Dad and Mom were here for a week, had no other option but to take leave. Initial plan was to study at least for 2 or 3 hours and complete some chapters in Math. Everything went down the drain as we suddenly decided on a short tour to a few places.
A sense of guilt has crept in, the much needed "flow" is lost, the energy levels are at a low ebb. When I sit in front of the study table and open the G-books, I feel every living cell in me protesting, revolting, cursing and wanting me to thwart those books and rest on the cozy bed which is surprisingly at a negligible distance from the study table.
With great difficulty, started working on Kaplan today. My views on Kaplan Verbal:- (CR is what I started off with........these views are for the CR part only)
1)The questions are unusually tough vis-a-vis the ones in OG(I once did around 10-15 questions from OG-10 and had 100% hit rate, a ratio which compares to 75% in Kaplan)
2)The "unusually tough" questions are not because of the nature of the argument/reasoning but because of the insanely crazy language that Kaplan uses to make the questions difficult to comprehend
3) The book is not "human" by any definition whatsoever. It is so damn bland. You must be equally cold/bland to stay with it. (Am comparing this with Princeton that I read sometime back - this book is so lively, full of life, so engrossing that you begin to love the big G)
OK, enough donning the "critic's role".
I will have to work and take the motivation levels up by a few notches. Need something to stir me up..........
Have drafted something, a blue print of sorts which, I think,would help take me through the next few months to follow:-)
Ciao
Unplugged
