Hi all,
Writing this one after a long gap. Actually don’t get enough time after coming back from office. Oh I forgot to tell you that I have joined an IT firm in Okhla as a QA Trainee. Joined there on March 22nd ,2010.Nothing much to cheer as I am on probation and no Stipend is being offered right now. Other series of events have also happened during past few months.
Our new house was inaugurated in the first week of February, immediately after my Semestral exams concluded. Had a great bash that week as all relatives were there to cheer, laugh, shout and dance .Lolz. The next three/four days after the inauguration were really really tiring. Most of the guests went back the same day or the next morning.
The next day we had to shift to our new house.Ahh…completely exhausting the entire day was! Everything was in its place after three days of hardship that everyone in the family did.
Finally it was 11th Feb when everything looked settled in our new house but I was still thinking about making it look more beautiful.But there was something to worry about amidst all this .On 14th I was supposed to appear for the Combined Defense Services (CDS) exam. I was really worried as this could be the only chance for me to get into the Armed Forces since I was rejected in the 19th UES and talk about TGC,just 5 seats for CS students. But I did not prepared for this test.First the Semestral exams followed by the inauguration, there wasn’t much time and energy left to prepare for it.The day before exam I just revised all the mathematical formulas studied in the lower classes(9th,10th and 11th) and for English part, I was confident enough of doing well in all the sections but one i.e. the Vocabulary Section. So I took out Norman Lewis and learned some common words of usage which I thought may come in the exam.And for the General Awareness section nothing could be done. You never know from where the question may come.But a little bit of preparation was still required from my side. History of India is too vast, and Current affairs required going through last three month’s newspapers.So the only section left was Geography.So I took out the Atlas and tried to study the geography of India-rivers,mountains,National Highways etc.That was all.Nothing else did I prepared for this test.
DATE 14TH FEBRUARY 2010: Fine Sunday morning that was,SMSs coming from friends to wish me;not all the best crazy people but Happy Valentines Day.Ha Ha Ha.
The centre for the exam was in New Delhi(S.N.Puri),so there was no chance of enjoying the evening as the exam itself would end somewhere around 6:00 in the evening.Appeared for the exam.First the paper looked difficult and then a thorough go through of the questions provided some way to analyze the answer.The most difficult part in the English paper was as expected The Vocabulary section.Not even a single word looked familiar.So was able to answer only a few questions in this section.After an hour’s gap appeared for the Genaral Awareness paper.The most difficult one.History History and History.Current affairs section appeared to be easy.Might have been for me as I regularly read newspaper.General awareness was also bit easier as there were some questions related to Computer Science. So not a problem for me.But most of the questions were from India’s independence struggle which I did not studied at all.Could not even make a guess as negative marking was applicable for wrong answers.
So answered questions of which I was confident about.still I think I had answered more than 50% of all the questions.
The last one was Maths exam.This test was not for OTA candidates and hence there was not a single girl to be seen at the centre after GA exam as girls could apply only for OTA,Chennai. Maths exam also passed fairly well.Most of the questions were answered but a few from either HCF,LCM or Quadratic Equations were those which I could not answer.After appearing for the exam I felt that I really had the capability to attempt it in a more better way,had I got the time for preparation.But still I was satisfied with my attempt.
Next month I joined an IT firm in Okhla and bid goodbye to the last semester. I was really missing my college friends.I felt like my college life was over now when my friends still had 3 more months to enjoy the same.But this spirit rose again when I met all my batchmates during sessional exams.The month of May and June were entirely for the academics.Second sessionals and then Seminar,Project Presentation,Practical and finally the semester exams.The PLs were very long for few exams.So went all the way to Rishikesh and then to Kotdwar from there .Had a great time there.Was back to appear for the last exam which was postponed from 12th June to 17th June.
On June 18th I was back to the office.Now the training is going fine and guess what my CDS results are out and I am among the successful candidates who will be facing the SSB board for training at IMA,Dehradun.Hope I make it up there too.
Bye.
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