Current Tune – Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon – Remix
Here are some headlines in my life and in general — 
Pope passes away…very sad. He seemed to be well respected, not only amongst Catholics, but around the world to everyone. Rest in Peace.
Prince Charles is suppose to get married on Friday but because of the Pope’s passing, he has postponed the wedding till Saturday. I don’t know, but I keep a deep interest in the Royal Family of Britain.
Big game tonight!! 
Its biggest day in US College Basketball as the two best teams in college face off. One of them is from my dear state of Illinois playing against Kaush’s University of North Carolina. Sorry Kaush — but #1 seeded Illinois is going to kick some UNC butt! Go Fighting Illini!
On the other side of the world, India vs. Pakistan. Hindustan Zindabad! Ganguly ko baithaa deo!!! 
Parents last full day with me. 
Its been too good having them here, going to miss them, even though I will see them on Thursday when I go home. They are leaving tomorrow at 11 am.
Soon after I drop them at the airport, my team (project manager and all) is going to Portland, Maine for work. 
Its gonna suck — I don’t know why, but I don’t want to go. 
Neeraj is going back near CST station in Mumbai to go get his Police Certificate processing started for his Fiancee Visa (K1) interview call, which we hope will be sometime late May. It will take a full month before the certifcate will be made, and its necessary to have for the interview call. We are still waiting on the approval for the K1 visa. **fingers crossed**
Got to get my airline tickets to go home on Thursday. Got to do that tomorrow.
Neeraj and I are preparing for GMAT. We are looking for good GMAT books. Anybody has any good suggestions, please let me know.
And the last headline for today…
Surprise secret….only if I could share. 
Maybe I will write a protected post tomorrow because there is a reason it is a surprise secret. 
Alvida. Jai Mata Di.
oh wow Poonam. Looks like too many things happening:shock:.
Yeah, the Pope’s passing away was a sad thing. I went to a catholic High School & so have that closeness affinity with this religion. He was indeed a great man and one of the best Pope’s in the history:yes:.
I am glad that the royal wedding is being postponed. On Sunday their spokesman said that the wedding would happen even if Pope’s funeral falls on the same day:eyebrow:. I was taken aback by that statement:grumpy:. But when I turned to CNN this morning, the decision was reversed – very wise of them:cool:!
I am writing this post and watching the game at the same time. So far the game is really close and NC is a little ahead:evil:. I am with IL and hope they win – they are afterall the best team!
Yeah – India vs Pakistan meet again tomorrow night. I hope India wins again – though I also hope that the game be a bit exciting, and not an easy win or an easy loss. Jab tak cricket mein woh last overs mein excitement na ho, game ka kuch maza sa nahi aata:hyper:
Oh, it’s so sad that your parents are leaving tomorrow. But the good thing is that you get to see them again in 2 days. So I am sure you’ll be fine.
MBA, huh? Well, I took GMAT 4 years back. I know the format is still the same, Infact, they have made the GRE just like GMAT now with an essay section! I really thought that the books by Kaplan were the best – very detailed and prepare you well. Most of the people I gave guidance to, thought the same. Try one of them out, you’ll know. Let me know if you need any help.
Oh, and the secret…..:roll:I wish I could have made guesses
o well as of now india has thrashed pak bowling !!! yupppie !!!
secret !!! batao jaldi ! no patience…
o all the best neeraj… ab gmat mannat is rt… neeraj if u gonna b coming to town u can just drop in at ne book store n chk out the books available…
Yup.. the scoreboard reads 356… Yuhooo!! India is rocking man… :)
For GMAT, heard that Kaplan CDs/books are the best… Barron’s is also a good choice…:)
Hey Poonam,
Look for The Official Guide to the GMAT, it is a must for GMAT preperation. Few good sites are:
1)sentencecorrection.com
2)testmagic.com
3)scoretop.com
4)gmatclub.com
5)pagalguy.com
I would also recomment you to enroll in gmattutor yahoo group…any further help required ..do mail me..i gave GMAT and TOEFL last year, so did my partner..i scored..well..lets not make it public..:blush:..he scored 770, so could give u a few pointers..
BBye for now
Mallika
BTW i dont post much, but i make ita point to read ur blog everyday…:smile:
oh ya… India won the match… hurrayyyyyy… but the Pak team did give a good chase…
waitin’ for the protected post……
Yeh surprise secret kya hai… !! Me getting curious
Hmm, aaj ki taaja khabar pad ke achcha laga!!. ;)
Btw, here you added this “Wedding Guest List”. Mail me the password plz. Would like to check.
And now looking forward to read about the surprise secret. Kya ho sakhtha hai!!.
Shayad… surpise secret belated april fool banane ke liye to nahin :)
Secret
… mail me the password 
Sad to know about Pope
India played exceptionally well
It was really great to watch a new-comer scoring so much of runs, with such a great high strike rate.
I think Tanya is right:!:
Maybe Poonam has planned an April Fool revenge
Manpreet be careful
haan manpreet needs to be extra careful. hehe.. ;)
India ne waqai dho dala but it’s surprize to win with less difference even after having such a huge total (compare to 1st match.).
….Pope died, it’s really sad but one day everyone has to go…..ye hi ek satya hai. College basketball…final four fun to watch..will give some rookies for NBA….Portland, maine don’t want to go?….go go go baby go…..it’s nice place work at day and do camping at night…I want to go there for camping one fine day (when will this day come…?)….by the way what’s the secret?
For GMAT all the best no idea for books. Buddhe (old man)- buriya ki shaadi me koi interest nahi hai apun ko
*hugsss* miss reading your blog …..
I have returned from the training, hiksss I feel really sad, I miss all the people in the training. The training was really fun and I had the best experience in my life. I can’t believe that within 2 weeks you can be so close with people. *sigh* I am still in sad mood ….
Yeah it’s really sad Pope died. I was really shocked when I heard the news … rest in peace.
Wish you the best and Neeraj for GMAT, I wish I could give some suggestion but I never took GMAT before. Wish you the besttt always ….
Wish you the best to for Neeraj’s application, I hope everything will settle down soon, waiting is something I really don’t like
heyyy what is the secret ????
Hi Poonam…so many things in one post..hmm India vs Pakistan main toh India won! Good luck Neeraj and you for the visa processing. I remember when I had to get my Police Report processing done 4 years ago..and AHEM AHEM..the BIGGEST NEWS..UNC (#1 seeded ranked 2nd) beat Illinois (also #1 seeded ranked 1st) in on eof the most memorable games in the NCAA finals! daarn that was some game. and i agree with you that if it hadnt been for Sean May we wouldnt have gone all the way. Since I am a diehard Tarheel..lemme add that I watched the game with 10000 other Tarheels and saw the whole team today when they came back…it was a talent vs team fight. The most talented team(UNC ;)) vs the best team (Illini) aaah it was amazing! ok too much about college basketball but the town of chapel hill just went crazy :D Who kicked some butt ;)?
GO HEELS! :D
Nice to hear all the news :).
The NCAA finals was too close to call!! Nice fight back by Illinois but i think in the end NC deserved to win :)..they played too good. Roy Williams deserved this title!
I think Barron’s books are always good to start with for GMAT. Kaplan is good for practice tests. I have a friend who gave his GMAT last week..will enquire with him and let you know the details :).
now.. where is the secret…. Am I getting impatient????
or is it a plan to trick ppl as Tanya says….
manpreet…. get ready yaar..
Hehe.. looks like Tanya is correct.. Poonam is trying to fool us
Poonam will now go…..
Yes many things are going on Mannat.
I didn’t know that you went to a Catholic High School. Its interesting to see what people think, whether he was one of the greatest Pope’s in history or not. 
I can’t really say so its nice to see your thoughts. 
I had a feeling that the wedding would be postponed. They would have to do it otherwise they would be shown as quite selfish.
Let’s not even talk abt. the game
Illini did not play well at all. 
Sean May is the only reason that UNC won. If he would have not been playing, they would have lost BIG time! Illini were just not playing as good as they usually do. 
India zindabad! It seemed they did quite well against Pakistan the other day!
I don’t get to watch the match, so I just get the updates from you all or from Neeraj. 
Yep got home last night from Portland, ME (we were in that office yesterday) at 10 pm..and the room was so quiet. No Mumma. No Papa.
I was sad but then I talked to them, talked to Neeraj, and then went straight to sleep. 
One more day and I will be home. 
Thanks for the GMAT suggestions. We will look into Kaplan.
Secret will be shared soon.
You can go ahead and try to guess. 
India played quite well Kunal.
Secret will be shared soon. 
Neeraj went to the Fort two days ago and saw the prices for the books, but because there were so many, he didn’t know which one to get. 
India played great Manpreet!
Thanks for the suggestions on GMAT. Will look into it. 
Appreciate the suggestions Mallika.
I am glad that you do come to our website and great to see your comment. 
Neeraj and I will definitely check out those sites. Thanks again! 
Yep it seems that India did play really well Prasad. Didn’t get to watch it myself, but just heard second hand from Neeraj.
Protected post is coming. 
Sabhar ka phal meeta hota hai Manpreet.
Thanks Govind.
I will send you the pwd for the Wedding List. 
Do you want to make a guess on the secret? 
Aaj sab log ko maloom chalega ke main kitni seedhi hoon
. Pata hai Tanya, maine toh yeh socha bhi nahi tha ke main Manpreet ke saath kuch karu after the April Fools’ incident. 
Tumne abhi mention kiya toh mere dimaag main gaya. 
Dekhaaaa?
Unfortunately you are all on the wrong track. I got home from the office quite late last night and was too tired to post.
Plus Neeraj said that he wanted to write a post today, so am waiting anxiously for that. Will post after his — which will be either Thursday or Friday. 
Nice guess though Tanya. 
Will send you the pwd Ankur once I write the post.
But you are wrong, Tanya is not right. 
Nice guess though.
Nice thoughts Tarun. I am not sure why I keep such an interest in the Royal Family.
Definitely there will be a great few players heading to the NBA from NCAA. We will see who will get chosen. You will have to wait amongst everyone else for the secret. 
Thanks Mona!
Good to see your comment again **hugs** 
I am glad that you had such a memorable experience at the training! It was very much the same for me. 
Its hard to come out of that atmosphere because it was just so great! Yep let’s hope for the good news on the visa soon. 
How’s everything on your end? Visa and all? Is your site back up? I was sad to see it down. 
Maloom tha tera comment toh aayega hi sahi Kaush.
Aur if Illni jeeti hoti toh main aati tere blog par tere ko kehne, aur jo koi ne socha hi nahi tha, woh ho gaya — UNC jeeti. 
Sean May was the UNC team. Without him they would have lost for sure. He was unstoppable and a one man team. I still think that Illini was more talented — but it was just not there night. Augustine was in foul trouble so early that he was not even a factor in the game. 
Khair good game…and Sean May kicked some butt..not UNC. 
It was a close call Ashwin.
Good game to watch. Thanks for the info on GMAT. 
Will look into it.
Tum teeno ko kya bataon Prasad, Manpreet, and Ankur?
Now that you read my comment you will see ke main kitni seedhi, saadhi, bholi, bhaali ladki hoon. Main chalaaki nahi karti — KOI AUR ke jaise 
Protected post is coming.
Wow!!! ab mein kya kehsakthahun…
First thing poonam, your comment is longer than your post.. phew!!
Second, really u are seedhi saadhi.. Chalaki karna tumhare bus ki baat nahin.. for that.. one needs a brain…!!
I don’t have any word to add now 
:rotfl:
Oh..no.. wanted to add one more line…
yeh protected post.. surprise… secret… kya hai? itna suspense kyon?
BTW, why it always happen… that Manpreet always misses out something and he ends up making 2-3 posts simultaneously.
Lagta hai… 500 karne ki bahut jaldi hai…
And, BTW ankur.. why you always keep on pointing that I’m making multiple comments for the same posts!!!
seems that u are also all going for that 500 comment thingy
Heheh…. SPAMMING ZINDABAD :)
While you two battle it out for the 500, I just want to make one thing clear to Manpreet.
Jyaada mat bol warna abhi pata chal jaayega kis ke paas akal/dimaag hai…aur kiske paas nahi.
Challenge karega toh pachtaayega
Main darr gaya
I never said… I will have treat after 500 posts only.
But after every 100th post
headlines.. hmmm i can catch up with what i missed…
GMAT – one of my cousins wrote GMAT last year. if you need help, send me an email. will ask her to respond to any questions u have.
and why so much hype about your secret post?
Thanks Tanya.
Neeraj and I think are going to get the Kaplan GMAT book.
Aaisich ..masti.:smile:
Is that secret post… masti?? I thought it was some thing serious :)