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Friday, July 20, 2007

marwar 7 7 07..never in a 1000 years

i wanted to write this on the BIM blog but then refrained from doing it...probably wud post a toned down version of this there...or mayb wudnt do it at it...dont think marwar 7 7 07 was worth that effort. i am sure bismarc 23 might think this is good enuf publicity for them...but then i hope everyone who reads this post, knows that marwar 2007 sucked to the core...

for bim23 who had gone through marwar 2006, this was suppose to be the next level higher but for most of us here it turned out to be a few levels down somewhere..probably at the end of mariana trench(worlds longest trench)...

the first few days of the event showed how the flow would go...one could see utter lack of coordination, negligble presence of certain required ground rules, ignorance of a framework for the event, non availability of back up plans during events and i can continue the list..and yes the guides working more than the teams themselves. BIM street was practically deserted during the first 3 days of the event.

In the latter half once the stalls and all came up..it did seem like a tiny bit of wat marwar 2006 was..but then way too much damage had been done to the image of marwar 2007 over the lack of professionalism in the conduct of the event.

One of the positives of the event was the good work done by BIM 24 despite of the....( i mean how many times can i go on talk abt the way this marwar sucked)....the 2nd positive being the amazing support Pissmark got in booing and hooting bismarc to turn to show some professionalism in the conduct of the event...

Well the purpose of this post is not to go on and talk abt how mismanaged marwar but to suggest to bim24 to not to commit the same mistake of basking in the self glory of being the best(i believe bismarc 23 was way too much into ASBness than being Bismarc)....

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

chilli flight on an endless tour

its been a long time since i updated the blog...the main reason behind that being that my laptop's gone for repair and im using a frnds laptop to update the blog now...

coming back to this post...well the chilli flight seems to be on an endless world tour as in i don't knw wat the status is..the airhostess friend of Ms S seems to be busy with work and i havent heard from her in quite some time now...

the tunnel seems to get longer at this end..but as it is said....the fruit of patience is sweet...so i m hoping that this saying holds true today also....

Sunday, July 1, 2007

2 months at home after 6 years!!

it was good to be home after such a long time for such a long time...6 years i have been out and come home for just week or 10 day long guest visits(not literally)....first it was my engineering in pune, then work stint with hsbc at pune...now MBA down south at Trichy(tamil nadu)...well being at home was just simply wonderful..

i got the opportunity to be at home for 2 months due to my summer internship being at Dabur. the feeling of going home was like "yes finally i get to be home for so long...yippeeeeeeeee" and also scary as "oh my god..how are we all gonna adjust"....i think both the feelings were mutual on my n my folks part...even they had to adjust to my way of living which was like totally independent....seeking some privacy at times...being on my own.....etc etc...

the first week went of just fine without any hitches, arguments etc..everything was hunky dory...but then slowly the trouble started brewing up as the time started going by...my family had a different way of leading their lives and mine was different..say i was someone who used to b up till 2 in the night n get up at 9am or so..but then at home...everyone used to hit the bed by 11.30/12 n be up by 6.30/7..and i had to follow that too..thankfully i joined a gym in the morning..n this sleep time routine started to make sense..lol....

one of the most amazing parts of the stint at home was the awesome time i got to spend with my grandfolks...its just simply amazing to be with them....spend time...chat around...fool around...its something i look forward to whenever i am home...

another thing i had missed alot in the last 6 years was going out for diner with my family..but this time around i think we all made up for the lost time...went to places like embassy(cp)..park baluchi(gurgaon)...china garden(gk)..and the regular once in a blue moon trips to nirulas etc...the food at all these places is just simply awesome...

alongside the all this there were the usual heated bouts at home over issues such as the type of food...the way of living...and what not..but i guess...all of us were prepared that this would happen and we wud tackle the situation somehow(bcos u cant put an emergency plan in place for this)....still it was fun..it was ok..it was family....

one of the highlights of the stay was my trip to amritsar with my folks when i drove down for like 850kms on two days...i wish my younger bro had come but then he had a job interview for a major telecom manufacturing firm in gurgaon..(thank god hes gotten it..congrats bro)...driving down to amritsar on the NH 1 is an amazing experience..anyone whose driven down that highway should know abt tht amazing drive it has to offer...

my summers was progressing alongside at a pretty good pace...my guide and his sales team was fun to work with and learnt a lot from them..there were some good looking interns from institutes such as IMT ghaziabad and SIBM also doing their interns at Dabur....

newaz somehow time passed by...i went to pune n mumbai for 3 days..met most of my old college and work friends...one of my best friends amer...came to delhi..every now n then..it was good to spend time with him..as it is always..hes one of the best dudes arnd....mathur n verma(my skool frnds)...were an amazing company too...met my other best friends also...had a good time all in all....

time passed by and it was again time to go back to college...down south..to the land of idli dosa..sambar vada...lol..and the worst ever drivers...TRICHY...another one yr minimum away from home and then god knows where i ll be heading too.....( i hope its back to delhi...back home).....