ordeal of CAT 3

To say that the week preceeding my interview, i had butterflies in my stomach, would be the understatement of the year. I could hardly sleep let alone eat. I was perplexed at this behavior coz i'm not the one to get flustered so easily. all in all the days flew by and before i realised i was at Bangalore and gazing at building where i was supposed to give my interview. The watchman over there did little to ease my state of mind. What he said made me cringe. At that moment i was ready to be any where in the world than at Bangalore. Even the frigid reserves of Antarctica seemed welcoming to me.
The so called d-day had arrived at last. After checking out the venue, i returned to my room. I was visibly tensed and on the edge of my nerves. for me enlightment came a tad bit late. it was almost 10 in the night when i realised that every day passes on like the other before....i know i sound philosophical....but in the end dats d way it is...after acquiring this so called gyan i was at peace..i had a fitful sleep and was fresh by the time i woke up next morning. I never dressed so meticulously as i did on that day. i was trying hard to be the perfect package. all said and done i reached the venue early. the first thing which struck me when i reached the venue was the sophistication of the environ.it was a refreshing change from the too casual atmosphere of the the college. after the intial round of some very formal introductions we were all waiting for the actual selection process to begin. we were informed that there would be 4 rounds of selection. i was placed in a batch of 12 members and was 3rd in my batch.
after being seated i was surprised to find the people on either side of me were the same ones with whom i attended my mock GD sessions. after re-introducing ourselves, we settled down. our topic for discussion was " Foreign television channels are instrumental in the destruction of our ethical values and the means of curbing it". effectively a person started with the supposedly high point in the given topic -ethical values. he was almost immediately cutoff by the others who wanted the discussion to start from foreign television channels. i could almost immediately recognise the people who were trained at TIME institute.....the methodology that was drilled into us was that very obvious. the discusssion was concentrated more on ethical values vs personal choice and due importance was not given to the curbing measures. after the GD we were asked to summarise it. then we had an extempore round wherin each of us was required to speak for 3 min. my topic was "amitabh bachan is the legend of the film industry". my take on the topic was in favour of the topic. at the end of this round we had to break for lunch after which we had our individual interview rounds. my interview was a total fiasco. all in all i did fare well in it.
i never made it to the institution. i was given many reasons for it. but at the end of the day, it is one my most memorable experiences. my preparation for CAT expanded my horizons and taught me to respect the different perspectives of individuals. it taught me to think on my feet and helped me fine tune my logical and analytical skills.......it prepared me to take on the challenges in life and to learn from each and every experience........i'm a better person today....and all's well with my world...