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Of late, many of my friends have updated their status messages indicating they've been placed. Although it creates much controversy, the fact of the matter is that you need to feel good on such achievements specially in these economic crisis and other financial downturns. Quite naturally then, our expectations were high when we got a mail saying that the big names are going to turn up at our college and were looking at good numbers. CTS, one of the well known names in the industry was scheduled to kick start the process on 21st Jan. Inevitable last minute resume updates, copies of marks sheets, the lot were the order of the day on 20th. My only saving grace was my preparation for CAT last year and some gut feeling told me, "Get through the first round, you'll do well in the interview". With this thought, I got an early night and made sure I was fresh. The first round was as expected, with a mix of vocab, math and analytical ability questions. After this was an hour lo...

As am sure you know, chowchow bath is used to represent a mixture of events/stories which might not be related to one another. This post is similar to that. There are lots of things for me to mention, which I shall try to cram in here. First though, wish you all a very happy new year. If what the movie 2012 is to go by, then we have just about 2 more years to look forward to!! Still this is what happened in the new year so far. Soon after my exams got over, we(read parents and me) headed to Talkad. As is the case with most of our temples, there is a lot of heritage and tradition tagged to the place. The best part of the trip was that we were accompanied by a localite, who eventually became a very good friend at the end of the day. Although we had some preferential treatment everywhere we went, I must admit that the amenities and roads are pretty pathetic. A week later, my cousin planned on another tour. This actually turned out to be one of my "proper" treks. There is a pla...