The one with the "smelly" CAT

"smelly cat smelly cat

what r they feedin u

smelly cat smelly cat

it's not ur fault"

Lisa kudrow aka our very own Phoebe Buffay immortalized these lines....funny yet so sweet,weird yet so lovable that is our smelly cat....the CAT i m talkin about is not so funny ;( ...ask the thousands who spend their days n nights practicing the art of belling this mysterious creature ;D...phew...m not 1 of 'em...nevertheless the most prestigious institutes in india(yah IIMS) deserves a chance 2 be atleast be written once for doesn't it ;D....yep thts wat i did!....wait!dont worry m not goin to tell how my CAT was this n that blah blah....its actually the build up n the fun that followed which made it similar 2 if not more lyk "smelly CAT" .

fine november sunday mornin...tym 4 am:it wasn't unusual tht i was not asleep...but the fact tht i was on the other side of sleep at this tym was "unusual"...the odds of me cracking CAT wid my preps were slightly more than Ishant Sharma scoring a century in a test match...still 1500 bucks down the drain...so to get the feelin tht i am not wastin those 1500 bucks i was spending lyk another 2000-3000 bucks 4 a trip 2 jamshedpur to appear 4...wow u guessed it...CAT

2 accompany me were AARON,SHUKLA n KAMMO(in order of their seriousness 2 crack CAT)

5am:Aaron calls to tell auto is waitin...he,shukla n me embark on our journey with kammo 2 join us at the rly station...wait...no one has a ticket....oops....thts right.. "dekhenge mil hi jaega"

6am:at rkl station...geetanjali xpress 40 mins late...still no sign of a ticket...kammo is tryin hard 2 get at least 1(usin his contacts)....shukla pulls a smart one...brings a general ticket

6.40am:geetanjali xpress arrives...still "no sign of ticket"....its too late now have to catch the train ticketless otherwise bbye CAT...."TC se setting ho hi jaega...dekhte hain"

7am:phew!!somehow got up in S13...someone says "S5 me jao mil jaega" but wait...damn it....r we on the wrong train!!!???....its flooded wid people....forget sitting...there is no place even to move...braving ourselves thru d chaos we somehow managed 2 reach s8...tht was it....cant wade thru this ocean of ppl....kammo n me camped there...aaron n shukla went ahead but they also didn't last long n settled in S7...sun was shining now n the little bit i can see it thru d window it was sayin "good mornin havent seen u 4 a long tym u nocturnal creature!"

8am:standing journey in a train...yay...i thot....if i clear the CAT i ll be tellin stories how tough my journey was...how much hardwork i put in...made tough journies 2 b at this point...yep...i had nothin 2 do wat else was i suppose 2 do!!! :P

9am:finally reached TATA...its funny how everything in Jamshedpur is of TATA....startin 4m the name itself 2 the gigantic structures they called the steel plant!...my legs were killin me already n yet the day had only begun....but thnx 2 kammo we had a hotel room waitin 4 us....tht was the only gud thing which we did priori CAT ;P

10am:1 room wid 2 bed...4 ppl...."dekhenge raat ki baat...filhal so jao"...i dont remember properly but may b it was kammo who said thoda padh lete hain....yah sure...everyone laughed n crashed on the bed...zzzzzzzzzz

12noon:damn it...."utho kamino billi pakadni h"....we had 2 reach the venue by 1.30 n it was a 1 hr journey 4m the hotel...we just had 2 collect our stuffs(ol test=>millions of things),have lunch n an auto was waitin(again thnx 2 kammo)....everyone gathered their stuffs...me too...i-card check...admit card check...registration voucher....uhoh!..."dude i forgot my voucher"......

"yah sure" was the reply 4m everyone....the lack of concern n tension in my voice made me sound lyk a jerk....everyone thot i must be kiddin...but it was serious....blv me it wasnt funny at all....some guys might hv got a panic attack(heart attack???yah possible ;D)....now everyone was silent...the room gave the feelin of a funeral...MY CAT WAS OVER....yes i wasnt serious...yes it was a fun trip...but 2 come this far n go widout givin a test...no-one can be tht casual n crude....BUT being an engineering student gives u the superpower of thinkin at the most demoralising n unbelievable situations...u always think at ur feet...wats the big deal i didnt bring the voucher!!....it just has a number....get the no. n i was on again!!!....gud Mr samantara but how wud u get the number?....u have it at a place so safe tht even ur friends can't break in....hmm...but i have the most unusual n surprisin frends...."calling vivek"....."hello vivek.....blah blah blah.....can u get in?"

VIVEK:u bet i will :P....wait 4 10 mins

meanwhile another idea struck(i was on fire)....why not call the toll free no!!!

so i called the number....."sir i hv lost my voucher ...can u help me?wat can i do??"

the guy at the other end must be thinking....yah we know some of u will screw up...thts y we r here....of course i can help u dumass...thts wat i am being paid 4 :P

he heard my "problem" n gave me the voucher no. just by askin me my roll no....lo,n we went thru all this panic(yaar thik h thoda toh hua hi tha :P)....oh shit vivek must still be tryin 2 break thru...damn it hv 2 stop him......"calling vivek.....

VIVEK:haan Ankur bas ghus hi gaya tere room me....khidki se chadh ke jana pada but almost in..

ME:oi ruk ja....no. mil gaya....aur haan sunn....yaar score batade(Ind v Nz was goin on) ;D

12.30pm:after all the mayhem we had 2 skip lunch...ahh no problem(again thnx kammo 4 his breakfast)....so "smelly" CAT now we definitely r comin :D

after tht everything was "normal"(hmm interestin choice of words)....i never needed that number ;x 4 which we almost died 4(not literally c'mon)...and surprisingly CAT was not tht bad either(the 1 hr b4 it was worth 1 yr of practical knowledge of how 2 handle n manage pressure ;D)...cud even xpect a call(i said xpect not hope :P)...but tht day i thanked god....nope...not coz i was able to finally write CAT....but coz i had such wonderful frends who stuck wid me n made a precarious situation nothin but a mere incident...thnks 2 all such wonderful persons who r my BESTEST pals :)...waise picture abhi baaki h mere dost ....the aftermath of CAT was nothing less....but thts a whole different story....after all its a blog n not a chetan bhagat novel is it!?so wait 4 the sequel ;D

SHUKLA(Mr.Goldman Sachs):"dude imagine if u get a call after all this!!!"

hmm buddy only tym will tell but m already a winner ;P

The one with the inappropriate job interview

Final yr is tricky territory 4 an engineering student....u r buzy tryin 2 get a job,tryin 2 somehow complete a project(thanks wikipedia) n managin somehow not 2 get a back(not to go below 9.99 cgpa 4 gmats...hehe...srry no offence meant ;)) n yet u feel sad tht 1 yr from now u wud b out in the cruel corporate world fightin desperately to build a career in places u hv never ever been n wats worse u wud most probably be minus ur best pal ;( let aside ur family...u will definitely miss ur college lyf there is no question about it...n so u try 2 enjoy ur last yr in d college...u try living lyk u r a convict who is on death roll n der is no 2morrow...n wen u get a job...it just gets better :)

My final yr began mid summer when a strong rumor started 2 build up in NITR tht AMAZON will b the 1st company recruiting this yr with a fat paycheck of 10lpa...the figure itself startled many coz this kind of salary was never seen b4 in NITR...all the CS guyz wer in 7th heaven n many of them even started "rehearsin" 4 the "mega event"....CS has never been my cup of tea n at 10lpa we wer talkin serious money which meant AMAZON was gonna take d best so i was happy wid the proceedings but was least bothered.....

came August,the month india became independent....but we still wern't coz no matter who u r,if u don't have a job u cant say urself 2 b independent...the big boss AMAZON was postponed instead another giant ORACLE was lined up....the xcitement returned but was soon killed by the fact tht it was just a normal company :(....meanwhile months of bad food habits showed its results....i was down with Typhoid n it cudn't hv been worse a strt 2 the final yr....suddenly in an interestin turn of events with just a few hours to go 4 the written test,people got 2 know tht ORACLE was now a dream company with its package nearly doubled of wat was told earlier....some of my frends who earlier thot of givin it a miss now wer seen desperately undergoin last moment preps so as to write the test...i too left the bed,gulped 2-3 pills n was somehow up to atleast go 4 the test depsite concerns 4m mom... yes i was sufferin 4m fever n mom's r lyk tht only but it was the 1st chnce i was gettin n no fever was to stop me(it might hv been the medicine coz i m not lyk tht ;D)....so i went to write the xam,screwed up,came back n lyf was abnormal again...damn it typhoid cudn't u hv waited 4 a month or so?

nxt in line was SAMSUNG electronics limited,another giant but with a smaller package....by this tym i was kinda recovered but wasn't sure i wanted it coz it was a "just dream" company which meant if i got it i wouldn't be allowed to sit 4 nothin less than a super dream company which was a rarity of sort....i found many of my frends in the same sort of dilemma but we all sat 4 it....i left everything 2 god....i decided not to put my best foot forward n c what happens..frends if u wanna screw a job interview politely without sounding suspicious i wud give u a sureshot mantra....tell the interviewer these magic words "i wanna go for mba at some time in my career"...yes these magical words will definitely put u out of contention n so it was 4 me...the interviewer then asked me somethin 4 which he never wud hv xpected such an answer 4m anyone...he asked me if i wanted to ask him somethin.....i had decided to be completly honest n not put on a politically correct face 1)coz i wasn't very much interested 2)it was an xperiment of sort to c wat not to say in an interview b4 i face any bigger interviews in my lyf(read CAT,MICROSOFT big dreams but worth a try ;D)....the question which came 4m me...i bet the interviewer never xpected such a question...frends to know about the question u have to go into flashback mode wid me

durin the summer my samsung phone developed some sort of problem...it was within its warranty period so i took it to an authorized samsung service centre...the service centre guys kept delayin the repair work n eventually after waitin 4 2 months my patience ran out...i filed a complaint on the official website of samsung...even then i got no reply,i tried callin them but to no good...i felt cheated...not bcoz my phone was damaged but coz a company which i thot was one of the best didn't care about its customers...an anger built inside me against the company n i sought vengeance ;D

back 2 d present...the hr wanted 2 know if i had ne questions 4 him....may be it was my desire to xperiment tht day or somethin else but i asked him d question which i now remember wid frends n we all laugh at it...i asked him "sir y does samsung not respond to my complaints!!!??"

i bet he was startled...he was actin casually thruout the interview but suddenly he was interested...i told him all about the incident regardin my phone...he xplained me how der system works n how sorry he was...he even told me he wud talk with their service dept...n we both shared a hearty laugh... i walked out of the interview n now i thot how silly a question was tht n how inappropriate!!!...the night was over...many of my good frends wer placed in the company n as xpected i wasn't one of them....neways i kicked some a**,got tr8s but still was embaressed by tht question....i mean who on earth asks such a question in a job interview!!!...but it wasnt worthless....my complaints were later answered n though i know tht interviewer had little 2 do wid it...i felt proud tht though foolish,i followed my heart n once shunned the politically correct mask to do somethin mad...to do somethin which made my 1st job interview a thing to remember my whole lyf :)

PILOT!

Hi all!!!

now i also am an official citizen of the bloggin universe...it's gonna b a fun ride n blv me u dont hv 2 take the dictionary out 2 digest my blog....its gonna be as simplistic as it can be coz i dont know how 2 use a thesarus(pun intended) ;) n we admit it or not we all suck at english don't we ;D

so FRIENDS sit back relax n njoy the postings coz i promise u its gonna b a helluva ride

P.S:always open 4 comments coz thts wat wud tell me i am not scribbling for nothing