Philosophy??? naah...just practical lessons I learnt

The last few days have awoken the sleeping philosopher in me. I thought I had done a decent job during my mid term exams. Only now do I realise that I have come up woefully short in meeting the expectations of the teaching assistants who actually correct the mid term papers.

What does this all have in store for a guy who came to the best b-school in asia pacific with a truckload of expectations?

A lot, coming to think of it; and this is probably true for all people who find themselves messing up one exam or another.

Learnings:
1. do not try to jump to the skies with just a pair of sneakers on. You need the ammunition to do it.
2. better take to the skies in a set of small jumps than try to fly. You will most probably land with a thud if you are too ambitious.
3. be realistic in your expectations . You cannot expect to become a genius overnight. But what you can do is to keep plodding away steadily.
4. Never let your efforts slacken. Giving up is simply useless.
5. Have faith in god at all times.

singin' in the rain

it has been raining continually for God Knows how many days here at IIMA. The campus is getting flooded and we have to wade through gallons and gallons of water to get to our classes.Mr.Louis Kahn probably came from a Desert. So he apparently forgot that there are such things as rains. The drainage system at IIMA is adequate testimony to this...

The rains of course have brought their own power cuts to this place. We have been having Economics sessions in pitch darkness (there is hardly any natural light in the classrooms). Talk about knowledge dispelling the darkness of ignorance.

We also have this thingy called T-Nite at IIMA, where all first year students ("facchas") have a whale of a time trying to out-shout and out-perform their colleagues from other sections. The seniors say that this is the most memorable time that we will ever get to spend at IIMA. I don't doubt them. The fever runs really high and loyalty to your section really comes through. The fun is even more when we have to rush out in the pouring rain for buying stationery, bugles, ribbons and stuff .

This week promises to be really hectic, what with having to keep your preparations for class up to the mark and simultaneously trying to see that your section emerges on top... But then, as McDonald's slogan goes:

"I'm luvin' it"

Signing off.

path breaker...

This is my first attempt at blogging. I must admit, blogging has a sort of addictive quality to it... I have come across quite a few witty blogs during my stint of just over a month and a half at IIMA and thought I might join the crowd.

My mid term exams just got over :) . What better time to set about doing something I haven't done before?

That's enuf for my first post. gotta go frontlog on some sleep.