I have my mid-terms right around the corner. So, it should come as no surprise at all that I am blogging now, of all times. ;)
Term 1 is half-way through and yesterday, we thanked and bade goodbye to two of our Professors - Prof Piyush Kumar (Marketing Management) and Prof Mudit Kapoor (Managerial Economics). Each of them had their respective fan following in class. While in marketing class, I benefited from the vast industrial knowledge of all participants, the way Micro-economics was dealt with was just awesome - with all jigsaw pieces falling into place by the time the lectures were done. There's just so much I am learning each day that if I were a cartoon, my head would have blown a bit out of proportion each day. This is true of all people around me, as well. Of course, on the downside, I not only get to hear all geeky jokes (centering around the new learning from Statistics, etc), but now I understand them as well! Oh, the pain! ;)
We had a Kodak case (mktg) to be discussed over the last weekend. Enough has been said about that "experience", already (if you are reading the other blogs from my class). I know of study groups spending a good part of the weekend tearing their hair out trying to figure out if the stated strategy was really worth a shot or not. I had stepped out on Sunday evening for a short walk and right outside my block, a disembodied voice floated down to me from one of the studio apartments - "So are you saying that the Kodak customers will not move away to competition???!!!" I hurried away to save myself (from unintentionally overhearing the line of argument of another group... what were YOU thinking?)
As for my group, welllll... :D We met twice, for a maximum of 2 hours each. The first time, we decided on a line of thought. The second time, we decided on another and stuck with it - just as well, that we didn't meet again! Submitting the case write-up was a close call. We submitted at 11:56 am for a 12 noon deadline! I know that I am an incorrigible procrastinator and had hoped to find encouraging study group mates to change this one thing about me, but going by the record, I am now beginning to worry. ;)
Last week, most of us had the CAS (Career Advancement Services) photo-shoot. Apart from requiring each of us to "suit up", it also showed how well a job people do cleaning up. Guys got their overdue hair-cuts and groomed themselves well - some were even unrecognizable after all the effort. Girls - they always look good. :D Most of our social networking sites have proud pictures of us strutting our stuff. :P Jokes apart, we all look very impressive.
Section G is waking up to the fact that none of us wants to run for GSB (Graduate Student Board) President, while some sections have 4-5 aspirants each. This, oddly, makes me quite fond of my section. :) Since the very beginning, we have had a
bindaas (chilled-out) attitude about competition. I don't mean to say that we are not competitive (quite the opposite, in fact), but we would rather have fun without the tension to "perform" to create an impression. Of course, the attitude also means that it was not until recently that there were some murmurs about the section code of conduct. Things haven't been finalized on that front and hence, I won't be writing about it yet.
J (my Swiss friend mentioned in previous posts) came to visit me this week with a friend of his. He was going back to Geneva in a few days and since he was flying from Hyderabad, he came over to ISB to meet me. It was really nice speaking to him after so long. We spent most of the time reminiscing and then a lot of time talking about school. He tested my French and was pretty impressed that I remember most of it. I really hope I don't lose touch with that language by the time this year ends.
I will now get back to Micro-economics. I should finish a substantial part of the "portions" before I sleep - and I am yet to begin this subject.
Song of the day: Silent Lucidity by Queensryche
