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| Saturday, September 12, 2009 |
Its nice to sit on my Papasan chair, listening to random old Tamil songs from college days, Kadhalukku mariyadhai, Poovellam Kettuppar ,(albeit working, but thats a different story) and NOT have to study/take an exam/review/revise sitting on the dining table which has eventually given me a bad back.
Yes, finally I am done with the darned GMAT. Two weeks ago I was telling DH that we might miss studying for the GMAT, once we are done with it. What the hell was I thinking? Now I am more relieved than happy. Now I can resume all my other theraputic activities like blogging, gymming, cooking instead of just eating.
Effects of GMAT:
1. Bad back ache - The result of spending an hour everyday sitting in the totally unergonomic dining chair and spending sometimes 5 - 6 hrs on weekends in the same place.
2. Zero social life - We went out with friends yesterdayafter ages, actually two motnhs and words like Mall, shopping, Blu ray, Wii, and some latest movie names sounded foreign to our ears.
3. 4 extra lbs - :--(( Even though I have only put on 4lbs for everything I have eaten and not burnt, I am pretty sure, my muscles are gone, increasing my fat percent.
4. Tainted name with boss - My boss had a very good opinion about me, until this exam. With no time to spend on work over weekends, I suspect my name has tainted a little with dropping some balls. Work is in progress to rectify it as soon as possible.
5. Eye aches - Too much staring at the laptop has been giving me eye aches and head aches.
6. Farmville - I have become a good farmer, that was our only recreation the past couple of weeks.
7. I feel so stupid writing this post with soooo many grammatical mistakes, thanks to Sentence Correction portion of the test. But I dont care now.
8. Havent cooked decent food for a while. Did manage to fix something quick, like pongal or so, but no sambhar, poriyal, kootu etc, nope, nada. Btw chayote sambhar is work in progress as I write, yumm!
9. No cosy afternoon naps watching some mindless movie cuddled on the couch. It was always, lets get up and study some, or lets go to Borders, or lets take a practice exam,yada yada.
10. The worst long weekend ever, was the last one. Couped up at home, getting a devastating score one week before the test, studying feverishly, going out only to eat and to church. We even ordered Pizza, that was the only highlight of the weekend!
11. Now will it get me into the school of my choice to do an MBA?? Thats yet to be seen, as it depends on all the other parts of the application.
All this for a number. 710.
I crossed the daunting 700.
So only one down. I know I might probably look on these GMAT days as I would like to call them, with fondness, but for now I just dont want to do anything that I did, ate, saw when I was preparing for the exam. I dont want to watch Sienfeld on TV, dont want to eat those Nilla bicuits, which we ate during our practice test breaks. and I never want to sit on the dining chair, except to eat. But I am talking too soon. Lot more to go, but I think this wont be as bad as studying.
Who knows I might just ditch the whole plan and continue doing what I do, as I dont exactly dislike what I do, on the contrary I love it. This was the main reason why I postponed taking this exam for the past two years.
I would like to thank Kavitha for not hesitating to spend time talking to me and for her valuable tips. I should also mention Deepthi, her GMAT post was also a triggering factor, which I went back and read time and again for motivation.
Laksh, for giving me confidence that part time is possible. I am still undecided about full time or part time, for now I am leaning towards part time. Thanks to J for serving as a motivation to start studying.
And finally, thanks to dear DH, for bearing with me, as I just sat there not caring about the unkempt home, not cooking, not working out, not letting him watch TV or go hiking or biking or any of our regular weekend activities. DH scored a decent score. He wanted to do an MBA right from when he finished undergrad which was in 2001. But marriage and sooo many other things came in the way hindering the realization of his dream.
Need a lot more luck and wishes for the future. I will take what I get. :--)
Now let me go work some to gain the lost name with boss at work, before I ask him for a recommendation. |
posted by SK @ 11:46 AM  |
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710!! Wow, congratulations and best of luck for your studies :). And hurray, I'm mentioned in the post :)).
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Cool score, SK. Good job.
And I think the score justified all the effort you put in.
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Congrats on the score, SK! So pretty soon back to being students in love eh? :p
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Thanks Sachita!
Deeps,
Thanks and of course, you were part of my inspiration. ;--)
Ram,
Thanks, I know its not a great score according to your stds, but I can live with this. :--)
Grad,
Thanks, ya right :--P
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looks like an Oscar speech at the end :p
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Wow! Neat score!! Good Luck with everything.
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Thanks Daisy!
Kutti, Thank you :--P
Thanks Laksh!
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Congrats SK:)