Mumbai Calling!

In less than 24 hours I'll be embarking on my trip back to India and aamchi Mumbai!! 11 months since I left the shores of India to come to the Philippines and start a new chapter of my life...Well in the truest terms it has been a new beginning.

Pursuing an MBA had been a long cherished dream which is seeing the light of the day.Along the way in the last 11 months I have made some wonderful friends, taken some harsh but really required decisions and partied like crazy...

I have fallen in my own eyes in more than one occasion but the past 11 months have taught me some really important lessons which I would do well to remember in life.

• Life is ever changing.Don't fight it.
• Time is the most precious.You will never know when you will run out of time.So enjoy it.
• Respect the feeling of others.
• Freedom of expression is a must.
• Relationships are important but there is more to it in life.
• Anger management is the most important virtue I can ever develop.

Well as I leave for Mumbai, I have this sinking feeling of leaving AIM and Manila but also this wonderful optimism within me to meet my friends and family back home.

It has been a wonderful 11 months which has taught me more about life than the 26 years which I have spent on the face of this earth.

I just can't wait to get back to Mumbai and indulge myself to the simple things in life such as a vada pao by the road side stall, or a walk through Lokandwala or just roam around school all by myself.

Well here's to Mumbai...Mumbai here I come...

Speed Test:- Typing...

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Speed Typing test

Term 3 comes to an end...

What a whirlwind week I have had...This term just disappeared in front of my eyes. Can't believe that 10 weeks went by so quickly.I am almost done with my MBA.WOW!!!

The term started on 11th January'01 and though it was one of the shortest terms, I can't believe that it's all over.

I started this term completed rejuvenated from my trips to Banaue, Sagada and Boracay and was optimism personified as the term began.

All my personal problems seem to have been sorted and I was content with myself willing to take on the whole world.

One of the milestones which I set myself for this term was to try my very best to get into the so called "Deal List" for term 3. Hahaha....wishful thinking I say...

Well that plan fizzed out with in a week or so but I enjoyed every bit of the term and for once absorbed a lot of knowledge and wonderful take aways from the last 10 weeks.

I can actually be proud of the fact that in 2 of the electives I ended up with 100% attendance which is in itself a great achievement.

Also for the first time in my life I made a power point presentation all by myself making use of all the tit bits offered by office 2007.It sounds childish but I loved every moment of making it...

The term ended on a bitter/sweet note with the MR finals.A completely qualitative paper to decide whether I pass the subject or not.I had so much high hopes with the elective which actually stands for "Marketing Research" but it was taught by the worst professor that I have come across in my life as a student yet...

But the exam also bought back memories of engineering days where whenever we were not prepared for a exam or something we used to just write our name and leave.Well I took that practice on step further.Not only did I write gas on the whole paper but I actually started during the paper loudly and got the others to join me.Completely insane I tell you.Well I am sure to flunk that subject. Only God can help me get pass this one.

The end of the term was celebrated in true AIM fashion with a bash by the poolside and for once I saw all my classmates chilling and getting drunk together.What an experience.

It has been a good term overall...

Now MUMBAI... Here I come...

Lateral Thinking...

I haven't cried since a long time but tonight I feel lonely.Not that I am alone but for once I feel like the whole world is against me.It has been a while since I felt like that n I thought I am strong enough to fight it but I was wrong. I really believe in what goes around comes around.

It has been since the start of the year that I have gone against norm and held my own against actual practice but tonight has triggered the worst in me.I don't care about anyone esle anymore.It has to be about me n my family from now.

I have had enough taking care of everyone.The end is here.It's now my choice and thought I have made my decision it doesn't matter anymore.

I have decided.Whatever I do I'll do for my own well being.I am done thinking about people.Ihave had enough on the back seat.It's my time and I am going to utilize it to my best advantage.

It's my life n I am gonna live it my way.

Mumbai here I come...

UCB exam...Term 3 (Once in a lifetime experience)

After having waited for 48 hours in order to appear for my final UCB round table discussion which was also the final examination for this elective, the mood before entering the discussion was one of tiredness and despair.

However, the experience of going through the rigor of the round table conference, was one of the best experience of test taking I have had in my life (Micro economics exam in term 1 was another).

Even though most of us were dumbfounded and had no idea how to approach or initiate the discussion, once we got going with the help of the professor who kept prompting us all along the way, the entire exercise became a very stimulating experience.

I learnt more about Consumer Belief & Behavior in those 1.5 hours of discussion as compared to 18 sessions of class room teaching.

Even though, personally I am not happy with my effort during the discussion, the whole exchange of ideas was actually very stimulating.

For once I understood the significance and the importance of class room discussion and case based style of learning.

The product stimuli which we chose as a group was "Nike: - Sports shoes" and as we got involved in the discussion, it became clearer in my mind about the rationale behind the marketing strategy of Nike and how each and every effort on their part to allure customers in to buying their product followed the concepts of Consumer Behavior to the tilt.

The dissection of their marketing plan in terms of consumer behavior was an eye opener, and a wonderful example of using a practical example in order to learn and understand concepts which book learning will never be able to offer.

To sum it all up, kudos to Prof. Chua...You really know your subject and it has been a wonderful learning experience.

Another plus for my experience at AIM...:)

Economics of Friendship

2.5 months...That's all it takes.. 2.5 months for me to actually understand how friendship works in AIM... At least for me...
Well this is no bitter post criticizing my friends or anything but the way things have been going for the past few weeks in particular, it seems that people make up their mindset very easily and quickly here.Well that explains how from being a good company I have been relegated to no company for no fault of my own.

The worst of it isn't that but the fact that none of them have the bloody guts to come and confront me with the real issue.

Well I have this simple philosophy in life that don't ever run behind anything.Everything in this world has a reason and I guess in the end it all works out to be all good.

The mantra now is to stay clear of all the negative energy and concentrate on all the good things happening in my life.

It really doesn't matter what people around me do.

I guess as we get older it becomes that much more difficult to make friends for that simple reason: - friendship...There has to be an ulterior motive for every association we build.

Well I am just glad that this term is coming to an end in a weeks time and hopefully I'll be back with my friends and family in Mumbai away from the lugubriousness of AIM...

I guess its time to invest in new things, new people and to newer beginnings...