25 Words of Xcellence

Hi again :)

2009-05-28T00:02:00.000-07:00

With the impending start of the new session at XLRI and me still grappling with my summer internship project ....
this is to say Hi to any Junior who might be dropping by ...
Just in Case :)

Ensemble is Over !!!

2008-11-24T23:45:00.000-08:00

Ensemble 08 the annual fest is over..
around 11 lacs of cash & prizes were distributed over 3 days.. I guess it is as big as it gets..
my favourite event ??

The Barry O'Brian Quiz.Man is a legend :)

MBA Dictionary

2008-11-12T03:41:00.000-08:00

Misconception 1:English has 26 alphabets
Dude, Life starts at 'C' & ends at 'C+' !!!

Misconception 2:'F' is the only derogatory word
Dude, 'D' & 'D+' are equally worse !!!

Say Hi !!!

2008-11-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

Being Drunk and Blogging, a rather lethal combination..
don't worry nothing explosives gonna come out ...
just wanted to say Hi to remind you of my existence :P

8 hours of sleep and me?

2008-10-21T20:08:00.001-07:00

Am finally clocking in 8 hours of sleep regularly. Whoever said an MBA was about night-outs and 2 hour daily night shifts was probably just being scary :P

Longest Day at XL

2008-10-16T14:45:00.000-07:00

Today was the longest day at XL, at least for the BuMmers. Continuous lectures/PPTs from 830 to 2030. Still alive, kicking and blogging :P

Night Out Finally !!!

2008-10-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

So after dodging it for quite a while, the dreaded night out at b-school caught me..
sending my project report at 7:30 AM, I completed the rite of passage :P

Our Bit !!!

2008-10-02T14:42:00.000-07:00

Had a peace march to show our solidarity with the victims of recent Bomb Blast..
We know it won't change the world .. but we're just doing our own bit.

And I guess that's what we all need to do.. Do our own bit.

Back to XL !!!

2008-09-21T09:49:00.001-07:00

A well deserved vacation... lots of movies, sleep and good food later ...
the battles resumes tomorrow...
welcome to 2nd term :P

C Ya !!!

2008-09-08T05:45:00.000-07:00

Apologies for a long absence.I guess the dreaded first of our End Terms are to be blamed for it. Now they are over and we are all going home for a much deserved vacation.

Catch Ya Later !!!

Dreamer that I am :P

2008-08-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

Every weekend I think .. the time of joy has come ...
dreaded eco midterm over ... OB presentation too ...
and lo here u have the QT midterm and a FIR submission ...
and there goes another week of sleepness nights and sleepy days ;P

Fireflies

2008-08-11T04:16:00.000-07:00

Searched for stars in the clouded sky,
Got none, but one, I don't know why.

Disappointed, thus, I moved away,
And found a rock of my own,
I sat, alone, and looked around,
A thousand stars were all alone.

Binary World !!!

2008-08-09T07:08:00.000-07:00

They say .. we select the very best !!!
Then they show you how it feels to score binary in a exam ( zero or one) :P
Gone are the days of egos.... some other ppl had that ... not us .. not us :|

Bodhi Speak

2008-08-02T10:36:00.001-07:00

Couldn't help posting this......
thoughts of an XLer out there facing life outsifde his kingdom........

"...believe that XLers during the course loose strong preferences and deveolop general appreciation for everything.."

Appreciating the generality of things is the greatest virtue cultivable as then, open the doors to salvation..............

Such Is Life :|

2008-07-30T08:01:00.000-07:00

juniors night today....
a 3 days adventure trip to follow...
2 quizzes and 3 midterms .. apart from a full fledged project presentation within 3 days ...
God !!! I can't see life beyond this wednesday.. :P

Ode to a Quiz

2008-07-28T23:46:00.000-07:00

I came, I saw,
I noticed, I awed,
I tried and failed.

And now I repeat what I always said

I lost, I lost…. Its time I fade………....

(dedicated to events of a certain tuesday, when I needed to PRAY)

The Search............

2008-07-27T06:24:00.000-07:00

I am still confused whether the idea of being chilled out as usual, this week end was all that great. Nearly twelve hours from now, I am going to have to reply to questions, which I fear reading, leave alone solving. Easiest way out is to run to the nearest GHISSU of your floor…….
Ummmm lemme see…….
KC is out for snacks…………
Ritesh is at that dreaded, omniscient establishment called library……….
Amitabh, of course is at LH-1………….
Amit is still having adventures of his own……….
This must be the end!!! :(
But lo!!!
Whose this??? the savior himself……….

I have achieved salvation.
Rajdeep ………..here I come.

Xcllent !!!

2008-07-26T07:26:00.000-07:00

a premier institute gives u access to talented ppl ...
here is one fine example of someone's talent...

http://the-guinea-pig-story.blogspot.com

and they say ... we produce boring managers :P

2008-07-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

It's 4-00 am. I'm awake, not drunk, and discussing Carnatic music with a good friend in TSTMR. Tonight, we started 08-10's very own Bodhi Three. B3 is a collaboration of three guys who can't sing to save their lives, but have what it takes- enthu!! :D Rock on, B3!!!

Time flies...

2008-07-25T11:17:00.000-07:00

I have no sense of day, date, or time left. :P All I know is I last wrote here long ago, and I don't know when the next time will be. :) But yeah, as arrowhead says, "Shit happens"

2008-07-25T10:24:00.000-07:00

many ppl gone for their outbound programme...
no classes... though 3 quizzes next week..
so lot to study...
If I plan well I probably can sleep for 6 hrs a day for 3 days ... indeed I am a dreamer :D

Personalised Answers

2008-07-24T05:52:00.000-07:00

Learning Today, one thing for Sure, It is not easy to answer trivial questions like
What is your age?
What is your Religion? :)

Shit Happens !!!

2008-07-23T12:08:00.000-07:00

8:20 : ...woke up "Oh ..shit "
8:23 : .. line at bathrooms "shit"
8.27: Have to miss breakfast ... shit
8:31: got just in time for the class
9:15: surprise quiz : " holy shit !!!

Just an ordinary day :P

My first post :)

2008-07-21T07:11:00.000-07:00

My four liner on XLRI :

sometime feeling dead,
euphoric! moment away,
a roller coaster ride,
a common XL day.

2008-07-20T01:54:00.000-07:00

wrote something abt XL :

http://lucifersabode.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-ya-xl.html

Cheers !!!

Tht Thing called sleep!!!

2008-07-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

The thought of writing something here suddenly vanished my sleep , which was dominating my senses since the last 1 hour .Studied a "single page " of Factories Act in tht hour :) .Wat an irony !!!

Bummer!!

2008-07-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

Suddenly, there seems to be so much to do!! Mid-terms, assignments, projects, quizzes....all round the corner. ARGHHH!!!!!

The heat is on...

2008-07-14T10:56:00.000-07:00

Got a taste of 4 lectures in a day. :( Tomorrow, we have 5 of them. The probability of getting kicked out of class for sleeping seems to get higher and higher. :-

XLRI book of records

2008-07-14T02:50:00.000-07:00

Went for trekking yesterday (Dalma hills).Came completely exhausted (given that I hadn't slept for the last 35 hours :)).Slept for 12 hours continuously and entered the "hall of fame" of longest "sleepers" at XL.
Conclusion :No matter how much u sleep the previous nite ;u'll still reach late for the next morning class :P .

Day -30-31(12th-13th July,2008)

2008-07-13T09:37:00.000-07:00

Got introduced to informal committees (like JMAXI, COWBAXI and also OMAXI ). Completed a month at XL and went trekking to Dalma hills ... man I am tired and I have so much to do .. for that surprise quiz we all are expecting tomorrow :(.

SACked!!

2008-07-11T03:25:00.000-07:00

Lost the student affairs council (SAC) elections (narrowly) yesterday...but I'm trying to treat it like a blessing in disguise...maybe I will end up being a 6-pointer, instead of as a 5-point-someone. :P

Day -18-29(29 June-10th July,2008)

2008-07-10T02:19:00.000-07:00

So again ... it's been a long time..since I was here..seems like the initial adrenaline is dying down ..but I just hope to take some more people on-board(Sauron aka Sumit is already here) so that this blog can be more regular.Now that we are done with niceties ..let's talk some business :).

It's been an eventful period ..(though I am not sure, which period is not when you are at XL ..Never Mind :D ).Seniors organized a simulation for MAXI fair, all the juniors were divided into teams and assigned some senior mentors. Then they were given a product name, our job was to think of a product(which can be anything, as long as it is cool and whacky ;) ) and have to devise a marketing strategy and design a marketing campaign for it.All done by students !!! XL was our canvass and we painted it in all the colours possible :D

We also had O3(Oracle of Omaha- a stock trading simulation game where the team which would make most money will win.For a financial illiterate like me it was a tremendous learning experience.We participated in FLOOR TRADING !!! Which I guess was quite a simulation of real life.

My team lost :(.

but my friend won and now we are all gearing up for the party that we will eventually wiggle out of him ;).

At XL, we all win ... one way or the other !!! :D

C Ya later.

XL!

2008-07-06T13:30:00.001-07:00

At 1.40 am, where else would you find a set of Indians (seniors and juniors alike) from all corners of the country, gathered in a room in Jharkhand, cheering a Spaniard and a Swiss? Where else? At XL, of course!!!

Day -13,14,15,16,17 (24,25,26,27,28th June,2008)

2008-06-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

Missed a lot of days.... so will take my liberty of crossing the stipulated 25 words limit which I have been doing anyways :).

Was shown a documentary titled " Running Out of Time" .It was an apt reminder for all of us that even though now we can have the world at out feet....for some getting 2 square meal is still the aim of their lives.

There is a reason they say XLRI Jamshedpur has the best faculty in the country .... a faculty should be a facilitator for generating ideas and provoking thoughts.... they all do it .... in their own ways.... unfailingly.Period

Had our freshers party on 25th night, danced like nuts and made merry .... party ended at 4:30 in the morning and people had classes from 8:30 am :D.

Things are going pretty chilled out for PMIR guys for the time being and BM people are still sleeping around 5 hours a day... though this could very well be the lull before the storm ;)

Today we were introduced to various committees (FINAX,SAPPHIRE,FIRE@X,PlaceCom etc) and soon the selection procedure for the same would be started.

Pretty much what I can remember of these days gone by .... C ya later !!!

Day -12 (23th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:44:00.000-07:00

Had Indian Business History class by Prof. Madhukar Shukla and was such a privilege ....
a great institute like XL gives one an opportunity to meet such stalwarts and weren't we glad :D

Day -11(22th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

Had our brain mapping class for whole day .... created a lot of mess :D
I mean where else would you get away with scribbling on a chart about yourself ... and the more the better ....
oh ... and did I forgot to tell you that it was Sunday ? cause I myself lost the count of days :P

Day -10 (21th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:31:00.000-07:00

Dadu's is known for its amazing neembu pani, maggi and .. yeah though not exactly its product ... sutta ;).Creating a sense of history out of ordinary ... XL is a master at that.

Day -9 (20th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:23:00.000-07:00

Seniors are organizing gyaan sessions today for us ... the so called "Studs" of every subject are telling us the tricks of the trade .... and did I tell you that these sessions starts at 11 PM and continue till 1:30 .... with an assignment due and class at 8:30 in morning ...
they mean it when they say .. it will be a life changing experience :D

Day -8 (19th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:21:00.000-07:00

Celebrated the birthdays of two of our batchmates ... they were told to walk ramp like models and give lap dance to each other... and if you are thinking too much ..... they were both guys :).
XLRI simply rocks !!!

Day -7 (18th June,2008)

2008-06-23T08:18:00.000-07:00

Life has become so simple suddenly .... 1 hour of extra sleep is my bliss now ... and 6 hours of sleep in a day ... heaven :)

Day -6 (17th June,2008)

2008-06-18T05:57:00.000-07:00

Attended the first ever class of the legend they call here "Gango" (T. Gangopadhay) .Had our intro to PMIR session ...with a scolding for Prof E M Rao(Another stalwart) for taking such "God Forsaken" course..and assurance that now we are cursed for life : ). Quoting him " You have now married the Ghost .... may God bless you " !!! :D.

It's pouring here and everyone wants to see the Sun now.

Day -5 (16th June,2008)

2008-06-18T05:49:00.000-07:00

Preparatory Course commenced today.First Case Study Class.Was told not to stand up for faculty as now we are management in training..... things are different here for sure :).
Intense Discussion & realization that we need to listen a lot more than speak.

Day -4 (15th June,2008)

2008-06-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

Free day(first Sunday) supposedly dedicated to knowing our city, Jamshedpur.Wake up late; probably on the last Sunday like Sunday in a long time to come.Then the discussion started about where to go; Dimna Lake, Tata Sarover and Laser Show in Jubilee Park were some of the alternatives and every place was graced with Xlers benign presence ;). After that, went to Bistupur- had yummy chaat,Jalebi and sweets at "Chappan Bhog".
Senior are on campus now; had a little chat with them.

Tommorrow the preparatory course starts. Wish us luck !!!

Day -3 (14th June,2008)

2008-06-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Had our orientation today; was given a long list of do's and don't.Got a case to study along with the Student Manual & ID Card; Emotions ran high in the Mess when India lost to Pakistan.Some more bakar; discussing Indian education system and all the chipku guys in our batch till 3 AM in the morning.

The tale of unearthly hours has begun :P .

Day -2 (13th June,2008)

2008-06-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

4 ppl talking in a lawn.Within a span of 1 hour it became a gathering of 50+ ppl , introducing each other, pulling legs and having fun.....
this was not what they told us about a b-school :P

Day -1 (12th June,2008)

2008-06-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Arrived at 12:30 in the night.Too many new names to remember but that didn't stopped us from bakaring till 3 in the morning despite being dead tired :D.Any indication of days to come ahead ? :)