Dimag Pe shot..

today morning i gave my CAT-09...the much awaited exam. it took the better of me.. and i am so pissed off...months of preparation.. all down the drain...it just feels so empty now..i have nothing but a stupid 7th semester to study for ....
14 months back , i had started to prepare for CAT...ofcourse the preparation did have dis-continuities.. i started with quant.i was doing good.. my english was ok ok. (by now u must have realised it.) i sucked at DI.
i was serious about it, so was content with my preparation.. the preparation went on for 12 months..scores improved..

then he time came when, all of it was put to test..the SIMCATS...initially we had taken paper based, then suddenly we were told that cat's online.wowow!! all the tips and trips made for myself went for toss..damn!! 6 months before, i was clueless..but then it was the problem faced by all..all of us were in the same boat..as simcats went on and on, i realised my score line was a perfect sine wave.. but, later i improved and graph was sigmoidal.

last few tests were good.the scores made me happy...my happiness was short-lived as i had to start working on college stuff..15 precious days were wasted..now cat was just a week ahead. i tried to compose myself..tried to get myself on track..

since i had heard about cat going online, i had a gut feeling that paper would be simple...
but, still i went by my coaching class tips, prepared for cat level questions and all that stuff. (now, i seriously doubt if cat is worth.....cud be overstatement)...
morning , i went to the centre, did all the security rituals..we were asked to sit in front of our computers for 90 mins. fooltoo bakwas..if i wouldn't have slept for 40mins then i surely would have during the test..at-last the paper started..i clicked [start the test]..my paper began with quant followed by VA followed by DI..

looking at the starting few questions, i thought.never in my life has my gut feeling been true.how the hell cat is so solvable...though my ca went well, the simplicity has surely raised the cut-off very high.. still slimming my chances..well, wht can i do now, even after doing my best, i am gona be left behind coz, some idiotic fools simply solved the entire paper, entire paper...i was shocked..

now, i am back to nowhere going nowhere,,,,,,
as i said, i feel very light...
there is no parallel burden..though future is a foggy..i am at ease as now i will do all the (MAIN)engineering stuff for the rest and last 6-months of my engineering..
{To be continued}__

FRIDAY, THE 13th

hey all, i just came across this, so thot of posting: read out loud:-

paraskevidekatriaphobia

Friggatriskaidekaphobia or a morbid, irrational fear of Friday the 13th. Therapist Dr. Donald Dossey, whose specialty is treating people with irrational fears, coined the term paraskevidekatriaphobia. Perhaps Dr. Dossey has an irrational fear of friggatriskaidekaphobia. Anyway, he claims that when you can pronounce the word paraskevidekatriaphobia you are cured of the irrational fear. I'd like to see the science, however.

If you base your belief on media attention, superstition about Friday the 13th might be the number one superstition in America today. It appears, however, that only about 10% of us believe that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day (Zusne and Jones 1989, p. 244, put the number at 7%; Vyse 2000, p. 18, cites a 1990 Gallup poll that put the number at 9%, and a 2000 survey by American Demographics put it at 13%).

Friday may be considered unlucky because Christ is thought to have been crucified on a Friday, which was execution day among the Romans. Yet, Christians don't call it Bad Friday. Friday was also Hangman's Day in Britain. Some even think that Friday was the day God threw Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, which is unlikely since the concept of Friday hadn't been invented yet.

The irrational fear of things associated with the number thirteen is known as triskaidekaphobia. Some think that thirteen is an unlucky number because there were thirteen people at the Last Supper. Some think thirteen owes its bad reputation to Loki, the Norse god of evil, who started a riot when he crashed a banquet at Valhalla attended by twelve gods. However, the number 13 was considered a lucky number in ancient Egypt and China. According to a 1996 Gallup poll, 9 percent of Americans admit to being superstitious about the number thirteen.

There are several distinct reasons why certain days, numbers, colors, etc. are considered lucky or unlucky by different people or cultures, but the general reason for such superstitions seems to be to assert some sort of control and order over events that are essentially uncertain. Belief in lucky or unlucky things imposes purpose, design, meaning, and significance on otherwise indifferent and purposeless events. Confirmation bias assures that such superstitions will be supported by plenty of validating anecdotes.

Is Friday the 13th a particularly unlucky day? It could be, if you believe it is. Just as some prophecies are self-fulfilling, some beliefs are self-validating.

Winter!!

Hello all,
For the past few days i have been occupied for most of the time by my irrelevant college work..
get up early , copy the notes and assignments, finish the write-ups, etc, etc. Saturday morning i was sitting by the window and felt the coldness in the air and realized that..! my god!! WINTER has started..yieppee...
Winter is my favorite season. winters in Pune are really special.. the air is not dry, the temperature drops .its just WOW!!
I called up my friends and fixed up a night out. Damn!! i was so excited.!! after all the time pass on the seminar work, at around 2 am we left his place for pune station. Pune station has got a very lively place
" COMSUM" restaurant . What a place to be @ 2 am . the place was full with hip crowd. we had burgers and coffee.. lot chat went over a cup of coffee. we left the 3:15 am.
I usually hate driving but coldness in air was filled in me. people were shivering.. and i drove..dio..
its really fun to drive in the night. ..no traffic/ coool air/ singing songs..while driving the cool air was touching my face , i felt like i should no stop, just keep driving..we drove around in camp area.and returned home at 4:00am.
That was the best night out till date...
I love winter season so much, that i enjoy the most. Its shopping time for me as winter collections are in stores..i am waiting for discount offers.\m/..
I have moved my bed near the window. i keep the windows open and sleep, i like the touch of cool breezes on my face. . as the winter season fully sets in, gradually the surroundings become more beautiful. now the huge ground in front of my apartment is fully covered with grass. The trees shed the flowers every morning , it looks like they make a white -with a tinge of red coloured carpet around my apartment.
as the sun starts to set and after, the air becomes cooler and cooler. trust me guyz, its an awesome experience to go for long ride or walk in the night and slip into bed and pull over blankets. you will also enjoy the warmth spreading in your chest and hands and legs. the warmer you feel the tighter you sleep.
right now i am sitting on the window grill. the cool waves are splashing all over me. i am gonna get into my bed and sleep tight..this is the actual GULABI THANDI..its pleasant.
winter is really my reason to smile...