Ok this is the first time ever that I’m starting a thread, and believe me I looked around to see if there was another one of this kind. Well just wanted to gauge the kind of strength PG has in Cochin… maybe we can get together and play cric…
Ok this is the first time ever that I'm starting a thread, and believe me I looked around to see if there was another one of this kind.
Well just wanted to gauge the kind of strength PG has in Cochin... maybe we can get together and play cricket on the Marine Drive grounds.(k the purpose of the thread is pretty obvious now isn't it)
So PG Cochin Junta pour in...if any of you do exist.
for the lack of original thought , here's a quote:
"the net sum of intelligence in universe is constant, only the population keeps increasing"
so dont despair if there r only 2 intellectual PGs in cochin , if nt cricket we can atleast play badminon.
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Bhaiyyaaaa....
Ahemm badminton it is then, I'm to be found at the tennis courts of the RSC from 630 onwards, they have quite a few baddycourts too.
You bring the rackets and I'll bring a bucketful of shuttle-cockiness, and we shall duel to the end... that is until they have to mop the floors.
An introduction would help in this endeavour btw.
I go by the name Johan,presently mooching off daddy dearest, will be employed with a financial firm here in the near future.
Well I m Somesh,..i wd be among the 2 lac engineers passing out in 2006....after that u could contact me at IIM-A.....later i cd join the financial firm u wd be working for.....yet to plan wt i wd do after that.
j0 Says...... I'm to be found at the tennis courts of the RSC from 630 onwards........
was that 6:30 AM or PM....for if it is in the morning, then we r in serious trouble...the last time i woke @ 6:30 AM ws when i hd to catch a train to chennai.....
....regarding where you cd find me, the following table might help...
2:30 am - 9 : 30 am on my bed
friday evenings sridhar
sunday afternoons IMS
any other time : in my bed/sridhar or @ IMS
.....m planning to give CAT this year though hvnt started ne prep yet....
actually somebody once told me that--- CAT prep follows gaussian distribution.....kind of inverted bell structure..goes up...peaks...comes down. so its important that u peak @ right time...dont gt too worked up as u wd loose steam....----took his words too seriously i guess...so do u also plan to appear fr CAT ?
Yeah 630 AM it was good sir, but I've been stiffed by my ride so it looks like I'll be going in only around 8 today.You in CUSAT or some other college here?
Heh Sridhar seems to be the poor Cochin man's answer to a multiplex, not counting the fact that there is but only one screen.
If they're playing Kingdom of Heaven I think I'll go catch it sometime.
About the CAT well I can speak from experience that the peaking thing does have truth to it.
But there is really no way to gauge on which cusp of the bellcurve you are, so it makes sense to not really think too much about such fundalogy.
Right now what you should be doing is getting fundamentals in Math solid, maybe getting into a reading habit with some diverse literature, learning your squares, roots and tables.
All basic stuff, keep it low intensity till about July and then start firing in the SIMcats.
Personally I think after all this it might still go to hell on D-day, I would know, but atleast you are improving your probability of not having an off-day.
I haven't decided if I'll take CAT this time yet, in all probability count me in though.
yeah i m frm cusat....coming bk to CAT, i m trying to build up my reading speed...the prob is that when i read an article of my interest my reading speed goes up...also i find considerable diffrence in my reading speed when i read fiction rather than non- fiction.... i personally think reading kinds of seldon, cricton, archer etc...hardly helps our purpose for cat prep...they r more of time-pass stuff....
so coming back to the point,which books do u recommend? I found ATLAS Shrugged by ayn rand interesting..."Surely u r joking mr FYNman" by richard fynmn ws good 2..... should we time ourselves while reading..eg...50 pgs in x min etc..wd that help....
another doubt that hs been bugging me is whether mugging 3k gre words really helps or nt....and more importantly hw do we go about mugging up.....so people recommended to make card....bt then if i i memorize a card today and iafter 20 days if i look back..i m clueless....can u suggest a better way to recollect these words.....some say that we should use these word in our conversations, bt these words sound quite unnatural when u use them regularly........
kochi is among the top 10 cities in india.....it is called the commercial capital of kerela...more n more funds r nw being invested to develop kochi as an industrial hub.....technopark..infopark...biotech centre hv been developed as a first step to achieve this goal....bt inspite of all this kochi still lags far behind cities like bangalore, chennai.....yes these cities hd an early start advantage...bt still kochi is nowhere near them ...despite having such an ideal location..with the seaport, international airport nearby., kochi lags bhind.....where do u think the prob lies....is it the politics, the mindset of people, funds...???or is there any prob at all! PGites @ kochi share ur views as to hw kochi can promoted as an industrial hub and wt is it that is keeping kochi behind in this race.
Somesh... for the CAT wordlist mugging is pointless. It might prove useful for some lesser exams.
Personally I would suggest you start reading a lot of editorials in a diverse range of newspapers and magazines.
Read Economics Times, read the whole editorial page and a bit more...it'll take care of your GD/PI preps and you will find new words there which have this uncanny knack for showing up in your tests.
CAT requires knowledge of more functional english, it's the kind of english you will find in biz magazines and papers... your being good at it means that you keep yourself well-acquainted with such publications...and thats what they want. Get it?
And for God's sake don't read novels... and you obviously don't know me well enough to have mentioned Ayn Rand 😃
You will obviously read things you find interesting faster, what you need to do is get out of your comfort zone, read things that you're not naturally good at...philosophy, genetic engineering, medicine, astrophysics... anything under the sun.
I should be charging you consultation fees.:)
stupidguy SaysPGites @ kochi share ur views as to hw kochi can promoted as an industrial hub and wt is it that is keeping kochi behind in this race.
Throw the Communists out first.
forget commercial hub of Kerala, Cochin lags behind Trivandrum as well.
ps: This thread is turning into an epistolary exchange between me and stupid.
Are we the only 2 souls in this humid hellhole?
Are we the only 2 souls in this humid hellhole?
nahhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!! " tum ne bulaya aur hum chale aaye "
me 2 joining the bandwagon
.....................just clueless hw did i miss this 1 ?????damn my project which made me quite busy for last few days
........and lo ! 9 posts on this thread with no contri 4m my side 
neways keep the ball rolling dude 😃
jaago PG cochin ke junta !!!!!
p.s 1:- j0 i simply luv reading ur posts.............hv gone through almost all of them n it seems equivalent to going thru CAT RC
................bhai mere kuchh gyan idhar bhi !p.s 2:- this might interest u http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/students-preparing-for-cat-2005-based-in-kochi-25006517
how did i miss this one???? pgites from kochi...count me in!!!!
me, a b.com grad, currently working at an hr consultancy, a cat veteran.. will be giving my 3rd (and hopefully last) attempt this year...
looking forward to more pgs on this thread...
Aha we have a quorum of 4 now... we can play doubles in Badminton now
p.s 1:- j0 i simply luv reading ur posts.............hv gone through almost all of them n it seems equivalent to going thru CAT RC................bhai mere kuchh gyan idhar bhi !
Heh thank you for the kind words. If I don't end up giving CAT I'll atleast be running the weekend VA classes at one of the inst.s here. I might as well get paid for all my ranting.
Btw I actually just came across that thread when I saw this one. Do ferry some of the junta who ends up there this way as well.
We need more ppl if I hope to not run after the ball to field my own coverdrives.
Btw Bihari babu aap Cochinva maa ka karat rahe ho...tanik bataye to?
Chalo let's get the numbers rising... we need fielders!
Count me in too ...and there are others from Cochin also ..but the numbers are definitely not comparable to the other cities...
I have got a few friends who are also on Pagalguy...though they cant register now ..
Will be leaving for Ahmedabad on May 29th ...
Do keep posting on this thread..and hope more ppl from cochin makes it to the Bschools that they dream of ..
Rahul Abraham Mamman
K you I remember meeting at IMS for the last Simcat.
Strange that I leave Gujarat for here and you head on over there.
Well the weather's equally oppresive in either of the two locations, so I guess that itsy-bitsy IIM thingie kinda puts you at a comparative advantage.
Welcome aboard.
Guys..firefly is Lakshmi ...she s from Cochin ...Hardly a Punjabi //////
Hope u get more aspirants from cochin to be members on Pagalguy ..
PG gives u a great network ..and a vast amount of data .....and diff perspectives do help u ...
Make the best of a great forum ..
That s all that I can tell u guy s..
Take care
Btw Bihari babu aap Cochinva maa ka karat rahe ho...tanik bataye to?
cochinva !!!!!!.....arre e to kuchhu nahi hai .......hamar jaisan bihari to "akha india main world famous hai"
....................... jai bolo bihar ki 😃 waise e jo padhai hai na so ka nahi karaye
...................so pahunch gaye hamhu bhi cochin me engg. ka padhai karne 😃 myself 6th sem engg stud from CUSAT .....
yup one thing again i wud like to point out :- moi was cmpletely 'fida' on ur english and hindi(yes , i saw ur gr8 exhibition of hindi in one of the threads)....but bhojpuri also !!!!:wow:
u completely rock man :grab: ...................seems i'll get a lot to learn 4m u
P.S:- welcome to RAHUL and deviji( firefly) to our group.....................
yaar mere cochinites(if ever this word exists
), cm n join us buddy..................ab ek "cochin-pg meet" bhi ho hi jani chahiye b4 rahul leaves 4 WIMWI ........and yes as expected RAHUL will treat us !!!! wat say folks ????
Haan it goes without saying ki Treat to maangta ichche.
Waise bhi dhaglo mein paisa bhar bhar ke ghar le jaane waala hein, hum abhi thoda loot le to kya harz hein.
I suggest Taj Malabar... even better booking the vanishing pool there for the night 😃
Apna paisa nahi hai na, life ho to mufti ki.
Well I can only hope to evoke the magnanimity of certain Mallus here.
Hint hint.
ps: Any PGites in Cochin who play real good tennis lemme know.
hi all cochites,
count my head also. right now i am in chennai doing mba. internship in GE Capital Services.
very nice to see this thread growing. keep growing.
mad karthik
Firstly, a big thanx to j0 & stupidguy for this thread on Cochin PGs.
Now when is our Rahul's BIIIIGGGG treat coming :drinking:(forgot to ask him directly)??
lemme get ready to catch u b4 u escape!! :grab:
j0 Saysps: Any PGites in Cochin who play real good tennis lemme know.
:idea: j0, will the one who plays on table do? :idea: