Finally some respite..

After four long hours of struggle, the final screen came up with these two options - Report Score or Cancel Exam. I decided to go with the former one. It took some 4-5 seconds to process, which seemed like eternity to me, and finally flashed a score of 710. Though not an exceptional score considering that people even get a perfect score (800 on 800) in GMAT, but definitely some respite for me.

I'm not sure even if I'll use this score or not, but after facing so many not-so-encouraging results in the last few months, more than anything I wanted this score for myself. I'll be joining back my office from this Friday and the last thing I wanted was to go back as a loser.

Mumbai Marathon 2009

The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Asia's Largest and Richest Marathon, has completed its sixth edition successfully on January 18, 2009.

Although I wanted to participate in it this time, but couldn't register for the event. I got to know that the registrations were closed in August only, a fact that speaks voluminously about the popularity of this event.

Anyway, I decided to be a part of the event as a spectator. I wanted to write about the event, but couldn't put everything into words. So, instead, I decided to upload some 80-odd snaps of the event with some description. As they say, a picture speaks louder than words (or was it something else).

So, click here to have a look at Mumbai Marathon 2009. You can leave your footprints here by using "Post a Comment" link below.

Disclaimer: The image captions are not intended to offend anybody!

Time to sit a while..

It's already half past two in the night, I'm ready to switch off my lappy. A look at the date and I realise that five months have gone since I'm off of work. Even before coming back from US, last year, I was sure I’d take a break, but didn't know it'd extend so long.

People wonder how I got such a long vacation from work. Well, they say it's all about employee care at Syntel; the moment you put your resignation (or threaten to do so), they start caring for you!

After completion of my high school, my class teacher, Ms Nelson, after so much of my insistence, had written a few lines in my slam book. Though these lines didn’t make much sense to me at that time:

“May you have a hundred more beautiful years to live. Take time to smell the flowers that grow along the way, time to watch some little one happily at play, time to spend with someone lonely, time to lend a helping hand, time to sit a while and listen, time to look and understand..
Do more of all those little things God has in mind for you.”

..they have started to make some sense to me now..