Spirited Soul

Mumbai...yet again !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:54:00 +0000

This week had, undoubtedly, been one of the best weeks of my 2 year stay in Mumbai. It all started with an energetic Sunday morning when we went to the Bandra Worli sealink to participate in the Tour de Mumbai Cyclothon. Well, rarely in your life will you get a chance to ride a bicycle on the sea link, and have hours of uninterrupted photo shoots on the sea link. And to add to the list of experiences, "the international race got delayed and shortened because of some amateur cyclist enthusiasts"( as written in the columns of "The Deccan Herald:)

The same evening, I went to the Fort area(South Mumbai) for Sonu Nigam's concert which was a part of the Kala Ghoda Art Festival. Needless to say, it was an enthralling experience at the concert, courtesy the lively music and a cheerful crowd.

On Tuesday, I got a chance to visit "The Candies", a very famous restaurant at Palli Hill, Bandra. Well no where in Mumbai can you find so much of an open space(except for the beach). And the best part of the entire dinner were the complementary desserts doled out by Candies.Well it's a well thought business strategy, and not just an act of kindness on their part. :-D

Next two days went in playing poker, carom board and watching documentaries. And today we went for a field visit to 1298 ambulance service and ILHS office as part of our social marketing course. Will write on it sometime later but I must say that I really liked the visit and the learning from it.

And I came to know just know that tomorrow's Advanced supply chain lecture got canceled. This gives me an entirely free weekend of Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Time to plan some trip.
Chao

The Golden Period !!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:25:00 +0000

The golden period of MBA is finally here.... Your are in 2nd year, already placed, with just 5 credits worth of subjects,4 days a week, no class at 9am..........and loads n loads of time to waste and hang around.
I am sure that this period is going to spoil our habits, but then this experience is well deserved.

Marketing Myopia

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:58:00 +0000

The first assignment of second year MBA started with reading of a famous article , The Marketing Myopia by Theodore Levitt. No doubt most of us were acquainted with the gist of the article but no one had ever had read the article in full details before. So hereby summarizing the 1970 HBR classic for you:-
Through the article,Theodore Levitt brings to the forefront the basic reason that why companies exist. They have their presence not to produce goods or services but to satisfy customer needs. He goes further to drive home the point that executives generally have a myopic vision with respect to the industry in which they operate. By restricting their scope, they miss on the growth opportunities and that very aptly explains why some industry go down in history even though they were expected to make great strides. He exemplifies his theory with the help of railroad companies of 1930's US. At that time, railroad companies were a major hit and everyone thought they are there to stay. But within few decades, their very sustainability was itself a major question, thanks to the other modes of transportation like airplanes,roads etc. It wasn't that demand for railroad services had fallen, it was that the railroad companies always thought that they were in a business of railroad,rather than transportation.They failed to increase the scope of their business as well as take challenges head on and soon had to accept defeat from other modes of transportation. At all times, the companies concentrated on improving the product(expanding network and adding rails) rather than understanding the actual need of the customer( timely quick deliveries at an optimum cost), Extending this very concept, the author questions the strategies of oil companies, which he points that they are in energy business rather than just oil exploration or marketing business. Thus in a nutshell, it is better to be a market leader in satisfying customer needs and then fine tune your product further, than being a product leader and then go on looking for a market.

In all, a very well written and well articulated article. The beauty of the article is the detailed analysis of the oil industry companies and their strategies. However, at times the reader starts to feel the drag of the article where the same central idea is explained again and again. But then as the old saying goes "Constant repetition carries conviction. " And indeed we are convinced by his point. Aern't we??

Just about anything !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 14 May 2010 12:04:00 +0000

Such a long time since I have posted anything. This time I won't put the blame on my so-called busy schedules and lack of time, it was purely my lethargy and no-work-is-good-work type of attitude that prevailed in the last trim of 1st year. Much of the time was suitably invested in chit-chatting and gossipping online with friends,a major chunk was eaten up by movies and sitcoms and the remaining time was suitably devoted for the well being of the world, the endless intellectual discussions and worthless anlysis of any damn thing that we could lay our hands upon. And a very little time was also consumed in making assignments/ppts/reports so as to satisfy the poor MBA in me.
The trim went by so fast that I couldn't even realize the first year has come to an end. And the last exam immediately gave way to summer internship without any break in between. It has already been one month in the company, and those deadly gusts of after-lunch naps are haunting me. It has almost been one year, from IT company to MBA to a manufacturing company, but some things never change,like cherrishing when it's friday,cribbing on Mondays and dozing in between the two. And yes, 2 years ago when I joined my first company, I missed my Engineering college and Chandigarh, in NMIMS i missed my previous office and Delhi, and now in new setup I am missing NM and Mumbai. I must say I need to implement some better change management functions.
My internship will be ending on 11th June, and I will be going back home after more than 6 months. At this point, I am doing nothing but counting days when I will be back to Chandigarh.
I just hope the time passes as fast as a blink. Fingers Crossed !!

Round 1 : Phase 3

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:10:00 +0000

The third trimester of first year MBA commenced from 3rd January. We are already in the third week of Trim 3, and I must say that things are far cooler than the previous two trims( at least for my division). With both Saturday and Sunday being absolutely free and three days with only 2 lectures, and out of these 3, lectures scheduled at 10:45 on 2 days we are having a lot of leisure time.
Another soothing fact of this trim is the faculty which has been bestowed upon our section. I must say we have got some of the best faculty in our college for this trim. And best not only in terms of teaching but also in terms of how much the faculty screws us. And the latter part is absent this time, so another reason to cheer up.
And subjects?? We got 7 full credit subjects, with final exams in 6 subjects. But I must say that most of these subjects are too much of GASSS... with HR and strategy topping the charts. Nevertheless, the faculty is perfect at their job and make sure that they make teaching interesting enough so that we don't drone in the class.
Then there are subjects which I feel very interesting: Corporate Fin,Eco and Operations.
So the gist of the situation is that it's going to be an ultra cool trimester. And with all the idle time we have in hand, a good opportunity to explore Mumbai and the nearby places.
So my friends AAAL IS WELL in TRIM 3.

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noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000

" I am a Mercedes with all the features of Luna "

Confusions !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:52:00 +0000

No No ... This post is not about the big rumblings of my life. This is about a very small confusion, a situation which many of us face multiple times across our lives, yet we refuse to learn. It rather becomes a habit to commit the same error, and then enjoy laughing at ourselves.
So what's the big thing in my life?
It's the confusion between the words PUSH/PULL. Literally, we all have grown up with these words. And we have seen the same on so many doors. So here's where my confusion starts. Whenever I am about to open the door with an indication of "Push/Pull" I often get confused in which direction to move the door. And 99 out of 100 times I am wrong with the direction,the result being a loud thud because of the door stoppers.And few hundred frowning faces free with the thud. And every time comes the same resolution from me that I am going to get this damn thing correct the next time.Despite my repeated attempts, I have become so much efficient with this mistake that the story always repeats itself whenever I pass through such doors. And now I have given up. It's no more a confusion of my life,it has become a habit.
So what's your habit?

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noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:24:00 +0000

Quotes on New Year ( Source TOI dated 3rd Jaunary)

1) Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual New Year resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. -- Mark Twain

2) Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. -- Seneca

3) Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank account where they have no account. --Oscar Wilde

4) May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. -- Bill Vaughn

5) Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. -- Anonymous

6) Cheers to new year and another chance for us to get it right. -- Oprah Winfrey

1/3 rd of an MBA

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:31:00 +0000

After 7 sleepless nights of intense studies (lol), I am finally 1/3rd of an MBA,though tentatively.But given all other factors being equal, you need to be extra ordinary to flunk in courses at NM. So odds in my favor are quite high.
The next question that comes is:what next??? Off to home today(tentatively). This tentative word is finding an increased use in my dictionary. You see probabilities and stats is playing a very high role in my life. Coming on to my journey thing, my train ticket is still waitlisted and the god damned IRCTC is still showing not showing the latest allocation status.
So here I am struck in Mumbai,dying to go home. Time to wait!!!

Chao

My dear SLEEP

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:39:00 +0000

I had been waiting for such a day since a long time ( 5 weeks to be more precise). Today was a Sunday when I was not supposed to wake up at a predetermined time. Today was the time to sleep till the time I wished. No presentations, no sessions, no assignments and no worries. Slept my heart out till 11:30 am. Never before in the past 6 months had I ever realized that sleep has become such a deprived thing in our lives. It's not that we are so much pressed with work or studies... I guess it's more of a culture, you are not a complete MBA until and unless you burn the mid night oil( that's a different matter whether you burn this oil by studying or by watching movies and chit chatting).
Coming to the next big thing in our life, the art of sleeping in the classroom.For me it was never a new art to learn. But those were the days when sleeping was the last means to pass time in the class. Those illogical mathematics equations,those complicated circuits and the monotonous lectures never enthused anyone. But gone are those days when we used to sleep voluntarily. Now we are in the times when sleeping during a lecture has become almost an involuntary exercise. How interesting a lecture might be or how exciting a case under discussion be, sometimes we can't just control the eyelids from drooping. So what if the professor catches us in between the lectures. It's a risk and that is what they teach us in MBA; take a calculated risk. So everything is pardoned until and unless you are not snoring during the lecture. And I can assure you that most of us have perfected this art very well. Without any exaggeration, some of us now feel more comfortable sleeping on a chair rather than on a bed.

And coming to the concluding part, the irony in life is that however sleepy you are felling in the classroom, all your sleep vanishes into thin air once you are back to your room. However hard you may try, it's almost impossible to catch a sleep before 2-3 am. And however hard you may try, you are never able to wake up before 30 minutes of the first scheduled class of the day. Now it might be an exaggeration for others, but it is a hard truth of my life. My dear SLEEP ... I am missing you a lot.

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noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:52:00 +0000

A lesson Learnt :

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

A hectic week

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:01:00 +0000

It has been a hectic week till date. Had number of submissions,tests and presentations to be made. Here's a small glimpse of the tasks at hand.
Marketing Planning(MP) presentation .
Business Research Methods report .
Written Analysis and Comm. report
MP report.
MP quiz.
Financial Analytics(FA) quiz.
Management accounting and control(MAC) case preparation.

Had been a tough week. All thanks to our lethargy of doing work at the 11th hour.

A nice experience

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:38:00 +0000

I was standing in front of my house in the morning, waiting for the auto to halt. As usual, I was running late for the class and all the autos were occupied. So at that time I was given a lift by a stranger. Don't know the name of the lady, but lots of thanks to her. Seeing that i was too frustrated because of unavailability of the auto, she made her auto stop and gave me a lift till the college. During our conversation, I learnt that she is also a lecturer at a college in SantaCruz and she could well understand my condition of getting late for classes. So once again,thanking her from the bottom of my heart for helping a stranger. May the goodness prevail !!

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noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:09:00 +0000

Hit across the quotes of Napolean Hill while surfing a blog. Quoting few which I really liked:-

Don't wait. The time will never be just right

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going

You give before you get.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top

Saluting our Heroes !!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:02:00 +0000

On the eve of 26/11,my tributes to the brave martyrs who sacrificed their today for our safer tomorrow. Also, my condolences to the families of all those who have lost a loved one during this gruesome attack on our country.

I guess enough has been said since the last one year. All I suggest is to remember the sacrifice and to take their cause forward.

aye mere vatan ke logon
zara aankh mein bhar lo paani
jo shaheed hue hain unki
zara yaad karo qurbaani
jab ghayal hua himaalay
khatre mein padi aazadi
jab tak thi saans lade vo
phir apni laash bichha di
sangeen pe dhar kar maatha
so gaye amar balidaani
jo shaheed...
jab desh mein thi diwali
vo khel rahe the holi
jab ham baithe the gharon mein
vo jhel rahe the goli
the dhanya javaan vo aapane
thi dhanya vo unaki javaani
jo shaheed ...
koi sikh koi jaat maraatha
koi gurakha koi madaraasi
sarahad pe maranevaala
har veer tha bhaaratavaasi
jo khoon gira parvat par
vo khoon tha hindustaani
jo shaheed...
thi khoon se lath-path kaaya
phir bhi bandook uthaake
das-das ko ek ne maara
phir gir gaye hosh ganva ke
jab ant-samay aaya to
kah gaye ke ab marate hain
khush rahana desh ke pyaaron
ab ham to safar karate hain
kya log the vo deewane
kya log the vo abhimaani
jo shaheed...
tum bhool na jaao unko
is liye kahi ye kahaani
jo shaheed...
jay hind jay hind ki sena -2
jay hind, jay hind, jay hind

Yahooooooooooooooooo !!! I got the mitake!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:00 +0000

I was going through Yahoo Updates when I noticed this language error in their news. A minor mistake, but nevertheless not acceptable from the likes of Yahoo!!
Have a look below( marked in red)

2nd Trim Courseware

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:10:00 +0000

The subjects are getting heavier now.... Not that they are tough,but because I haven't touched most of the books yet.So let me take you through my 2nd trim course

1) FA : Financial Analytics..This is the only subject which i really like to study. It's based on some concrete fundamentals and not on any GAS.

2) MAC:Management Accounting and Control .. This is the subject which checks your analytics as well as decision making acumen. Needless to say,it turns out to be a dreaded subject amongst the students. So keeping up with the same spirits, I am still not able to grasp the concepts well. The variable and fixed costs are always confusing me,the starting point of every case still elude me and the costing methods still baffle me. and to top it all, I am yet to open up the books.:-(

3) Macro Economics: This subject turns out to be as one of my favorite ones. The reason being that most of the concepts appear to be very logical and obvious. Moreover most of terms read in this subject often appear in newspapers and they make the understanding of the concepts more clear.

4) GOD: Group organization and dynamics .. No comments on this one. Use all your wild imaginations.

5) LAW: Can't comment.i am yet to listen to the teachers and still to open up the books.

6) WAC: written Analysis and Communication: This is a half credit course and we are supposed to submit written reports of our analysis of the case. And the worst part is that the submissions are not group works but individual reports. And more worse is the fact when random reports are picked up and evaluated in front of the class. Thankfully I am still saved. :-D

7) BRM :Business research Methods .... Punjab Police Zindabaad.... This EXPLANATTTOORRRRYY subject is self explanatory. Again a half credit course. The lectures are total fun, seems like we are in 5th grade again. Total fun,frolic,hooliganism,vandalism,mayhem,fish market and what not. But I enjoyed the presentation in our last class.

8) MP.. Marketing planning: Would rate it as a good subject,provided we do our pre reads properly. Needless to say no one does pre classroom readings of the text, and most of us our left wondering what the purpose of the case under discussion is all about.

9) DAM : Decision Analysis and Modeling: Mathematical in nature.. and if you are an engineer, most of the concepts you would have studies during under graduation.

So this was all about the second trim course ware.

Teachings of our teachers

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Well, i won't give you the normal gyan on Marketing,Finance,HR or any other subject which we get here at NM. However, I would like to highlight some gyan on some general aspects of life. These thoughts come in the form of sayings/wordings/quotations etc which our law teacher here bestows us with during the course of his teaching.
Remember, this is just the small sample which I remembered to note down. Please add on to it my friends.
1) Excellence is the worst possible enemy of the possible good.
2) Marriage: A horrible public announcement of strictly private affairs.
3) Thou shalt not corrupt.
4) Gold is not gold until it is burnished.
5) Always be great full to the person on whose ladder you climb.
6) Obedience is 2/3 knowledge.
7) The law of the country follows the passport.
8) Ignoranca judicia,No excussia!!
9) never damn by faint praise.
10) A parent outside home??A Good Faculty !!
11) Nike: Just do it !! But "DO" what??
12) Others work, Successful network!!
13) Never say yes when you want to say no !!

An Update from NM

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:07:00 +0000

Lots of events have unfolded in the past few weeks ( or should i say months).Have always thought of penning down my experiences,but true to my expectations, I am still giving a step motherly treatment to my blog. Once again, I just hope that I shed my lethargy some day. Rather I would say that I should learn to waste my time in more productive ways.
Ok OK enough crap. So what happened in last few weeks. First I am 1/6 th of an MBA(assumption being that I would pass in all subjects, which I think I would.After all it takes a lot of effort to flunk in exams at NM). Second update, our midterms for trim2 got over. Third, and the most "hottest" update, NM was literally on fire while we were busy scribbling the answer sheets during our GOD midterm. Some chemicals exploded in the chemistry lab due to the nasty compressor of the refrigerator, and taking our GOD exam with it.Fourth today we had the beginning of paragana, with Rajat Kapoor's troop performing the play at Bhaidas Hall. For the uninitiated, Paragana is the annual fest of NMIMS.
So these were few of the updates.
Will definitely drop back with some more info on NM.Lots of that in my mind,will try to pen it sometime soon.

Offline branding Vs Online branding : What makes marketing successful?

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:00 +0000

This is what I have written for Markathon November Issue, under Eye-to-Eye Column.

Branding can be defined as an exercise to communicate to your target audience what your brand is all about; and to make them chose your brand over the competition. This communication has generally been through traditional channels like television, radio, print and billboards. No doubt these methods do help in creating brand awareness; we simply can’t under estimate the influence of internet in today’s world. As a result, online branding comes as a powerful tool for a successful marketing experience.
One of the key benefits of online branding is that it’s completely measurable, unlike offline branding. Using state-of-the-art techniques and software programs, we can virtually track everything, right from visitor’s demographics, their click-through ratios, their conversion ratios to the search phrases used by them. This in turn helps in measuring efficiency of the program by measuring conversions, which further augments in effective and focused branding exercises.
Moreover given the spread of internet, everyone has an online presence. Remember that in the digital world, you are not the only keeper of your brand. There are people who write about it and who may impact it in a big way. Hence online branding becomes even more important to mitigate any negative emotions which might have crept in the target audience.
As the reach of internet spreads, consumers become more interactive. Now we don’t wait for the information to flow to us; we are going out and searching for it in the digital space. Unlike offline branding, online branding serves this target segment with focused branding programs based on specific searches and keywords.
At the end of the day, given the advent of internet in our lives and yearn for information, online branding is a handy and cost effective method to run focused yet successful marketing campaigns.

Game Theory and Tifin Box !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:41:00 +0000

Game theory deals with strategies which different firms or individuals take, which in turn are dependent on the strategies followed by their competitors. Game theory doesn't explain the ways on how to win a game or how to build your strategies.Rather it explains a situation where everyone takes an action to maximize their benefits,but at the end everyone performs at a sub optimal level where they fail to get the best results.The best result would have been achieved had they co-operated and synergized their efforts. But mutual suspicion and competition makes them do otherwise. This action of individuals/firms is called their dominant strategy. Moreover the firms now have no incentive to change their strategies, and they reach an equilibrium called the Nash Equilibrium(remember "A Beautiful Mind"?)
Now comes a practical application of Game Theory,an event in my class which unfolds daily. Some people in class get lunchbox from home,and needless to say, we all gorge on the food. Every one takes his/her turn to take their fair bites in the lunch. Now comes this person. let's call this person X. X would come from behind shouting "mujhey do mujhey do". Pushing others aside, this person won't care to take a fair share,rather this person would just snatch away the lunchbox to take the biggest share. Others observed this thing for a day or two, but now the Game theory comes into picture. No sooner do others see this person coming for a grab,everyone pounce at the tifin. And the result,most of us don't get any food. A person or two get a very big share while some part gets spilled. So overall it's a lose lose strategy for the group. And everyday we have the same picture.Due to mutual mistrust and competition , we all play a dominant strategy which leads to a sub optimal result. Hence a loss for most of us.
This is how Game Theory works in my class.

Happy Happy

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:26:00 +0000

Finally I got a big reason to smile.I got placed at Day zero of our summers placement process. The process was total fun, but too much stress full for most of us. The sheer thought that the CV is not shortlisted in a company makes you repent for an opportunity lost.
But as some one rightly said "There is no reward as sweet as which is hard earned". So here I am with a summer internship in hand.
Time to make merry. Next target : Learning Guitar !!!!

High Frequency Words

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:40:00 +0000

I have been thinking of writing this post since a long time. It's about certain high frequency words which most of us,though unknowingly use very often while speaking in public. And guess from where have I made this list.It's from my peers and seniors at college. Not only that, the list has a significant contribution from the people from industry who, quite often, are on the campus for some guest lecture or some talk.
I must say some of these words are really irritating and sound like stones thrown at you when the other person uses them again and again. Just another day I was attending a guest lecture and the lady spoke the words " you know" 35 times in her 10 minutes speech, which translates to one "you know" in every 24 seconds. Imagine how annoying it gets.
So what are some of those " high frequency" words which I have noticed so often? Here we go :
1) You Know
2) Like
3) As in
4) I mean
5) Ki

I am sure you come across such people very frequently . So what's the word that annoys you the most? I am sure there would be many !!

Chao

Diluge of everything

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:28:00 +0000

I must say I am absolutely doing nothing these days, and still my time goes as if I am busy like Hell. God knows where the time flies by.Most of the time is eaten by the extra classes which are being scheduled, courtesy the swine flu break. And the remaining time is spent in certain useless activities ( read making reports and assignments). And what's new in life....Well nothing !! OK so what's new coming up?? Lots n lots !! Trim exams starting from 21st Sept ,and immediately after that summers.And haven't even started with the basic newspaper reading,I just pray I get into some good company. Studies fro Trim exams are not that high on priority.Currently looking forward to the summer placements. More than that I am looking forward to the plans I am making once I get placed( Touchwood).
Enough for the day... Time to get back to the CSR report.
Chao

A true Lazybone...... or just my perception??

noreply@blogger.com (Spirited_soul) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:38:00 +0000

It has almost been one month since I have posted on my blog. Life is real busy over here.Not that I am flooded with studies or something like that, but the student activities on campus make life real hard. But they are pure fun, all activities teaching something new and increasing your social circle.
And what else happened in college in last month?? .... Did I say WHAT ELSE?? Better question would have been WHAT NOT???????
We had our mid terms, immediately succeeded by the swine flu break( phew ) .... Then a flurry of extra classes, assignments, projects, activities of diff cells on campus....and the latest buzz is FAHRENHEIT ...an inter division cultural fest. And guess who's div is leading till date...Yes it's your trulys' div E.
And after Fahrenheit 2 cells have their major events scheduled in line. Then we would have our trim exams ......and then the big daddy of all THE SUMMERS......
But it's quite far away.... Currently busy with a number of assignments worth 100 marks.....And time to exit....( now it's not procrastination :-D) Will definitely write more sometime later....:-)
Have so much to write. I wish I could manage my time better .