31st Oct: Oh Shit!

With the end of SIP, we had almost imagined as if we had done our MBA.. But now, all of us are slowing coming to terms with reality, and have realized the tremendous amount of workload to be delivered in the next few days.. A typical situation to say "Oh Shit!!"

• 2 project submissions,
• pre class readings almost everyday,
• 2 quizzes announced (and another one on the way..),
• presentations to be made..

Inspite of having so many things lined up, I slept nicely in the morning and noon.. That's the confidence we've developed here in a term .. NOT!! :-P
Tried studying, but a heavy cold, running nose and watery eyes ruined my plans.. (I never seem to fall short of excuses :-P)
4 15 am!! :-O ! Time to sleep.. In a few hours, will be attending lectures after a week.. Hoping to stay awake through most of them...

29th - 30th Oct: Phew!!

Well.. There were reasons for not blogging in the past few weeks..
The main reason: Not being able to find time..
The other: With the SIP in action for the past few weeks, we weren't allowed to disclose any information through any media.. so, there wasn't much to write anyways..
It was an action packed week..
Not getting any shortlists in the beginning, cursing my work-ex which was supposedly the reason for not making into most of the shortlists.. once I made an entry in some short list, enjoying the love, care and affection of Team Services ;-) .. once I got to the GD round, seeing people "cut-throat"ing others in GDs..  after that, cramming labour laws, OB concepts, company facts at the last moment, goofing up in the interviews, seeing the companies select only good looking chics and feeling lost, the uncertainty about the selection in a company, getting frustrated at the seniors for keeping critical info as confidential and finally happiness and relief when got to know that I've been placed in KPMG.. Yayyyy!! :-) :-)
The entire drama is over now.. The entire batch of 240 placed.. Celebrated this achievement by having a "JLT wet night" day before, which was preceded by the "Aarti Corpus".. Amazing fun!! One of the most memorable moments of my stay here..
Btw.. I've been told by many XL alumni, that some years down the line, we'll laugh at how much importance we had attached to something as trivial as SIP.. Let's hope this blog entry serves as a joke some years later.. :-P

Sachhiiiiiinnnn!!!

Watching India beat Australia in the series with Sachin playing a crucial role in it to earn the Man of the Series award... Awesome!! Actually, for the past 2-3 days, everyone around here seem to be discussing (read praising) Sachin... A true role model for our generation!! I can go on and on about him in this post.. But then, there isn't anything left to talk about him.. To put it the way we address it back home.. "God is God!!" This post dedicated to our beloved God!!

10th n 11th Oct: Same old crap..

While I was working, I used to complain that life has become too monotonous, too mechanical.. Getting up at the same time everyday, getting ready, catching the same train/bus, sitting on the same desk in the office, doing similar work everyday, getting up at the same time for lunch, tea break, and then coming back, eating at home, studying during my CAT/XAT days and then sleeping.. n the cycle would continue..
But guess what.. the phase is back here.. Everyday seems similar.. Lecture, some company PPT where we sleep shamelessly, form filling, CV uploading, assignment work and then sleep.. In fact, while I write this blog, I couldn't think of anything different which happened for the past few days..
Only one thing.. Smiling Assassin conducted his first surprise quiz of this term..
This is how boring life has become here.. A test makes me feel relieved that there is at least something different happening.. :P

20th Sep - 9th Oct : The Hibernation ends..

God!! It feels like an eternity since I wrote here... Am back after almost a month. Should have started on the 20th of September, but somehow FRAXed for the past 20 days.
Ok.. So 2nd term started.. No real recap needed.. Coz, the only words which would dominate the entire post would be

1. Deadlines
2. SIP
3. CV

I have developed a hatred against the word deadline now.. Thats the word which frequently appears in my mailbox now.. Actually a search for the word "deadline" gave me a result of 263 mails!! When it's not CRISP, it's the PLACECOMM who gives a deadline. When it's neither of the two, it's our new Smiling Assassin.. Thanks to him, I have started paying much attention to the 'Subject' of the mail.. :P

SIP and CVs have become the new buzzwords on the campus. 

All of us dressed in formals attend PPTs.. Boring stuff.. Pretty much the same stuff said by every company... and pretty much the same questions by our batchmates... 

Aahh.. One more common sight here.. People are running here and there, holding their CVs, seeking advice from the "seniors" who seem to take pride in giving advice about CVs. In India, everyone seems to be an expert in cricket. In XL, each senior seems to be an expert in CVs.. I guess, most of us, would be doing the same next year.. So, wouldn't comment much about it..

A note on my CV.. People ask.. "How's your CV?"... My reply, "It reflects me.."