ISB Days

This blog is to chronicle the one-year I will spend pursuing my management education at The Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. Hope it brings up great memories when I'm old, dying and viewing this on my laptop at home - in a grand villa!

Friday, September 30, 2005

past 3 days were spent in the Bidding fever, where we bid for our electives starting next term. It was an intense, political, stock-marketish, specualtive, rumor-mongering, risk-taking 3 days! taught us a lot abt real-life 'finance' for a change. after all that intense activity, i managed to net 3 courses with moderate damages to my points-kitty...
just had the music club where a lot of talented folks participated and it was awesome fun! it's sad that the core term is coming to an end... cant imagine half of ISB-life is already over! :(
need to hit the books for the upcoming finals... dont have much time given the biz-prez skills workshop next 2 days... hmmm.... again, too much activity, too little time.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

cant beleive tomo is the MO exam... and i've been trying to locate things on Google Earth for the past few hours now... what a boring exam... got my OM marks today... looks like a strong contender for the 'C' grade... 2 potential 'C' grades already... am getting sick of studying for subjects i dont like... thank god the core term is ending and the electives will begin soon... Although, the thought of my section breaking up is sad... it was fun these past few months, and now we have to get adjusted to a whole new bunch of folks... well, life goes on, now doesnt it?!
this weekend is packed with assignments! yikes! and before u know it, the term-end exams will be here, and then BOOM - 4 terms are over!!! i hate this... i want to study lots more and stay in college! :(

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

past few days have been introspective... guess this term has more time for thinking and relaxing than others, and that explains the introspective mood.. need to sort out few key areas of interest.. placement talk is in the air, and i want to make informed choices... one thing is pulling me towards the long-term: to get into India's administrative service... and am thinking of taking the one-year course at TN Seshan's academy... so, when and how long should i work, when i should enter the services, when i should setup something of my own... hmm... many more choices now....
once again, it has been proven that a great teacher makes all the difference... what a contrast from the previous MO prof and the new one... phenomenal difference... and oh yeah, i finally want to end up as a professor... so, one more long-term plan in the works!

Friday, September 16, 2005

very lousy term... 3 out of 4 subjects are really badly structured and conducted... almost zero value-add... it has to get better than this coz it cant get any worse! the only silver lining is that there's a lot of time for fun and games, and what better time than now, when the sections will be together for the last ter, before everyone splits up into electives... i've been playing golf, guitar and gymming quite regularly, except for the lean patch in between when my gum tore thanks to some idiotic stunt i tried to pull to get something out og my tooth! much better now... the weekend is here now, need to get some fun and spirit into the veins... oh yeah, by the way, i think i'll get my first 'C' in corp fin... doesnt matter, i dont care about the damn subject anyway....

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Went for the Ganesh visarjan today evening.... nice to keep in touch with age-old family tradition, even when you're away from family. Also attended a talk by TN Seshan (former Chief Election Commissioner of India) who was as expected, fantastic. Very practical, straight-shooting and funny. Lots of work these days, but am finding time for golf and guitar, so that's a well-balanced life so far.... Placement buzz has already started on an informal basis, and it's sad that the 'learning' phase is slowly taking second precedence... Although the electives should be more involving and interesting...

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Term 4 has begun in full swing... the last of the core terms... i'll miss my section to some extent... but also it'll be fun to meet other people and attend class with them... 3 theory-based subjects this term out of 4.... theory is good, but the professor should be terrific.... hmm... no comments abt that as of now... maybe in week 2! slowly, the career scene is catching on... too bad ISB will be over so soon... would've been nice if it were a 2-year course! have started gymming again, and hope to be more regular this term... wondering what to do in the long break after term 4... might make a fun trip somewhere....

Saturday, September 03, 2005

last day of term break - BOO HOO!!! although it has been a good break where i relaxed as well as got some work done. also went to the city a few times and decided that Hyd scores a huge margin over Bangalore, if i ever were to work in one of these 2 cities after ISB - hopefully, NOT bangalore!! the roads are wider, better, shops are spread out and less congestion, people are nicer and weather is just fine. I also got some reading done for the PAEV course, which was not given due attention last term... the schedule for the next term looks terrible, so i hope i can manage my time properly... another of those subtle learnings not planned by the administration, but u need to tackle anyways!

Thursday, September 01, 2005

such good days are here!! playing the guitar, roaming around campus, dropping into people's places, reading books, without a care in the world! need to get some constructive reading done as well. am gonna do somem research about an exciting idea for an entrepreneurship venture. if only someone took care of my huge loan, and promised me a modest salary for a year, i would love to experiment with starting out a venture!! ISB has gotten me seriously interested and I realize I can never go back to a stifling bureaucracy...instead someplace with a constant fire under the bum would be just perfect.
I need to practice the 'C' chord on the guitar... fingers' skin peeling off... I am getting initiated...