“Its July 2010 dude… we have completed 1yr in job… what do u wanna do in future?” Vineet was asking me, Harsha and Satish. I told i wanna go for MBA as I was no more interested in Engg. Subject. And I was pretty much interested into Marketing as you get know more people and stuff. Vineet, Harsha and Satish also concurred with me and said they also wanted to go for MBA. Seriously yaar, wanna get out of this shitty job. I am not at all enjoying it.
We went back home that day and surveyed about the prospects of studying from an IIM and the kind of pay packages they get in hand. We were totally into it and started dreaming of what all stuff we can do and buy with that much money as if we have already got into IIMS and also got job offers from there. Dreaming was at its peak.
We took an oath that we would not go to any movie nor to any concert till our CAT exams were over. We took an oath to study at least 3hrs at home after coming back from the office. We started our Cat prep seriously… Started doing all quant, verbal and DI questions.
I can assure you we didn’t watch any of the movies which got released last year …. No... not even by downloading it. Our full concentration was on CAT. We didn’t even start watching “how I met your mother”. Trust me we don’t know how who met, God knows whose Mother. And not even 10 seasons of “FRIENDS” – twice.
We joined the TIME test series. It was going great... We all were scoring great. As far as I am concerned, I never scored in 40’s and 50’s percentile which kept me going and in fact boosted my confidence. I filled all the application forms like MDI, IMT Ghaziabad, S.P Jain etc as I knew I can easily score 90 percentile as I was scoring in my Mock test series.
Finally, my CAT test date came. I went and wrote it calmly without any kinda tension. I attempted around 35 questions. It was good overall. Finally, as per our oath we went for the movie. Enjoyed our December like anything.
Finally new year…. Year 2011… yeah before I forget Happy new year to all…
Finally today, our results came… I got 99.97 percentile…. Call from all the IIMS. Almost same was the case with my friends-Harsha, Vineet and Satish. I called my parents and told them about my result. They felt very happy... They felt very proud of me which made me proud of myself. I called and told all my friends. I was on the top of the world.
We four decided to bunk office today which we did and went to party hard. Firstly, we went for “NO ONE KILLED JESSICA”. At around 1 PM to Escape IN Express Avenue mall (which is actually the biggest mall in Chennai and also where beautiful chicks in and around Chennai hang around and the only reason why all the guys always go there). Our movie was over by 4.30 P.M we had lunch properly which we forgot to have in the sheen of excitement.
After sometime we were kinda jaded so we decided to go to Marina Beach. As soon as we went there, we saw some foreigners were playing beach volleyball. We went up to them and joined them. They were from U.S. They came here on a tour, it seems. There were totally 3 girls and 4 guys. Trust me people; those girls were the most beautiful u must have ever seen. Milky white complexion, red lips and brownish hair. They had brown eyes. Gosh, they were beautiful.
I totally fell for Rose (one of the three girls in my team) not only because of her beauty but also for her name… Rose….. Rose... Wow what a name… it’s like, an electric current is passing through my body whenever I take her name. ‘Rose’… See I just got the shock again… :)
We started playing the game. After some time, rose asked me if I wanted to give her company as she was tired of playing and wanted to rest near the shore. I was jumping from happiness that out of all people she asked me… Although, I didn’t show any of my emotions. I winked at my friends and went with her.
We went and sat near the shore pretty much close to each other… we were seeing the sunset. After spending some time together, my heart was cajoling me to ask her out. I wanted to but I was lil scared. But I had to do it as if not now, I can’t do it ever.
I took a deep breath and asked her out. “Rose, I love you” I am totally lost in you. I can’t imagine any other girl other than you”
She seems to be very happy. She said” you are so sweet” and was about to tell something when suddenly, I couldn’t hear her… her lips were moving but I couldn’t hear her voice.
Then suddenly, one slap from her. I was thinking “what the fuck is happening”?
She threw some water on me and was telling me in slow motion…
“ waaaaaaaaaaakkkkke uuuuuuuuppppppppppppppp”
'What' I said?
She again said “waaaaaaaaaaaakkkke uuuuuuupppppppp” and again threw water on me….
I woke from my sleep. It was my roommate who started throwing water on me…
Wake up dude, wake up… its 7 AM. Today CAT results are coming. Get ready to see your results.
I was like “What… we already got our results yesterday rite?? Btw what am I doing here? Where is Rose”???
Satish was confused and told” Dude u must have had a dream? And btw who is Rose? “Asked with a sardonic smile….
Oh shit… It was just a dream… just a dream…. Shit man…
I woke up and got ready by 8AM. Then four of us sat down to see our results.
First, Sriharsha- 92.75 percentile
Then, Satish – 93.5 percentile.
Then Vineet- 97.5 percentile.
Finally I saw mine and was devastated. I got 90.15 percentile…
All four of us were screwed... No one got calls from any of the IIMS… Screwed really…. We wouldn’t even get calls from other institutes as we didn’t apply to any... Thanks to T.I.M.E for boosting up our morale…
We all should have stuck to our oaths…
Shiiiiiiiiittttt…………
We calmly went to our office without speaking of anything about CAT. I was disappointed about CAT but more than that I was missing “ROSE”….
God Damn…. Shit maaaannnn….. 1 more year in the company….
P.S: All my fours friends’ names are real and have not been changed in spite of their request.
