10th April

10th April,2009- What is so significant about this date that I have started writing about it??
Well, It was a Friday and that too a Good Friday- a holiday for many but not so for me. For all other significant events related to this date 10th April please refer this.

However, these things have got nothing to do with this post. It was a significant day for the CAT '08 aspirants and more so for those who had an IIM call as the results were declared on this day.

Now let me tell you about how that day went for me in brief. Well, before I begin you must know what was my status regarding the IIM calls. CAT'08 fetched me three IIM calls- B,I and L.Bangalore interview went really well and I was so confident that I would make it . Indore interview was good but the GD was a fish market. So I was skeptical about it. Lucknow- I should not say anything regarding this- bad GD(abstract topic) , bad interview(don't know but there was a madam who was not quite interested in me- I really don't know why-you need to ask her). So ,all in all, a moderate set of GD/PI for the IIM calls.
On the other hand, I was not doing well in office,specially after the leaves that I had taken for CAT and then the interviews, I had a quarrel with my manager. So , you can imagine my situation at that time . It was like the the famous saying-"Dhobi ka kutta - na ghar ka , na ghat ka". Moreover , one of my colleagues on 9th April showed me a link of IIM Lucknow which was active for around 1/2 hour and there I had checked my results and it displayed a reject for me.Well, that is ,I think will suffice the prologue.

Now the day began at 12 a.m.(12 in the night). I was lying down on my bed but sleep seemed to have deserted me. Tension was building up and I was constantly thinking what was in store for me tomorrow. At 12.30 , unable to sleep , I woke up and just sat there- hoping to ease the tension. Then at 1 a.m. I was back in bed -this time determined to sleep. However, sleeep was hard to come by , and it was only after 2 that I could sleep. At 6 a.m. the doorbell rang- a signal that our cooking maid has come. I got up and opened the door and just sat there on the sofa - the tension coming back once again on my mind. Other roommates of mine were fast asleep. At 7 a.m. the newspaper arrived and I got something to pass my time. By 8.30 a.m. one of my roommate left for office and at 9.45 I too left, but not for office but for an Internet cafe. Why?? Because I was too afraid to go to the office before knowing my fate.

At precisely 10.10 I reached the cafe and opened the IIM-B site as I was confident of converting it.But oh! the pdf file was not opening. My heart was in my mouth and I was continuously praying to god. After trying till 10.40 the pdf opened and there my CAT Tr no.was nowhere to be found -not even in the wait list. IIM-B was a reject and so was L(due to the previous day experience). My throat was going dry - now my only hope was IIM-I. I opened the site and entered my TR no. and there it was - The most happiest moment of my life. It said- Congratulation!You have been selected for admission to PGP Batch 2009-2011 of IIM Indore.

Wow! It was a huge relief to me . I could now proudly go the office and resign. IIM-I saved my day. I went to my office and checked the results again. IIM-I it was for me. I called home to give the big news. I was soon to be a part of this great institute and more so of the prestigious IIM's. The rest of the day went in receiving congrats from my colleagues and peers. But the funniest part was when I went to my manager to say that I am resigning. The first thing that my manager asked me was "Tumhara kahin ho gaya(admission) kya?". Wow! It was a nice thing to hear after the brawl that I had with him a month back.

Then it was time for party- I invited my roommates to Karim's - the only well-known restaurant in Guragaon for biriyani. But my first time experience over there was not good. The biriyani was pathetic - I can cook a better biriyani than that! However, thanks to one of my veggie friend - the paneer dish gave us some respite from the tasteless mutton biriyani. Then at around 11 p.m. we went to our room with Bacardi Breezer- lime n lemon flavors to complete the celebration. After that it was time for me to go to sleep. Thus, 10th April- the happiest day of my life ended after I fell asllep instantly at 12 in the night.

Though the 24 hours was not that eventful, yet it was a memorable one for me as it gave me what I always wanted - admission to one of the IIM's. I will cherish this 10th April as long as my grey cells will work!