ISB is the world's 20th best school

http://rankings.ft.com/global-mba-rankings

..am 1/4th of the average salary quoted there..

such joy..!!

~a

PS: Work is crazyyyyyy...this has been by far the deadliest project at ATK. in every which way...! am just praying for a calm end...

to the class of 2008...wear...sunscreen....!

when DM was promoted to principal earlier this year i remeber him telling me...
"as a manager i got to know your batch closely...cause i was involved with the day-to-day activities of the engagement. however....yours will be the last batch i shall know directly. cause now...as a principal...i will be 'away'..."

that how i felt when the new batch of ISB came in...at some level i would always be away...

i do know some guys in the batch...and have a lot of expectations from them..more so since they happen to be from my high school...! but 4-5 in a batch of 430 doesnt shake a mountain...

anyways...

To the batch of 2008...(with a high probability that most will not even know of this site's existence!)

this year is going to be something you could have never imagined...
...a ride that will leave you exhausted...and craving for more...
...dont let go off it...at any time....

...and wear sunscreen...

~a

association...

i am a sucker for relationships...and i have always told my mum...never fret over anything that can be bought by money. always regret relationships that you havent worked on...

after almost a month...it is these emotions that compelled me to write. (un)fortunately...this wont be an anecdote...surely wont be amusing...so there...dont tell me tht i didnt warn...

the ISB current batch graduated yesterday. a sad feeling...because i know this will be the last batch that i will 'really' know..! and it was nostalgia for me. not just memories of my time...last year...and the sheer deluge of emotions that i faced..it was also the association that i had built with the batch ths year. i am sure i wud be known as the alum who was on campus every friggin month...(yes...i still work for ATK...yes...they still pay me!)

made some really lovely friends...got more respect than i deserved...but most importantly...never felt alien in the batch. i may not know everyone...but always felt home...! the people were all lovely...atleast infront of me..! and i felt at home also because i had spent one of the best years of my life at the very same place...

and then today received the CD for the play that the current batch had towards the end of the year, from SS. friggin hillarious stuff..! it was so awesome going back to those times...and its these times when you realize the imprint you have had...cause of your actions. in your head everything is all fine...cause it was you yourself who enacted the 'real' moments. but...as is always the case...people dont have it all figured..! and thus is created a multiple image profile of the same person....

maybe this multiple image profile allowed me to be different people to different set of individuals...

...maybe this was the basis of my association...

...not just this batch...but my own as well...

ISB Co2007
thanks for being you....i loved every bit of interacting with each one of you...and you shall remain as a special memory...

feeling very nostalgic today...missing the moments...! cause i know it wont be the same again...

life moves on...

~a

balls of steel...

no no no no no....busy....heck no....

ummm...yeah...vacationing...and hence lazy....more like it...!! not that life stopped...so hv a lot to share...so much that i hv forgotten most of it...

Solstice

Cudnt have asked for more....it was jst perfect. everything abt it...! meeting everyone again..walking down those roads again...as if you had never left...spending time doing just about nothing...! it was bliss all over. i guess the only thing that i like about work is the fact that i can now afford to fly kingfisher frm hyd to delh...instead of air deccan. its another case that i flew indigo...! but u get the point..!! student life...no matter what said and done...and no matter how many friggin assignments...is still far better...! and i hv been saying this right from my MSU days...!

the following month seems to be ISB travel month. Will (hope to atleast) visit it atleast 3 times before the final placements. A is getting married this 28th...so plannin to attend that too...!! wuuuhuuuu

New Years

Now...dont get me wrong here. Its not always that a consultant will get 10 days off...in the middle of an engagement. but things worked out. for the better. yes...i was working...frm home...so things werent as tight as they are once in Dubai. so had an awesomely chilled time. wonderful...! and yeah...the NY party was great...and i hvnt seen as much fog as i did tht night..!! it was crazy.....my left hand kept shouting....where the f is my right hand man...!!!

Misc.

Yesterday I met the weirdest guy in the history of mankind. in some loose sense i would also call him the man with balls of the hardest steel

so its airplane waiting time at the airport lounge. and the test is placed sexy. with another 70 runs to win and 4 wickets in hand...it could have gone any way. and kumble was bowling like god...so everyone was hooked on. there is this sweet 32 inch LCD screen...with all the sofas in front. however...there is one which is right below the LCD...facing all other sofas.

now i do understand that some people dont like cricket. or lets say dont enjoy it as much. and thats fine...seriously. i think they should just change their nationality if they are indians...or continue to live with a foreign passport...and they will do just fine.

but no...this gentleman...indian...in his 50s maybe...decides to show the world his mind. so when some 50 odd souls are watching the screen...following the match...he enters the lounge...and sit on the sofa right below the screen. so now...he is facing the entire crowd...!!!

dont miss this historic moment in history people...! there is a screen with decent volume...and almost everyone is wathcing that. and there is this dude...who is facing everyone...and looking right into their eyes...

and then he does it...the act that will catapult him to the hall of fame. he shakes his head....left to right...and goes....tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk....for almost 20 odd seconds.

HE WAS FRIGGIN PITYING US...

one half of my brain was giving his a standing ovation...the other was imagining the plight of his kids at the loss of their father...!!

crazy....

and surely balls of steel....

but what was he thinkin...???

~a

orgasmed again...

at times i wonder what my mum will hv to say about my blogs...and the number of times i use the big O word...!! my guess is she will be shocked at the fact that i know about the word...let alone using it every second line...

anyways...

my current client had participated in this huge international exhibition by the name of cityscape. we particpated (and had quite an awesome stand...including the hostesses..!!)...and had roped in a photographer for the entire 3 days duration.

for the entire 3 days....i had a ball with him. went through a crash course...and loved the fact that there were shit loads of stuff that i wasnt even aware of...!! and tht gives me a kick...cause i know that i work on those and i will be better than what i am...!! ofcourse...it wud hv been tragic if i got to know that i know everything that there is to it....and still click the quality that i do....which wud mean tht i suck...!!!

after cityscape the engagement happened....(yes..if you havent read the dec edition of TIME...this will be news!)...and hey...am talking abt my engagement...yes...yes...me...!!!

it went well...everyone was happy...tht includes me...and the parents of all delhi girls...!

came back...and will be flyin to ISb this weekend for the reunion...(WUUUHUUUUUUUUU)...but...my latest learnt talent will be put to use...! so got myself some sexy professional rolls...and a new set of batteries...! had intentions of clicking at will when on campus...

things were to change when i loaded the film on the camera yesterday. i jst cudnt resist...and for the next 2 hrs jst played with my camera like never before..! its funny how a material thing can bring you so much pleasure. i mean...alright..a dildo wud fit in the same description..but this is a camera i am talking abt...!!

fascinating stuff....!

orgasmed again...

~a

PS:
1. project got an extension...will be in Dubai till feb end.
2. am going on a long leave starting 25th...all the way to 2nd jan
3. registered 40% returns in the market...in the past one week...
4. met with E after a long time...and it was amazing
5. did i mention...life's good...?