long time no see...

i am blogging today after a span of more than 3 days..

my bday was a day to remember, with ppl singing and wishing me every one hour... only thing it was a long long day with some vedanta guest lecture, i did manage to hog some "extra" limelight that day..

after that days have just been normal... lil extra work on laptop deals, being in the negotitation committee is fun... we are making Hp, Dell and Acer run from pillar to post though personally its sure that we have striking it with Hp.

Exams begin tomm and i will be back online only on sunday...

there is a lot to pen but i dont have the time to ...

will get back with more later...

Auf Wiedersehen (Good Bye in german)

Abishek

happy bday to me...

yipee... i turn 22today and i feel a year older with stronger shoulders.. and guess wat i am enjoying the pressure... last night was sitting on the lawn preparing for my first presentation in SCMHRD when mala, adithi, anish, sunil, dileep, showkath (malas friend) came with a cake..... i was smiling big time... coz these ppl had started celebrating 2hrs before i cud turn 22... cake cutting and cake smashing we unavoidable circumstances with such rogues around.... they also gifted me a shirt which makes sure i shed some weight to fit in ;-)
ppl and wishes just kept trickling and i was finally allowed to sleep at 12.30....

5.45am gym :( this was the worst thing that could happen to me on my bday.... luckily dint exert much pressure.. was flat on the floor after the 3rd push up.....rushed back to the room at 6.15 and started studying again....anish, aditi, mala, sunil mad ppl keep wishing me every one hour... came to class at 9am and the entire class was singing for me... to add more.. they gave me gifts and a HUGE bday card.. it was so sweet of them.... hope the day goes on this way...

something wat was not for the asking is happening to us.... we have classes from 9am to 6.30pm and then a guest lecture from 6.30pm to 8.45pm and i have just been assigned the duty of escorting the chief guest which means i cant bunk the guest lecture and i have to be in vicinity of the guest...

so far so good... anup and i have just managed to sneak out of class for some official duty on laptop negotiations... we are now in the lab and supposed to do soem research on specific models.. anup is hardworking.. and so i am here with u .. but not for long..

will get back with more later today...

hasta la vista (good day in spanish)

abishek

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finally got to visit Pune city on friday eveng... caught the symbi bus at 4.45 which dropped us close to e-square (a multiplex owned by sanjay dutt) ... we were 9 of us.. and it was pouring... we also got to see a rare sight : two rainbows :)
esquare dint serve nonveg and everyone (barring neha and i) wanted to feast on nonveg...
we decided to move to FC Road and we landed up travelling half of pune city and finally met at another multiplex called inox which was abt 25mins from esqaure (we dint plan to go that far) and had to settle at mcD :( we then had an eating race coz we targeted catch the 7.30pm bus back to the insti and we made it just in time.. the drive back was even more enthralling with gr8 songs on fm and rains lashing on the windows.....surprising it dint pour in hinjewadi and thats the power of our director ;-)
back at symbi, we spent some time on the lawn and enjoyed the cool breeze before we could call it a day... this was one of the most memorable days at symbi..

saturday we had classes and laptop presentations... hp had come in to campus with their offers and it was really tempting... guess we should strike a deal.. the day was so so .. nothing gr8 happening.. just that i had excess work and had to work on 3 assignments simultaneously... towards the end of the day at 10.30.....our batchmate joy tripped over while playing basket ball... we rush him to the hospital and the xray revealed 2 fractures on his right foot.. he should be fine in 3weeks... luckily off from the rigours of excersing at day break :(

today sunday:( classes from 9am to 6.30pm ... aloo parata for nashta :(
the best part of today was we dint have exercises,.... sundays are off ... but we have full day classes.... surprisingly our professor still hasnt turned up .. its 10am now... its a long day and i have to prepare for my eco presentations.. and help others with it too.. we are a group of 12 and we all are co-ordinating and making the first presentation to our classes... hope it goes well..

tomm is an even longer day :(( got gym in the morning (thinking how to bunk that) and then classes from 9am to 6.30pm and then seminar from 6.30pm to 8.30pm... hopefully there is nothing after thtat and i can have atleast three and half hours free to celebrate ;-)


bye for now...

motivation is pouring in from all over the place

today morning had to be in the gym at 5.45 and got up only at 5.42...had to brush and get ready and yet reach in time or u lose on attendance... learnt to handle a lot of pressure..but this gym instructor is stupid.. he expects every to be tarzans...teh very first day 25 push ups... i was flat out after the 4th... and now my arms are paining... finished the gym session at 6.15 and went back to the room to catch up some sleep.. slept only at 1am hence the sleep was required...

had uttappam for breakfast and the classes havent been taxing today... we do have german again in the eveng and german is fun... i am enjoying and so is the german instructor.. in the very first class i was called onto the podium and asked to interact with the instructor in german and i am over whelmed with my command over the language on the very first day ... good start...

i have been in pune for 8 days now and still havent gone to the city :( guess its going to take another 15days to go there.. we are plannin togo on the 24th of june after teh computer exam.. lets hope it works..now just waiting to have lunch...

kind of enjoying the lunch, the atmosphere, the people and most importantly the pressure...u might just be wondering how i get to write so much inspite of allthe pressure surrounding me ;-) well thats teh art.. i have maintained100% attendance so far and plan to do so until april 20, 2007 - the date of our graduation..

will update soon..

hv fun reading!!!

Musings from SCMHRD Chap2

Well,I am sort of getting into the habit of writing..
life is beginning to become more organised by the day although thecontents of this mail are pouring in from all directions and are notinterlinked...
to start off...lemme tell u abt my day today at scmhrd (7.6.05)
got up at 5.00am and luckily dint have yoga today..our body dimensions were being measured bunked the idea of jogging with friends and headedback to the room to read mrktg management by philip kotler...read tenpages and then slept again till 8.15 am.... slept because ysday wewere so tired that we dozed off in class and dint want to repeat itall over again.. had bath and breakfast and ready at 8.55am for theclasses... we had research methodology, organisational behavior,statistics and language... language we had choices of german, french,spanish and chinese... i opted for german and hey there Guten Tag !!!(how are u) i am beginning to enjoy german... learnt a bit andconversed with all my batchmates today.. infact created my ownsentences and made even the german teacher smile as if she iscolgate's model... today lunch was good... dal, chawal, roti, paneerkurma, curds, salad.... now got to rush for dinner before the messcloses at 9.30pm... tomm morning we have to submit our assignmentreports.. within the first two days.. we have been showered with 3 bigassignments lined up ... 1 research for 75marks.. 1 class presentationin economics and one assignment in human behaviour.. and we haventeven entered the 3rd working day... well i am sure before i see thesunrise next week will have 4-5 assignments more to do... the burdenhere is just too much ... its gonna take 200% of me to excel and i am"ready for the kill"... tonite after dinner gonna study atleast 6chaps of human behaviour and tomm morning will do 20pages ofmarketing..
team work will see u thru.. but u have to be very competitive.. ucannot board the bus alone.. but u cant stand out either.. u got tocatch the bus and catch it in time and also help ur friends into it..u never know where this journey will take u in life...
i have exams on 17th(3papers - 6hrs), 18th(3 papers - 6hrs) and 19th(1 paper - 2hrs) of june.. and got to study hard for that.. its thefirst impression we are going to thrust on the college and it betterbe the good... we dont know when we will get to see pune city.. justcant wait to take a day off.. tired already..
hope to catch up with some sleep tonite..

My Musings from SCMHRD

Day 1 - 02.06.05

Reached SCMHRD at 4pm. The campus is spread over four acres withartistic landscapes. This is right in the middle of the Infotech parkand is surrounded with breath taking views. Was alloted Room No. 406in the boys hostel. My room mates are Amit Goswami (from delhi , talland very helpful guy, has worked in infy at pune before joiningscmhrd) and amit thakurel ( from bangalore and he is a sindhi) ...both these guys are very helpful and luckily for me stay away from the harazds of smoke and drink... the rooms have 3 beds, 3 wardrobes, 3 study tables with over head racks and a bathroom and closetattached... the very first day after setting up things in the room, wehad dinner in the mess.... dal, rice and chapathi come as standardmenu every day for lunch and dinner and there are subjees like rajma,paneer, alu baingan etc etc.. the food is very hygeinic...the dinnertimings are from 8pm to 9.45 pm .. after which we guys and girlsgrouped up for an informal introduction. the hostel roll call happensat 10.30pm and no matter where we are, we have to reach teh hostel intime for the roll call...

Day 2 - 3rd june

Morning woke up at 5.30 and we friends went for a jog... came at 8amand ate breakfast, toast and coffee.. went to the rooms and got readyfro the induction and presentation which was supposed to happen at11.00am... this was the first formal gathering at scmhrd and we got tomeet the founder director padmashree s.b majumdar.. and also thedirector of the institute.. the director killed us slowly.. inch byinch.. but he has a vision and we are his horses.... every professorintroduced to us was nothing less than a devil. we are sure to havemany sleepless nights lined up for us..a few of the rules...

1. no mobile phones in academic block. if found first time the simcard is broken, if found second time then the mobile is broken, if found third... then god save u ....

2. no night outs.. no sleeping more than 4 hrs... for every 2 hrsof classroom study there should be 3.5 hrs of self study.. we haveclasses from 9am to 6.30pm after which we have to do a lot ofcommittee work.. have to sleep.. have to study.. i just figured outthat 24hrs are too less

3. only formals allowed in the academic block..anything less thanthat the student is restricated.

the rules are too many and they are difficult to recollect.. all inall the director told that he is the biggest criminal and he lovesscreweing up sleeps... we can have exams at 12 midnight with 15mins notice also.. such is the life.after the induction and presentation.. we were sent for photo sessionsfor the id cards and gave mesurements for the suits... had lunch andrested in the afternoon... even we all were in casuals and went for awalk... they were screening "naina" in the auditorium... yes they doscreen 6-7 movies a month and we are not required to go out for anypurpose.. had a lot of fun.. chatted.. played around.. slep at 1am !!!

Day 3 & 4 - 4th and 5th June

OUT BOUND LEARNING...all students had to be ready at 6am and we were taken to a sportscomplex 15mins away.. tehre we wer divided into groups and made toplay management games.. the 2 days were the most tiring but the mostfun filled as well..our physical and mental limits were tested... gotto make a lot of friends ... games could be anything like making ahuman chain and rolling.. carry ppl thourgh branches...blindfoldingand walking.. it was all to build confidence, trust and above of teamwork... on 4 the evng we reached the campus at 6pm and immidly had toprepare for a group skit .. we had a bon fire at the campus at 8.30and each of the groups showed their hidden talents.. we have amitabh bachans , mr. beans, micheal jacksons, shankar mahadevans, laloo prasad yadavs, eveyone in the batch.. a thorough talent show topped upwith a mind blowing guitar and song performacen which went on till 12at night... slept at 1 and had to be at the gates at 5am on sunday morning (5th june) for the second day of the obl.. we were againdivided into other groups.. adn this was a longer and tougher day..ppldint have the strenght to walk even 500mts and we were made to coverdistances of 10kms in all by foot...the day started at 6am and we hadthe games on till 7.45pm.. got back to campus and ate dinner...we hadan interaction with seniors and everyone were so tired (dead i mustsay) got back to the rooms at 11pm and studied till 1am.

Day 5 - June 6th5.45 - 6.15

yoga :(after sleeping at 1am no soul could get up.. but we had no choice.. we dint have yoga today but were made to strip and give total bodymeasurements to the fitness centre.. we have 30mins sessions everyday... one day yoga.. one day gym.. and one day aerobics.. god we are in a jail :( after that.. we friends went for a jog and got back at 8am .. our first class started today at 9am.. all have to be in theclass at 8.58 sharp nahi toh no attendance for the entire day .. weneed to have 100% attendence without which we wont be allowed tograduate... failing - they dont understand what that means .....sickness - soemthing wat they would never give in to.. even if ur legsare broken.. ur classmate better carry u to class... and impossible -that word doesnt exist at all..i have some how got 15mins free and typed this mail...have to rush for lunch now and the next class is at 2.15.... hopefullywe get to sleep today.. slept for hardly 20hrs in the past 5days

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My first post

dear readers !!!

welcome aboard to the window which permits you to peep into my life...

this is your captain Abishek Kalro and I wish you all a safe journey..

fasten your seatbelts..

sit back and ..... relax !!!!!

" God was experimenting with intelligence - and made Me !!! "