Fever

I am having fever and had to take a break from work. And being sick makes you long more for the loved ones. So, I missed her badly today. There were many a moments when I just wanted to be lost somewhere with no one to track us without any idea of where we were. But, I had to satisfy myself with my mobile as she tried spending as much time as she could have. I still don’t know whether I will be good tomorrow morning. But I better be as a trip planned after two weeks is on the cards. I have got my manager approval and don’t want to be absent from work before that. An interesting fact that i would like to mention here is that this is the first time i am taking an off from work since the past eight months. That seems huge...LOL

Tomorrow Hindus celebrate a festival known as “Raksha-Bandhan” which basically is meant to highlight the bondage between a brother and a sister. Sisters tie a thread termed as “Rakhi” on the wrists of their brothers. Since childhood, I was unaware of the intricacies involved as I am a single child. And I never had any sisters. I had friends and that was enough for me. But over time I have encountered many a ladies whom I would like to term as “Chance-Sisters”. These are the people who cropped up at different phases of my life and have considered making me a bro’. They tied the thread on my hand and time has always removed them. Whatever be the reasons, they never have come back. Even today i have a "Rakhi" with me which i need to wear tomorrow. I will do that for the sender believes in such things. But really, for me, its just a thread and A thread can never mean bond a sister and a brother in a relationship. People who matter to each other, as brothers and sisters, surely feel it and that’s what matters. Still wonder why to have a festival in place except the fact that many a people get a holiday……..

Finally...

The best part about today was that I kept my word and went to the GYM. As I have never said that before and I am back after a long time, I have started hitting the GYM. It began getting impossible to get over my shapes. They kept on growing. Though people had been saying since years, I never really do something with whole of me unless am convinced enough to feel the same way. It has been two weeks or a bit more. And, believe me; I can feel things happening to my shape. My love played a great part in helping me with a lot. She is on the same quest and she had some valuable advice which I couldn’t help following. We often discuss GYM now a days and I do text her and one of my friend about the number of calories I lost on the cardio program. One thing which often becomes a problem for me is that once I am at the GYM, I am no longer the same Garfield fan and I end up spending as much as 3 hours on some days. I love sweating and feeling the muscles pain. That gives me a satisfaction of having done something worthwhile and the best part comes when the next morning, I feel a bit of pain in those same muscles. That’s typical of me. But it is also a thing I love about the GYM. That is all about the two and half hours of my life….four/five times a week……these days…

Me and the GMAT Episode -1

Hey all…It has been long. All I remember is that I stopped blogging because I wanted to focus on my GMAT. And as has always happened with me, I often fail the first time. This time I didn’t fail but I had to quit.

I was 100 points below my expectations on the tests that I gave and as was suggested by the experts of the subject that I needed another focused study, refreshing everything and pinning down my exact weak areas and blah blah…so I log into the GMAC website to cancel my exam and postpone it for two more months. It was supposed to cost me $50 for a cancellation but instead I saw it charging me whole test fee amount. I stopped and rechecked to see the same thing happen again. Searching for the test cancellation FAQ’s got me the fact that I needed to cancel an exam sitting at least 7 calendar days before to be charged $50; else GMAC would charge me whole of it. It was 3rd AUG and my exam date was 9th AUG. I missed it by 24 Hours. DAMN ME!!!

After a lot of effort from my side, support from my love and with words of encouragement from friends I decided to take on the exam and rebook another sitting later to attain my dream score. It felt logical to face the real exam once. My brain had it embedded deep that the test was on a Tuesday. So, on the Sunday, I went with my friend to check out the Pearson test center. On Monday I went to work thinking about the leave that I was about to take the following day for my test and when I came back home, I realized that it was the 9th AUG. I had screwed up the exam date too. Seriously, everyone is welcome to screw me verbally for this. DAMN DAMN ME!!!

That’s it for the GMAT. I screwed up everything about the test. But I am not yet done. I am at it again. Let’s see how it goes this time.