Mujhe chahiye Sinkara.....!!!!!!!

Kids,

"It was the rainy season of 2011 and one brave soul ventured alone into the wilds to get some tea but all he could get was beer, so he drank and drank till the bartender locked him out. He vowed never to come back again but he didn't know that he would have to come there again and again and one more again."


 Now don't get confused, I just wrote it coz I so much wanted to start this post with "Kids" (HIMYM effect). It has no effect or resemblance to/on any cat, dog, pig, iguana, troll or human for that matter neither does it represent my views. It.s just some random bullshit so please ignore it. Period.

So...its been a while.....i know, but its not my fault. The days have been crazy and the nights are insanely day like. We are almost bang in the middle of our first trimester and the reality has started to sink in. the varnish has worn off and what lies in front of us is the naked truth of MBA.

OK.....I was being overly melodramatic there but believe me when I say that (based on my limited experience :)) that the course really gets you out of your skin, I actually mean it.You do things which you never would have thought doing, you don't sleep, you start spewing stupid jargon the moment you are in the class.....you try to read ET, you start forgetting the concept of 24 hrs, you try to relate everything with "customer satisfaction".....and you do "haiyaaaah"  :P

The rain never stops here but on the bright side, you get used to it and start enjoying it and the surroundings. Goa is just majestic in rains, the greenery around leaves you all "bagh bagh". Your biggest weapon here is "the umbrella" and also priceless. Without it,well...... you are a lost soul drenched in rains and people with umbrella sniggering at you.....sob sob!!!

The whole month has seen a plethora of activities right from the (mis) adventures of the freshers party, gruesome JCC selection processes, Piyush Pandey talk :), surprise tests, assignments, case studies, getaways to baga, panjim, CSR activities and preparation for Samriddhi. In between all these you still get time to unwind and thats what i love about this place. You can never feel the pinch here........and thats the beauty of GIM, it just embraces you in the spirit of its adventurous journey and you absorb all that comes your way.

Not to forget  Samriddhi............the National Conference and Business School Meet hosted by Goa Institute of Management is going to be held from 19-21 Aug. We all are super excited about it. And hope it will be a grand success.


Its been 50 days since I arrived here and every single day has been fun......Ok.......few days were hectic........few were sad.......but it was funnily sad :). I cant exactly explain what does that mean but it just sounded deep.......you know like philosophy and deepak "spirituality" chopra kinda stuff....so please dont judge me on my spirituality quotient, I set standards for shallowness :P


Oh one more thing, met Remo Fernandes @Inox.....awesome person....absolutely no frills.....clicked few shots with him. I wonder why my friends stopped me when I was on the verge of asking him to sing the "o  meri munni song " :P ........just kiddin!!!, I just asked him why did he come to watch HP7 movie.........Bazzingaaaaa.......Kiddin again!!!. Not anymore, I promise, seems like the fear of assignments is taking its toll on me. Its better I sleep, have to go to Surla village tomorrow for CSR activity, dnt want to scare the farmers :)


Later,


Abhishek

Midsummer: before and after!!

"July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 183 days remaining until the end of the year. The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year."

Now, why did i write that?? If you googlify 1st July.......you get to know a lot of things like Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule, Carl Lewis was born on this day, independence of Burundi, birth of Walkman, first gay pride march in England, Delhi belly released....viagara viagra (oops.....i meant etc etc.....)

But what Google will not tell you is that on this day somewhere in the misty mountains, in the ancient land of Sanquelim (Sakhalim) there was an explosion, an uncontrolled detonation of raw talent, charisma and showmanship.

The occasion was Midsummers Night organised by the PGP2 for welcoming us i.e. PGP1 and what an eventful night it was!!!!!

We danced and drank with Sharukh, Katrina , JLo and .........damn!!!

Ok...I made up that last line. But i assure you some of the performances were really extraordinary. People just stood there gawking, mesmerised as the night unfolded itself. But before I go on and on about the amazing event organised by our very own "Razzies"(not the "golden raspberry" oscars!!!) . I must harp on the fact that the event marked end of our foundation course and the official beginning of the term. Well....all i can say is that it was fun while it lasted but we are geared up for the ardous task ahead.....aye aye!

Coming back to the midsummer's night, the stage was set for an exhilarating night and the promise was delivered to the core. Some of the performances were truly amazing and left everyone shouting "encore". The date concept was truly a "hit", but of course there were some "misses" as well ;)

What was amazing to see was the camaraderie shown by both the batches in the organizing the event and in making the event a grand success. It was truly a fitting start to what I hope would be  an eventful two years here at Goa. Also not to forget some of the PGP 2 talent was also displayed and I must say it was really out of this world.

I started to write this post five days back but I was so hard pressed for time after the course started that I got time today only to finish this . Although the "marketing mania" is still haunting me. But that episode needs to be told separately. 

Its almost three days since our class started and it feels like somebody has upturned the whole Great wall of China on me. Assignments, case studies, group discussions.......arrrrgh!!!!!!! But as i said some stories need time and a sane mind, both of which desert me for the time being.

Not to end on a somber note, I have already scourged the length and breadth of panjim till now and am completely in love with the narrow roads of Goa. As one of my friend remarked, you sometimes pinch yourself walking on these lanes that are you really studying in Goa??? And then you see familiar faces acknowledging your presence, reassuring you that" Dude........this is GIM......you are here", you let a sigh of relief and then again start dreaming " Man........am one lucky --------------"( fill in the blanks as per your sensibilities- PG 13) :) :) :)

Later

Abhishek