Listening to some old tracks on Mezzanine by Massive Attack..

Experienced The Motorcycle Diaries.... moving..

Yale is done! Short and sweet application..Extremely simple to fill in..

Watched What's Eating Gilbert Grape...for the 10th time maybe..Excellent..

London Business School is also submitted ! Onto Yale..

Am I crazy to be applying to so many schools? Or do I know the strength of my candidacy :)

Saw O Brother, Where Art Thou?.. What a great movie..

Had a fight with a lady in the PATH train this morning. She was sitting in the corner seat and was kinda spread out with her arm dangling over the edge of the seat. She asked my wife to move away as her personal space was being intruded upon.. WTF!! I launched into her..She gets to sit in a crowded train and then has the balls to ask the people standing to give her space !!
Laughable really :)

Anyways.. I feel you get to see such behaviour in the western countries..Let het travel in the Mumbai local train..She'll know what its like to travel for an hour with your face in someone elses armpits :).. Getting a seat is like a blessing..

Oh..by the way...found a Sukhadias near this office..Yum...Lunches are going to be so much fun now :) [Note to self: Buy stretchable pants...]

Harvard was submitted last weekend. Its just too much of a long shot to be even thinking about.
Now what I really am thinking about, is whether I answered the Tuck interview questions intelligently or not..I know its a waste of time to be thinking of all that..
I'll try to get in LBS this weekend. Saturday will be spent finalizing the essays.

Nothing musch else happening. Work is super hectic as usual. Leading a team of 12 is lotsa work..but its fun. Feels wierd to actually not programming anything and moving onto the management side..not a complete move..but still..

Why am I stressing out so much over the MBA results. My life is great as it is..I am doing this to get a serious leg up. But its not like its the be-all end-all..I know it ..Yet I cant ignore it..Damn this process :)

I am just so tired of these MBA applications. Given the fact that I am not a very strong candidate, I am applying to 8 schools...I am getting sick of answering the same stupid mind numbing questions over and over again.. Just take my money and let me in..Why torture me so :)

Watched the Guardian...passable.. usual father figure dies to save hero bullshit..

Hahahahahha....Nice one

Kicked in the b*** by Columbia..
Well...I have to keep on submitting and hoping for a positive one..
I truly believe that all that happens, happens for a reason..a good reason..
Or is it my way of justifying this disappointment?? A bit of both I guess..
Who knows..it was the only way to be rid of the early decision ethical dilemma ;)

The month ahead will be a very tight one. 4 schools to go. Will be free by Oct 25..
Then 1 more in November..

Went to IndoWok last night. Its an “Indian-Chinese” joint on Lex. Ave. Horrible. We ordered a chicken lollipop. It looked like they reused old eaten up chicken thighs, coated them in batter and refried them…Seriously..it was like eating bones coated with batter… Yuck!! Just lost my appetite for anything after that.

Anyways, later in the night ended up watching Das Boot. What an amazing movie. I saw the 3.5 hour remastered version. It was worth every minute.

Come on Columbia..Show me some love !!

Columbia Interview is done..Met with an alum at the University Club of New York..Amazing building..
I reached the club 10 min nefore my 6:30 PM interview. Got the chance to relax a bit.
The alum was a super nice guy. It was very conversational and lasted around 35 minutes. The interview format was general with resume based and personal interest based questions.
The interviewer did indicate that he liked my approach to the Why MBA part of it and was positive about my candidacy..I just hope the adcom thinks likewise :)

So that means 2 colleges are done from my end..Tuck and Columbia..Nothing to do but wait on these...

Till then the journey continues with my other target schools..Essays to write and Recos to collect :)

Tuck has been submitted. Now its all done for Tuck..Interview/Application etc..
1st school which is all done from my end..Nice feeling...

Saw Adaptation and Rear Window today. Great movies both..Fun..

Got myself a new 250 Gb LaCie External Hard drive today..Just 99$ ..I think its a good deal..
I am copying over my entire drive as I write this...I will then free up lots of space on my laptop..
Thinking of getting it checked by the Geek Squad at BestBuy.

My trusted Vaio is acting funny...Got the dreaded "Operating system not found message".
The hard drive also is making scratchy noises...I feel so bad.. It was a trusted buddy..
I kept it switched off for a while...Now its back up...
I'm going to get a 100 gb or 250 gb HP backup drive today..and maybe a new laptop in a few days.

Saw Fight Club. Excellent movie.. and the Return of the Pink Panther too.. Good for its time..

Went to Chennai Garden a few nights back. Extremely oily food..Serves me right for ordering a Gujarati Thali in a South Indian Restaurant :))

The week just flew by..lots of work and no time for anything else..good in a way..

The new gym is coming along good..Will try to get to a cardio of 30 min followed by 30 min of targeted strength training..and this time i'm not going to be as strict on myself about the diet..I'll try to ease into it..

All righty....Got a call from Columbia today for the interview..
Saw the old Don yesterday..Good movie..I can see why it was a super hit during its time..
and saw Witness after a long time...

I am balding rather rapidly..not that it troubles me...Alarms my wife a bit though :)
Nowadays when I get a haircut, I a\literally have no hair left on my scalp :)
Anyways, I bought BrylCreem today..might as well use it while I can..

new client from tommorrow.

Woohoo!!!
Starting on my new project tommorrow. Cleared the interview. It was a real fun experience..
So now I'll start working again in Manhattan after a long time.
Definitely makes my commute so much easier..

Went to the "WhyMBA" event at Columbia last evening. Was a pretty heavily attended session. Some good speakers. Got to talk to a few alums too. Just hope my app. is being read by someone out there..its been too long since I submitted it :)

Moved to the Beta Blogger today..Hope it works OK ..

Tuck Interview/Visit

Wow...what an amazing place. I really fell in love with Tuck and Hanover.
Had my visit and interview yesterday.
The interview with an adcom member went well...thats what I think ;).
The visit was useful. All the students I met and talked to seemed very pumped up by the fact that they were at Tuck...nice thing..
My class host for the day was very friendly. Since they too have just started term, he asked me to also help out in the case study being analysed in the Leadership class.
Cool gym on the premises. And lots of great eating joints within 5 min walking distance. Yum...
And overall a very nice atmosphere..

Seems to be a good decision on my part to shortlist Tuck...Just waiting for the reverse to happen :))) [Dec 15th seems such a long way away...]

Spent an excellent weekend at Ann Arbor with my nephews.
Finished with my assignment, and looking forward to a new one. Lets see where I land up.
No movies in a long time :)