Usual dinner menu--unusual names

I call this menu (G.R.jani hostel's dinner-in pic-aloo shimla,veg makhanwala,dal fry,steam rice,veg raita,chapati & papad)usual because the last 5 items are there everyday in this 30rs dinner. sometimes they give sweet dish too.

unusual about it-we call this sookhi sabji "aloo shimla"(sun-ne mein lagta hai jaise shimla ka aloo ho)----shimlamirch aloo there in punjab.

Washing for the first time,Vada Pao & Waiting for the rain to stop

I washed my clothes myself for the first time ever today. Courtesy the fully automatic machine(in pic) available in the hostel bathrooms,i didn't have to do much.

In the evening went for the dinner to the mess,but was their sole off-sunday evenings. then went for the famous NM vada pao (had heard a lot about it)-was good enough( mirch zyada thi)....on my way back it started raining heavenly...so waited at one of the building's watchman quarter(in pic- the place where i sat).Thank GOD i was having with me cellphone's earpieces to pass the time.

Learnings-1.Hostel canteen is closed on sunday evenings
2.Carrying an umbrella is must -doesn't matter how far you go,whereever you go and whatever the weather is like in mumbai .

ghanan ghanan on 26th june

It's been raining since the morning here in mumbai.It was my first experience of getting wet in the mumbai rains...
image is taken from the classroom on 8th floor of UPG building

Finally.......

following are the results of mba admissions(institutes i applied to)this season...

BIMTECH-around 10th march------not selected(not even a sorry)
NMIMS(MBA-CORE)--around 14th march--sorry, not shortlisted in merit list
FORE--26th march-you are not in the merit list/waitlist
IMT--4th april--you are in the waiting list of IMT NAGPUR campus(which is even now uncleared)
KJ SOMAIYA--around 16th april--sorry not selected
UBS-merit list came on 5th may....counseling not held till date

& finally

NMIMS(MBA-capital markets & MBA-actuarial sciences)-dated 29th may...... Congratulation! You are short listed for Admission (words i have been waiting to read)

Tum bhagat ho..?

i have started going to shop(my father's business place) these days...
following is a conversation between my chachaji(c) and a regular 6-7 years old passerby(kid)(he passes by using the footpath in front of shop 6-7 times daily)...

c:-- tum kahan rehte ho?
kid:--udhar(showing by hand)
c:---to din mein 6-7 baar udhar kya karne jaate ho(other way)
kid:---udhar?....udhar mandir hai....
c:---6-7 baar?....to tum bhagat ho...jai ho!!!
kid:---?????nai
c:---fir kya karne jaate ho udhar.??...
kid:--udhar prasad milta hai na........!!!!

one line summarizes it all-------bache mann ke sache..

CAT 2008 & RESULTS

Caution-THIS IS NOT "SURE-FIRE-ALL-MAKING IT TO-IIMs SUCCESS STORY“---

cat 16th nov 2008

the day before(15th nov)--read "bouncing back"-chapter 3--autobiography of samuel moore walton(MADE IN AMERICA)...was quite motivational...left for chandigarh by around 1 pm with sameer & nipun ,reached there by 5,..watched tv, had dinner and went to sleep

Next day-----16TH NOVEMBER 2008----- was a big day, both in terms of length and importance, was ready for the test by 9:15, left for the venue....there was a big horde..traffic jammed around the D.A.V college, somehow parked my scooter struggling to get inside the parking, was in my class by 9:50,searched for my seat....it was middle coloumn first seat...know what...I was the first one to know the pattern, question booklet bundle was right in front of me though upside down, read it upside down.... was something that last happened 10 years back, more weightage to one section(no marks for guessing which section it was--VERBAL ABILITY AND READING COMPREHENSION)
was familiar with such a pattern….was there in two cl's mocks.--.performed average in both….decided to increase my attempt proportionately to clear 10 % marks in the section(from tested strategy of 8/9x4 to 13/14x4)..overall from around 35(out of 75) to 40(out of 90)....that's why they say...all pre-determined strategies don't work on THE CAT DAY....
changed my another test strategy...started with va/rc first unlike the 98% of the mocks that I practiced with ....attempted 13 questions(8va & 5rc question)..marked the circles...45 minutes over....
came to di/lr.....the section termed the toughest of the CAT 2008....decided not to look in to the share prices set(5 question...3 with cbd option and 2 with none of these option)...it worked...found rest of the section easy...finally in around one hour time solved around 18 question..
time 12:20 pm...40 minutes left for the quant section....with already 31 attempts...thought will do around 9/10 ques...but was wrong.. Time--1 pm and marked only six q.a ques...
total attempt--37 ques...Knew missed out atleast 3-4 ques in quant. and overall.....came out... there was a big horde (i am using this word 2nd time in this post because it costs me 5 marks)....heard someone saying to his friend..."YAAR...CAT IS OVER"

1:15 switched my phone on .... received two calls in the next 5 minutes...."kaisa hua"....never wanted to answer more....switched it off again...
Around 3 pm--switched the tv...but this time no news channel was with the analysts and cut-off pridictors(was also out of net access).read about a show to be telecasted at 6 pm...somehow passed the time...with bachna ae haseeno on a local cable channel....was not interested, with my mind somewhere else
6 pm ..a person from time predicted the overall cut-offs to be 120 with maths somwhere around 20-24...that was the first time I realised it was really tough... also came to know about the TOUGHEST SECTION… ACCORDING TO HIM it was...DI/LR...the one in which I had attempted maximum..... the only think I wanted was somewhere around 100-105
around 6:40 pm--with the courage, entered a cyber cafe...searched for the keys on different institutes sites....first came bullseye....qa--19 marks(5/6 correct)..was satisfied with what I did....also 6th one was a fluke...di 62(16 correct).....va 2 marks(3 correct) overall 83........
but didn't loose hope...another key....pt...17 marks in va ..now overall 98.....another key...ims.....12 in va...again overall 98...this time with 17 correct in di... Time and cl were still not out with their keys

Next day--17th nov....checked out time and cl's keys.....both same...total 98

By the time week ended all institutes were out with marks v/s %iles section--my %iles hovering between..91%ile and 95 %ile...(91(CL),92.5(IMS)and 95(as per Time)..also TIME revised its overall cutoff to somewhere between 106-110(for 97.5 %ile)
.............
yesterday(9th jan 2009)----came the cat results...I am more than happy now.. have scored more than expected
--a total of 103(proving all institutes verbal keys wrong)...22 in va/eu,19 in quantitative and 62 in lr & di(respective %iles---72.2,75.93 and 99.94)...and an overall %ile of 95.52........even though extremely happy with my cat score ....but there's one thing to regret about also...not scoring that well in my graduation--i lost IIM SHILONG gd/pi call because of it(all other conditions fulfilled as per their shortlisting criteria disclosure)..........but.......that's life.

Now, hope I get the calls from the institutes I have applied to…

GO GREEN

Hawayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain...
Agar tum ho to itna hi zaroori inka hona hai

Hawayein maili mat karna ki jab tum saans loge
Ye dum wapas nahin ayega jab tum khaans loge

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

Per ugaao, chanon hawayein, saaf karo
Apni zameen se itna to insaaf karo

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawaayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

Ugaao zindagi aur yaad rakho dil ko bona hai
Hawaayein, patte, pani, per, jungle, sabz sona hain

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL NDTV-GREEN CAMPAIGN ANTHEM
LYRICS-GULZAR
MUSIC-SHANKAR,EHSAN & LOY

YUVVRAAJ

I will remember this movie for two reasons:-
1.first ever movie watched alone
2.My first pvr experience(flamez-ludhiana)
as far as the film is concerned, I think it is a good one-- seems like ghai has worked hard on it unlike the last commercial one-kisna(it was intolerable).all through the movie there are some beautifully pictured locations, sets are amazing-,acting is also good but like taal here also anil kapoor steals the show with his acting .-- story is the only thing i didn't like ,but subhash ghai has done good to make the story work with music as a base- which is the best thing about the film, plus background music was equally good. best songs i think are --DOST,TU MUSKURA and DIL KA RISHTA.
Overall a great family drama to watch in a long time

Angels And Demons...BOOK REVIEW

few days back i completed reading what i term as "THE BEST FICTION I HAVE READ TILL DATE",it is also the longest---569 pages.the only thing that comes to my mind after reading is --how can someone think of writing something "huge" like this.
HATS OFF to MR.DAN BROWN and the research work he has put into this creation which clearly comes out through out the book.so much research--starting from about the CERN to their scientific research,to the VATICAN,to the monuments and churches of ROME and last but not the least to
ILLUMINATI BROTHERHOOD and ILLUMINATI LAIR...i must say "rich with high I.Q"
what i find the best about the book is the AMBIGRAM thing(try to read the cover page upside down to know what ambigram is) and the book is interesting as anything until all of them are discovered.
rest i would say this is "one fiction which really DESERVES to be read". if you are a fan of SIDNEY SHELDON and have read his novels,likes them..--then this one is his novels great-grandmother---UNPUTDOWNABLE--!!!!!!

watch out the following link if you have already read it

http://www.danbrown.com/secrets/angels_demons/spoiler.html

INSPIRATION

There will be times when you would despair
There would be times when you feel defeated
There will be times when you feel rejected
Hold your thoughts and ponder
Wait a while and remember
Don’t judge yourself from a day’s experience
For what you are today, was not made in a day
A failure is a way, I believe
To see yourself in a different light
In a different perspective, through your own inner eyes
You rejoice in success
You analyze in failure
For failure is a queer teacher, it will teach you things the hard way
It won’t facilitate, it won’t accentuate,
It will hit you hard in your face
But if you get bogged down, give up or simply stop
Do it at your own risk, kill yourself, albeit in parts
They can take away an opportunity, they can take away a chance
They may take away the world from you, and make you penniless
And you are down and out unless
You see with your inner eyes
The potential, the passion, the talent, the energy, the enthusiasm
The spirit, the will and most importantly the faith.
You will see yourself
In a totally different light
For these are the things
No one can take away, no one can change
No one can tamper, no one can suppress
Because this is all what you are about.

"MUSIC IS BACK"

Aaja mein hawaon pe bitha ke le chalu..
tu hi toh meri dost hai...

Aaja mein khalaon mein utha ke le chalu..
tu hi toh meri dost hai..

Aawaaz ka darya hoon
Beheta hoon mein neeli raaton mein.
Main jaagta rehta hoon, neend bhari jheel si aakhon mein....

Aawaaz hoon mein...


subhash ghai's back with yuvvraj.......watching the first trailer and a song promo was a treat.....the reason i say "music is back" is because it's A R RAHMAN again after taal(in kisna he composed only 2 songs).......but if i am not mistaken it's for the first time that ghai has worked with gulzar........so much similarities with TAAL......subhash ghai/anil kapoor/a r rahman/based on music.............looking forward to yuvvraj.......until it gets released on 21st nov.......ENJOY THE MUSIC.......

Aaja mein hawaon pe bitha ke le chalu..
tu hi toh meri dost hai...

Longg time.....NOTHING to write....

don't u think the title is rhyming.....hhhuh.......

well... it's been 45 days since the last time i wrote something on this blog.....most of the days i was not having anything to write and the other few days...was out of time......days come days go....here are few thoughts i thought about writing but since have not written them......trying in this single post...to write about all of them.....

aug 15--17th....khatron ke khiladi ended....a tv show i liked a lot ...thought about writing a post on that(i was even having a title for that,"sharma the coward ,sharma the brave",named on the contestants urvashi and dipanita)but was out of time for about a week.....and then thought time has passed....and it was not worth writing...

second half of august.......wanted to write the reviews of the movies released(bah,singh is king ,rock on)....but till date have not seen any of them...so even this idea....."flopped"...........

had written in my last post that i 'll write a book review(born to win).....naaaaa.....its not that i have taken more than one and a half month to read that 100 pages book.... but.....i think.......there's nothing in it worth writing.........30 odd chapters of 3-4 pages each...explaining simple things with simple examples.....(mr Pramod Batra's personal experiences......)............I think a very good one to read when u don't have anything else to do.......but surely not the one to write reviews on....(how can u review universal truths........)........

also thought about writing how can days turn out to be THAT BAD....(had a terrible mock test experience this sunday.....and coming back home....met with an accident )........in the end thought..."the day was not BAD ENOUGH to be written about"

finally ended up writing nothing on the blog............

in the end would like to say..."naya naya shaunk hai(blog ka).....kuch bhi likhne ko dil karta hai"