Down the memory lane.....part 4

Moi Quadies.......Tolerated me for 10 months now !!

God Bless u guys.

Study Group Party at guruji's House !! Awesome adventure....Last party with Mogli being around, he left for US after this....waiting for graduation for the next group party. C9 zindabad.

Down the memory lane.....part 3

This was our first assingment together. The great Gillete case.......Marketing of all the subjects took us sooo long...hard to beleive.

Tats is missing in this snap....

Down the memory lane.....part 2

This was playing Dum C till 4 am in the morning. Dunkee was the king and we were mere disciples learning the tricks of the trade....wonder if his employer is gonna pay him extra for these skills.
....coz he is quite a riot.

Down the memory lane.....part 1

This is the great retro nite....had an awesome time. Don know when next i will njoi so much as i did on this date....doing all kind of wacky things like wearing those weird wigs, seeing perfectly normal individuals dressed up as if i the mid 70s. Good time...good fun.

Life...

Dear Diary,

Things have suddenly taken a halt...for the first time in almost 10 to 11 months, there is absolutely nothing to do. The typical day usually starts at 11 or 12 pm and ends by 4 am.....in between i do get to sleep for over 14 hours a day.......wow, who would have thought.

Had been looking over the programme that i subscribed for term 8:
Behavioural Finance: Heard he is an awesome force in this field
Advance Corp Fin: *ahem* *ahem*
Nega: really want to do this course
Leadership: another course by an awesome prof

Otherwise, things are settling down....have been surfing a lot on random stuff. Trying to catch up with old friends, bosses, colleagues etc. etc. Its sad to know tht there is only 1 more month left in the progamme and thats it....so many memories...so many people....*alas* hoping for the best for all......

Am satisified....thanks God.

Arright folks....I m done here

Dear Diary,

Wow……what a month I m having.

Sorry for being so late in the entry book…..but have been slogging for some time now and finally managed to scrap one up.

Good news first…..

Chugi cracked the Big Mck, Pappu is going kahenee, Mandy is gonna sell Gambhir cards (there are some things money cant buy…..for everything else there’s Gambhir Cards), Dunkee cracked every Ibank on campus and decided to listen to his heart….very mature thinking for a 25 year old. Daddy had cracked Dallas a long time back. Taps flying to Uncle Sam. Gurujee becomes the true leader and Sharmajee cracks the Big I.

Am happy for them all…..they are all going to places they love.

Myself going to Macquarie….Australian for Banking.

So much adventure, so many decision…..so many things to think about. Money vs. growth. Home vs. abroad. Life vs. work……somewhere along the line, I gathered that I have not reached the maturity to handle tough decisions and I really wish to work on this aspect of my life.

S was damn kicked abt Sydney….lets c how life unfolds. Wanted to meet her this week but couldn’t make it sadly…..and right now we really aren’t on talking terms….so if u read this……..extremely sorry………..maaf kardo yaar.

We enter Day 3 tom and the scene looks rocking…..hope we break every record possible.

Personal front,

Have been playing tennis and cricket till 4 am in the morning…..dont believe….better believe it. Here’s a snapshot of my life

7:30 pm to 12 am – hunt around the city…catch a movie….catch dinner

1 am to 3 am – play tennis

3 am to 4 am – play cricket

Prof of core terms

The results are finally out....Krishna Kumar has won the prof of the year award this time for core courses....n i think this is the second time in the running. Wow....he was truly liked by every1. I think it was the parting note that made all the difference....copied below:

dear students:
i've really enjoyed teaching the second half of global economics, and meeting you all inside and outside the classroom. thanks so much for your enthusiasm and for your kindness -- today, the last day of classes, and on other days. i am deeply touched.
economics, like real life, has its share of ambiguities, fuzziness, and dead-ends. but as john steinbeck wrote in his beautiful novel, "sweet thursday," "...the clarifying leap springs from the rich soil of confusion, and the leaper is not unfamiliar with pain." what i or anyone else can hope do in a short time is only rake this soil. the leap is yours to make. be bold. be irreverent. shift those graphs. good luck.

-krishna

wow...what a powerfull email.

But for me, it would always be Subra our IA prof...he wuz truly the best. I think very few ppl appreciated his passion for finance, My salutations to you sir. U came u saw and u conquered many....:-)

Australia's biggest Ibank has come out with its shortlist and interviews would start on the 9th. The tiering process's results came out.....wow what a line up. I think this time...ISB might rock the Consulting and IBanking domain. *touchwood*

God no more....

It is sad to c tendulkar fail like he did in the indopak test series just concluded....I have been an tendulkar fan for a long time now and have somehow always believed that we have still not seen the last of the great man.....but the dismissal that i saw yesterday was ringing the goodbye bells for this indian icon.

It is sad but i guess it was expected......hope i m wrong.

Else life is great...very little time and a lot of stuff to cover......fighting against time...lets c who wins.

The final countdown....

Things are moving at a pace unseen since the first term. Guess people have realised that its now or never and they need to act fast.

Wow....its commendable the number of hours people are devoting to preparing for the interviews alone, amongst a close focus group or just random surfing. There is a big surge of meaningfullness, confidence...call it whatever u want.....just the will to go out there for the kill. Amidst all this, we still find time to party....this is extremely commendable. Have to give it to the spirit of this batch, we keep proving it day in and day out.....that look dude, we are not a bunch of nerds...we know how to work and party hard. Go ISB !!

Amongst other news.....one of my close friend, AW won the young leader award...not a surpirse really. There are very few people who can multitask as much as he can.......and for all those who think acads and extra ciricullar cant be managed....i would sincerely hope u do meet AW someday and talk to him.....coz this is an art he has mastered. Keep it up......if there was a person whose career i would like to track....he would be the one.

Life goes on....mom, dad and sis are in mumbai. wish i could meet them.....very rare that family meets like this.....its sad how with time, u need to spread your wings and fly away.

Prep is going good, today was fun...have been reading a good book "freakonomics". Trying to balance work and pleasure, as always, so that i dont burn out by the time interviews do start. Dont want to repeat the HLL incident after CA but also dont want to be overprepared for an interview.....its important to realise also that one of the things interviers are looking for is that u can think on your feet and not memorize a few eco fundas and vomit it out during the test.

Life is exciting and cant wait for february to start and oh tom is S's bday.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know u would read my blog late in the night so wishing u the very best and hope u get all u want in life.........wish i could have made it for the bday but promise u that i would be there for every other bday from hereonwards.

Form is temporary....Class is permanent

Dear Diary,

As the famous saying goes, form is temporary but class is truly permanent.....that is what i have been telling to one of my close friends at ISB.....AG

Very often during our stay in a shell, we forget what the outside world looks like. We restrict our thinking, our beliefs and the scenario condition to what we see and feel in that shell. But only when u move up and above the shell do u realise that the world is never gonna look at u and ask u yr grades or how well u perform in one subject from the other.

Very often we also forget who we were when we came into the shell.....undoubtedly, the shell was important to equip u with new tools and skills.

Had a good conversation with AG....like always drifted to topics better known to both of us. Cant wait to find out where each of us will end up.....its gonna be helluva ride going into the harvest seasons n the scene is looking good...lets hope the conversion are great as well....

Besides the usual rut......have been reading a lot of literature off late...nevah thght that i could read so much in a day....was more of a excel guy when i came to ISB...now have converted into the guy who keeps reading PDF document....a lot of work to be done before 31st. lot of companies to apply too....

Till then, wanted to reflect on today....and capture it for posterity.......hopefully would be looking at this a few years down the line and laughing at it........ :-)