were a lot of friends who pumped up my spirit making me realise that my CAT'07 attempt was not a failure like what I had posted.
After all after 2 years it's my "Luck""Now"

I am sure many will be surprised to read this post, since no one will be sad having got a IIM call, and I tried my best not to show disappointment in my face on that day. Now having completed the interview, I am very happy to have received the call and am grateful to everyone who played their part in helping me achieve this. Though I was the one who took the exam, there were so many other invisible forces that helped me achieve this.

Well regarding the topic, i wanted to write a blog like most tamil movies, where there is no relationship between the topic/title and the actual movie. But then in the movie they actually say the title name at the end(ppl who have'nt seen any tamil movies, i really pity you for having missed some real treats). So in keeping up with the tradition,
I am watching the LOST series and I am really lost in that. :P THE END

Coming Soon: TIME1:Esh, is this how you have prepared for your interview? pathetic
Esh: (thank u f**k face) (vacant expression) I will prepare better...
TIME2: u have a good voice, nice body language, but lack content to speak..
Esh : :O :O :O wtf?? (what will i talk about some stupid topic)
Panel: U are too boring
Esh: do u want a strip show now?? :P

and more experience. Keep watching this space for more... :D

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