31 October 2006

Certified

ITIL Professional now !
I had been planning this for a while now but never got to the point of writing an exam. Work, work and more work and then Chicago was approaching fast.
Finally did it today morning in the most dramatic , non OCOD way.
(Am I getting unorganised these days?)

Started late from home.
Reached the exam centre 20 min late.
Withdrew money to pay the exam fees from the ATM in the building.
20 mins into the exam, I needed a scratch pad I never bothered to take before.
Was done in the next 10 mins and stormed straight to my office.
Ultimately, I have some updates for Chicago Adcomm now.

The weekend seemed to be like never before. Movies and yes, some thing refreshing. After a long hiatus I found time to sit with colours and calligraphy. It feels so good doing something else other than hitting keys on my laptop. Alas ! This fun ends for am starting the Tuck journey tomorrow. I finished reading on TUCK yesterday,so tomorrow on , it is going to be reaching out to the Tuck community and working on my essays.

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27 October 2006

Free that I am

and because I am almost done preparing for all my changes next week, I spent some time grooming my blog.

So there you guys see a new template :)
Can't wait for the weekend to come by.

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26 October 2006

I am alive

That means that I am no more sick and that also means that I am no more writing an MBA application essay.

The past 6 months were a kind of race. I remember being bed-ridden in late April and most May and then toiling through the GMAT ,the schools , the hectic work , house hunting,etc. Whatever I did - slept or went out watching movies or read something else or went out for a picnic - the application always seemed to be on my head. But yesterday was different. Yesterday was the kind of college day week ends. All I did was idle around and read Glimpses of World History - a book I so very much love ( and rest on for its as fat as my pillow is )

So long had it been when I woke up at ease, not lost, not tense, no plans, no deadlines, no office.
So long had it been when I had soaked myself in a good book most day and chilled alone in the evening and back to the book at night.
Not long ago had it been yesterday.
Now its morning again with the MQ world around me in office.
Not long will it be before I drown into the IT service management texts.
A week will it be when I will be ruminating over my Tuck application.

But yes ! I feel I am alive.
The grey cells got a good change to think about so many other things except the MBA apps.

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24 October 2006

How not to

think and think and think about your APPS?

Simple. Fall Sick !

Yeah, I did that and have been down sick for the past 4 days. It helps. It really does. You stop thinking about the little app things and start dreaming of times when you will be able to eat
and jump and enjoy.

I know a lot of people have been suffering anxiety attacks in the past week.
Chill ! Take it easy !
PS: I am luckly the wearieness and fatigue is manifesting itself before I set into the next round of apps. Call it refuelling !

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20 October 2006

Lost

Chicago is done.
The status says 'Received'. Now what on earth does it mean ?
I know it will be complete only after the adcom has verified the matter. Unitl 18th it said submitted and after recommender submitted his letter, it says received.

Alternatively,Am I feeling empty ? Or kind of lost ? R2 is when most of my apps will go in so logically I should be gearing up for the next phase but I dont even feel like reading a Danielle Steel now, let alone something serious. Its a void. Anyone joining me here ?

May be I am suffering from some post submission 'if disorder'. What if my GMAT looks less to them ? What if I made a foolish gramatical error out there in the essay ? What if I missed something little ?

'If' is a bad disease and I hope a weenend should cure it.

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19 October 2006

Head on-

With my boss's boss !

This is not a cribbing post but just wondering how the IT world works, how strong middle -managament vision is and how modern their strategy is. When it comes to pitch for new business, develop expertise - some how they have a frog-in-the-well thought process

And that's when we clash head on with 'my boss's boss.'
After an application cycle, What an adventure it is to listen to funda and theory :)

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18 October 2006

How does it feel ?

Well, dont know but it feels nothing right now. Its just one application. But yes if there is one word for this - 'satisfaction'.
Trashing my goals essays 5 times needed some real courage becuase it was me who had to write it again. What did i get for it ? Well.. humm.. my reviewrs comments and belive me they were awesome. Their comments made the essays complete ! Some how every other day when I looked at the essay I grew more critical until October 7 when I finally knew the essay was a picture of 'me'.


The team picnic was a good stress buster and so were the little parties and lunches. With the work pressure and new tasks, I needed so many de tours ( including a Danielle Steel book ) and today I realise that it also pays to be 'unorganized'. 'Dont rush, take your time. Quality !'. Yes i must admit that its the largest contributor to satisfaction. I must admit that the solitude of the picnic helped.My goals came out cogent, cohesive and clean.

When it strikes , it does hard. So much new at the job and some bad experiences- all came in at once, but finally yesterday all started to get right.

I know I have been out of the blogosphere and of the app circle for a while.. Time to catch up !

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Finally

Submitted !

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