The Other Side of Life

Almost an year since I said goodbye to office and joined the B-School. Where am I today? Back in office. :-| Life, I tell you, is weird. Always a full circle. And you, like those three blind mice from the nursery rhyme, would be running around it. No hard feelings, though! In case you are wondering about the origins of these sudden philosophical musings, my summer internship started last week and when I sat in the new office, with my laptop and opened Google Reader again, a strong tsunami wave of nostalgia hit me. I suddenly remembered all the blogging I did when I worked, the number of articles I read, the new blogs I had discovered. Office is fun in some ways, I guess! :D But, college? Its fun in many more ways than I can jot down here! Goes without saying, it makes you lazy. Its taking me hours to write this post and it is pretty much non-sense. That's what an MBA does to you. Anyway, I really don't have much to share. Just didn't want the blog to look desert...

Are there any awards for consistently infrequent bloggers? I should totally get that! :) But, I have been "good" busy! The type of "busy" that keeps me happy. How have you all been? In good spirits, may I assume? Lots happened, nai? Kingfisher crashed. Europe got messed up. Whitney Houston died. Indian economy is on a seesaw. The cricket team's definitely a goner. SRK too for that matter. Politicians still suck. The master designer rests in peace somewhere, feasting on Apple. On the happy front, George Clooney's hot again. Djokovic is on a roll! Grey's Anatomy is worth watching again. The weather's awesome! And the blog celebrates its 3rd birthday! :) In other words, life is normal. Touchwood. But most importantly, an year of MBA almost comes to an end. Can you believe this? Time flies, and how! Its been fun. A roller coaster ride - Crazy induction days with less than 3 hours of sleep, summer placements, sleeping in classes, non-stop an...

So I turned 24 this week and realized that before I know, I would be in my 30's and wondering where the years flew. Taking cue from DI's post a couple of months back, here's my to-do list which I need to strike out in the years to come, definitely before I turn 30! First the unavoidables, lets get done with them first - Fall in love, get married. :P Travel. A lot. Europe, South America, New Zealand, South East Asia, South Africa, who knows maybe US also! Visit all the major cities - New York, London, Paris, Tokyo , Chicago, Berlin, Sydney. Travel. A Lot. In India. Seriously start thinking about writing a book. Watch Wimbledon live, in the stadium and see Federer squash Nadal. If this doesn't happen in the next couple of years, I might have to change the Federer to Djokovic. Go to Brazil to see 2014 Football World Cup. Nope, I am not a football fan otherwise. But I love the World Cup! Go for a live in concert of atleast 2 or 3 favorite bands - Eric Clapton, J...

Dear Santa, Let me get to the point straight away. I get it. Its that time of the year again. People will try some serious ass-kissing. There will be blackmailing. Then there's the bribery? Of course, who can forget the promises? I know. We call it the appraisal cycle in offices here on Earth. I don't need to tell you, but don't be overwhelmed by all this. When you have well-wishers like me, you need not worry. So, I was sitting in the Organization Behavior class last week, listening to an intellectually stimulating, extremely well spoken and an infinitesimally boring monologue on Change Management, when it occured to me that you, Santa, need an MBA professional to look after your services! I did some serious thinking on your behalf, and here's what I have come up with. Please allow me to explain: MARKETING MANAGEMENT - Where do I even begin on this one? With the kind of work you do, you need some real hotshot MBA grads who can make a brand out of your life, pas...

Oh dear God! *Imagine me kissing the floor, right now* It feels SO good to be back. To lead an underrated normal life again! The past 4 months full of torture, placements, exams, guest lectures, pre-placement talks, sleepless nights, 15 hours sitting in one place, financial accounting nightmares, unbalanced balance sheets - its all over! (Okay, to be fair, its all not over. I do have to battle with finance over the next sem too, and the next, and the next. Damn it. We'll deal with that later.) More important things first. If there is one thing I have learnt well in my time here in a B-School, that has to be the art of making a good resume. For the rest of the world, your resume is just a statement of who you are and what you do. For MBAs, the resume is like the colloquial "Tijori ki Chaabi". For employers, its the key to the employee's mysterious past. For the prospective employees, its the key to a glorious future, which has no traces of the past. ...