Compromises...

Trade-off...That's a new word which has enriched my vocabulary in these past few months.

The concept of trade-off has become the integral part of my life here at AIM...Not that I still give overdue importance to the concept yet but looking around me, people are trading off sleep,recreation,fun & friends for the sake of surviving the rigors of the MBA.

I have heard from various people and on numerous occasions that the first 4 months of the term are the most taxing and after that it's bliss and feeling of living in paradise.

Well my point of argument is that life can't be that bad, that we can't find a few hours everyday to invest in ourselves, in building new relationships, in keeping old relationships intact and in general unwinding.

It's been so long since I had a nice conversation with anyone.The last time I remember it was with Divya at the Dadar barista where we spent 2 hrs just talking about life in general.And how can I forget the overwhelming bakaar sessions which I used to have at E-17, Chaitraban with my roomies (Saurabh,Namit n Annshul).

Yesterday I was talking about how friendships fade away and loses significance as time passes by.How different priorities of people change their mindset ,their tastes and their behavior.

I still wonder, when I was back in Mumbai, I used to pass back my engineering college at least twice a week and every time I came across it I used to wonder what has changed around it... n the answer was /is nothing except the people around it.

The xerox shop is still there, the best bus stop, jhunkabakar, the pan shop...Everything is still there as was when I was in college.The only variable that has changed are the people...

Compromises:- "Life's full of compromises" is a very popular saying...

My take is that "life is full of compromises only if you bow to life and are dictated by it...Just do what you feel like doing, when you feel like doing and how you feel like doing"...In the end of the day, at the end of the road you are answerable to only one person...YOURSELF...

Random...

Top 3 things to do of the top of my mind...

1.] Start working out again.Have to exert myself more...
2.] Cut down on my drinking...(Yeah as if that is possible, yet will try).
3.] Have to get serious about life now.This is the last bastion.I have no excuses after MBA to not succeed.

Well there r a few more but at least I have 2 short term and 1 long term goal in mind...

With this thought in mind I go back to gearing up for my game in an hour.

LOB Quiz V...Day 35 @ AIM

I just came back after submitting the quiz paper for the 5th and the final LOB quiz and I have this unyielding urge to just pour my mind out here on this forum...

So here it goes...

Have you ever thought how a rat who is used as a lab experiment or a honey bee which has accidentally got lost with in your apartment...Well I had this uneasy feeling during the quiz today...
40 questions in 2hrs sounds relatively easy that too with the assurance of having a cheat sheet in which you can write whatever you feel like putting...(formulas, definitions,ratios,rules and whatever you feel like putting on the god damn sheet of paper so as to at least appease yourself that you are fully prepared for the battle of wits)...

Well for the first time in many years I felt helpless while solving a paper with problems on it.I used to pride myself at been good with numbers and problem questions but today's quiz has brought me face to face with another reality...

I know I'll scrap through the quiz as well as LOB, but the helplessness which I experienced during these torturous last 2 hrs have really let in lot of steam into my head and I am raring to go at anyone and everyone at the moment.

Thank god this nightmare is over, though there lot many frightening and more challenging subjects on it's way...

I guess I am happy that with the amount of preparation and effort that I put into these past few quizzes the returns have not really disappointed me yet...

Time to play frees bee and enjoy the evening sun...

Ice Age III- Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Saturday, 5th July'09

show time:- 3.45 pm...

I am not really good at being a critic for any movie review, neither have I ever done this before.
However after having watched the movie (my first in the Philippines) over the weekend I couldn't hold myself back from documenting my views on the same.

Well for the movie as a whole...Incredible...I thought Ice Age II was fantabulous but boy oh boy was I wrong...

"Scrat" the squirrel who for me was the star in the 2nd Ice Age movie was joined by his better half "Scratte" and the two were hilarious throughout the movie.

Sid is at his best looking for trouble and after seeing Manny & Ellie having a baby of their own, Sid goes and get's himself 3 dinosaur eggs and actually mothers the three dinosaur kids for precisely one day before mommy dinosaur comes looking for her kids.

What ensues after this is just about one character...a weasel named Buckminster, or Buck...He seems to be direct replica of Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and really breathe a new life into the movie.

The 3-D graphics are amazing and contrary to many critics I think the movie is a must watch for any one who likes animated movies.

The rivalry between Buck & Rudy (a huge white Suchomimus) is another nice facet of the movie and the way Buck describes his tryst or battle with Rudy is really a gem part of the movie.

All in all the movie which runs for just over 1 and a 1/2 hrs is worth the money spent.

As for my me I am just bowled over by the song in the credit which goes something like this in chorus...

Open the door, Get on the floor
Everybody walk the dinosaur...


My classmates are already fed up because I have been singing that non stop...

Cheers...

Just Thoughts

I always give importance to friends in most aspects of my life and have been blessed with some great friends back home in India.
However I never imagined I'll be bestowed with the same kind of gems here in the Philippines.

Life has been great since the time I have come here.I have enjoyed every moment here till now.

Today was a new high for me since we played Frisbee at the park.After having been introduced to the game over the last weekend, a few of us decided to try our luck with the game at the nearby park.It was an awesome experience and the 1 hr we spent diving around, jumping around just like the show dogs who compete in the Frisbee competitions shown on t.v.

Well as for friends the group of Indian and Filipino friends which I have made since I have come here are a gem...

I wish I could write more about it right now,but thought my mind wants to write more my body is striving for some much needed sleep...

RIP MJ...You are a legend...

1st, Nov 1996, Friday...
I still remember that day.
Michael Jackson was suppose to perform in India and Mumbai for the first time at the Andheri Sports Complex...a stone throw away from my school.

I remember the frenzy surrounding the entire event.The place which depicted a somber look for most part of the year, was lighted up magnanimously, though it did help that Diwali was also around that time. The streets were cleared and cleaned and barricades were installed in matter of few nights running 5-8 kms in length.The entire look and feel of the place had changed & the Mumbai crowd were excited to catch a glimpse of "The King of Pop".

Sadly for me, I didn't attend that concert because as a 13 year old kid it was to much to ask my dad to buy me Rs 3k worth of concert tickets when I couldn't even string a line of lyrics the guy sang.However I remember very well that on 1st Nov of 1996 it was around 9 pm when I was coming back from school after having spent the entire afternoon decorating my class for the diwali party celebration which was to be held on the next day in school.

I remember walking all the way to home that day because of the traffic on the way and I could also hear the sound blasting from the complex where the concert was going on.

I remember hearing " the way you make me feel" while walking home followed by " black or white" as the music faded away.

My first memories were of the previous summer when I had saved money to buy my first M.J cassette i.e Dangerous...I also saved up for his History album which I used to listen religiously every time I studied.

Also during the same time,I was part of the school choir and the first song we performed for our annual day was " Heal the World" by who else but " the king of Pop".

With his death, I believe a part of my childhood has also died forever. I remember dancing to his tunes of Black n White, Dangerous, Smooth criminal trying to ape his moon walk with no success what so ever.

My school friend Vijay was our desi Michael Jackson for the way he danced.He was a sure shot performer in any function in school.

I guess as I grew up, I started growing out of the influence of M.J and graduated to different genre of music but for every kid of that decade I guess the king of pop was the first performer who got their interest into the world of music.

Thank you sir for your contribution to world music and also for making the small difference in my life...

RIP...The Legend of Pop...

WAC done n dusted with!!

Just completed my WAC (written analysis of cases) a few hours back.
It is suppose to be a big event in AIM...The first WAC of your AIM tenure, but if you ask me, after the initial humdrum about the whole thing it seemed a very exaggerated affair.

We got our WAC topic as scheduled at 5 pm. After having fretted the whole afternoon on which topic will the WAC be on, it was a welcome relief to see the case pertaining to MC & HBO rather than the more threatening subjects like QA or LOB...

I started in earnest at 5.30pm and was well on my way to acing it by 8.45pm.But since then I have wasted 2 hrs of my time doing nothing but bc/bs with a whole lot of different people.

Though with the postponement of the LOB test from Monday to Wednesday, the pressure for the weekend has relaxed and I am looking forward to partying and enjoying myself tonight. May be a game of basketball followed by a night out with the boys.

Tomorrow I plan to do a bit of QA and the remaining part of the day is devoted to LOB (Liabilities).Let's see how well the plan works.

Well right now is the time to party.The music is blaring loudly outside near the pool and the party vibes are all around...