Monday, August 18, 2008

India to Canada pravas

First time outside India.. new country.. different culture.. different type of people..
12.30 wajta confirm zali ki ratri nighayach aahe..aani dhawpal suru zali…tickets..
Sagali documents.. sagalya formalities houn.. akheris 6 wajta Forex hatat padal…
Mag ghari jaun bags final pack karayachya aani nighayach.. 2 wajta chi flight.. Global Help Desk ni sangital hot ki 3 tas aadhi pochalel bar .. that means.. 11 wajta…

6 wajta infosys hinjewadi hun nighayach- nantar hinjewadi chya traffic madhun paud road la pochayach.. parat nighayach aani mag express way la lagun airport la pochayach…
11 wajayachya aat pochan ashakyach hot… pan sagalya hindi films madhale airport warache scene .. mazya sathi inspiration hote.. shewatachya kshani suddha local train pakadato tas viman pakadu shaken as watat hot.. ghari punyat rujuta tai aani amol aadhich mazyasathi thamble hote.. tyamule bag bharanyach tension navat.. me te expert la outsource kelel hot..tyamule 20 minutat final packing karun gharatun baher padalo..

7.30 la nighalo.. airport kade jayla.. aai-baba kalyan hun direct airport war yenar hote.. maz punyatal saman tikade deyach hot.. tyana 1-2 goshti tithun aanayla sangitalelya hotya.. sagali phonaphoni chalu hoti.. baryach janana tenvach sangital ki me nighatoy.. tyamule mumbai la poche paryant phone-sms chalu hote.. airport pasun 5 KM war 11 wajta pochalo.. aani airport la 12 wajta.. tithe mumbai cha bharpur paus.. aani masali bajar bara as mhanaw.. evadha gondhal.. saman bharale.. aai-babana dil.. tithe samorcha mayuresh barobar aala hota mhanun bar nahi tar aai-baba tithech harawale asate.. asala gadbad gondhal hota.. sagal gheun.. aat entry marali.. baherachya sarakhach gadbad-gondhal asel asha apeksheni aat gelo… pan aat sagal shant hot..


Sagal agadi aaramat zal..saman faras jast navatach.. bakiche jasa ithun khanya-pinyachya babatit aakhkha bharat uchalun tikade gheun jatat tas me kahich ghetalel navat..security check vagaire houn shant pane basalo aani ratri 1 wajta sagalya janana sms takala.. jatoy mhanun.. aani sagal normal hot.. pochalo vimanat.. seat milali hoti madhali.. eka bajula jyachya cheharyawarachi mashi halanyasathi mashila suddha kantala yeil asa ek jan hota.. aani dusaryala bajula.. warachach visheshan lagu padel ashi 55-60 warshachi bai hoti.. (Mala mahit nahi.. tyana suddha mazya kade baghun tasach watal hot ka..?)

agadi “Hum-Tum” sarakhi rani mukharjee nahi pan jara tari devani daya keli asati tar jara bar watal asat… aso tar samor tv hota.. shejarach manus to tv chalu karel aani mag tya pramane aapan karu mhanun 15-20 minute wat baghitali..(Cut-Copy-Paste after all I am Software Engineer).. pan tya pathyacha zopanya shiway dusara kahich plan disala nahi.. (Google pan available navat.. L) .. shewati chalu kela.. 1-2 da restart houn shewati vyavasthit suru zala.. nashibani sagala remote vagaire vyavasthit hatat aala.. zopet gani aikali.. picture surf kele.. aani kadhi zopalo kalalach nahi.. Brussels la pochayachya 1 tas aadhi uthalo.. aani jara antharun vagaire awaral.. map war kiti jawal aaloy te baghital.. nantar mala Pranjal ni ek mahatwachi kamgiri spawali hoti te mhanaje vimanatil toilets kashi asatat te baghanyachi.. pan me uthe paryant.. landing cha signal chalu zala hota.. aani te kam ajun lambani war gel.. landing zal.. aani nantar pahilyanda mazya padsparshani Belguim dhany zala..


mala pahilya pasun pardesha tali manas baghyachi hoti.. aapalya peksha kahi wegali asatat ka te baghaych hot.. pan sagali tashich watali.. ek hatt karanari lahan mulagi.. tichi kalagi ghenare aai-baba .. oh Sorry.. Mammy-Daddy , ek couple - .. aapan airport war aahe yachi mulala athawan karun denari mulagi.. , hanat business magazine ghalun palikadachya jagachi kahich parwa nahi asa basalela koni tari motha manager ..

pan wegala watala to tithala staff.. customer care.. bahutek tyana shikwaw lagat nahi.. ekdam naturally line madhe ghusanarya manasala line madhe yeyla sangital jat hot.. Shist nawacha prakar thoda jast hota.. nantar flight madhun konatahi vighn n yeta.. maza prawas par padala.. ya welela pahilya 2 tasatach pranjal la ji information hawi hoti ti jama keli.. canadala land zalo.. immigration officer, work permit sagal vyavasthit par padal.. sagale jan evadh adabini kas kay bolu shaktat ha maza prashn mala ajun aahe..

Tar asa ekandarit pravas zala aani me canadala pochalo…pudhe kay hotay te kalawat rahinach…

Thursday, December 13, 2007

CAT 2007

CAT 2007 exam came with no surprise at all.
I was relieved to see that there was no apparent change in the structure.
Difficulty was also almost same as CAT 2006.

The real shock came when i checked my answers with different coaching class's answer keys specially for verbal section.
My Quants- 28 and DI-LR - score of 56 was giving me some hope of call from good B-Schools.

According to IMS my score is 10 ... Clearly putting me out of race for any college which considers sectional cut-off.

Then i checked with TIME classes and i slightly felt better as my score was 20.

Going by this.. i made mistake to check my answers in Career Launcher.
and guess what?
My score is big 0.

So my advice to all out there is to just wait upto 9th Jan to check answers.

One more thing - Errat in question paper for one question. IIMs can not produce 75 correct questions without any time limit and test takers have to answer them correctly in 150 minutes.....

poor test takers.........