EddFest!!

Iron Maiden, in the flesh! Yeeeeehaaaaaaah! Videos and pictures from the concert below. I apologize for the quality - very, very grainy images, but it's about as good as it gets.


Fear of the dark



The Trooper


Eddie

The concert was simply mind-blowing. I was totally blown away. That's one item I can scratch off from my "must-do" list. It was, after all, a matter of life and death.

P.S: I am the guy you hear singing completely off-key.

Chicago GSB interview

Well, there's my interview done. I've played my final card, and all that's left to do now is wait, wait, and wait some more. I interviewed with a second-year, off-campus. All in all, I think it was a pretty comfortable experience. There was no real structure to the interview and I was allowed to take it in the direction I wanted to, which I thought was really nice of her. We chatted for a couple minutes about very general stuff. She had already gone through my resume, and asked me to start off by sort of taking her through some of the stuff I've done at work, and weave in my reasons and motivation for pursuing an MBA with it. For some reason, all the spiel I'd prepared went out the window, and I answered the whole thing pretty much off-the-cuff. Now that I think about it, this took me a while to get through, but I think I got out everything I wanted to say. She kind of misunderstood my short-term plans, and asked for a clarification at this point, I apologised and elaborated further, we moved on.

Then followed the usual "So why Chicago GSB?". Now, I'm really, really, really excited by what this school has to offer, and so this section was a breeze. I had a ton of stuff to talk about, and covered most of it. I mentioned the IBEP, it turned out that she'd been abroad for a quarter too, and was only too happy to share her experience. I spoke quite a bit about the Polsky center, which immediately led her to her next question about how I would contribute to the GSB, and what clubs/activities interested me. Again, this was not a problem. Actually, there are *too* many clubs that interest me, and we had a couple of light-ish moments here.

Then came a question right out of left-field - "If you could have any super-power, what would it be?". Fortunately, I'm a bit of a comic-book geek, and it only took me a second to think about this one. By this point, I was getting real comfy, and it was pretty much smooth-sailing. I got the impression that she was looking simply to judge my personality and fit. She wanted to know more about a couple of things I have done in life, and I obliged. Then we went on the part where I got to add anything I wanted to. She hadn't asked me "Why now?", so I spoke about my need to go to school now, convincingly, I hope.

I'm sure there are a few things I've already forgotten, but anyway, I then got to ask her some questions. For some reason, I hadn't thought of any questions to ask her before the interview, but once she asked me, there were ALL sorts of questions forming in my head. She answered most of them well, although she had to think for a couple. Then we shook hands, and I scooted, and now here I am, praying.

So basically, I think the interview went off decently enough that it won't, by itself, cause me to be dinged. I think. We shall see.

P.S: Anybody in possession of a device to travel through time, specifically to the 28th of March, please send me a mail. You will be well-compensated for your time. ;-).

Back in black!

Yeah, so I stole that line from AC/DC, ok? I've been away for so long because work has been all-consuming. And who wants to read about work, right? Hell, I wouldn't! Anyway, I apologize for being AWOL for so long and to the people who enquired why I'd stopped, thanks for stopping by often and keeping the support going. Appreciate it.

Ok, first things first. Updates.

1. Admitted to Purdue. Still waiting to hear if I'm getting any money. Still deciding on whether or not I will attend.
2. Invite to interview from Chicago. Scheduled for the 28th. Those butterflies will not lie down and die.
3. Dinged by Haas. Boohooohhoooooo.
4. Waiting on Tepper. No word from them yet does not bode well. I'll be terribly disappointed if I don't even get an interview with them.

As things stand, there is still a lot of uncertainty and haziness about where I will be next year. Like Ozzy and his Sabbath sang, "my future is shrouded in dark wilderness...." It sucks, but hey, c'est la vie. I knew this going in, and I'm rolling with the punches.

Meanwhile, I am starting to prepare for my Chi interview. Any help/advice/suggestions, as always, are more than welcome.

Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

The police in India. This image says it all. Like some old Latin dude said, who will guard the guardians themselves?

MIA

Missing in action.

He must hang!

Firstly, season's greetings to everyone out there! Hope you had an excellent X-mas, and definitely hope you will have an even better 2007.

Not everyone is enjoying the holidays, it would seem. A couple of hours ago, an Iraqi court decided that Saddam Hussain must hang. Did he have it coming? In my opinion, yes. Crimes against humanity, tyranny, murdering entire villages, trying to wipe out Kurds, the list goes on. America's pup eventually came back and bit them. Hard. But it looks like this is the end of the road for Saddam. Godspeed.

Seeing as this (supposed) to be an MBA blog in some capacity at least, I should talk about the overwhelming sense of relief the holidays have brought me. Knowing that the AdComms are enjoying their well-deserved (no, no.....that is not open to debate!) break means that I don't check my mailbox every half hour hoping for ANY good news, my little heart beating hard with fear and anticipation. Heh. Not that I'm any less stressed. Oh no. Work has almost no allure now, and I feel like a cad, knowing that I'm giving much, much less than a 100%. Looks like I will stay true to form and just about manage to submit my R2 applications with an hour to spare or so. Why do I procrastinate so much? That's just the way I operate. More the pressure, the more I get off on it.

On another note, the Gunners are back on form. Spanking form, I might add. We are away at Watford. Will be a physical game, but we should have more than enough to take them. A 2-0 win, I predict. Off to watch the game now. Over and out!

Mirror, mirror on the wall.....

Where'll I be next fall? Corny, but quite appropriate, I think. The uncertainty is energy-sapping. All I can think about are the upcoming decisions. The break I took after my Round-1 applications has hyper-extended and still continues. Work on my R2 applications is super-slow. Frustration is the over-riding emotion.

On a more positive note, loads of bloggers have been hearing great news. Congratulations to

Juggler

on her W, K and Chi admits,

Iday

on his Chi admit,

Inblue

on her Chi admit,

$udha

on her Tepper admit, and everyone else out there who's heard the good news from the chools of their choice. At least some people are getting what they want. :-).

Ding city!

Ding without Interview from Cornell. I could see it coming from a mile, so no surprise at all. Not even getting an interview really sucks, tho'. Oh well, one down, several others to go. Crummy day just got that much crummier.