I've been using the above 2 words very often since past 3 days. In fact, they get a mention in every second line I speak. Whenever I get up in the morning, it feels as if a small cloud has engulfed my throat. It takes lot of effort to clear it. I'm also feeling a bit feverish.
Bloody, there is a doctor in my company's first aid center and he is one crazy guy. Though I have respect for his age and degree( I think he is over 50 and works for one of the best hospitals in the country), I think he is a nut. Below is an excerpt from today's conversation
Me:- Good morning Doc!
Doc:- Hi Unplugged! You are not seen since so many days.
Me:- Oh Doc! I've been keeping really fit these days Is he crazy? Doesn't he want the people to be healthy??? I though of saying 'I'm having an apple every day( remember, an apple a day keeps the doctor away)
Doc:- How is your stomach? I remember treating you after you did some 300ab crunches and destroyed your abdomen
Me:- Oh yeah! I'm fine and the abs are fine too
Doc:- Do not work out too much....blah...blah......(Non stop)
Me:- But I......., Doc......., No, but.........Please.....
Despite doubling the rate of the cough and 'ahem...mmhhh'., I was ignored
Doc:- (After 5 complete mins) Tell me what's wrong?
Me:- Thank god! At last! Doc I have cough
Doc:- I had the same problem 2 days back. This is a minor problem.Don't pay attention to it? You'll be OK in 1 or 2 days
Me:- I also have a running nose
Doc:- Ah, this is minor problem?Even I have a running nose. See.....(wiping his nose with a tissue paper).
Me:- Doc, I also have a pain in the right shoulder blade and I'm barely able to workout
Doc:- Everyone suffers from pain one day or the other...blah...blah....
Me:- (Crazy shit! I resisted the thought of punching his over sized tummy a good 100 times)
OK doc. I'm leaving.
Doc:- No Unplugged. I was just kidding. Sit down
Me:-No doc, I'm fit and fine. I'm feeling better than ever and as you said, these are relatively minor problems
Doc:- Here, take these tablets and see me on Monday
Me:- Thanks! I'm taking these with a rather heavy heart as that little talk of yours cured every thing...
Doc:- You kidding...right?
Imagine what would happen if such doctor is asked to treat an emergency case. This is not a one off case; Every time I go to see him, he behaves in such fashion. I don't know whether it is because of sheer incompetence or because it is different way of treating
Tomorrow, by the way, is Manhattan GMATCAT2. I'm looking forward to it
Ahmmm, mmhh...haanahhnnnnn
Adios,
Unplugged
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
First practice test, weekend plans...etc
The scores from my MGMAT 1 are in
730 Q45 V45
I took the test at 9:00AM today. I took the test in full, including AWA. I thought I did well in math but Q45 is definitely very bad. I need to buckle up and revise a few concepts that are giving me problems. Sets, Venn diagrams and mixtures are a few. I'll try to review the math part of the test and solve all the questions once again untimed.
Now, I still don't believe I scored 45 on the verbal(WTF??) This is my highest score in verbal till date and I still can't make anything out of it. I have my reservations against MGMAT verbal though. This is because they are not representative of the actual GMAT test questions. But, one strange thing that happened today is that I destroyed SC and RC completely. I made, I think, 2 errors in each of these parts. I finished verbal with 10mins remaining.CR was problematic because I am not used to the MGMAT's logic( and I don't want to be)
730 feels damn good. It raises the expectations, which is a bit bad. This is because the higher your expectations, the higher are the anxiety levels and your fall( god forbid) will be quite painful. This is what I learnt from my first attempt.
The future course of action is to take GMAT club math tests on alternate days and revise the mistakes of MGMAT and GMAT club on the 'off days', while solving around 3 RC passages, 10 SCs from my error log and around 10 CR from OG. As I have been saying previously, this time I'm not taking a GMAT date 1 month in advance. I plan to book the test date on a 1 week's notice. Of course, it depends on how I score on my practice tests and the all important GMAT preps
Oh! I took leave today because all the people in my office went on a team building exercise for 3 days. I didn't want to waste 3 fucking days, so I told my boss that I was not interested. Initially, he told yes then when my whole department opted out, he got pissed. He made a huge issue out of this and the HR guys were involved. It took a lot of persuasion and talk to still convince him. But, the relationship got a bit strained and I have to repair that incase I want him to write my recommendation. He, being from a different country, will have to be dealt differently.
No longer did I finalize some plans on how to spend my a bit longish weekend that my long time freind called and told he is dropping in. Since he lives in a different city, I couldn't say no. My whole weekend will go in for a toss. I'll try to squeeze in a bit of time but it is goin to look a bit odd. He'll say lets go out for a beer and check out a few girls; I'll say I have to study a bit. His response will be WTF? From when did you start studying....et al? But, I think it'll provide much needed relaxation to my fried brain. It'll help me get back to my preps on Monday with renewed vigour. No study this weekend :-(
Will post again if I get pissed or if something worth writing comes up
Ciao,
Unplugged
730 Q45 V45
I took the test at 9:00AM today. I took the test in full, including AWA. I thought I did well in math but Q45 is definitely very bad. I need to buckle up and revise a few concepts that are giving me problems. Sets, Venn diagrams and mixtures are a few. I'll try to review the math part of the test and solve all the questions once again untimed.
Now, I still don't believe I scored 45 on the verbal(WTF??) This is my highest score in verbal till date and I still can't make anything out of it. I have my reservations against MGMAT verbal though. This is because they are not representative of the actual GMAT test questions. But, one strange thing that happened today is that I destroyed SC and RC completely. I made, I think, 2 errors in each of these parts. I finished verbal with 10mins remaining.CR was problematic because I am not used to the MGMAT's logic( and I don't want to be)
730 feels damn good. It raises the expectations, which is a bit bad. This is because the higher your expectations, the higher are the anxiety levels and your fall( god forbid) will be quite painful. This is what I learnt from my first attempt.
The future course of action is to take GMAT club math tests on alternate days and revise the mistakes of MGMAT and GMAT club on the 'off days', while solving around 3 RC passages, 10 SCs from my error log and around 10 CR from OG. As I have been saying previously, this time I'm not taking a GMAT date 1 month in advance. I plan to book the test date on a 1 week's notice. Of course, it depends on how I score on my practice tests and the all important GMAT preps
Oh! I took leave today because all the people in my office went on a team building exercise for 3 days. I didn't want to waste 3 fucking days, so I told my boss that I was not interested. Initially, he told yes then when my whole department opted out, he got pissed. He made a huge issue out of this and the HR guys were involved. It took a lot of persuasion and talk to still convince him. But, the relationship got a bit strained and I have to repair that incase I want him to write my recommendation. He, being from a different country, will have to be dealt differently.
No longer did I finalize some plans on how to spend my a bit longish weekend that my long time freind called and told he is dropping in. Since he lives in a different city, I couldn't say no. My whole weekend will go in for a toss. I'll try to squeeze in a bit of time but it is goin to look a bit odd. He'll say lets go out for a beer and check out a few girls; I'll say I have to study a bit. His response will be WTF? From when did you start studying....et al? But, I think it'll provide much needed relaxation to my fried brain. It'll help me get back to my preps on Monday with renewed vigour. No study this weekend :-(
Will post again if I get pissed or if something worth writing comes up
Ciao,
Unplugged
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Hail the King........
The man has accomplished what most legends haven’t. He is second to none. Ladies and Gentlemen he is none other than Roger Federer.
Man, isn’t he a genius?! The magnitude of the achievements this guy has accomplished at his age is jaw dropping to say the least. Most of all, there are 2 things I like most about his personality
- The calmness with which he handles every situation, or every shot for that matter, is simply amazing.
- The second thing is a bit hard to articulate. I’ll give it my best shot though. Every legend or a winner seems to have a reserve of energy from which he draws during the hard times. This reserve comes into play during the most trying of times -when the situation demands that you stick around even when there seems no light at the end of the tunnel, when it is imperative that you dig deep for every point. This chap seems to have an abundance of such reserve energy
As is evident in the final moments of the battle, Roger somehow takes his game a few notches up, while his opponent doesn’t. One mistake, and boom the opponent is crushed with the flair of a Jaguar and the power of a raging bull.
No second thoughts about the tag 'A LIVING LEGEND'
Man, isn’t he a genius?! The magnitude of the achievements this guy has accomplished at his age is jaw dropping to say the least. Most of all, there are 2 things I like most about his personality
- The calmness with which he handles every situation, or every shot for that matter, is simply amazing.
- The second thing is a bit hard to articulate. I’ll give it my best shot though. Every legend or a winner seems to have a reserve of energy from which he draws during the hard times. This reserve comes into play during the most trying of times -when the situation demands that you stick around even when there seems no light at the end of the tunnel, when it is imperative that you dig deep for every point. This chap seems to have an abundance of such reserve energy
As is evident in the final moments of the battle, Roger somehow takes his game a few notches up, while his opponent doesn’t. One mistake, and boom the opponent is crushed with the flair of a Jaguar and the power of a raging bull.
No second thoughts about the tag 'A LIVING LEGEND'
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Random musings
Many times, I am amazed at myself when I find myself thinking about 100 differnt issues. These thoughts vary from 'how would moon feel like' to 'the latest ad that appeared in todays newspaper' to 'what could be the best strategy for General motors to make a comeback'. Then, I conclude that it's best not to dwell too much on the issues the world is faced with because there are able people at the right positions to take care of such stuff and that I'm better off thinking about stuff I'd have to live with.
Last few days have been damn good physically and emtionally( both being interrelated in many ways than one). Physically, because I've added the long ignored cardio to my weight regimen. I'm running close to 3kms every day after doing weights. It is kind of a nice feeling to have when that average pulse rate on the treadmill reads 160, when every muscle in the body screams because of the lactic acid built up, when you can't take your eyes of the digital clock on the air bike, when you feel as if your viens are pumping battery acid. while, one part of my mind wants me to throw away the dumbells to the farthest corner possible, the other part wants me to continue pumping and push through the reps. This part wants me to punish my muscles; it also wants me not to quit even if loud screams out of intense pain come out from my mouth. The sense of tranquility that comes about after these episodes of intense pain/fight is worth experiencing and it is something that cannot be explained in words but has to be experienced. In the crux of such serenity, you will feel that the issues that you face on a everyday basis, the problems that forced your mind to contemplate quitting, are very small.These things teach more about yourself than any other course ever can.
As promised with myself, I did write a GMAT paper test( only verbal) and scored only 40. The key take aways are
1) I was able to sit for the entire 75 mins without getting disillusioned. Although there were moments where there was a lapse of concentration I think I managed to sit through
2) Because of the over confidence, I was rushing through the questions and as a result I was unable to reduce my 'unforced errors'
3) I had 1min for 1 problem. So the problem of pacing through the test was not a issue
4) Among the 20 odd SC and CR questions, I got 3 wrong in SC and as many in CR. But, when I went through the questions once again, I was able to spot the correct answer without any difficulty. RC was a killer though - I got 7 wrong. The errors are partially due to the format of the pdf version of the test paper - For every passage, I had to scroll 3 pages and look for the answer. This continued back and forth and I lost time
RC shouldn't be a problem because I'm solving 2-3 passages from LSAT papers and scoring at a fairly good rate. GMAT passages are relatively easier compared to the LSAT ones. I'm solving around 10SCs from my error log, 10 - 15 CRS from 1000CR every day in addition to the RC passages. I just hope that I don't lose touch with these 3 sections
Math is underway in full swing. I've made a mental road map of how I want my prep to progress. I'll keep pumping 50 questions from math every day and I hope to get better by 2 weeks. After I'm fairly comfortable with the concepts, I'll have to solve the 25 GMAT club tests, which should see me through in the actual GMAT. As with the workout at the gym, I'll keep solving/pumping questions every day until I feel comfortable to give the full length tests
Oh yeah! If you haven't read about how Gerald Butler trained for 300, look out for the videos on youtube now. You'll be amazed at the dedication and commitement with which these guys put in work to get that look they got. No wonder, Mark Twight is a real bad ass when it comes to workout, dedication et al....
Will be back with the scores from another GMAT verbal paper test
Ciao,
Unplugged
Last few days have been damn good physically and emtionally( both being interrelated in many ways than one). Physically, because I've added the long ignored cardio to my weight regimen. I'm running close to 3kms every day after doing weights. It is kind of a nice feeling to have when that average pulse rate on the treadmill reads 160, when every muscle in the body screams because of the lactic acid built up, when you can't take your eyes of the digital clock on the air bike, when you feel as if your viens are pumping battery acid. while, one part of my mind wants me to throw away the dumbells to the farthest corner possible, the other part wants me to continue pumping and push through the reps. This part wants me to punish my muscles; it also wants me not to quit even if loud screams out of intense pain come out from my mouth. The sense of tranquility that comes about after these episodes of intense pain/fight is worth experiencing and it is something that cannot be explained in words but has to be experienced. In the crux of such serenity, you will feel that the issues that you face on a everyday basis, the problems that forced your mind to contemplate quitting, are very small.These things teach more about yourself than any other course ever can.
As promised with myself, I did write a GMAT paper test( only verbal) and scored only 40. The key take aways are
1) I was able to sit for the entire 75 mins without getting disillusioned. Although there were moments where there was a lapse of concentration I think I managed to sit through
2) Because of the over confidence, I was rushing through the questions and as a result I was unable to reduce my 'unforced errors'
3) I had 1min for 1 problem. So the problem of pacing through the test was not a issue
4) Among the 20 odd SC and CR questions, I got 3 wrong in SC and as many in CR. But, when I went through the questions once again, I was able to spot the correct answer without any difficulty. RC was a killer though - I got 7 wrong. The errors are partially due to the format of the pdf version of the test paper - For every passage, I had to scroll 3 pages and look for the answer. This continued back and forth and I lost time
RC shouldn't be a problem because I'm solving 2-3 passages from LSAT papers and scoring at a fairly good rate. GMAT passages are relatively easier compared to the LSAT ones. I'm solving around 10SCs from my error log, 10 - 15 CRS from 1000CR every day in addition to the RC passages. I just hope that I don't lose touch with these 3 sections
Math is underway in full swing. I've made a mental road map of how I want my prep to progress. I'll keep pumping 50 questions from math every day and I hope to get better by 2 weeks. After I'm fairly comfortable with the concepts, I'll have to solve the 25 GMAT club tests, which should see me through in the actual GMAT. As with the workout at the gym, I'll keep solving/pumping questions every day until I feel comfortable to give the full length tests
Oh yeah! If you haven't read about how Gerald Butler trained for 300, look out for the videos on youtube now. You'll be amazed at the dedication and commitement with which these guys put in work to get that look they got. No wonder, Mark Twight is a real bad ass when it comes to workout, dedication et al....
Will be back with the scores from another GMAT verbal paper test
Ciao,
Unplugged
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