Random Post : Read List - Books to Read

Another incoherent post of mine. Nothing great in post body so read no further, to save some time.

An year (10 months to be precise) has gone by since Chennai lost its last wicket to Bangalore and I am definitely not talking about IPL. IPL is just waste of time according to me.

To put fact straight, I did missed Chennai some time and solely because of the library near to my PG which provided books at cheap and best rental price. And yes do miss the cribbing against Chennai sitting with friends at apartment in Chennai, but that's altogether a different story, we can very well crib even while sitting in Bangalore.

Something wrong with me for sure, what I am talking here.  Coming to point, I got hold of a library near to my place in Bangalore some 10 months back and after 55 magazines and 63 books issued on card I thought of putting the read-list on my page. Have highlighted the good books for my readers so that this visit won't be a utter waste provided you like reading book, otherwise undoubtedly visit will prove to be a wasted affair.

Title	Date Issued	Date Returned
Atime To Kill	15-Apr-12	Currently Reading
Dork : The Incredible Adventures of Robi	11-Apr-12	15-Apr-12
God Save the DORK	01-Apr-12	11-Apr-12
Mickey Mouse FEB-11	11-Apr-12	15-Apr-12
Chandamama (Hindi Small)	06-Apr-12	11-Apr-12
JOHNNY GONE DOWN	29-Mar-12	01-Apr-12
Vengeance of Ravana	24-Mar-12	29-Mar-12
King of Ayodhya	17-Mar-12	24-Mar-12
Bridge of Rama	03-Mar-12	17-Mar-12
Armies of Hanuman	22-Feb-12	03-Mar-12
Demons of Chitrakut	11-Feb-12	22-Feb-12
Siege of Mithila	02-Feb-12	11-Feb-12
PUL TOOTANE SE PAHLE	21-Jan-12	02-Feb-12
Bombay Duck Is A Fish	17-Jan-12	21-Jan-12
Theatre road ke Kauve	07-Jan-12	17-Jan-12
Prince Of Ayodhya	28-Dec-11	07-Jan-12
CAN LOVE HAPPEN TWICE?	24-Dec-11	28-Dec-11
Honor Among Thieves	18-Dec-11	24-Dec-11
English August : An Indian Story (Ji)	07-Dec-11	18-Dec-11
Delhi Is Not Far	07-Dec-11	14-Dec-11
MICE IN MEN	01-Dec-11	07-Dec-11
Flight of Pigeons	01-Dec-11	07-Dec-11
Keep off the grass	19-Nov-11	27-Nov-11
No Onions Nor Garlic	19-Nov-11	01-Dec-11
The Immortals of Meluha	15-Nov-11	19-Nov-11
I too had a love story	27-Nov-11	01-Dec-11
CALVIN & HOBBES :THERE'S TREASURE EVERYWHERE	05-Nov-11	15-Nov-11
How To Work A Room: Your Essential Guide To Savvy Socializing	05-Nov-11	15-Nov-11
CHOKHER BALI [PB]	30-Oct-11	05-Nov-11
CALVIN & HOBBES: REVENGE OF THE BABY-SAT	30-Oct-11	05-Nov-11
Cricket Today	27-Oct-11	30-Oct-11
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The	27-Oct-11	30-Oct-11
False Impression	16-Oct-11	30-Oct-11
Champak English	11-Oct-11	15-Oct-11
Chandamama - Hindi 01-MAR-11	05-Oct-11	11-Oct-11
Chandamama (Hindi Small)	02-Oct-11	05-Oct-11
Prison Diary 3	05-Oct-11	15-Oct-11
CARRIE (B) PB (REISSUE)	24-Sep-11	05-Oct-11
KANE AND ABEL	20-Sep-11	24-Sep-11
Great Train Robbery, The	13-Sep-11	20-Sep-11
YOU ARE THE WORLD	11-Sep-11	24-Sep-11
SOMETHING UNDER THE BED IS DROOLING	04-Sep-11	11-Sep-11
Hannibal	24-Sep-11	11-Oct-11
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The	11-Oct-11	27-Oct-11
5 Minute Tales Of Wisdom	27-Aug-11	04-Sep-11
Memoirs Of A Geisha	27-Aug-11	13-Sep-11
Paths Of Glory	14-Aug-11	27-Aug-11
Presidents Of India	14-Aug-11	20-Aug-11
Prison Diary 2	20-Aug-11	27-Aug-11
A Prison Diary	06-Aug-11	14-Aug-11
Twist in the Tale	06-Aug-11	14-Aug-11
Zero Percentile Missed IIT Kissed Russia	30-Jul-11	06-Aug-11
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD	16-Jul-11	24-Jul-11
Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ: Get Smarter with Your Money	09-Jul-11	16-Jul-11
Shall we Tell The President?	09-Jul-11	10-Jul-11
Myth=Mithya - A Handbook of Hindu Mythology	16-Jul-11	30-Jul-11
CHANAKYA'S CHANT	02-Jul-11	09-Jul-11
The Kite Runner	29-Jun-11	02-Jul-11
The Authoritative Calvin And Hobbes	26-Jun-11	29-Jun-11
THE ALCHEMIST	19-Jun-11	26-Jun-11
E=MC2	19-Jun-11	26-Jun-11
COMEBACK	18-Jun-11	19-Jun-11
Pirate Latitudes	17-Jun-11	19-Jun-11

Not sure why the extract ran on the library portal returned repeated entries but suppose some different books may have been issued as library never allow re-issue of the book.

Now in another 2 months time when I will be forced to read or shall I say fed with some other books at IIM Bangalore, I  am verge of closing my library account. Or possibly will wait till i will get screwed at IIMB over reading trivial stuff. Leaving the decision for future. I have gone greedy in the end and have set target for remaining 2 months of membership  to read a minimum of 3000 pages. Lets see how it goes. Most of these reading were done during my 2.5 hour of horrible daily travel to my office and if the book was good then sometime at home or during weekend.

Library are indeed good thing, you get to pick books which you would have never picked in normal circumstances.

To be continued..

Last in the Tower

This is going to be a series like my untold stories. I just hope that it will not meet its fate like the other one did. I can't promise this to be as good as 'my' best posts which came earlier but with time and material I hope this to get better (provided I write regularly). So keep visiting. Here you go..

Why does it happen that when you wait(shall I say dream) for something for long time, it never come your way and then one fine day when you are bored of trying and are least concerned about the outcome the things miraculously fall in place as if fate want to tease you See See what the heck do you think of yourself, I am the one who is powerful and can make you move whatever way I want you to. And suddenly you lose the fun of achieving it. In some way I think I fight with myself a lot.

I have 'somehow' received a final covert for IIMB PGSEM program.  I feel my preparedness and seriousness toward the exam was zilch. Even I can shamelessly confess my only contribution for the selection this time was me paying the application fee a day before closing day of application and attending written/interview during weekend to get a feel of doing something worthwhile for once in a while and to interact with new set of people. Oops.. I forgot to mention a lot of thinking too on whether I should be paying application fee or just drop the idea.

Fate of written test -  Lazy attempt during written. Even I was sitting idle for last 5-7 minutes after the examiner called stop writing. Not because I am great fan of ethics but just disliked the idea of being CAT'ish and marking answers till invigilator snatch the answer sheet. Things may have changed in recent time on CAT because of shifting from OMR to computers as per NEWS items, so new terminology have to defined ;). Anyways,much lower attempts around 60-70 out of 100 in 2 hours. I am not trying to sound modest, but paper itself is quite easy. Regular CAT aspirants can attempt even 80-90 or can go 100/100 in 2 hours. Interview call totally unexpected.

Final Convert expected but for a change this time performance was totally unexpected. Wrote half page essay for given topic, not because I couldn't write full page or more. I am proud of my paper filling capability, but then didn't want to torture the IIM profs by making them read something of no values. What are these blog pages made for. :P

I was last one to be interviewed. Gave all my negative points along with answers to their questions so that profs/Alumni shouldn't be in doubt at all to know my current standing and let 'them' decide rather than myself decide whether I am fit for the course or not :P

I talked like never before during interview(later I did wondered how I spoke so much in spite of high anxiety/nervous and neophobic nature) , at one point I felt I am not giving Alumni and Prof to even complete the question and kept talking. More on interview later. Not sure what clicked in my favor but final verdict selected.

Now comes the fun part. Never ever in my dreams I thought I will re-think (not even think) about something coming my way from Indian Institute T or M(read T for Technology and M for management). Even have stalked on any odd jobs from T&M. I suppose I was not only one of such kind but there are lot many T&M obsessed soul :P. But suddenly lots of doubt came up when I saw OFFERED status, which made me re-think if I should actually do the course or not. More on apprehensions later. I guess I have to think on word like re-think too if there are word like that. :P

This post was just to give the background information and can be called preface or author note. haha.. I am good at making mountain out of mole. ;-)

Story matter lies in future. Funny Friday and Super Saturday waiting for me and can just hope that it will not last more next 2.5 years. You will know at later stages that it was not funny and super I intended here.

P.S. : Ideally you should be wondering what the 'last in tower' has to do with the blog matter . Its my usual practice of picking weird topics and building stories around it. 

P.P.S : If you were able to last till this line and looking for more posts. Do leave a comment asking for it if the gap between my posts are longer, as sometime I keep pushing thing till as much time as I can. Procrastination I say. 

To Be Continued.. 

P.P.P.S : A word of caution : Do not take this as an example to decide on the difficulty level of the exam or admission process as most easiest because what has been piece of cake in my case won't be easy for you. Average GMAT score needed is 710+ and average CAT percentile required to get the interview call is roughly 97+ percentile as per current batch. Also, average work experience is around 7.5+ years. So in case if you replicate my case and can't get entry don't come looking for me. :D

Back

Its a cliche' now but still would say I am back. I do this many a time, I go away from blogger to post back with the comment as 'I am back'. Though it was different this time I blocked access for my blog page thinking never to come again and keep the posts to myself. But now I have decided to open it again for public viewing. I hope things would be different this time and will be having loads of stuff to write.

To be continued..