Mirror Image...

How does it feel when you have a person who is just like you in temperament as well as behaviour. In my case a loud mouth, with an in your face attitude, a noble to the core and a temper which when flares has no boundaries.

Well till date I thought I was the only one with this trait but after tonight the equations have altered. I used to feel angry at myself for letting loose which by the way always happens after a lot of instigation but after today I actually feel a bit sorry for myself as well as for my mirror image...Why you say? Well the reason being we both have the right idea and the right feeling about things just that we tend to show it is a different way for the other to gauge...

Too complicated...Well it is...Who said life was simple anyways...

Oblivion...

It seems that I am in complete oblivion with myself. This feeling of helplessness as well as utter weakness isn't what I signed up for while taking my MBA... These last few weeks have been such a drab that it has taken the zest out of the MBA experience if there was any...

Well enough of cribbing now.I guess the worse thing I can do is to crib. It's time for some corrective action and the implementation requires to be swift and precise.

So what shall be my agenda for the next 1 month.Lets get down to making a list and see in a month's time what % of my listed work to do really gets done...

1. Start up on the MR project in all earnest as well as try my best to salvage the 2 credits hanging in balance as of now.
2. Start researching on the feasibility of having a sports marketing elective in the next term and prepare the ground work for the same.
3. Start searching for internship in India & here in all earnestness given the paucity of time.
4. Start on my CMDI paper on the Indian Financial Markets. (This would take the maximum time).
5. Read at least 2 more books before the month deadline approaches.
6. Travel at least twice in the next 2 weeks to some place else than Manila even if it's just for a day.
7. Try going for bowling at least once a week preferably in the afternoon.
8. Gym regularly.
9. To keep my temper in check and not get bothered by other people or situations what so ever. (Most difficult of the lot).
10. Talk to at least 1 friend from back home everyday. Either chat or call.
11. Start reading up on MRR reports in the library whenever I can afford myself free time.
12. Learn to use microsoft power point as a pro.

Well 12 items looks a lot of work but I guess I have enough time on my plate to be able to achieve atleast 9 out of the 12 listed items by the month end...

Wish me luck...

ps: - Following up on IPL, EPL and F 1 is not a chore to be considered. It is a full time job which I have to do never the less...:)

Time to kill

There is so much time in my hand now a days that it actually scares me...I have like 2 lectures a day and absolutely no paper work for the time being. So most of my time now a days goes into catching up on some precious sleep but now even that seems to have become a overdose of sorts.

I guess this golden period of lukkagiri will be last of the lot once I am done with this MBA...It actually pains me to spend so much of time with myself. I guess there are so many things to do but I am not able to motivate myself to do half those things. I believe a change of environment is the need of the hour. Lets see if I can cook up something for the next few weekends.

I never knew that term 3 would be such a farce...It's so slow that it's not funny. The subjects are well interesting but insightful to say the least and the pressure on us is non existent and knowing myself I'll never work until and unless I am pressurized to work.

I guess this honeymoon period ain't gonna last forever but I can't wait for it to end so that I can get back to being busy and not so frustrated with the time in hand.

The only good thing about having so much time on hand is that this has given an oppurtunity for me to search the net and read up on new and interesting topics.

In the last few days I have read about the World War II in detail, seen a few movies on Hitler, saw "n" number of vidoes on Sachin Tendulkar, saw Stanford videos on Vinod Khosla and got myself abrest with the U.S stock market thanks to the virtual stock game run by the Fin club of the school.so not that bad at all...

But what I am really missing is on some quantity and quality time playing sports. The only game I can try my hand out here at AIM is basketball and table tennis but I would give my right arm if I can get to play football or squash somehow here in the Philippines.

For the time being I am content reading people's blog and in finding new ways to kill time. I know I am gonna miss this time very soon when it will seem that the onus of the entire world has come on my shoulder and I have to bear thr brunt in full force.

However till then the best I can do is to stop complaining and start living with what I have in my hand. It could have been worse you know...:)

Note to Self

Not a good week at all...Bad news everywhere...I guess I need to shut off from the world & snuggle back into my sweet little world for a while.
The weekend should be good though...High hopes and fingers crossed...

By the way on the sporting front...Reliance planning to bid for Liverpool...Wow...India coming of age...
Indian hockey on a new low again...This time on the issue of captaincy...
A bad week for Indian Cricket...What will happen when the likes of SRT,RD and VVS eventually retire...Wow I am depressed already...
Manchester United: - back to their best fighting for the top summit...playing the attacking game.
Arsenal: - still playing the beautiful game without the desired results...
Chelsea: - take a bow...Playing the effective game...
Liverpool: - surviving by winning ugly...Never the less winning lately...

Human Behavior

It's so apparent that when you do something for a person to make them feel special or go out of your way to care for them they completely adore you and think well of you.

Reverse the circumstances and if you by chance annoy they same set of persons or do something which they don't like and even though they have/have not done something similar to you, they act like complete strangers oblivious to the fact that you care and feel for them.

And as it is when I go through these random thoughts the few most important people in my life seem to be the ones acting that way.

I guess in the end you should just take a stand. Give as much as you are liable to receive...

And I have always believed that "Expectation" is the worst you can expect from anyone except yourself...

Understanding Consumer Behaviour

Well that's one of the electives I have enrolled for in the 3rd semester. The subject sounds very interesting at first glance but as I dwell more into it, I can just find jargon galore and nothing else...

So don't be alarmed if you see me using words like semiotics, anthroposmiotic, triadic etc. in my future blogs...

Well my understanding of Consumer behaviour from the point of a marketing executive is "To Create Desire" in the hearts and minds of the consumer...

How you got about doing that is where Understanding the present/past consumer behaviour and marketing research comes in to the picture.

My biggest take away yet from this class has been how to segment a brand or a product based on the three important criteria's of Categorization, Prioritization & Placement with the aid of a tag line & a positioning statement for the consumer.

At the end of the day the best one can do is to place himself/herself in the shoes of the consumer and then drive home the point...Worse comes to worse...You will be wrong in your hypothesis...Well one anyways learn's from one's mistake.