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I got selected to the 2010/11 MBA program conducted by the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) in Sri Lanka which is affiliated to the University of Sri Jayewardenapura.

PIM is widely respected to be the leading Business School in Sri Lanka and indeed it is a happy moment in my life. The selection process for this MBA is probably the most competitive in Sri Lanka.

Every year thousands apply for this most prestigious MBA conducted by the PIM. It is a collection of Executive experience, Academic excellence, selection test and finally an Interview with some veteran academics and industry resource personal which earns you admission to this prestigious MBA program.

I know how hard I worked towards getting selected to this program. Week days I come home after work, take a one hour break and work till midnight preparing for GMAT. Each of those days, I slept less than 6 hours a day. On weekends I worked equally hard. I wrote almost 15-20 practice essays. I prepared hard for the final interview. But I was never sure of my achievement because I jolly well knew the competition I had, in getting selected to one of the best and most competitive programs in this country.

Now that i got selected, I know that the tough part lies ahead of me in the next two years. But I look forward to enjoying this phase of my life and i know the path to success.

Hard work and Perseverance in the face of adversity. There are no shortcuts.

Acres of Diamonds is written by Russell Conwell. This is actually a speech which he has given in the early part of the 20th century. He has given this speech over 5000 times. The book is all about inspiration. The book explains how we overlook riches in our own backyards while we wonder around.

Its quite interesting to see how such a relevant topic to modern days was discussed so vividly almost a century ago. You can easily find the book free on the internet.

There were quite a few movies i watched during my eventless weekends and thought of writing something about those.

Chariots of Fire

A true story about two athletes. Its amazing what drives people. One athlete was driven by a passion for glory. He wanted to win and victory only could make him happy. The other one was driven by God. He belives and becomes more close to god by running and that running is like fulfilling a duty. Driven by these different recents, these two champions run and they become victorious.

As correctly mentioned in one of imdb comments ‘A battle beween the forces of the physical and spiritual’

Munich

If you are a fan of Eric Bana (I am) this is one of his memorable performances. I have always been a history junky and this was an important story cos i have known the Munich Olympics disaster.  I was just thinking the similarities when the LTTE gun runner ‘KP’ was nabbed by Our Intelligence people in Malaysia. Luckily they did’nt kill him like what Avner (Eric Bana) did in Munich.

Again, a thriller!

Nights In Rodanthe

This is based on a book by the same author who wrote  ‘The Notebook’. Again a story of middle age romance. But not as powerful to me as of ‘Brdges of madison County’, but a good enough one to spend some lonely time. A sand ending unlike ‘The NoteBook’.

The Shawshank Redemption - Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free….

You should never loose hope. Even if it takes 20 years to dig a tunnel to freedom. A truly inspiring story of a prison break who was wrongly convicted and put into prison. Its a love between two great friends. Something which we not oftenly could see.

This is a must watch….