Day 383: Oct 5,2010

Had ATSC presentation, so woke up by 9, got refreshed and went to class. The presentation on Goldman sachs went well, and we handled it pretty well. Then had M&E class. after snacks, came back to room, worked on MCT proposal preparation, then went for a jog. Was surprised to see her jogging. Came back and continued t work. Then met at JT reg collection issues. Then Rns project proposal & case assignment discussion started.
Started work on MCT ppt collating.

Day 382: Oct 4,2010
ATSC class seemed interesting as had read the case yesterday. ME went by fast. After snacks, took a brief nap. then decided to go for jogging. being sometime since i had been plannin to jog. then had ATSC meeting to prepare the case ppt. we discussed it for sometime and divided the work. Then came back to CC and continued the work. After 3 started work on Red river & did till 4:30.

Day 381: Oct 3,2010

Had a chess game today, but had slept off, So couldnt play the game. IIML B had won against IIM Rohtak, so they were facing IIML A team for the 1st prize. Vinay won against Lokendra, but surprising the other 3 members lost against IIML B team. Had the ATSC case presentation coming up on Tuesday, so read the case till evening. Then slept for sometime, and had dinner. Went for Insti party as Varchasva'10 was getting over today. Quite a loaded week ahead, lets see how it goes.

Day 380: Oct 2,2010
Woke up arnd 10. missed the game against IIM Rohtak. IIML A team had won 4-0. Then IIML B team was facing Lucknow university. it got tied up, and had to go in for a tie breaker , which we won finally. It was a mad game with both the players missing out opportunities. Then in the aftrnoon, a team from LBSIM arrived, they had only 2 members. I and radha played against them, which we won 2-0. Then, i , madhavi & uday met for a discussion. Later, there was choreo night, followed by fashion show. Saw it for sometime. It wasnt that gr8 as last yr, but the music was pulsating.
Came back to room arnd 3:30 and slept.

Day 379: Oct 1,2010
Was awake till morning 9:45. Thought will sleep for sometime and wake up for the 12:30 SDM class. Woke up arnd 12, but didnt feel like going, so bunked the class. RnS presentation was there, so got refreshed and went for t class. The presentation went well, then in the evening, came back and slept off. Later in the evening, Uday proposed to see Endhiran(robot) movie in Hindi. Aravindhan, junior friend had planned to go out. So we joined him and went along. The movie was ok, except for the awesome direction by Shankar. rajini's charm was missing. Anyhow, came back and slept arnd 4.

Day 378: Sept 30,2010

Had the RnS presentation today which didnt happen. hadnt slept properly, so dozed off completely in the BE class. had a webex session with ABG retail head,session was interesting. came back and slept. had dinner then started playing chess.

Day 377: Sept 29,2010
Rns class got cancelled today. MCT, we had a surprise quiz on bacardi case. Then had chess selection which started after dinner. went from 9:30 to 1:30. game went well, lost 2 games, and won 4 games. came back and started working on RnS case. had to format the report and refine the ppt. Slept at 5:30.

Day 376: Sept 28,2010
Just the usual 2 classes. Planned to work on red river, yet got busy with RnS case preparation. completed my part.

Day 375: Sept 27,2010

Woke up around 10am. After the ATSC class, met Sukumar Nandi Sir regarding Perfect Show. came back to room and slept until 2:15. Had a company presentation later at evening, so refreshed and wore the formals. The M&A class was pleasant. The presentation started right on time and got over in an hr. It was an interesting session with new insights on the changing industry sector (I cant divulge which company. Colg secret ;) )

Came back to room, relaxed for a while. Then after dinner, went ahead with the RnS assignment work along with Red river project. Finally figured a way to install PC suite in my mobile, and successfully installed it. played around with various options given in the PC suite and transferred songs, movies to t phone. The time is now 5:45am. Probably will try to be awake until morning.

Day 374: Sept 26,2010

Woke up around 12:30, slept till 2pm. Then had a haircut. Had to read the shop socially docs before our video conf tom, then worked to complete the First Love blog.

Day 373: Sept 25,2010

After the SDM class, had planned to leave for 'Chhappan bhog' by afternoon. Santo had taken Soumya to the doc. Didnt get t bike untill they came back. left with sahil by 5. got caught by t traffic police near hazrat ganj, paid him t fine then reached Chhappan bhog. t owner hadnt arrived by then and would come by 9pm. We waited for sometime and then decided to have dinner at hazratganj. sahil overate himself and had an stomach upset. Went back to t shop & Met the owner and asked him few questions for our project. Came back by 11:30, took a bath and browsed online.

Day 372: Sept 24,2010

Woke up JIT for the SDM class. Since Gyanendra had gone to his home, we needed someone in the shop. Told alok to stay in the shop and went with uday for sourcing. got t goods, and then worked on upcming cases.

Day 371: Sept 23,2010

Woke up at 10:35, 5 mins after my 10:30 class. T prof had told late comers wont be given any attendance, hence decided to bunk t class. Refreshed myself, practiced once before going to 12:30 class. Our prom strat project reports were given back. was a decent performance, had made few silly/careless mistakes. after BE class, received t SM paper. it had been my worst performin subject last term. had screwed up t end term too. then went back to room, got t ppt from lappy and went to class. in MCT class, Maam told me to start t class with the presentation. T presentation went well. we were shown 3 videos of companies which had made a turn around. After MCT class, came back to Just Tea shop. Alok had to go for sourcing. so remained in shop for sometime. Maddy joined me to discuss abt red river project. we discussed it for sometime , after which came back to room, watched 3 episodes of BBT, and dozed off for sometime.

Day 370: Sept 22,2010
had slept late in t morning, so most of t day went by sleeping in class.

Day 369: Sept 21,2010

Slept around 5am. So woke up aroun 10:25. Reached class 5 mins late. The attendance had being already taken, t prof gave a surprise quiz on the case to be read on tat day. After t class, asked t RA for attendance, he refused sayin latecomers wont get attendance. This term's first attendance missing starts. Then had a 2.5 hrs break, which was utilized by dozin off. Then had M/A class, which was as usual. had a surprise quiz in tat too. After t class, had evening snacks and started t project grp allotment for R&S course. After tat, started with MCT ppt on t book 'Only t paranoids survive'. Maddy asked me, uday to join her for celebrating TG's bday at 8. left t phone in room and went to TG room while she went for collectin t cake. She didnt turn up till 8:30. Found her coming out of Mess, kinda pissed off coz had planned few activities, so shouted at her for delayin it. seems t cake was not ready. She got emotional. Somehow convinced her, and went back to room. Later went to TG room, where Kiran, Maddy, Uday, Gitanjali & abhinav were there. after cutting t cake, and smearing it over TG, TG smeared some cake on Kiran. Kiran, did t same to me. I took more cake and put it on him. thus ensued a battle between us - kiran tryin to put cake on me, and i stoppin him. Went back to room, changed dress and came back to have dinner. Then went to CC for completing the MCT ppt and readin a case. Time close to 4am now. Gotta hit t sack...!

Day 368: Sept 20,2010

Had a 10:30 class. Had slept around 5:30 yesterday. Woke up around 10am. After the ATSC class, had lunch and came back and started the paranoid book, had 2o more pages to read, so was able to finish it finally. Dozed off for a while, got up with 10 mins to go. Refreshed and ran to the class. The prof announced a surprise quiz on t case which was to be read today. There were a set of 4 questions to be answered, one questions for 4 grps of students he had segmented t class into. When he was about to collect t papers, he asked if we had read t case. except 4-5 students,t rest of t class was ignorant of the case. t rest of t class went by t prof giving us lecture of properly read t case along with discussin few details of t case. After that we had a leadership class, which I, maddy & uday wanted to sit through. Just before t class started, i and uday approached madam and asked her t permission. to our surprise, she asked us not to attend this session and probably come for future classes. So we went back and put on the movie 'Bicentennial man'. T movie was sweet but kinda dragging and long. after that, maddy joined us, uday and she started workin on their SDM report while i dozed off. Later, got call from shop socially founder regarding a live project which thy had floated. t call went well and then had dinner. I and maddy met soumya after dinner and we sent t mail to red river owner regarding another live project. Then came to CC and read t ATSC case for tom. started work on the first love, part 4, but the flow wasnt present. Somehow, wrote a part of it. rest of it to be taken later. almost 5am now. gotta hit t sack now.

Day 367: Sept 19,2010

Woke up relaxingly around 11:30. had to go out for Just tea work which had being pending for 3 days. Uday had got Gopi's bike so got it and went outside with Alok. Roamed across the city for close to 3 hrs. Seems due to the upcoming court decision on Babri Masjid, military had been deployed in several places. Did the required shopping and then came back. Uday wanted to do some shoppin. So went along with him to Sahara mall. He did with his shoppin and came back to colg by 9. Had dinner and got down to finishin the Paranoid book. Had to make a presentation on it for the mct class. so gotta finish it by today.

Our proposal for a redriver competition had been shortlisted for the final round. Had planned to meet for sometime around dinner time, couldnt do so as Madhavi had some b-plan work. so tat got postponed to midnight. Also, had 2 reading for ATSC course, and the first love-4th part has been pending since long. so lets see how much iam able to finish.

Day 366: Sept 18,2010

Had 12:30 class, yet woke by 9. Read the paranoid book for sometime, sent mails for Just Tea and dozed off for sometime. Woke up exactly at 12:30, rushed to t class. The case discussion on Goodyear tires went on. Then had planned to go out for just tea work. But couldnt get a bike, as first yrs exams had gotten over today, hence most of them had gone out. tried arrangin for a bike, couldnt find any. spent t remainin tme watching resident evil movie. later, in evening, dozed off for sometime, then had dinner. Madhavi's brother joined us for dinner, and after dinner had tulsi chai in Just tea. was tastin it for t first time, so it was really nice. Then went out for a walk. came back, read t paranoid book and slept off.

Day 365: Sept 17,2010

Had 12:30 SDM class. woke up around 9:30. In SDM class, there was a photography session. It was funny to see ppl posing while the camera man was clicking the photos. Then after lunch, had special R&S class. it was a lengthy session, mostly t slides were being run through. Had to go out for Just tea work, but alok had just returned from sourcing. so postponed the trip to tom. It was quite sometime since i had met Soumya, so had a a long chat, and then went back to room. After dinner, went to Library, since Chess selection was there. the marathon chess games went on. played from 9:30 till 2:30.