Last few days@ ISB

It has been an eventful year. Life was just too much fun. There were assigments, late night parties, chats everything but time to think. World outside looked quite strange after core terms. ISB is LIFE. Thats how i look back at time spent here. There was always so much that i dont have any concept of free time and do nothing left in my life. Call it movies, novels, time spent in gym, parties, it was all over the place. There was something always and what you were left with in a day was 4-5 hours of sleep. I dont want to sleep anymore, there is so much to life. There is hard work and there is life and there is nothing in between. The pressure and situations you face in one year, just makes you ready for taking on anything in life. Put me through whatever you want and i will make it right.
Last week was disorientation week and i will particularly mention about last night. I always wanted to sleep i atrium, given its huge and airy. So, this wish was fufilled last night, there were mattresses put, pop corns arranged and movie played on projector. This reminded me of the old family get togethers when all of us kids would get into a rajai and watch cartoons. ISB looked like this large family watching Nimo, Gol Maal, with pillow fights and pop corns. I will miss this. You fall in love with some places and you just dont want to leave them. ISB is just one of those. You want to stay in. I dont want to leave. Love you ISB.

Some philosophies never change!!

Times change, situations change and people around you change. BUT there are two things that i strongly believe in, "Good things happen to good people" and "Whatever happens, happens for the best." I have always heard these words and they remain with me. They looked like simple words to me as a kid and annoying at times. They have become the only philosophy in my life now. The more i follow it, the better it gets for the two reasons:
a) The fear of bad things happening to bad people does not let me be illogical
b) I have stopped freaking out on past things, coz i know whatever has happened has happened and it was the best.
However, one thing remains with me. I still dont compromise. I like all good things in life and i dont care if i dont have them, but if i have them, they have to be good. :)

I am MBA

It is a wierd moment. Just the kind of feeling which you get when you have done something you have always been crazy about. MBA to me was a passion, i never tried to know why MBA?? It was just that i can fit nothing better than this. I was not arty, i was not sciencee, i was a talkie. I need to take things heads on, i needed to take decisions and i always loved big picture. I dont know how MBA fitted into it, but this was precisely my character. I remember telling my Dad many a times that i wont be able to die non MBA, and it has to be a good one. I like all good things in life. When i went for Grad in DU, i was happy because that is what i wanted and i m happy that it is ISB today. Thank You God, i can die in peace now. :)
I remember not taking the admits from colleges like Symbiosis, IIM Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, XLRI and there is a list of them which i just left coz i did not want them. There was something about IIM A and ISB which fascinated me and here was something i was just not willing to compromise. I feel happy that i did this. I have learned every day. I enjoyed my stay and i love everyone here. ISB has made me grow every day. I have been taught by the whos who of the world in some subjects. And marketing faculty at ISB for sure is world class. This is a place to be. I love ISB. :)
It might be an odd time to pass out given the economic scenario, but it has helped me all the more. I think being a part of odd times just shows that you are better equipped to take on challenges in life. Both my degrees threw me out in market is bad times and my average salary within 2 years was higher than peers my age, so has been my profile. I like it, the point is, i enjoy the turmoils so much, that i dont want to ride the good tide anymore. I just know , put me into anything and i will make good out of it. This is what ISB has given to me and i can safely say that i am proud to be an ISBian. As an alum of ISB today, i feel proud and responsible. Thank You ISB, there is not other place i would rather be.

I hate assignments!! :(

Yes, its 3 AM in night and bloody excel is freaking me out. I hate this. I wish i were a nomad, who did not have brain and who would have never heard about Bill Gates and Microsoft. Things have become too complicated. No one knows how excel works and as if that wasnt enough B schools add solver to it. Man, whats the logic behind solver's working?? Anyone??
I wish there were no assignments. Deadlines, word documents, ppts. God!! Are you listening?? I want to sleep and this does not even deserve 10 mins, but NO, Bill's excel has an issue with my sleep. How will i wake up in morning or wait a minute, am i not even sleeping? Noooo, i dread these assignments, and i dont even want to count the number of sleepless nights spent due to these. :(