The ever elusive B-School run (the adhoc blog)

When I came in, they said life will be better after the 1st exam.

Then, it was the 1st term.
Then, the 1st year.

But, it's still the same. And, now I'm sure that it'll be so even after this thing finishes :)

P.S. If you don't realize, this post is just meant to remind myself that I blogged once :|

Finally, it rains !!!

With cyclonic winds, heavy downpour and a drop in temperature, many will be happy. But, what will happen to the nest that that bird created after a whole week's effort?

Of third time (un)lucky!

So, this was the third time I was getting a clearance form signed by the same librarian and that surely felt pathetic. However, after thinking about it for a moment, I realized that my state of emotion had been completely unmatched during all those three occasions.

I remember the first time I came to this company. It was for a training that I undertook before finally joining the company. That was my first exposure to the corporate world and, needless to say, I was aghast. Everyone looked busy; there were state-of-the-art video conferencing facilities; the coffee vending machine had so many options; the labs were filled with towering equipments. I was more than joyous to know that in some months I would be a part of all this and would be tinkering around with all of these. But, for that particular moment, it was strictly business – meeting mentors, project assignments, reports and all that jazz.

The second time around was a much prolonged stay. There were more than 100 of us who had joined and each had that desire to prove him or herself. They were ready to be challenged and were eager to perform. Of course, leave aside those who hated the company from the very first moment and opened monster.com or naukri.com as soon as they got their own desktop.

But, the second stay was the perhaps the best of all. This was the time we made and, in some cases, remade friends, realized our potential, got a deeper perspective on what we wanted in life. It was filled with experiences – working late, getting help from unexpected people, handling over-ambitious, backbiting colleagues, dealing unnecessary work pressure from managers, getting work done by the lazy ones, getting work done for the lazy ones and multitasking to ensure that you get selected for that coveted b-school. To sum it up, it was perhaps the eye-opener, a revelation of sorts that looked you deep into your eyes and screamed – Wake Up!

Coming to third time, as it’s happening with this post, I was bored by the time I reached here. So, there started my glorious term with me sending a hate-mail (almost!) sent to the HR people before joining, followed by a tussle with the security guys on the second day. The manager went missing for the first few days, leaving me high and dry with no clue on what to do. And, a repeat act, with him going missing again on the last day, delaying my relieving date by a day. Don’t even dare make me say anything between those two days; I call them shitty-summer-afternoons-with-too-low-temperature-and-too-high-caffeine-and-no-one-to-guide-me-and-do-something-meaningful days.

So, as was my status message a few days back, I guess this is, in fact, the end of an era. The one I took unknowingly and the one that I am leaving purposefully.

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's been a while....

It, indeed, has been a long time.

There have been no cribbing, no frustration, no why-don't-people-get-it-right, no I'm-like-this-only on Mostly Harmless. Seems that everyone's at peace with him or herself.

Is it really so?
Or, is that people moved on; got busy with work and life, in general.
Or, is it that the whole blogging thing is out of sync these days. Well, Facebook and GTalk! status act as better venting machines (Meow! any one?)

"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know."

~ I seek no questions. I desire no answers.

Has Madmita officially left us!? :|

Arbitness (revisited)

This continues from Marvin's comment on zz9's last post -

As for growing up .. I think its overrated. I refuse to grow up if it means giving up on random thuss sessions and fooling around in general and behaving weirdly instead since I have a gf/bf. Why can't people be normal ... the world really doesn't care if you are going out with someone. Strongly urge people to get a life before they get a bf/gf ... its not a f******g race where you have to get a gf/bf just because everyone else is! Might even solve the soulmate issue.

I know I'm not in that 'race' (as described by Marvin); neither do I care about joining one. And, there's not one but so many reasons for doing so.

Life's usually complicated. You have so many stuff to do. You don't want to get all tangled up in a relationship. You are not ready. You might not have a good feeling about it. You might have had a couple of bad ones. You are already hard-pressed for time. And, so on and on and on.....

But, I think I have some unique excuses to add as well.

First up, I never actually liked any of them. They were all a tough case and I had no patience in dealing with them. Further, I easily get tired of two individuals trying to play what's-going-on-his/her-mind game. (Though, I realized during MBA that this was something to do with asymmetric information, bounded rationality and game theory) . Yes, there were one or two who didn't fit the 'usual' bill, but let's not discuss them for the time being.

Second up, "Why?" I mean what's the need? Give me the answer and I'll start looking for a girl straightaway.

Now, why did this topic came to my mind?
Well, I had posted some 'unusual' pics of me playing guitar on the stage and I got some rather 'unusual' comments. Sample this -

"Lot's of girls must be after you"
"I'm sure you did this to get some chicks"
"So, you must be humping around these days"

Hello!!!

Isn't there something called 'love for music' left in this world?
Or, are all your actions governed by your pervert-ness and should have a sexual connotation.

I certainly fail to see the rationale.
And, then the world will recall me as an a**

P.S. Simply dig Marvin's line - Strongly urge people to get a life before they get a bf/gf ...