I have been sitting at home for almost 7 Months now, leaving exams in between, and places I have been to….Like Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Agra etc. So I suppose am waiting for the school session to start – Thats on 24th June. I have not taken admission (or rather, I did not get thru) the Delhi “Public” Schools – RK Puram and Vasant Kunj. So I have taken admission (re-admission rather) in my old school, thats New Era Public School, Mayapuri. My chosen stream for +2 is Commerce with Maths – which includes 5 Subjects namely, Maths, English, Economics, Business Studies and Accountancy. It may come as a shocker to many that I have not opted for Science but that is because my interest, aptitude are elsewhere – In something like Finance, Marketing or Management. So I have shunned the Engineering way to an MBA degree. There are I suppose lots of options and opportunities here also. So lets see how it goes. So Life will be quite different now I suppose. Also eagerly waiting for the Quizzing Season to start in July – I suppose the first quiz wud be the COQ (The Columban Open Quiz) , the constant on the Delhi School Quizzing circuit for over 20 Years now, as the St Columba’s website tells me.
On the sporting front, after the IPL Tamasha, it was good to see some One-day cricket, in the Kitply Tri-Series. The Windies-Oz test match series is also going on, for the Frank Worrell Trophy – And It feels good to see some pure test cricket…..But the most exciting has been Euro 2008 till now……Holland have been brilliant……..Germany, Italy and France (The Big 3 who are always favourites) lackluster, and I hope there are some more good matches to follow in the tournament. France VS Italy 2morrow promises to be a cracker. Its the low profile teams like Croatia, Turkey and Russia which have caught my attention more and have shown some good football.
I have received my Free CD of Open Solaris. So hope to try it out soon….. Am now eagerly awaiting the release of the iPhone 3G in India. I have also helped Mozilla in helping set a Guinness World Record – For Most Software Downloads in 24 Hours. You can also Pledge here: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord
Dont Forget – Download Day is 2morrow.
Some Interesting Links
1. On The State of TV Journalism in India (Something I totally agree with, herez a proof)
http://jobsmedia.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-state-of-tv-journalism-in-india.html
2. Movie-A-Minute (Its really funny for some movies 😉
http://rinkworks.com/movieaminute/
Signing off,
Prateek
5 responses to “Holidays…….”
The Nut
June 19th, 2008 at 14:14
I think I should tell you that you can do an MBA after an engineering degree. But, it’s your life. 🙂
prateekv
June 25th, 2008 at 19:47
@Vivek – See Vivek, I know an MBA degree as a postgraduate course can be pursued by anyone – Therez no limit to the background. But I am not interested in Engineering/Pure Science, hence this stream selection. It all depends – In the End, what i want to do.
Poison
June 28th, 2008 at 15:56
oh, pity u didn’t get thru. what was ur percentage of tenth?
i study in dpsrkp, so i’m askin.
the list of new admissions is up on the school site and SHIT, there’s not a single person with below 91%
Sudhanshu Deshpande
July 8th, 2008 at 03:36
Hey Prateek…no post for a long time, been busy? Look forward to a new quiz.
Still enjoying baraf ka gola…yummy 🙂
prateekv
November 2nd, 2008 at 14:32
@ Poison – My percentage was 89.4 percent…..Well its good I did not make it!!!!