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the tsunami factor

is living on the earth getting dangerous? should we seriously anticipate the mars exploration? i personally think that would be a better way to go. in last couple of the mother nature shook me to the bottom with horrendous hurricanes and, now, tsunamis in SE asia.

early saturday morning i read the news that SriLanka was hit by an earthquake and 100s have died in the wake, but Sunday morning came as an after shock. the whole news page was covered with tsunami's cowardly task. whole SE asia was struggling to come out of the feeling of disaster. as I am writing this blog the numbers of dead are adding to 23000 official figure and still 45000 missing on the andaman and nicobar islands.

in the hindsight, India and Srilanka were not the part of the early warning treaty, which was initiated by Japan in 60s. Probably because Indian ocean doesn't get angry much or because politicians had no time to ponder over the disaster that occured in 1880s. whatever the reason was, 25000 people had to take the deadly brunt of mother nature who doesn't do much for the dead.

amazingly, there were no sensors in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal which could measure the direction of the currents; the only one was measured was a 60cm tsunami heading towards south of Indian Ocean - huh!

hope, the freakin' gov will take some step this time and shake the sloths in the meteorological department to bring their lazy asses to work. but we all know what's gonna happen: 100,000 to the families of dead; 50,000 for the injured; 10,000 for the injured and the disaster goes on...

i am happy in a way that it was sunday and none of the schools near to the beaches were open to classes, else we would have seen a much more horrific scene. and that my friend's family is safe back at Andaman islands. but I still do not any news of a couple of friends who live near the deadly Besant nagar beach. hope, everything is okay at their end. amen!

tsunami: Indian tectonic plate slided against and under the Burman tectonic plate causing the sea water to rise and sped upto 310km/h. the speed came down to 45m/h and the water started to rise while hitting to the low depth shore. and no one is oblivion of what happened after that.

and we live on...

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mba yellows

it 's been a nice day today; it was drizzling the whole day long with a mild chill in the weather. it was a gorgeous faded look outside my 6x7 feet window - it felt like that spring is already there. but I had to sit infront of the window with MS-word gazing at me to formulate the strategy to churn down a bit of Cornell's essay, and think something tangible about my life for the Darden's life-story essay.

It seems difficult to judge what matters the most in life when you look down the paths you crossed while treading the way till here. for God sake, everything I did was some way important and has shaped me the way I am. isn't that inane to compare one life event to other just to say "oh well" you were better than that one... but, i think if this will not make me a good MBA candidate, it will surely make me a perfect applicaant for an editor's job in a B grade hollywood movie.

in any case, I have no regrets. I have been thinking alot about the things I have achieved, I have screwed and I have missed to think over in my life and that is actually having a feel-good-factor on me. wow! I did so much positive in my life, ah! I have so much to achieve in my life. In a way it is giving me a purpose to step further in getting an MBA. I can't thank the admission committee more on leading me to such an arduous task and still making me feel good about what I am doing.

but anyway, because of all this mental-feedback sessions I am missing a worry free sip of mocha at a local starbucks cafe'. missing that idiot who always park his big truck on the parting line at the parking lot. I wonder how these guys get to pass the driving test. ever wonder why these guys in those big trucks never yield while coming onto your path? get in one of those trucks and you will know...

back to work: thinking about Stern essays and the best time when I can visit the school to get more about it.

life goes on...

mba greens

got up in the morning with a heavy head; i think, the final pages of research are getting over my head. it was a pleasant day; not too hot, not too cold. just perfect before the bells starts ringing for Christmas. didn't feel like going to the office, but had to talk to my manager regarding the reco and had to meet my mentor too. the highways were all deserted; it felt like that I was driving around the south rim of the Grand Canyon at 3 in the morning. I felt sad that I am not with my family at this point in time. heck! yeah! reached the parking lot and found a nice place under the shade - again, no one seems coming to the office.
finished early morning replying to the typical queries, still didn't feel like working. talked with my mentor. got some more info about the Cornell - Johnson. decided upon the time to meet with her and discuss about the essays. and at the very moment I thought of telling my boss that I need a half day leave I got an IM that "if you like you can go back home after lunch" whoaaaaaa !!! what else on earth could i asked for.
had lunch at the Subway; reached home; still heavy head; lied down to take a nap that went all the way for 4 hrs. but anyway, i felt better. I just didn't feel like sitting infront of my notebook and review the essays again, so asked my roomie whether he is interested to have mocha at starbucks.
10:30 in the night and I feel all set to research some more on the schools and look at my essays again. but thought of glancing at DaveforMba's and brit chick's blog page. well! what started as 5 min read went all the way for 2 hrs. got a nice link to ISB's blogger's page. you all are just wonderful. there is so much info on these sites that one can't think of getting onto some other site.
i don't know anyone of these, or have ever left a comment on their site, but i just adore the way they come forward to help the prospective candiadates. i can'd believe that i have started to make a little mindset about the colleges after reading these guy's good-bad experiences. oh! well the web has gone too far.

the feel good factor

it happened exactly a week back, but I can still see it crisp and hear it loud and clear. I was at her office to discuss some official issue. we were generally talking about the people at office and life outside. and what all each is doing during holidays. i just felt that she was upset with something; she just said that it is just the work pressure and looked at the computer screen as if she is tryin to hide a word. ah! that was a lie.
then she started by saying that is not always easy to manage a team with all the people trying to oppose her for the fact that she is the youngest member in the team. yep, really, she made her way out to this position and she does deserve it. But I also know the reason why other criticize her. She could be too picky sometimes and tries to impose an order on a senior member of the team. well! that doesn't work well all the time.
then out of nowhere she said that she is gonna leave this job and will live a nice life with her family. now, its my time to strenghten her regain --- ok, a little smile. I actually appreciate her helping attitude; i just try to take the good part out of her. but anyway, I like her being there.
I started with saying that it not that the team members hate her, it is just that sometimes they can't take the orders and puke out the not-so-generous gesture. I said, You should try not to be authoritative all the time, but try to convience other of the criticality of the work and the difficult situations you handle. She doesn't seem convienced; she just said that she can't manage when people simply hate her. again, it was my turn to say that she should accept the position as a leader and try to manage it by changing herself a bit. I said, you should work on it everytime you are talking with the team member. and the distress will go in no time.
man! to my bewilderment, i noticed her face getting red, she wasn't directly looking at me, was trying to touch the keyboard for no reason. I didn't know what to say; I could just say that 'yep' you can do it and the very next moment I saw her wiping her tears. i have been to this kind of situation before, but this was different.
and out of nowhere, i said, life is short but sweet for certain - huh! DMB is in my every philosophy of life. And she smiled. wow! I felt relieved and truly happy. at last I suggested her to just say "i will be happy today" to yourself or your kid and you will see that you actually stay happy.

u be fine... my time to leave.

i felt happy from inside for the reason that I made someone smile out of one's distress. Oh! that was a good day!

mba blues

after a long jostle with the school's website, adcom's comments, student's interviews when i sit down and try think of the outcome, i find that this is no way turing towards an easy way. there are too many complexities that need to be answered to get into the school. there is not much time left for R2 and there is plenty of research needs to be done before hitting the submitt button.
since morning my head is little shaky and i couldn't concentrate on anything except what is going to happen in next 25 days. sometimes it is scary! but yeah that 's the way it is. each day is the first day of the rest of your life ... ye ye, a distored version from american beauty. but ain't that true?

anyways, there is little much i can think now as i have decided on the schools and their respective elective areas, which will suit me best. isb is kinda over, cmu in on the way, darden - started, cornell is still pending. i guess, i would be able to edit-copy-paste couple of essays from first 2 to the rest.
a day before i talked with the adcom at darden, cornell and cmu and to my ultimate joy! i need not write the toefl if i can get a respectable reco from my manager and can prove that the medium of education was english during my gradution. whoa! sigh of relief. now, i can have a one-eye view on past 01/10 dates. planned for the school visit during first week of feb and will request a formal interview too.

its getting cold down here in tampa; man! we live in florida for a reason. why push us to experience the excruciating weather that my fellows in the north do. huh! what i think! i am gonna go for Tepper-CMU, who's gonna save me there?

and the trial continues...