Diary 145: No gym and No studies Day

NOTE: Today, one year ago, I took my GMAT and I scored 750.


Yesterday I slept at around 5:15 am. I was happy that I completed the DI portion more or less. Today, I woke up at around 10:30 am. I woke up early because my mom had to go to a kitty party. Then, I brushed my teeth, had my breakfast and started watching some TV. After that, I decided to start with one of the ISB essays. I was facing really hard time deciding on the words and all. I came up with a somewhat cliched beginning but for now, I will stick with it. I and my sister solved some questions together from the International English Olympiad book for Class 9, and it was a good refreshment for the memory. At around 2:00 pm, we had our lunch. After the lunch, my sister started watching TV, and I started working on my essay again. I couldn't do much about it though. I tried to gain inspiration from somewhere; recalled my days at Kota, my struggle and what not, but couldn't frame a story out of those thoughts. Later, I went to pick up my mom from the kitty party and then returned home, and started watching TV. I started watching the cricket match between Leics and Ruhunu. I didn't pay much attention to it. Later, I started watching the match between KKR and Somerset. This match was the decider and the match had to be close, for KKR to qualify for the main championship. I stopped working on the essays and started watching this match. It was an exciting match indeed. The Somerset reached a hefty total of 166 in their 20 overs. Meanwhile, there was no gym today as there was a gym event. So, I skipped my post work out dinner. KKR needed 153 to qualify, but they started terribly and lost 3 quick wickets. However, they managed to recover, and reached 155 in their 20 overs. Both the teams qualified and everyone was happy. Also, I got a call from Ankit, who said that I need to come to office tomorrow as there is some PF related work. I was fine with it, and was a bit excited. I wondered, how they would react to a soham minus 6 odd kgs. Then, I wrote this post, and now I plan to work on the essays for a while, and then sleep early by 2:00 am.

Diary 144: Relaxed Study and McD Day

Yesterday again, I found it difficult to close my eyes. I slept at around 4:15 am, but actually slept at around 5:30 am. I woke up at around 11:15 am. I brushed my teeth, went online, had my breakfast and started studying. Today was the last day of the challenge. I had to complete DI preparation today. Also, some quick concept revisions gave a push last night, and helped me solve a big part of the chapter related to "Cubes". This push was so much that I managed to finish the chapters concept-wise very quickly, and this helped me to just skim through few of the questions in the later chapters. By lunch, most of the remaining chapters were done, and I informed the same to my sister. Also, I decided that, my next steps would be preparing English and writing the essays for ISB. It's high time. I had my lunch at around 3:00 pm, and reverted back to studies. I was enjoying the studies now, because I was going to finish the chapters within deadline. Later in the evening, I completed the rest, and moved on to watch TV. I watched a couple of shows on Nat-Geo and Discovery. Then, my sister insisted that we order from McD. Well, I finally agreed and decided to order. I ordered less than my usual, and it seemed correct too - One burger, one small coke and one mcPuff. Anyways, I had cheese after about 1 and a half month. It felt good, but I made up my mind that I will work out a bit more today to burn off the extra calories. I watched the TV after that too. At 9:30 pm, I left for gym. Today was the cardio day, and unfortunately the gym would be closed tomorrow for some event. I will manage it with some small body workouts. Anyways, I returned at around 10:45 pm, had my bath, and then had my post work out dinner. I and my sister started listening to few songs, and then she went to sleep. I got a sudden message from Akshay, who asked about the status. I was already a bit angry on everyone, so I was very upfront in my replies. Later, I wrote this post and next, I plan to ponder over the concepts on which I will write my essays. I plan to sleep by 3:00 am.

Diary 143: Continuous Study frustration Day

Yesterday I couldn't sleep at all. Although I closed my eyes at 3:30, I slept around 5:45 am. Anyways, I woke up at around 11:50 pm. I brushed my teeth, went online, and had my breakfast. Then, as usual, I started studying. I ditched office today too. There was no work and hence no point in wasting time in travel and in random browsing at office. I continued my studies till the lunch time. My sister arrived then, and we had lunch at around 3:00 pm. I watched the TV for a while, and reverted back to studies. She reminded me of the challenge to finish DI within 20th. It seems impossible, but I will try my best to complete as much as possible. My studies went on till around 4 pm, when I decided to multi-task between cricket and studies. Champions League T20 qualifiers were on the way, and hence I started watching them. First match was useless (Trinidad and Tobago v/s Ruhunu). At around 6:30 pm, I was completely frustrated with DI, and asked my mom to make me some Tea. After some rest, I felt good, and started studying again. The next match was the one I was waiting for - KKR v/s Auckland Aces. The first part of the match was horrible. KKR managed to get only 121 in their 20 overs. After that, I left for Gym. Today was workout day, and I performed all the exercises judiciously. I returned at around 10:40 pm, and the match was still on. The match was balanced, and KKR made a remarkable come back in the end. Finally, KKR won the match by just 2 runs. Bret Lee saved the day. After that, I took bath, and had my post workout dinner. My sister was also studying with me till 12, but then she went to sleep. Next, I reviewed Alok's SOP for a while before writing this post. Next, I plan to study till 3:00 am, and then sleep.

Diary 142: Intense Logical Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:15 am.Today I woke up at around 11:50 pm. I brushed my teeth, and then went online to check my mails and all. I realized that the overall DI course is too big and that the challenge of completing it within 21st is under a threat. So, I started studying Reasoning. Well, I was totally caught in the cob web of the logical world. Every seemed an If statement, premises, predicate, subject and what not. The chapters had 14-15 exercises, and I started solving those. Some topics were really important and so it took a bit of time to get used to those. In between I had my lunch at around 3:00 pm. After that, I continued my journey through logical path. The A4 sheets were filled with venn diagrams of all kind. This went on till late afternoon. I had my Tea then and reverted back to studies. At around 8:40 pm, I had my pre work out dinner. After some more solving, I left for the gym at around 9:40 pm. Today was cardio day, but I was feeling a bit low on energy, don't know why. Anyways, I completed my quota of exercises and returned home. I had bath, and then ate my post work out dinner. Then, I jumped back to studies again. Till now, I have completed only 4 chapters out of the 16 in the reasoning book, but I plan to keep on doing it. I wrote this post then, and next I plan to study and then sleep by 3:30 am.

Diary 141: Study and Frustration Day

Yesterday I slept at around 3:30 am. Today I woke up at around 11:00 am. I had an objective to complete a lot of exercises in DS today, so I quickly brushed my teeth, had my breakfast and started studying. I didn't go online yet. I kept on studying till 1:30 pm, and then went online. I realized that the developer has sent a new design for the internal page. I approved it and asked a few other doubts, which were cleared later. Today I was very frustrated with the non responsiveness of both Akshay and Dallas. So, I sent a mail with the designs again, but got no reply at all. I am kind of frustrated by this now. Then, my sister returned from school, and I had my lunch at around 2:50 pm. Also, today Dad finally found my sister's birth certificate somehow. We had the notion that it was never given to us by the hospital. After that, I reverted back to studies and continued the same till the late evening. In between, I took a break by listening to songs on YouTube and all. My mom and dad left for the police verification of Passport. I had a discussion about the names with Alok again. I suggested few and he liked only one of them. Anyways, after that I continued studying till 9:00 pm, and then had my pre work out dinner. Then I left for gym at around 9:30 pm. Today was workout day. I was kind of tired today after the workout, but I didn't miss the mark in any exercise except for the second set of leg raises. That is anyways a very tough one to sustain. I returned home, took a bath, and watched the TV for a while. Then I reverted to studies, and completed one of the exercises. There are 4 exercises of DS left, but I don't think I will handle all of them. I will return to DS after revisiting some concepts of Reasoning and Logical ability. I wrote this post then, and now I plan to study more and sleep by 3:30 am.