Saturday, May 31, 2008

Historic Moment!

How can I not post today???

I am a free bird... mentally so much at peace... relaxed.. calm... like 100 kg weight taken off my shoulders... its not that I did not like my work but to quit is a different feeling... as I entered home, I realized I will not have to go back to work for quite sometime now...

Obviously, with CFA around the corner, I will not realise that kind of feeling I come back from Singapore! But by that time, I would be all pumped up again to go back again!

Although the main reason was to celebrate my last day at work today - its been a extremely eventful week for me! Like
o Earlier in week, I met seniors - decided on staying in hostel as compared to pvt accomodation
o Got the hostel results - made the payment (definitely saved a bomb here)
o Decided on what day to leave - which flight to leave
o Constantly exchanged mails with my newly found NUS friends (yes too many of them now)
o Got the forex for the CFA trip (did you know Singapore has plastic notes with transparent hologram??)

It has been a great week!!! And the end of the week was the best - Last day at work!!!!!

Goodbye Saki Naka! Singapore calling me!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Another Era comes to an End!!

Well, I put in my papers and its finally sinking into me that I am going for MBA!!!! Man, it just hits you from no where!! It happened so fast that I never came to know how it happened so quickly!!

My senior (Thanks Viggy) has been very supportive and has promised me to relieve me in 1 week as compared to 1 month notice period!! He says it was a "symbiotic relationship" and that I have been around for THREE Long Years - so it was not a problem!! Maybe I was just plain lucky or was I a good employee throughout!?

I am really happy to leave the company on a good note and that is a positive indicator for the new life I am gonna start soon!!!

Btw, what a timing this was - exactly 3 months after my admit came and 2 months before I leave the country!

More updates coming soon after CFA Level 2 exam!!!

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Success Rate!

Well what a season for me!

In between this period got a "call" from Nanyang to discuss my application without any prior intimation! Well, it was more of a chat and lasted for not more than 10 mins! In less than a week I was offered admit! Wonder what the adcom guys were testing!

Anyways, I had told my friend in January that the reason I feel more confident this season is that I have already got two calls (HKUST and XLRI) vis-a-vis single calls in 2004 and 2005. And what a success rate! Got calls from all the three schools I applied and converted two of them!

Not bad season at all :)