Thank You Shaila

This post is to thank a very good friend... who is the reason for me appearing for gmat and going to IIMA...

I have been telling her that i will be writing a thank you note to her for over a yr now... but i never did... so i thought that i will thank her on a more public platform...

I met her when i joined Emami in Sept 06... and actually talked to her in dec 06... since then we have been extremely close friends.. chatting on for hours at length.. at least in Q1 07....

post which our chat durations have reduced considerably.. but we still remain very gud friends...

My life has been pretty aimless... and she is the one who gave the idea of Gmat... i didnt take it very seriously till mar 07 at least (which was when i shifted back from kolkata to mumbai and our talks reduced) but after that i joined coaching for gmat and the long journey began...

i havnt been serious about anything in life... and had no intention to be.. till i took 3week leave and prepared for gmat... and shaila.. i m thankful to you for pushing me to do something seriously after a loooong time... 

those 3 weeks gave me more satisfaction than i got in my entire worklife till date... those 3 weeks i was single mindedly working on something.. and really njoying it...

the result was gud... but more than the result... i am happy with the effort i had put.... if only i find something so engrossing and enjoyable that i put all my energies into it... i think i will be extremely happy in life...

btw.. she did talk to me almost every single day of those 3 weeks.. actually we have been talking over ph for almost 3-4 times a week for past 2yrs... and this is more regular than i ve been with anybody else in my life... though i must admit that she has taken more effort to do it... and thank you for that...

she also believed that i would get into IIMA, and i did not... specially after i was wait-listed for over a month... though i never took her words seriously.. i m happy that she felt like that... 

she even wanted to improve other things in my life (sometimes behaving like typical indian gf/wives do)... but as stubborn as i am... i guess it wasnt to be.... but thanks for trying...

u know i am a guy with a big male ego.. i cant listen to a girl telling me wat to do in life... i ve to feel that its me who is taking the decision.... so maybe i ll take right steps and improve things... but not coz a girl has asked me to... even if its you...

but anyway.. thanks for trying... 

and my best wishes are with you.... hope you and siddharth life a  wonderful and extremely fulfilling life... 

hoping both of us figure out wat we want in our professional life... 

personal life - i dont even have hopes :)

Hemant