I wish I could wish someone that way

Recently I have come across this video on youtube. It was such a lovely video and I became emotional looking at it. Its really good. I have never seen such a video till this time.

Its about a little girl - lilly. Her parents gave her surprise. The best part of the video is her innocence and her excitement. When her parents told her the surprise she started crying. it was so emotional but very beautiful.

Here is the link to the video..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOpOhlGiRTM

Till now, I have seen this video atleast for 20 times. I think I cant stop the count increasing. Such a beautiful expressions and such a cute little girl.

Also, she tries to dance even while crying and that shows how pure her love is towards her parents.

Coming to statistics about that video. This video has been uploaded on 10th october and till now it has more than 43 lakhs hits. This figure shows how good the video is. I think in recent past we might have never heard of such an awesome count. Also, the video has been viewed across the globe.The video has 10k comments. Almost every 2 in 3 comments talks about "how emotional they felt".

Even I felt emotional when I saw that video. I wish I could give such a beautiful surprise to someone.

Happy Birthday Keerthi

Happy Birthday Keerthi...

Keerthi was my colleague at HSBC and a good friend of mine.

Since I have given Chaitanya Varma a gift, its time for Keerthi to grab one from me.

I remember what she likes as I have seen her couple of times getting attracted to it.

Here is her gift... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0Duztiqxb8lvNwxoEPxIm10rBCnOzbNhGxIrUodczqdkqGT-MR1dXQHGFkqMdb8555WbhYVJSzD0LEviFg9EisUROieVy_DQxUMahU8NSX4vfLNhizplfBM-BLXtJVk2Q5eqJFvCEqIH/s1600-h/Mixture+Step+5.jpg

Once again Happy birthday

Happy Birthday Chaitanya Varma

Finally I am wishing Chaitanya Varma on his birthday.

Many Many Many happy returns of the Day Chaitu.

Here is my gift.. http://appleiphone5newz.blogspot.com/

Enjoy....

From Quizzes to Assignments....

In the first term, we used to have atleast 8 - 10 quizzes in the whole term. Which means 4-5 quizzes pre-mid term and 4-5 post mid term. So, right from 3rd week onwards we had some quiz. This means we were studying for quizzes from 3rd week and goes on till 5th week. After 5th week, we had mid-term exams, resulting in a 3 continuous weeks of love with books. Of all the quizzes, I used to write one quiz properly and that too it must be an easy paper. I never used to concentrate on quizzes.

In fifth term, till now I have written only one quiz. From next week onwards our mid-terms are starting. Effectively the quizzes count drastically reduced by 80%. Then how these marks are compensated? We are now given enough assignments to compensate the quizzes. Its a tradition that is being followed and not new for our batch. Why is such a tradition required? Because of simple reason - we have become lazy. :) . Yeah, people dont want to open books now. In my case, almost 4 weeks are over and I am yet to open a text book. I read only one subject till now just because I am afraid of that prof and I accept that I am afraid.

What is the advantage of assignments? Most of the times, assignments are group tasks. So what?

Group tasks are just for name sake because group tasks are done by an individual in the group, the so called hard worker. One thing that I can see clearly these days is that the count of free riders have drastically increased. I am no exception. Last term I almost shifted my room to computer center. I spent most of the time in CC studying. This term, I hardly went there. Now, the winter has just started and people dont even prefer to come out and with the laziness I have, I think I dont even go to classes !!!!

Coming back to assignments - disadvantages and advantages. One disadvantage with assignment is that the range of marks doesnt differ. The difference between maximum and minimum could be at max 2 or 3 marks. But in case of quizzes, the difference is the maximum marks for which the quiz has been conducted. Ultimately, this thinking results in decrease of the motivation factor to work for assignments because people start thinking that they can put the same efforts in preparing for midterm and endterm exams for which they could get the highest marks. Great thinking. I hope I dont go with empty brain for midterm exams thinking that I could put in efforts for end term exams...Its all my perception....

Its hard to hide...

Few days back there was an incident that happened in the college - which was totally unexpected.

The incident was based on my birthday. I dint tell any of my friends here about my birthday and one of my friends, sai, saw my blog on Oct 13th. He is a regular reader of my blog and I know he would see that. Also, I expected that he would read it completely, especially last few lines, and would not tell anyone.

But as soon as he saw my blog, he posted in a facebook group page, created by telugu people of IIM L, known as TMTAH. The group contains a list of friends with whom I am close. Ofcouse, those are the only people with whom I am close. This really bothered me a lot. I didn't tell anyone about my birthday and when I saw my name appearing in the group as if I did something wrong (My perception).

Immediately I called Sai to take out my name. But he was busy with some-other work and couldnt login. This ultimately led the secret revealed.

The next part was simple. I should start convincing them that I am not interested in celebrating. But, I felt convincing is secondary and primary could be how to face the comments that they are gonna throw at me. I remember how I behaved when I came to know that Raghu was hiding his birthday. I almost yelled at him. But it was then I realized I also fall under his category and so I stopped asking him why he wasnt interested in celebrating. It took sometime for me to adjust and show my face to others and become normal. Now everything is normal as no one has taken it seriously. Dont know how they understood that / left the total matter. Good for me.

By the way, thanks Teja for the wishes :).

Thats it...

Thanks for the wishes

I thank those who wished me on my Birthday.

The list -

Mom and Dad,

My best friend,

Anvesh, Sandesh, Lokesh (Though called me, I dnt pick)

Imran, Chaitu, Sekhar, Sai Krishna

Arina

Divya

Suma

Chinnana

My cousins

and Lastly Stari (For the last wishes - my way of wishing)

Gone are the Days ......

Personal Trivia..................

Three years back.....

On October 11th night around 11.45 PM.. Anvesh, my sister and I were in railway station. I told Anvesh to leave as it was getting late. Actually the train was scheduled to leave around 11 PM and it was delayed by one and half hour.

Anvesh and I were busy talking and discussing about the passengers in and around there. It was almost 11.55 PM. Anvesh dint leave me to go anywhere and he was standing very close by the side of me. I got a call from someone at that time. I was on phone and at 11.59 PM Anvesh almost made cut the phone and wished "Happy Birthday Praveen" and told "Remember it was me who told you the first wish" and then let me to talk on Phone. By the way that call was from one of my Friend's.

Two years back.....

On October 11th at 11.55 PM... It was my best friend. She called me 5 mins earlier and was speaking some random things as if she is not aware of my Birthday. Aftersome time, she started asking me why do you think I called you and was asking what is so special about that day asif she doesnt know anything. She was trying to make fun and also make me feel that she doesnt remember anything about me. At 11.59 she wished me perfectly and it was great given the situation.

Last year....

On October 11th at 11.55 PM... No one has called me. (As far as I remember). It was then at 12.30 AM, my cousins called me and thus the my birthday started.

This year...

On October 11th at 11.55 PM... This time it is again Anvesh's turn. He called me early and dont know what to speak and it went on randomly. Anyways, it was him whom wished me at 12 A.M. I was happy for that.

Though my birthday never changed, the celebration style has changed. From celebrations to partial celebrations to Nil. For the past two birthdays, I have stopped celebrating. Ofcourse, there are couple of reasons for that.

Why am I writing all these? I have few good friends out here and know that they read my blog. All I Wanted to tell them is sorry. I just dont want to celebrate my birthday and thats it.

I have written some more lines and taken out as it may hurt some of my friends, though not intentional

Depressed and Irritated

Back to the same old life...

Nainital...Here we come..

First time I am going out for a trip with my friends after joining IIM.

Will update soon...

Maybe I was wrong...

This post is about the class room updates.

In previous posts, I made a bigger announcements stating that "The most Leisure Term". I think I was totally wrong.

This is the term wherein the submission started as early as at the start of second week. Its something very rare. Normally profs give some time for students to start working. Also, in today's lecture one of the profs insisted for weekly submissions. That is something terrible to hear !!!

I mentioned about a prof in my previous posts stating that he got irritated since we laughed in the class. In the same class he mentioned that he knew about our profile. I dint take those words seriously. But he mailed to one of my group-mate quoting that "he should personally take care of involving me and two others in this project and should contribute to the project. Also, he mentioned our names in the mail with internship details". I was shocked when my friend, to whom prof has mailed the details about us, has forwarded the same mail to us. Its sad that prof has taken the things too personally. I am worried on how to rebuild the trust.

This time, in team building class, we had an exercise on "introduction to teams". It was a scenario case. The scenario was that a set of people with certain background were stuck in a cave and who has to be rescued first and in what order need to be sorted out by our team. It was a funny exercise wherein we were all arguing with each other with a variety of inputs on giving priorities. Ofcourse, I have seen a guy in our group is arguing just for the sake of arguing. Also, we had one girl in our group who is from Italy(Dont know exactly the place). The total team was in dilemma when we were to choose between a lady with two children and a guy who is potential enough to develop a cheap drug for cancer patients. It was like whether to go with present scenario or need to think about future. One thing is that there is no correct answer. It depends on individuals. Whom do you chose?

Apart from these, I have seen few ads about Gujarat Tourism. It was awesome given the fact that the videos contain Amitabh and also shot in multiple languages. Its a good strategy to attract both Indians and Foreigners. Good Learning. Here are the links -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQXNiFC3YE8 - in Hindi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU6c7j73e1s&feature=related - in English

Have a look at it. The video clarity is good and also the theme.

Welcome home Anvesh and Happy Journey Lokesh

Finally, Anvesh is back. He came back last weekend. I am so happy to see him back but at the same time, Lokesh is going to US. Its like a tie.

Actually, I wanted to meet anvesh at Delhi. Also, I booked the return journey ticket. But finally he said "no" to my visit to Delhi.

Now Lokesh is going to US and it is going to be a long stay. He waited so long for this offer. I wish him all the best and happy journey.

Also, I have seen Sandesh buying a new car. Thats really a great news. He is the first guy in our batch to have a car.

Party Time !!!

This week I went out to city twice just for the sake of food. That doesnt mean that I am not being served food here. Its just that we are bored of eating the same food daily.

First, it was index party. This year again I am part of index team. Everything, except the fact that I am in second year, is same. I mean to say the work I did and the work I am doing hasn't changed much. Its the same photoshop work that I hate. At times, I feel that I am cursed and at times, its a differentiating factor. Anyways, I cant change anything at present.

Coming back to party, it was a good one. Though the food was not good, I enjoyed the time, that our team, spent there. It was fun. Ofcourse, it was first time I was interacting with the whole team given the fact that the team was formed long ago. I dont know the names of any of the first years. So, initially it took sometime to break the ice and as of now it is partially broken. :). One thing I understood was that they are very curious to know about the placements. All I could tell them is not to worry. But it is very difficult to control our nerves during placements, including me. But everyone knows that he/she is gonna place in some company but what is that "some" is a question mark.

Here are few pics..

The team 5Ps

Scream 5 ???

Juniors

Second time, it was sai,gopi and me who went to city. This time it was Dastarkhwan. After a gap of almost 6 months, I went to the city by bus. Nothing new and its the same old roads with lot of dust. Wherever the bus stops, I can see a kg of dust falling back in to the bus and slowly getting distributed onto the passengers. You would be lucky if you were sleeping with your mouth open. Before people get any kind of doubts, let me clarify one thing - I dint sleep during that journey.

Thanks to Gopi for paying the bill and thanks to Sai for paying the bill at sports shop for my wrist band. I bough a wrist band to play TT with out any interruption caused by excessive sweating (Assumed to be). But after purchasing the wrist band, I havent played TT.

Again, tomorrow we are going to City.

Classes.. Term 5

Finally I can feel some seriousness in attending the classes. The classes are a bit interesting.

In team building class, there was an activity. It was about understanding ourselves. There were certain attributes given and we are suppose to rank them. After ranking them, we will come to know about the scores for different personality types - tiger, eagle, turtle, solmon, Chameleon.

Each animal is defined with certain aspects. For tiger - brave, leadership but doesnt listen to anyone. For Chameleon - works on situation but doesnt posses leadership. For eagle - long vision - but doesnt care about notifying the team. For Turtle - slow and steady - analyzes the situation. For Solmon - rebel. Based on the graph, mam used to explain how a person's character will be and how he responds to a situation. One thing I understood was that people should be very high on eagle but should be low on Solmon. Interestingly, my graph was quite opposite to that of normal. I am rebel as per that activity. I think I should start thinking that way!!!!

In marketing class, I have heard something very contradictory. In early days were soaps were aired, one serial was blockbuster. The main element of the serial was extramarital affair. That concept cannot be used for marketing a product but a company used it in a different way. I dont want to write much about that. But it is something different and unheard of.

Also, when washing machines were first introduced in India it was a big success in Punjab. When company went to see and understand why that product was successful. They were shocked. The washing machine was used in Dhabas for preparing lassi. It was funny. The way people think about certain things that the manufacturing company never heard of.

In today's class, prof was giving an example of "wheel" advertisement. The husband throws the shirt on his wife's face and then wife uses wheel to clean it. Finally the husband gets the promotion. While explaining that ad, professor, in a funny note said this "throwing a shirt on wife's face never happens in India. It is just exaggerated. A typical husband knows what happens when he throws a shirt on his wife's face". "Generally these kind of ads start with a message like - "Attention viewers. This ad is performed by experienced people under a protected environment and viewers should not imitate at home". The whole class started clapping. I think thats true.

For first time, I was caught in the hands of Prof for laughing in the class. Prof was so irritated and was angry. I was lucky to answer the question that he has asked me else it would be have been a disaster. The class was damn boring and so we started cracking jokes. I dint realize that he was observing me and all of sudden he asked me a question. After the class, our project group was asking prof some kind of doubts. We were suppose to implement some crazy ideas and I was laughing listening to those crazy ideas. Prof saw me for the second time and then....

Tremors ???

Recently I have heard news that in USA there was an incident on Earth quake in New York. Then, I heard a similar news in reference to Delhi.

Yesterday, I saw a status message in FB on one of my friend's wall - "I felt the chairs were shaking. Was it an Earth Quake?" I was shocked looking at it. Then I started searching for the news in google and shockingly it was true.

What am I doing at that time? The answer is that I was sleeping, indeed it was a deep sleep. It happened around 5PM. After knowing about that, my brain started thinking something very extreme.

Though nothing happened in my college, later on I found out that so many people were dead near sikkim. That was very bad.

I believe that of all the natural calamities, earth quake is dangerous. Because for the rest of the calamities, atleast we can get some information prior but incase of Earth quake it will be known only after the damage is done.

Interestingly one of my friend has updated his FB status message as "Tremors in Lucknow. My friends, instead of running out of the building, were updating the same message on Facebook." I am wondering how powerful an FB is - more than that of an Earth quake.

Term 5.. The most leisure term....

If someone asks me whats the best thing that you always want to see in this term, my answer is "Time Table". Even If I see 10000 times, I still feel like seeing it again. I can feel like I am set free from all kind of rigor that we were going through, though its not correct. On Monday and Tuesday, I need not get up till 1PM. On friday and Saturday I have just one class. I cant ask anything better than this.

This term I have 3 marketing, 2 system and 1 HR related courses. Even the courses are not too hectic. But one problem is that, the courses I have taken are highly sought after courses and hence I can see the top 10% students of the college are in some classes. Now the problem would be to get good grades by getting marks better than them. That would be a dream. People might be thinking why am I crying for grades because its ultimately grades that get us to the destination. Dont ask me what destination I am looking for because I am no different from others.

I am so leisure that I have completed the Prison break (4 seasons in 2 weeks time). The first season was awesome and later on I felt bored. The twists and turns that were there in first season were repeated very frequently in the consecutive seasons and so I could guess the plot very easily. One more thing is that - digging a tunnel / passing through a tunnel. I never thought it would be so easy to do such a thing. Where ever the lead actors go, they dig a tunnel there as if it is patented to them. The last season was more like a typical sentimental movie - to choose one between wife and his brother. It is too far from reality. But I should accept that it was entertaining. Now, I understood why parents are so addicted to serials.

Mom, Dad and 8 holidays...

This post is about the holidays that we got at the end of Term 4.

I want to start this post with an example. A lion which was kept in a cage for 3 months and was made to work hard for 24 * 7. Imagine how it feels when it is released into jungle for a week. The happiness it gets cannot be expressed in words. Ofcourse, I am not lion but I dont mind you guys assuming it.

Although I dint do any productive work in holidays, I enjoyed to the maximum extent as there were no worries about grades nor project-work nor extra curriculars. Just eat and sleep. A continuous sleep for more than 6 hours is something rare and I achieved it consecutively for 8 days.

BTW I went to Tirumala on foot. I walked all the way (2400 steps). It was amazing. When I was walking on steps, I have seen couple of times "Praveen and Sravanthi". Its written on the walls which is a pathway to temple. Does it mean should I fix with Sravanthi? Where is she?

Jokes apart, I met my cousins and other relatives. It was more than a gala atmosphere.

One thing I couldn't escape was the committee work. Though I was on vacation, I was given some work with a strict deadline. Its my fate.

When I was going to Triupati, I met a guy in the train who has just come from US. It was very nice meeting him who is in a very good position at IBM. Interestingly, he too appeared for CAT and got some info about IIMs. He believes that people in IIM are inclined towards setting up new ventures. But I hardly see that here. He also gave me some insights about US politics and it was very interesting. I also understood that he is not that good at networking but a very hard worker. During the same journey, I met a old lady who has a very bad impression about software engineers. She feels that we dont enjoy life and work very hard. Partly it is correct but I dint feel like agreeing with the "hard working" part. We carry personal works during office hours and so it looks asif we are continuously working for 8 - 10 hours but it is not so.(Half the time we spend doing "some other" work. Its just my opinion !!!

Tiresome Journies

The exams were over on 2nd september and I booked my ticket for the train that leaves lucknow at 10.35 PM. I had an another connecting train that leaves jhansi at 5.30 PM. The time gap between the arrival and departure of first train and the second train was just an hour. Moreover my tickets were in waitlist till 2nd morning. I thought I would face hell before reaching home. It was more than that. The train left lucknow an hour late but reached Jhansi at 5 PM. I couldnot sleep properly that night. The total journey time was around 32 hours. I reached Hyd at 5 AM in the morning and was the only person left sleeping in the coach after the train had arrived at the final station.

One interesting thing that I felt during the journey was these dialogues - "Bloody.. what the hell? I need to sleep. Dont call me. Why are you like this?". It came out from a girl. Please dont think that it was me on the other side. The girl was on a phone call and I was eavesdropping on that conversation. Though it doesnt sound interesting to others but it is to me as it reminds me of my past :(.

Another interesting thing is that the conversation that I had with train attendants. It took hell out of me to explain the importance of IIMs. They have idea on IITs and not on IIMs. They talk about MBA colleges in Andhra Pradesh and say that they are great in India. I was caught in dilemma. It was an interesting conversation.

But they gave a good logic about marriages in India. He said that he had three daughters. He says that if his daughter studies till degree, he can find a match for his daughter equivalent to that of degree or greater than that. But if his daughter studies till post graduation and now the question is he needs to find someone equal to that of PG or more than that. The problem doesnt end there and continues with increased expectations in the form of dowry. Though its hard to digest but its true in case of lower middle class people in India.

Though the return journey was also bit a lengthy, I had the company of my friends. Around 10 other friends were there with me and we all were there in Mumbai airport for the whole night. It was such a tough time to be sitting on the chairs for the whole night.

BTW the day started with a krusher at KFC. Sai (both) had chicken popcorn at 6 AM in the morning. Well, I have no comments on that.

Happy Birthday Padma (Sept 1st)

Though belated, Happy birthday Padma...

Funny.. May not be... Part 2

Sitcoms... Contd...

By the time the term 4 was finishing, we had so many guest lectures. In a guest lecture, the faculty was teaching us about some topic that was not in syllabus and he wanted us to be interactive. But half the class was not interested as they were tired. (The class started at 7 PM). Prof saw a person sleeping and dint call him wake him up directly. He asked a question to the student next to that guy who was sleeping and gave this statement - "You speak; He wake". Thats it the whole class started clapping and disturbed his sleep.

In strategy class, Mam was asking questions to selected people and especially to those who sit in the last bench. It was a kind of tricky question. First person answered it to some extent and next person added a bit to it. But one student gave a very smart answer - "Mam, whatever he told was correct". Mam started laughing and told us that during exams write the answers this way -"Whatever the person, sitting by the side of me, has written is correct"

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Apart from these sitcoms, I have seen few examples of selfishness in movies/serials/books but for the first time I have come across a guy with such a character. He is too selfish to give chance to his own team members and I hate those kind of people. May be selfishness is required but a selfishness of such an intensity leads to destruction. Luckily, I am not part of his time till now.

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These days I am confining myself writing small posts. I got feedback from srilu quoting that my blogs are too long and sometimes too boring. I cant deal with the boring part but at the same time I can deal with the "lengthy part" and as a result you can see "the conitnuation parts" for the same post.

Funny.. May not be...

There were some funny moments in Term 4... Actually they are sitcoms...

In one of the classes, a professor inserted an USB drive into the system. He named the drive with his own name. So, when he inserted an USB, a message popped up showing "Do you want to format Prof.XYZ ?". Half the class understood the funda and started whispering "Yes, press ok to format it".

Proxy is something that profs never tolerate. When prof was taking roll call, a guy by mistake told "present" for a girl. Prof was shocked and stopped taking attendance. Though it was not intentional from that guy, I could not stop laughing after what has happened. Also, I remember the same prof, when he forgot to bring the attendance sheet, asked us to sign on a sheet of paper. Once we are done signing, prof counted the number of signatures and tallied with the class strength. No one could have imagined that prof would be doing such a thing. I cant discuss further more on what has happened then !!!

Our group was presenting on some topic in the class. When the presentation was over, mam normally asks us some questions/clarifications about the topics that we presented. During that time, I took out the pen drive that was connected to the system assuming that it was our group's and gave it to the girl who was the member of my team. After we finished answering the questions that mam has asked us, we went back to our places. Mam, then, went back to dais, and shockingly her pen drive was missing and accidentally it was me who took it out and gave it my team mate. Mam started searching for pen drive and asked the class "Has anybody taken my pen drive?". The girl was silent still thinking that the pen drive she had was our team's. After sometime mam asked our group, as we were the last persons to leave the dais. She then realized that the pen drive she was carrying with her belonged to mam and gave it back. Then ???? - Laughing & Clapping !!!!

While a group was presenting in the class, one student took too long for explaining a slide. He was explaining the same slide for about 4-5 minutes. Mam (may be intentional) - "What happened to the slides? Why are not they moving? Is the system stuck there at the same slide?". The whole class started laughing and clapping.

Another ad ...

We have a subject for which we are suppose to create an ad for a product that we choose. We need to apply all the concepts that we have learnt in the subject for that ad. It was funny.

Here is the link to that ad.. Can you guess what that ad is about ??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfIBTqQ-N10

There are few concepts like - humor appeal - emotional appeal - high/low involvement to know about the product..

Since we have selected a product that falls under service sector, it would not be the similar way that we create an ad for a normal product like soap/jam etc. For a service industry (like banking), the ad should indicate both the information about the product - loans, and an emotional appeal to attract the customers. Especially in banking industry its about trust on the bank that works (most of the times). Its just some kind of information for those we are interested in marketing :).

I was shocked to see the number of views(550) for my college video - eternals@pec. Till now, it has the maximum views of all the videos that I have created.

End of a tiresome term...

Its been a while since I have written a post. The title of the post says everything. It was one of the hectic terms just equal to that of term 2. I have mentioned the same in couple of previous posts about how hectic the term was.

The last two weeks of term 4 was the worst. It was the first time we were doing seven projects in a term and we are suppose to give presentation and prepare project report for all those subjects.

One of the most embarrassing situation in the term was that the prof was laughing after looking at our slides, when we were presenting our project to the class. We prepared the slides on the previous day. The biggest flaw was our recommendations. We have given very hifi recommendations for a government hospital. I dont know where to keep my head because it was me who suggested the project to my group. I felt very bad on that day.

There were days in which we gave 2 to 3 presentations on the same day on different subjects. There were some differences among the members of the team. A perfect platform to what we are going to face in the near future.

Coming to end-term exams, few of them are open book. Those exams that were based on open book doesn't require a text book at all. If profs declare a subject as open book, it is implied that we are not gonna get any question directly from text book. We need to workout and fit in all that we have learnt on a piece of paper and that is really a tough task when compared to that of a closed book exam.

In one of the exams, the question paper was very different. We are suppose to assume everything and write the answer. When mam told "assume those that are missing and answer the question", whole class started laughing. That was because we need to assume so many things that we never thought off. It was as if we are writing something very new about a product.

One thing that I have realized is that those topics that I leave (I just left one slide in one subject) will definitely appear in the question paper and it happened for two exams. Anyways, its over and I cant change anything (Suggestion given by my close friend @ hell).

Thats it for now...

On the friendship day....

First let me finish-off the wishing formalities.

I wish all my friends "Happy Friendship Day".

Special wishes to my best friend, anvesh, sandesh, lokesh, rajesh, ravi, murali, arina, srilu and stari. Also those whom I havenot mentioned here :). ( I dint include any of college friends as I could wish them directly. )

By the way this is my gift to you guys. Friendship coke... (Please watch this ad .. its really a gift from my side... You will love it.. I WISH WE ALL MEET ONCE AGAIN ON A FRIENDSHIP DAY NEAR COKE MACHINE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj3QLLTFDX8

How is it??

On a serious note, I dint enjoy this day apart from the end of day twist. If I dont wish my best friend on a friendship day, what is this day for?.

These days I am sleeping very late and morning after getting up I always think this way "If I bunk today, still how many classes am I left to bunk/attend?". Now time is 4.32 AM and no doubt I will feel the same way when I get up in the morning.

Once again Happy friendship day.

Signing off....

So, one of my friends is Pappu ? (Ads)

In one of the class, prof showed us an example on how cadbury used the theme "pappu pass hogaya!!". In that example, prof has shown the screen-shots of sms on mobile. A student enters the roll number and presses the "get result" button. He gets the results along with the message "pappu pass hogaya and time for treat - kuch meeta ho jaye cadbury".(This May not be the exact message). Till now it is good but the twist is that I saw the student's name which is exactly one of my friend's. The name on the screen was "LOKESH". I couldnt control my laugh when I saw lokesh's name on screen. So is he Pappu??. What you say Lokesh??

Apart from jokes, one of the most innovative ads I have ever seen is the ad by Volkswagen.

The concept is "test drive on a print ad". I was thrilled looking at this ad. Though few may not like it. Since I love technology/innovation, so is this ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhbkqFdKnP8&feature=related

The concept was awesome. Here the cost incurred on providing the test drive is saved. That must be a huge amount.

An hour ago, I have seen goldspot ad and this ad showed how the trend was then.

In my last posts there were comments on who created the ad and ofcourse the commentator herself has posted the answer and thanks to her.

updates part 3

Here is an incident that happened, when we attended for a project review.

The project was about VIP industries. We just prepared roughly. We went and sat before mam. Mam was busy with some other work and the fellow research students started asking us the questions. What was the project about and what information did we collect. We initially started by showing a pen drive and told him that everything was there. He asked us to explain the things with out using the pen drive. We told him what we collected and he stopped us in middle and directly asked us the recommendations. We again started explaining him our recommendations.

All of sudden he started questioning us this way "I have visited their plant in Nasik and it was very small. Do you think the strategy you are recommending works out?".

We were shocked and our group mate who was explaining till then became silent. We dont know what to say. Then somehow we were rescued as the company produces 13k units per day (explained by us). This time he remained silent. It was like a war.

Back to mam. She somehow collected the data in between, that we couldnot collect till then, and started asking us the questions on that part. We were totally unprepared for such a question. Actually in our group only 3 of us were prepared and rest 2 dint. When mam/fellow researcher was asking the questions, the unprepared guy was answering few questions (ofcourse not exactly the relevant answers). I couldnt control laughing there. Sometimes we need to prepare for the shocks that come from our own team mates.

In another guest lecture, we had a guest faculty talking about "hacking". I just love this subject. Hacking is something that tells the expertise of someone in the technology field. Prof was explaining us on how hacking happens and how we should take care of all these. Actually the night before the guest lecture, I dint sleep. I was feeling damn sleepy till when the class started and all of sudden I started listening to class with full interest.

The class was about wifi hacking and it is the most used network by us in our campus. Actually, the prof has given few website references which can help us hacking. From that day, I was afraid to use WIFI in public places. One thing that I dont understand is - "Is it that easy to hack ?"

Here is a blog worth reading and I totally disagree :) (It is one of my friend's)

http://sachintala.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/iim-inspiration-integrity-morality/

Enjoy

updates part 2

In my last post I have mentioned the word "over heard". Those two words have a very significance in our college. It was started by one of the guys as "Over heard in Mess", shortly OHIM. He initiated this word by stating few things that he heard in the mess with out mentioning their names. It was a big success in the campus and later it is being adopted by so many people in the campus.

For example - this is a post copied from one of my friend's profile in fb

OHIM: A: "The enthu level of the juniors in the coms' selection process seems to be low. They are not working as hard as we did last year"
B: "Oh is it the case!! ... heard that some of the seniors are misguiding them with wrong facts/figures ... that might be a reason"
A: "huhhhh .... who are these people?"
B: " you know who"

This is a very good strategy adopted by few people. But slowly this model is diluted as many people have adopted this OHIM funda and even posted funny sms on fb under OHIM name. People obviously lost the interest and these days I rarely see OHIM messages on fb. Though there could be other reasons.

Coming back to classes, the count of guest lecturers was increasing week by week and hopefully we might not have these many in the coming weeks. In one of the guest lecture, the guest faculty was teaching some concept in excel sheet and that was related to some macros ( a bit advanced for normal excel users). He assumed that we had enough knowledge on excel. When one of the students asked on how to edit the data in a single cell using a shortcut key, the prof was shocked and told it was a very basic level question. Then he started telling us "After hearing such a doubt, I feel that it is too advanced for you guys." I dont know what impression we left there but I understand its not a good one. At sometimes, we may need to contend ourselves in asking few doubts (especially in technical subjects).

Classroom Updates 1

I always wanted to write about one of the profs who handles business sustainability class and I always forgot. :((

Most of the time we hear from profs " We should do this way so that we can gain xyz / We should follow those principles and be the role model". There is no surprise in that and we have been hearing all that "gyan" right from our childhood. But there is a difference between teaching the good practices and practically implementing them. The prof that I am talking about falls under the second category. He handles a subject which is very much related to "green" environment. In that subject, he always stresses on reduction of carbon emissions. When I heard that prof is actually contributing something good for the environment in our campus, I was shocked and surprised. Prof roams in the campus on bicycle :)). Yes, you saw a statement that may not be convincing and its true. Its just amazing right ??. More over, I have observed one more thing about the prof. Normally, most of the profs ask us to submit our write-ups on paper and he is the prof who insists paperless submissions :) (i.e mail him directly the write-up). Truly, he is saving so many papers and there by trees. Kudos to Prof. I love to see others follow the same.

One of the profs was explaining on how a company can fail if they dont take the right sample for market research. She has quoted that "bandra" and "ghatkopar" are two different segments. When mam was explaining about these places, I had a glimpse of my stay at Mumbai. Bandra is such a beautiful place ;)). A perfect place for bachelors.

Regarding quizzes and exams, I understood one thing. The role that "block diagrams" play is huge. I have been observing this trend, if there is any block diagram, in relation with the case, in the answer sheet, we will get atleast average marks. Also, I have seen that most of the toppers papers' have one thing in common - block diagrams.

One day when I was checking my answer sheets, I have over heard two people speaking -

person1 - "Whats this I got very less marks ? I have written really well"

Person2 - "You dint draw block diagrams. What ever is the question first draw a block diagram and then answer the question" (a little exaggeration by person2 yet it was mostly a correct stmt)

Person1 - "Is it? I will do that from next exam on wards".

By the way, person1 and person2 have good CG and definitely stand in the top 10 of our class.

Continued in part 2

It has no end !!!

I never stop myself designing something new on photoshop. This term is a perfect one to showcase my skills, especially in two subjects. One course is about strategy to be followed for advts and the other course is on VB.

We are suppose to create a print ad for a product. Our team has chosen SBI. The product is also a bit different one. Here is the ad...

If you guys can understand what the theme is about, I will be so happy :).

The later part is about developing a video for this same print ad. I am thinking about what type of concept should be adopted for the same. Any suggestions ??

In one of my previous posts, the "never ending" satires by Arina continues this way

Ok i can understand everyone replied to your wish on the blog, but Sreelu didn't reply ?? I wonder why ..!! I wonder even more since you gave her or else copy/paste a necklace on your blog..!! how nice and sweet..!!

I have the answer. Srilu felt a bit shy to reply here otherwise you know about her right ? She "gives back everything" with a very high interest rate.

By the way, it was not copy paste. It was search/copy/paste. Just a copy/paste doesnt work. We need to start with a search process. You forgot that one, which is the most important of all. Also, It is the most difficult job on internet. We have millions of page and to pick one among them is not an easy task. I hop you understand the "pain" involved in such a process.

Awesome Ads....

Today we had two guest lectures. One on advertising and the other on a live case.

The class on advertising was amazing. I really liked the way he handled the class, though it was for a duration of just one hour. The class was about 360 degrees advertising.

The ads he showed us in the class were involving.

Especially the ad on Safari Dicor was damn good. I was looking at the ad and till the end of first minute I was thinking what could be this ad about and when I saw "reclaim you life", it grabbed my attention even more. Finally when the vehicle was displayed on screen, I just loved the ad at that moment. The background music was awesome. One of the dialogues " I just want to swim with whales" just talks about the features of the product that the vehicle is very strong and this is all done in a very subtle way. That was the best part. This ad has an emotional appeal. An emotional appeal for a very high involvement product is rare. Normally commercials for a high involvement product talks about features of the product directly rather than on the emotional part. But this is entirely on the other end. I think I am talking too much about the concepts that I have learnt in the class. :(( .

Here is the link to that ad - enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fgwTR7dKMY

Few comments about this ad on youtube:

Marvelous! Beautiful! Mind blowing!

I envy everyone who has a Safari, but I'm happy for them as well for making the right decision.

exceptional commercial i love dis watching again and again...awsum ad and car too!!

Apart from this, there was an another interesting discussion raised by mam in the class. It was about the recent controversy going on between two players in our Indian cricket team. The ads were about two brands in whisky segment. "I dont know how controversial they are. But I can say that this controversy definitely increased their brand recall and obviously their sales too." Thats an interesting fact right?? Here is the ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSw5sHPcnJA

Some Random Updates!!!

I thought second year would be a "piece of cake". Now I can realize how foolish I am to think that way.

I have already mentioned somewhere in my previous posts that we have 7 subjects this term and all 7 have projects to be submitted. With in a span of 3 months, what really can I do?? For the past three days I have been to bed only after saying hii to Mr.Sun. Ofcourse, he too says "hii" with a "warm" touch. I slept at 6 in the evening thinking that I could get up at 8 and continue with routine tasks. I got up just 3.5 hours after the expected time :)). And so, finally I got some time to scribble something here.

Last week we had a strategy game conducted by one our committees in association with an outside party (cannot mention their names). It was a good one. We will be given money(not real.. on computer) to create new products, maintain inventory levels, select the marketing attributes and lot more. More than that we need to make investments in some technology too. All these happened in 4 rounds and in less than 4 hours. But it was a very good experience. Especially setting up the market price for our products. In the initial rounds our team was doing well. In Round 3, thinking that it could be the last round, I did some manipulation with prices. And that really paid us. Till then our graphs were so positive and all of sudden it started dipping. I then understood we should be to ourselves and do not change our strategy with the number of rounds (in real life, we dont know how many rounds exist). By the way, an another interesting thing is that, the looks of one of the organizers is similar to that of "funny guy - Zach" in hangover. Here the word funny is in reference to the guy in hang over and not the other way.

Just have a look at him - here is the link

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51104379@N06/5991437247/in/photostream

BTW, our team(synapse) has recruited a set of juniors. The enthusiasm levels are good just the way we had in the initial days. But I am eager to see how these levels will be are after two months.

It seems our team(Team Blitzkrieg) got a gift for our contribution to "Red River" project. I am eager to see what it could be. I am wondering if it is a "lady thing", to whom can I gift it?. Suggestions are accepted :)).

The start of "testing" time...

Life is just going like that. Get up attend the classes come back to room get ready and go to computer center and start preparing / reading for the next day class and come back to room and sleep. I am not finding any leisure time to write the blog. Though I deliberately avoided writing the blog at some instances.

Last week I had exams. It could be the most difficult phase of my life at L. I had 3 exams on a single day. I was damn tired by the end of the day, especially when I was writing the third one. I could not think/remember the concepts and just scribbled something on the answer-sheet. Today I received the paper for the same subject and my marks was not at all good. I was hurt looking at the marks but cant help it. I definitely think this is kind of "test" in my life on how I can prioritize the things. I wish my best friend was with me who always says "you never prioritize the things properly". I could have asked her to prepare the list.

After the end of exams, I had two days break, a kind of breather. We went to city and saw this movie Zindagi na milega dobara. The movie is good but not great. Its just a feel good movie.

But these days I have realized why these movies are attracting the crowd. One of the reasons for sure - people living in modern world are definitely out of these human relations (minimized) and feel so happy (especially at the heart) seeing these kind of touchy scenes (friends relationship, mom and dad relationship, dad and son relationship) on screen. One more example of this type is a recent release in telugu film industry mr.perfect. Its also a movie which depicts about human relations. I too liked that movie.

Here is the link to the movie. http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-mrperfect.html

Ofcourse one more point to remember is that too much of sentiment does not work out because people cannot associate themselves with such a situation :). Just these are my thoughts and thats it. May be some other will definitely have some other views and I dont want to contradict :).

In the coming 5 weeks we need to finish 7 projects. Thats just a cakewalk. :((((

Ooops.. I forgot...(to reply)

There were couple of comments for which I couldnt reply (as I was busy .. Needless to mention this point)

Tezeshwar said...

Oh Praveen!! Daily chaduvutanu ra nee blog. And my luck made me miss reading it on this day :)
Thanks a lot ra!! To get a post on your blog is a gift in itself :)
Saw your post only today dood. By the way it has been quite some time I have quite a lot of music for recco, ask me anytime :)

You are one of the reasons to start this blog and how come you can miss my blog.. He hehehe...

I almost stopped that designing stuff as I dont see any value addition here and there are bunch of people who are more proficient interms of content creation and innovation. At times I am trying my level best to create few but not so successful. Anyways, soon I may be shooting an ad for one of the subjects, may ask your expertise for background music.

stari said... (post - there enters the new batch)

So, wat were u doing with juniors till midnight??

I already mentioned in the post that I cant reveal and I still stand on that. The main reason is I am afraid to do so as it may result in some controversy and may even go far beyond that I cant imagine.

stari said...

Dude .. u know u r not innocent !!!

I dont want to prolong this conversation. Its a mistake that I have written that post and it was purely narrating an "imagination" that never happened. I dont want to write much about that. It just gives two impressions - either I am involved or not involved. Discussing about this topic can create worst possible scenarios and can affect my future life. Its not that I am involved in this. Its such a bullshit thing to discuss. So I better stop here. Sorry if I am harsh.

Hidden Comments:

Chamath said.. (post - Happy birthday Chamath)

Thanks machi

He is one of my best friend and he definitely deserves a post in my blog.

Srilu dint say.. but assumed so... (Post - Happy birthday Srilu)

Oh thanks a lot praveen. This is the best possible wish. I just got what I want. Thanks for an expensive gift.

What can I say srilu.. "thats okay.. Enjoy with my gifts... "

Happy Birthday Chamath

Happy Birthday Chamath... (belated though)...

This week seems to be a birthday week...

Once again.. Many Many happy returns of the day......

Happy Birthday Srilu....

Finally time has come to wish Srilu... This is the first time I am wishing her on her birthday. Thanks to Facebook.

Srilu wanted me to present a beautiful necklace for her marriage. I couldnt attend her marriage and I think now its the perfect time to gift her.

Here it is Srilu... Enjoy.. Its all yours...

I know you must have liked it (liked it double times - your friend lokesh's punch dialogue).

Once again.. Happy Birthday...

You can get more if you follow this link...

http://news.chauthiduniya.com/tag/gold

Take as much as possible.. Its all yours..

I swear I am innocent

There was a comment on the 2nd previous post - When I kissed her for the first time.

Arina said "And i was gonna ask who she is..!! But hell of an imagination..!! a girl waiting for 3 hours and not getting that angry ha ha ha "

Idiot.. Dint you read the whole post ???

I mentioned that it was a story created just to escape the situation. Why did I write this post at this moment ?? I saw the interaction sessions that were going on when juniors have come here. Those moments just flashed in my mind where in I was there at the other end. I wanted to write this post few days back but I was very busy and so couldn't.

By the way, our exams start from friday onwards and I have three exams on a single day. It would be a horrible situation for sure. I just cant imagine how am I gonna sit for such a long time and write the exams continuously. Moreover, each subject has lots of topics to be covered. Though one exam is open book, I dont think we will get enough time to open book and answer the questions.

Thats it... busy busy...

Happy Birthday Raghu

Happy Birthday Raghu..

He tried not to reveal his birthday. Thanks to Sai for finding out the hidden fact.

How is the pic ??

When I kissed her for the first time !!!!!

It was 10PM...

" It was a pleasant afternoon ( yeah.. It was afternoon not evening). I have told her that I would be there at 10 AM and was able to reach the spot at 1 PM (just 3 hours past the expected arrival). I knew she would shout at me but the reason that I am going to frame was so convincing.

I reached the spot. She saw me and turned her face to the other side. I know that it would happen because its a "very normal girl" thing to show such kind of emotions and I know she would first expect me apologizing. I dint feel like saying her sorry. I went and stood by the side of her. I remained silent for 5 minutes and luckily I could see a small boy selling some ice-cream. I bought 2 and started eating the first one with out giving her the second. She looked at me very seriously. She just loves ice-creams and she couldnt resist. She first tried to take the ice cream but I held it so strongly that she couldnt grab it so easily. She tried for the second time and the result was same. This time she shouted "Gimme the ice cream or forgot me". I thought of not giving the Ice cream but her innocent face and the charm soften my grip and she grabbed it immediately with out a second thought.

With a very soft tone She said " You cant imagine forgetting me. Right?". With a little smile on my face I told her "I dont know. But I cant imagine forgetting such an innocent face." She became emotional. I tried to divert the topic. I started talking about the way I tried to impress her at the very beginning of our friendship, the way I tried to give her the greeting cards in a disguised way, the way I tried to invite her for my birthday party and the way I tried to support whenever someone teases her. She joined the conversation and we both kept on talking for half an hour.

Our topic all of sudden diverted to movies as we both saw a movie poster near by. The poster was a movie starring Nagarjuna. I dont know how but the topic went to the movie Geetanjali. As soon as she started that topic, I started feeling shy. Initially she dint realize what I was going through. I was feeling a bit nervous talking about that movie and could feel sweat on my face. After sometime, she understood the point and soon she too started feeling the way I was. And then ...........

After 2 minutes, I just wanted to run away from that place. I dint feel like staying there. I immediately told her bye and went home. " Said Ruffian in a room that was jam packed with his immediate seniors. (Its been six years 6 months since the incident took place)

Wow that was interesting and what really had happened during that 2 minutes ??

You have narrated the incident just the way we wanted, except the 2 minutes part. Can you elaborate?

" I kissed her" says Ruffian with a sarcastic smile on his face.

How was it ?? I know you had a girl friend but never thought you both had such a romantic incident.

"Where did this incident happen. Next time I will go and wait there"

Its getting late, you can go back to your hostel - said my senior.

After coming out of Senior's room, Ruffian's self realization - "Never in my life I should accept that I had girl friend. They dint let me go till they wanted to hear some kind of unrealistic story. Luckily, they believed everything. Otherwise I could have narrated an another one. Sorry to the lady who was there in the part of story, if at all she exists"

Just an hour before this incident -

Ruffian's friend - "Seniors (second years) are calling you."

Ruffian - "Tell them that I am with final years"

Ruffian's friend - "They understood your logic. You try to escape saying this every time. This time you cannot escape. They enquired final years and got their permission also".

Ruffian - "I am dead today"

With a tension on my face, I went to seniors hostel.

There were around 20 seniors in a room waiting for me. I was shocked seeing all of them and never knew that they were so desperate to interact ( a formal word but in real world its not interaction but some other thing that every junior in this world need to face).

One of the senior started - "I heard you had a girl friend".

Ruffian to himself " Now I am struck if I tell no they wont believe that. Let me tell yes and go ahead with what ever silly questions they ask me."

Then all of sudden one senior asked "Have you kissed her?"

Ruffian "No..No..Not at all"

Senior "Tell us the truth. We will leave you quickly if you tell us what has happened"

Ruffian to himself "Its time for me to tell the "truth"" and so it started this way...

Disclaimer: All the characters assumed in this post are hypothetical. This post is not meant to hurt anyone.

There enters the new batch....

Now I am Senior.. Be careful...

Finally the whole batch of juniors is here. Though few additions and subtractions may happen (may be very less in number). Seniors are also getting ready (to guide the juniors :)) ). I am no way nearer to that guiding part and so I dont want to write more about that.

I am so afraid of juniors because of an incident that happened during my UG. I was with juniors till mid night (dont ask me what I was doing) and the last junior who left the hostel was caught by warden and then guess what happened ? I couldnt sleep properly for the next three days and then it was normal. But one thing was sure, the warden did not forget me and the incident. Almost two years after the incident, One day, I came late to the hostel after missing the bus and he was standing before the hostel questioning each and everyone who came late. After seeing me, the first thing he told was "You are the one whom I questioned two years ago in relation to the incident XYZ right?". I was shocked and dont know what to answer. The supervisor by the side of him told that I was not that person. Again I dint sleep properly for the next three days and then it was normal.

Today I have slept almost 12 hours and still I am feeling sleepy. Sunday should be replaced by Sleepingday in the calendar. The most happiest incident that happened today is going to dastarkhwan restaurant. Biryani was awesome (cannot come nearer to the great hyderabadi biryani). Though the restaurant is small yet so many people go to that place just because of taste. Here is the link about the restaurant -

http://www.tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g297684-d1436609-Reviews-Dastarkhwan-Lucknow_Uttar_Pradesh.html

Thats it

Happy Birthday Teja....

Today is Tejeshwar's bday. Many Many returns of the day.

He is considered the cool dude of our batch :) and he is really.

He was the one whom I can ever remember for one reason - the sound tracks that he suggests as background score for the videos that I used to create. Of all the videos that I have shot during my stay at PEC, I hear one comment in common - "background music was awesome". Thanks Teja...

Once again Happy birthday Teja...I wish you all the best for all the works you take-up this year...

I am missing other person's name here...

It is Sudheer (Source FB). Happy Birthday Sudheer..

Sailing in the middle of a sea....

For the last two days, the life has become so mechanical. The classes are routine. As it is I am not listening.

The level of laziness has increased to a stage wherein I am least bothered to open the polycopies (and not even in the mindset to read it). I am going to classes just like that and listening to what other says. When I was listening to others view points in a case discussion, at times I feel that others are speaking nonsense. I hope they too feel the same if at all I come-up with some views on any case. I think it happens with everyone and its the mindset that is prevalent and always thinks "I am right" (or a biased opinion). These days I am seeing this type of incidents very frequently in others' cases.

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There was a particular incident that had happened in my class wherein the prof was discussing about the point "how users add value to LinkedIn?".

One of my classmates started explaining - "Sir, imagine Sachin Tendulkar has joined the LinkedIn network then others get attracted and finally joins the network. Here user Sachin has added value to the LinkedIn."

Immediately the other classmate told "Sir, If Sachin has joined LinkedIn, that doesnt mean that he will accept my friend request."

Hearing this dialogue - half the class started laughing. I felt a bit confused and pity for the fist one.

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Now this incident can be viewed in different ways. I dont want to discuss much about this as few may think I am biased.

Apart from my boring life, there are so many interesting things happening in the college. I would love to write that but few restrictions had tied my hands. But I would certainly write about that with in few days. Seriously friends its damn interesting because its one of the most hot topics on this earth - politics.

Today in promotional strategy class, Mam was talking about sales promotion and advertisement. She showed us some ads. The below mentioned ad serves the basic purpose of brand awareness. Have a look at it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGKAVAAHdWc

Thats it for the day....

Can I call it an useful framework ???

We see so many frameworks in our classes and some are useful and some are just random.

Normally they are just if else sentences written in a 2 x 2 matrix or 3 x 3 matrix but profs give them so much importance.

This is a very useful framework developed by my friend Gopi. :)))

I was impressed when he first showed me this frame work

If you have any doubts, you can ask me. I will try to explain :))

Classes.. Cases.. Classes...

Please read the title once again.. Its Classes.. Cases.. Classes and not Classes... Classes.. Classes.

I had just two classes in the first two days of this week and there was not much pressure since they were the very first classes in this term. But from today onwards its very different. Professors started giving us cases and expect us to come prepared especially in strategic mgmt. Mam expects each and every one to come prepared and also expects to have some analysis done on the same.

We have spreadsheet modelling course in which we will be learning VBA. This implies that I will be coding again :)). Though it is on excel sheets, I just want to learn it. I find excel is the most important weapon for any manager to finish-off his tasks at a faster pace. I understood this very much during my intern. I found one funny thing in this class - the way the professor is trying to teach us. He is just spoon feeding us and even then half the class doesnt get the desired output. Count me in that :)) - Managers trying to do coding. I hope this class makes managers understand how difficult it is to do coding :)).

In service operations mgmt class, prof was giving us an example how different people thinks.

He showed us two pictures.

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Picture 1:

A lady daily serves a dog with a cup of milk.

Dog thinks this way " this lady serves me a cup of milk and helps me a lot. She must be a God"

Picture 2:

A lady daily serves a cat with a cup of milk.

Cat thinks this way " this lady serves me a cup of milk and helps me a lot. I must be a God"

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It was an awesome way to tell how the same scenarios are interpreted in different way.

Today is damn hectic in terms of number of classes that I attended and especially the afternoon class.

By the way, I again started playing TT and its awesome. I am playing for an hour per day. Though I have lost most of the games that I played, but most importantly "the burning of fat" is the factor that I am targeting :)).

For tomorrow's classes, we are suppose to read two big cases and be prepared also :((.

I have observed one thing in this term - the frequency of usage of video files while teaching. It has gone very high and I am loving it. Its a bit away from traditional method of teaching and refreshing too (if the video is interesting).

In tomorrow's class, prof would be showing us a 80 min video - the unconventional truth. I am eager to see how unconventional it is.

Well, there are few comments in my last post

@Arina - Europe is recovering from the crisis and may please for this time leave them. Since you are powerful trigger rains in Lucknow.

@Stari - I just dont want showers instead a cyclone. I must spend atleast a day opening the gifts.

Thats it for the day....

I got the gift !!!

Finally I got the gift. This gift is with reference to the post - http://praveentheruffian.blogspot.com/2011/05/whats-there-in-that-gift.html

It was a t-shirt. It had a quote too.

My friend went to UK and all I got was this lousy T-shirt

That was a good one and I liked it.

Thanks Anvesh

Now its sandesh's turn ;)))

BTW, Arina went to Germany. She went to Japan and now Japan is in a worst state.

Its Germany's turn now :(

And it started this way !!!!

Back to college...

Its been a long time since I have scribbled. Though I missed my blog but its a deliberate attempt.

After feeling the heat of corporate life for two months, we are back to hel'L' to feel the student life for the last time.

I wanted to give a gist of how different it was when we reached college last year....

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Last year :

Indigo flight was scheduled to depart at 10.05 and my father accompanied me. There was a kind of tension in his face. I was little worried on how to go ahead and thinking about how it would be.

This year:

Indigo flight was scheduled to depart at 10.05 and this time its me alone. It was like taking a daily bus to a near by place. No tension no worries.

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Last year:

Though I knew that there were bunch of people who were about to join in hel'L', but I remained silent and dint talk to anyone.

This year:

Around 10 - 15 people whom I know were in airport. Most importantly, Raghu was also travelling. The funniest part is he got the seat by the side of me :))).

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Last year:

After reaching airport, I alone came to college by a taxi and I paid around Rs.600.

This year:

I came along with three more friends and we all paid only Rs. 500 :))). (My share was 170)

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Last year:

When I reached college, I dont know where to go and everything was new. The initial process of room allotment itself took around 1 hour.

This year:

The whole registration process took less than an hour :)))

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Last year:

When I reached my room (in first floor), I just had two bags of luggage.

This year:

When I reached my room (in second floor), I just had two bags of luggage. But already more than two bags of luggage ( 80% was books) was inside my cupboard.

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Last year:

After unpacking the luggage, I was eager to know how the campus was and wanted to see how the food tastes.

This year:

After keeping the luggage bags unopened, I started sleeping and dint feel like going to mess.

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Last year:

When I was going to mess, I was desperate for friends and wanted to make few.

This year:

I went to mess with my friends.

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Last year:

On the first day, I slept at 11 pm.

This year:

I slept around 2 am after watching a movie :))).

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Tin Tin and Tinku

This post is a desi version of Tin Tin that will be released this year...

This post contains one of the best comic stories ever written...

You can watch trailer (Hollywood version) of the same

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi140942617/

Will update more about this soon...

But to be frank I am so happy to see 'tin tin' back. I just like this character so much and forget not -the dog.

Friendship since black & white days... !!!!

Jealous ??


@idiot....
Not only me.. Everyone knows what you were doing at college and what you are doing at office?
Eating others brain

U know some thing.. because of that work(scorer) my name and picture were circulated in the whole internal mail chain :)). I never accomplished that when I was working at HSBC. :((

=Rand(0,1)

Whats the title of the post ???

The answer for the title of the post is some "random" number between 0 and 1 (excel formula). So the title of the post is ???? I dont know what to write as a title and so I adopted this one. Please let me know the answer if you know.

In the previous post, arina was asking about the person behind the post "understanding the meaning of yes and no". She mentioned that she was confused .

Idiot, if you are really confused, i am "really" happy. Let the confusion prevail.

I told my boss that I am designing a poster for our team "roaring tigers" for galli cricket tournament. Here is my design...



Please do not laugh (if at all you are laughing)....

I have designed logo for the competition too..



During May 2009, accident was the best thing happened to me. Thanks to my bike and its because of the accident I got my best friend back and then.........

Back to present may 2011, my fans count has increased to 20. Thanks to "stari". She praised my blog and I dont remember the exact words. Will update the same in my next post.

In the last week, srilu was asking about my blog. She framed another standard sentence "After I have become the fan for your blog you stopped writing". I hope she will not say the same atleast this week.

Apart from this, I need to say sorry to few of my friends because ..............

Thats it.. Its almost 4 AM...