First Time in America!!

Yes! Its exciting to be here. I am here for the FIRST time ever! Somehow, first times are always special for me.....

Landing up in USA was not a completely cheerful idea for me initially....But I kinda fell in Love with the place and the kind of Independence that it offers :)....

I have started counting my so many first times that counting the first time for the first time also became special :P....

well here goes my list.....

1. Ate random dishes outside and thoroughly enjoyed it! I know few of u will say that I do it ALL the TIME but its my first time in USA, u see :P...anyway the good part is that I have tried beef and I kinda like it :)

2. I ran a dishwasher for the first time and I dont completely like it but I dont hate it either!

3. I have tried some really really weird canned foods for the first time and hated them completely!

4. Taking the local bus ride was equally special....though u have to wait really long to catch the next one if u missed the current one!

5. I drove for the first time, a second time n then a third time and so on....I am taking Driving classes, so...it is but obvious that I will be driving for quite sometime on the roads here....

6. I go grocery shopping big time and did go for the first time too :P(lame one but its alright...my first lame joke here)....I know you wont believe me but I haven't done much of grocery shopping in India :)....

7. I saw the rain here for the first time and felt like having tea....for the first time!!!! I know u wonder, what is so special about having tea.....but I don't have too much of tea in India(just once a day) and started having it here whenever the weather is romantic ;)

8. Arjun tried lending his jacket to me for the first time!!! He has done it before too but here, its always special....Its like a whole new life and that I am starting all over again....but with the same loving guy :)...btw "tried lending" is correct since I didnt take it :P

9. I play Live Pacman here for the first time....devouring anything and everything edible that comes my way :D....

10. I felt completely liberated and free while walking down the market areas....Somehow I feel like I belong here...

There are so many firsts and some of the very firsts ever.....with Arjun and without Arjun....I am always smiling and feeling content....Well, waiting for the rest of the first times to come by.....

Life is Beautiful.......Everytime!!!

Off to Sleep,
Sahithi

Dhobi Ghat - The movie

Went to Dhobi Ghat movie yesterday.....
My husband moved uneasily in his seat while I was immersed in the movie....
Its not a movie for everyone....not for ones who dont live in dreams, hope and destiny...
Its for people who treat "Mumbai" as their second love! - For me its the third, after my Husband and Hyderabad ;)

What I loved about the Movie:
The feel of Mumbai(Oh yes, I love that city for what it is!!)
Yasmin, the new bride and her story
The way Mumbai finds its way into their lives

Why I liked the Movie:
I have been to Mumbai for my summer internship and stayed there for about two months...
I have experieced a different sense of myself during those two months....
I was discovering myself through the short travels I made....to different places
There is a sense of magic and mystery in the city of Mumbai.....Mumbai meri Mehbooba toh nahi hai lekin mere liye ek Dost hai....
Though I have not been to the beach(into the water), the very view of beach was so relaxing....you watch it for too long and some sense ofturmoil grips ur heart and you wonder why!!! May be its the waves, may be the sound....may be the moon....but its there....
Though I like the characters and the way they evolved and emoted through....I like the way each of them see Mumbai in their own perspective....
I felt liberated and independent when I was in Mumbai....
I was learning a new way of life....
I guess I connect so well with the city as its fast paced and bustling with life, just like me ;)....

So many dreams....so much hope....but in the end, destiny takes over everything else....Cheers to Mumbai and to Dhobi Ghat for potraying Mumbai so beautifully.....

Signing Off,
Sahi

A Random day

Was sitting and reading "The Professional" by Subroto Bagchi...while my Mother-in-Law watched her favourite serials, back-to-back.....one of the scenes in one of those serials amused me a lot since I was sub consciously listening to it

Daughter: Daddy, are u going out
(Startling music in the Background)
Father: Yes ma, why ru asking so?
Daughter: I just wanted you to come home early. After a long time, all of us are home.
Father: Sure
Wife: Evandi(thr is no english equivalent for this)!!
(Horrifying music in the Background)
Father: Yes, tell me
Wife: Get some rice when ur coming back. rice is over
Father: yes, alright
Wife: Evandi
(The music in the Background gets more intense and deafening)
Father: yes, now what?
Wife: Come home soon. we all are home today after a long time!!!!
Father: Yes, alright!
Daughter: Now go daddy
Father: I am waiting for your mom to call me again! I am sure she will say something else now!
(Soothing music in the Background)
Daughter, Wife, Father: Ha ha ha ha!!!! (Very loudly and showing all their 32 teeth)...

I was smiling to myself how serials have transformed over the years! Gone were the days when scenes were pleasant and interesting to watch....when title songs were as good as movie songs....

I went and checked the karela fry that was getting fried on the stove....seems to be going well, just like the serial.... and now, I am back to reading the professional....

Signing off,
Sahi

A New Decade....Has Come!!

Well, it just feels like yesterday when I got my 10th results and jumped with joy....n today when I look back, it has been a decade since that happened and this wonderful decade is coming to end!....

Every new year is special for sure....stepping into a whole new future and remembering the eventful past(not everyon'e past is eventful, but mine definitely was :D)....

I have seen so much in the past decade....Studied too much(finished plus two, engg, mba...all in this decade)....Worked a little(18 months, if i include my internships in engg and mba)....Got MARRIED(Yeah! its a big thing for me).....

Have visited so many places and gone on so many trips....each place teaching me something new about itself and helping me discover something new about myself :D

The past decade has been the most evetful decade for me....Fully conscious activities and events happened during this time....and I dont regret a single thing that has happened in my life, in the past decade....toh I regret watching some very horrible movies during this decade(psssst, wont mention them now...wud leave horror memories if i start recollecting now)....

More to come as I collect my thoughts :)

A TRIP to Remember - Pune

A short trip to attend my friend's wedding in Pune has led to a series of plans around it....and here is the complete picture....

4th Dec, 2010:
Landed in Pune. Got ready at Hotel Meru. Had Poha for breakfast. Tasted good. Left to Lonavala-Khandala by road. The express highway was great to be on…..the tunnels were the best part….saw some random view points in Lonavala and Bushy dam…both places sucked!! I dunno why people go ga-ga over this place!!! Heard that its best visited during the monsoon season....Got some 6-7 varieties of Chikki here…famour thr, it seems…

Left to Durshet Forest Lodge(www.naturetrails.in) in Kolad region from Lonavala….ended up in a forest lodge, amidst the forest area….did Rappelling in the forest thr….not for too long toh…it was a small mountain….had dinner at the lodge and watched some locals perform the “Shivaji” era dance form….some 63 old guy doing stunts like a 20 year old!!!...the forest lodge was true to its name...thr were many insects in our room along with a frog that sat on the tap knob :P...i tried removing it but it jumped on me :D...then had to call some local guy to shoo it away!! my dear hubby didnt even try on the pretext of getting a yuck feeling when he sees frogs n lizards :)....

5th Dec, 2010:
Left to Kundalika river for rafting…..was at the river by 9am and waited till 11am!!! The dam gates have to open and no one knows when they will open!!! Generally before 11am is when they open…I was close to disappointment when it was 11am and the dam's siren didn’t ring!!......anyway, the dam gates opened and it was a sight to watch the water come and fill the river with such force!!....took our raft and started rafting….some 30kms stretch….1.5hours rafting….thoroughly enjoyed it!!!.....there was a no-rapid area in between where the water was almost still….our rafting guy pushed me into the water when I said, I really don’t want to get into water :P….Arjun had a great time in the rafting….he swam for quite some distance….I enjoyed the upar-neechey-aage-peechey of the raft :D…..when i was in the water floating along, it was a wonderful feeling...i felt like kareena kapoor of Anjaana Anjaani song in Yuva....i was exactly lying on my back like that....

Changed and left to mahabaleshwar from the rafting area…..the up-hill route to mahabaleshwar was totally exciting….kinda similar to tirumala hills but much more exciting!!!....finally landed in Mahab and checked-in into the hotel….we got ready to see the sunset points but got late!!...missed the sunset view….roamed in the local market n explored some local variants of honey…...Jella, Jamba, Kalla...blah blah being the varieties :)

6th Dec, 2010:
Left in the morning to see the sunrise….and we were late yet again!!! Missed the Sunrise too!! :P….then left to visit the various View points in mahab and Arthur’s seat was the best….we hired a local tourist guide who told us about the history of the place and all…visited Panchganga temple and Shiva’s temple…then visited various points….my Fav was the Echo-Point….I did shout n it works :P….quite a lot of you would be curious to know what i shouted....i said "aaaaaaa ooooooo eeeeee" :P.....Arthur’s seat is the most famous point of all…the view of sahyadri hill ranges from there was magnificient…many say, they are similar to the Grand Canyon of Colorado….Breathtaking view, it was….

Started to Panchgani from mahab….The down hill was definitely better than the uphill road…(to be read as “I was less scared”)…..saw some strawberry farms on the way and handpicked a few of them….I have always imagined strawberry tree to be a tree n u jump to pluck the fruits!! But they turned out to be small shrubs and u just bend down n pick them :P….got “Sweet Charlie” variety of strawberries….very sweet indeed!!....ate strawberry with cream and totally tasty!!

Landed at Mapro Garden where they manufacture varieties of slushes, jellies, jams, fruit concentrates etc….tasted atleast 10-12 varieties of those varieties there since its free for visitors to try them out :D….bought a few of those bottles since they were too tempting to not buy!!!....

Entered Panchgani and visited Table-Land…a plateau region on top of hills….took the horse ride there….he he…kinda funny with me n arjun on the same horse…when the horse started galloping, I was quite evidently scared…..i got down n then Arjun went on a long ride….i took few snaps n videos of it….we saw some gliders in the air there n the locals told us that there is Paragliding there….

Went to the hill top and decided to experience Paragliding…..Considering the Risk-Averse person that I am, I was kinda scared to try it…but decided to give it a shot anyway!.....the gilder took off with an instructor behind me…he was controlling the glider….I was SHIT SCARED, when the glider took off….Then, I did the mistake of looking below!!! GONE CASE!!! Meri toh puri tarah phati thi!!!!....The guy with me asked if I was Enjoying!!!!!! I said “Haan Bhayya, Lekin mujhe neechey utaro “ :P…..He got me down on the hill top…I stayed in the air for about 10mins, may be…Arjun was the Daredevil…he was there in the air around 20mins…gliding past the mountains….he went really far….the guy with him showed him a lot of Ariel views of places!!

Started back to pune, very tired and sleepy…Ate at a local Dhaba and food was amazingly tasty…or may be were were too hungry :P….Entered Pune by 6pm and checked-in into the hotel…quickly got ready n went to the wedding hall where my friend vaibhav’s wedding events were being held….Spent some quality time there@ the Haldi event……we put haldi on vaibhav’s hands, legs n face… some random aunty came n put off haldi on us…like u play holi, right…everybody started applying haldi forcefully on each other then..Arjun was also not spared!:)

7th Dec, 2010:
Got ready and visited the hall….The main ceremony or the wedding took place and I enjoyed being a part of yet another friend’s wedding :D….I enjoy weddings a lot…This is the first time I am attending a Maharastrian wedding…..had lunch and took rest for a while….

Roamed on the city roads of Pune till evening…Went to Pune Central and raved about how their food court had better ambiance but weaker food options :P….Finally took the Bus to Hyd at 8:30 and smiled at each other before we slipped into deep sleep …..

All in All, a TRIP to Remember for me and Arjun…..I hope, you guys had fun reading it….Its a very important trip for me, considering that I have let go, many a fears that I had, thru this trip!!!...getting into water, getting into air….I kinda dispelled myths that I am Risk-Averse :P….

I do hope, a lot of you visit the places that we have been to and have great memories there….

Signing Off,
Sahithi Nagarjun

Year 2010

Its a hopeless situation!!!!! I have not blogged in the year 2010 while its the most happening year for me! The events that happened in 2010

1. I completed my MBA from IIT Madras. Left the campus in May and cried like a baby!!! I miss the good old times even now!

2. I got my degree certificate recently! :P I am a proud post graduate now!

3. I got MARRIED!!!! I moved to my husband's place and all set to start a new journey of life!

4. I joined Infosys yet again! Glad to be a part of the company once again! :D....

5. I am using some 1000 exclamations at the end of every sentence I write!

6. My sense of humour sucks big time now :P

7. I danced for the first time in my life for my hostel night and then once again, for my own mehendi function :D

While I am writing this blog, I realized that I am a true software professional! I over promise and under deliver! I really didnt have too many happening things in 2010 but started like I had tons to talk about! But I am glad that I am blogging again! :D

Cheers,
Sahi

God is Great!

Oh what a topic to choose before exams! I thought I should do a small post about how you have to accept the presence of God in your life! God in the sense, a divine power that guides you from within :) not philosophy n all, but i believe that there is an external force acting on us all the time, n not its not friction or centrifugal or centripetal!!!!!!

Some of the decisions in my MBA have been based on a simple principle. When you have absolutely equivalent choices to make, I leave it to God! I hold two fingers of mine and asked my friends to pick one! How foolish is what I can hear many of you saying! May be foolish, but it worked everytime.

How to make this model work? The assumption is that both options are similar and satisfy the same purpose. I will quote few examples from my own life now, for clarity :P

• Perk or Munch?
• North Indian or South Indian?
• Should I wash clothes now or not?
• Should I sleep after lunch or not?
• Should I spend 50 at CCD or 20 at Tifanys?
• Should I return this library book or not?
• Should I buy Nike Violet or Nike Blue?

There are many more instances where I applied this two finger rule. what does this model guarantee? An immediate response to the problem at hand without delay and I believe God himself chooses the option for us! and I never ever regretted following it since I have the belief and faith intact now!

Limitations to this model are having biased friends who always hold the same finger all the time and you kind of know which option to be put on which finger so that they choose it anyway :P the 2nd and 4th fingers should be used while offering choices to eliminate any kind of bias in it. I sometimes use random alphabets to choose from, if the issue is more serious like " Should I start this assg today or not?" :D

Is this what MBAs do after going to colleges? Naaaah! But for some quick solutions to problems that seem to be almost same, you might as well use this and save a lot of time! Many say, majority rule and others should be the order of the day. But there is lot of subjectivity involved there! Hence I always choose two finger rule over them!

On a concluding note, have you ever tried to trade with God on certain things in life? Well, I try to! :P

• God, Give me good aloo parathas this day and I promise i will clean my room today
• Sometimes, more serious issues come up and i say " End this issue and you can lower one of my grades by one level" :P
• God, get me thru this situation and I will come down to ur temple tomo for sure!
• God, help me do my exams well and I will not eat non veg for a week....

Its fun to negotiate with God because he will never say no to the trade offs you offer and he always makes the choice and you just accept it( most of the times)! Many might be thinking that I have high external locus of control and that I don't believe that I can control my life! Who said that! I very much do all my things myself but its someone special who is aiding me in it :D

I dunno how many of you would agree with my funda, but this blog is not meant to transform your lives or to make you agree! Just an idea that worked with me and is operationally much easier than brain storming, delphi or other techniques to get to a solution :P

See ya,

Sahi

My exams start tomorrow and God is kind again for there is no clash for me in terms of my electives chosen :D.....I can hear some of you mumbling, "Oh no, not again"!!!

Random Ramblings

I was just bored with academics, bored with boredom and felt like blogging. So here I go, with my random thoughts.

• My Summer internship at Citi, Mumbai was great. The city of Mumbai has a warmth in it which you instantly fall for. I would have gone to Mumbai even if I didnt know Hindi because I know that I can survive thr! There are only two kinds of people. The ones who love Mumbai at the first instant and two, the ones who love it after a few instances :D....
• Every aspect of Mumbai is different. I love the atmosphere, the roads, buildings, the sea(saw it from far away toh!). Its full of people and life. But what is most essentially teaches you is being on your own and being independent, which is what I love the most, anyway!
• Various trips of mine revolved around visiting one of my relative's house, which I loved a lot,to all the shopping places( I just cant like any other city better for shopping than Mumbai!!!), to various places around IIT Bombay.
• I went to the Taj, Leopold Cafe, Haji Ali, Siddhi Vinayak mandir and few other random places. Every place was new, yet so inviting for me! When I stayed over at my relative's place, I saw that the chat vendor there makes a gud revenue with what he knows best. If you have it in you to work hard and make it, then Mumbai is the place that gives you that opportunity! May be other places like Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad also give u opportunities, but not in any field you choose! and no other city will let you "let loose" better than Mumbai!
• yes, I am done talking about Mumbai but I have been longing to talk about Mumbai for quite sometime.
• Next comes the feel of being in 2nd year MBA! Yes, I am already an year old at DoMS, IITM!!! Feels nice and nostalgic :( The very realization that my study life will end in another 7 months is completely depressing for me! I will miss a hell lot of things when I move out from here.
• The atmosphere in Chennai has changed and people in my dept have become more serious about their careers. Juniors have arrived(its been quite sometime that they came, but I am mentioning it now) and I have a confident feel that we are building good interactions with them, both professionally and personally :)
• The next topic I would discuss is my washing schedules. I have a huge inventory of clothes and I have visited the washing machine only 4 times since July :D and I am loving it coz washing clothes is a pain! They should have more machines on each floor to enable multiple washings :P
• The last quarter was very very painful with its demanding schedules and work deadlines. I felt the pressure on my body, mind and soul! and you would be surprised if I told you that I didn't even audit any course :P
• I was involved in Rangoli making for my dept diwali celebrations and it felt really good to do it :) After a long time, I actually got involved in something I loved doing!
• I have been experimenting a lot these days on my creative ideas :P some are original and some are picked, but I am trying them out and the satisfaction I get out of them cannot be beaten even by, me winning a singing competition :P
• I am looking forward for the placements like everyone else and I hope I will be placed in the company of my choice :) I would want to invite all my friends to Hyd for a trip if they all get placed in December :D So gear up junta and get placed!!!!
• One of the milestones in my life happened this year, in the month of July. I stopped BITING NAILS!!!!! Anyone who has this bad habit would know how hard it is, to get rid of it and sustain it! Its a sustainable model now :D
• One miracle that happened very recently is my Nokia mobile fell into a bucket full of water and is still working, after I dried it a bit and switched it on :) there was a minor disturbance which I got corrected but I would say "Nokia Rocks". Nothing can beat it. My mobile has survived quite a lot of( around 70) drops from various heights onto various surfaces, thru various mediums!!!!
• One more regular event is that monkeys stole my tshirts again! This is the 3rd time I got victimized but there isisnt much that I can do about it :(
• I have been putting too many relationship fundae these days and I believe I can make a career out of it now :P or may be I shud just write a book on it :P
• I have been thinking of 1001 other things while I am typing this but I know junta will get bored if I type so much and my next immediate aim is to bring down on my volume when I talk. Wish me Good Luck :D....

Okay, I am done talking now. Will do something more useful now :P

Taaaaaata,

Paleti( My nick at IIT Madras, I know it sucks but some things in life are meant to be that way!)

Just a day late!

Yesterday was Friendship's Day and I felt like blogging. Was tired with all the hectic outing that we had and lazed around until night and then slept off....However, I definitely need to make sure I write about some of the new friends I made at IIT Madras.

P.S: I dont want my School and Engineering friends to crib that I didnt write about them :P i have already written enough about them! :P

1. Monkeys : Yes, Like I always say, you can hate them but you cannot ignore them! I have sacrificed so many of my eatables, clothes and blankets to them! With all that they lootofied from me, they would have had a fully furnished home by now :P

2. Lavy: Yes, she is next to monkeys. Closer to that species than humans. My partner in crime, mime and drinking lime :P ( rhyming ke liye likh diya, ab tang mat karo :P). She has amazing levels of enegry and enthu that never cease to die and inflict me all the time! The best person I could ever share a meal with. We understand and enjoy food like nobody else :).....loves to diet and fight :P....The one person i would resort to any day, any time ;)

3. Shradha: The CR of the class and the silliest amongst us. She made me watch City of Angels without telling me that Meg dies! I can never forgive you for that, maatey! She is smart but always tensed and worried about life. She has her share of fun toh :D.... Loves to be on calls and watch sitcoms all day! Keeps crooning tunes with great difficulty and hoping that we dont listen to her ;).... An ardent tea lover who would sell half her grades for another cup of tea :P

4. Neelima: She is the Mother Theresa of our gang! Always goes that extra mile for everyone! Loves fruits and her breakfast and evening snacks is always fruits! You wouldnt believe me if I told you her real age, so young isint she! She hates OB and HR subjects but hopes to conquer them someday! She is also the superman of our gang for she lands exactly when her number is called for rolls! :P

5. Anu: I love her sense of humour! Wierd and my type :P....Apart from that, we share a mutual respect and passion for marketing. She is woman at deed and man at thot! A spectacular combo which you cannot afford to miss a conversation with! She blogs and i love her posts :D...Also, she is my wedding mate. Hope to get married around the same time ;).... Suggesting a new hair style that suits Anu would be my life ambition :P

There is another species called Aliens and I have two friends under that category as well, Vaibhav and Karthik :)....

A description of them would need another full post which i would do later on :)....But I definitely put them under my list of close friends and my aim is to make them normal humans :p

and Guys, Happy Friendship Day! Just another day to remind ourselves of the wonderful people around us :)...

P.S: Karthik and Vaibhav might start a Dharna on my blog for not writing about them :P...We support the Dharna :P

Seee ya,
Sahi

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Last movie seen in a theatre:

New York! Quite a boring one but didnt mind at all since it was a treat from one of my male frend who was sweet enuf to take us out for a movie as his shaadi treat....ek toh shaadi horahi hai aur upar se hume treat bhi! kya zindagi hai :D...

What book are you reading?

I last read Joker in the Pack....not reading any currently.....

Favorite board game:

Undoubtedly the PICTIONARY! the mother of all board games :)....

Favorite magazine:

I hardly read any....comics strips mein calvin and hobbes :D

Favorite smells:

wet soil, nice hot chocolate, hot ghee smell, most of the non veg curries ka smell :D

Favorite sound:

My ring tone (paper planes by MIA)....

Worst feeling in the world:

Helplessness

What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?

Can I afford to sleep for five more mins?

Favorite fast food place:

The chat bandi at Shivam, KFC and Gokul Chat

Future child’s name:

Gautami or Kruthika - Yes, I want a girl for sure!

Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…”

Loads of shopping, little bit of investment and rest to charity. those who know me would say, wud there be any left for investment n charity :P....

Do you drive fast?

I dont drive, I prefer using the word Dont than Cant :P

Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?

Would love to!

Storms - Cool or Scary?

Scary!

Do you eat the stems on broccoli?

Nopes, I hardly eat any broccoli :P

If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?

Burgundy

Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:

Hyderabad, Madras and Mumbai :)

Favorite sports to watch:

Cricket and Tennis :)....not fav but wud watch those if i had a choice.....

One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:

She is totally jobless.... I am glad she has time to fill such forms :P

What’s under your bed?

I sleep on a mattress, so no issue of whats under my bed....but generally, under the beds, I have a lot of suitcases and in my hostel, i have my buckets, shoes, few clothes lying around and few insects :D....

Would you like to be born as yourself again?

Naaah! Would like to be born as a Man next time :D

Morning person or night owl?

Night Owl, hooting and looting others sleep :P

Favorite place to relax:

Home for sure!

Favorite pie:

Apple pie, havent tried anything else to quote :P

Favorite ice cream flavor:

Hot Chocolate Fudge :D...specially the one at Baskin Robbins :D

and No, I dont Tag people! I hate it! :D

Pet Names!

Yes its exam time and its been kind of lucky for me when I blog during exams :P

Anyway, just now remembered all my pet names and felt like blogging a small post on it!

Motive behind blogging:
Juts for relaxing and enjoying what I write :)

The post starts here..........

I love my Name....Yes I really really love it!.....Sahithi.....what a beautiful name....I always loved it when my parents called me so...they loved the name so much that they never had any pet names for me(I love my parents).....but then as time passed by.....people have given me various pet names!

School Junta: Sahithi
Intermediate Junta: Sahi ( Lazy duds! didnt want to pronounce my full name!!!!)
Engineering Junta: Sa!!!!!! (Heights of laziness, cudnt have got any shorter :P)

I just hoped that my frends in Infosys wudnt call me ssss...sssss....since SA had to be shortened :P....thankfully they didnt :P

Some other interesting pet names I had: Maata, Pops, Poppies, Papa, Bobs, Bobby, Pandi
There are few others which are embarrassing to be mentioned here! :P

Just when I knew that it cant get any worse since all possible pet names are taken by my shcool, college and engineering frends, I saw people in IITM calling me........... Paleti! Palets!

Yes, now its time for my surame to be exploited! which will by the way change very soon to something else ;)

Im predicting that my work place junta would start calling me Pale(yes, its paleti minus the "ti")

God knows where people get names to call from!.....btw I like people who call me Sahithi! Isint it a nice name! :D

In an indescribable mood!
Palets! :P

Everything happens for a Reason!

Hey Exams time! and I felt like blogging a small post before exams begin! dont worry its not doubts and queries abut exams!

Everything happens for a reason is wat I always believed in! and It would ultimately lead to something gud if u direct it in the right path!

today I suddenly realised how lucky i am! Dont worry, the reasons are as crappy as my Fin grades! :P

I was given a door which doesnt fit properly into the space and it shud be sort of pushed into the space to fit properly! first day of college, I didnt like my room for tht one reason! Wanted to change badly but decided to wait for two more days until things settle down. And in those two days, i realised tht i didnt have to bolt my door from inside since it is pushed into the space to fit it n it stays thr until someone pushes it from outside.Lo Behold! here comes the best part. I dont have to get up and open the door of my room if someone knocks it! I just ask them to push it and it opens offff!!!! Woah! Lucky me! And now after three quarters, no one even knocks my door and all my bewarse frends just barge in by pushing it open since they know its never bolted from inside! waaah! God wanted me to be lazy u see!

I hated the fact tht my room was too small and not even 4 ppl at a go can sit in my room. Then over the time, I placed my table such a way that I dont have to get up to pick something on the table. I can be on my bed, bend and pick up stuff from the table! I think its an Optimised solution! :P

I started studying OM(Operations Management) and i suddenly realized how better can OM help me in my room layout. where to place the table, where to place the two racks, where to place the chair, minimise the no of trips to door and table and cupboard, where to place my shoes and chappals so tht dirt doesnt get too much into the room, where to place the bag so tht i dont have to bend to pick it up on my way to door, where to place my buckets so tht i can rush to take bath at 7.59am for 8am class, where shud my iron go so tht I dont have to keep packing n unpacking it, where shud my lappy go, which shelves shud be given for books, which ones for eatables, which ones for toothbrush paste powder deo etc(so as to minimise hand extension done to reach it :P, where shud my alarm clock go, where shud my timetable be pasted(currently on the back side of door), what shud be distance between bed chair and dustbin so tht I can throw waste directly into it without getting up from where i am!!!! Phew!!!!!!!! Yes, I am done talking now!

If any of my frends see this post! they will scream in unison tht the available space doesnt even demand an optimised solution since thr cant be more than one solution possible :P....but I say there can be! Tht is wat Om is all about!OM shanti OM! May OM help my roOM!

Back to studies now!

Comment from Yashu on my interview post!

Blogger didnt allow a comment tht is this big :P....so posting it here for junta to read his experience as well :)

forgive him for he uses the shortcut language for words and many shortcuts.....u might not understand few words but wil surely grab the essence :D...Happy Reading

Comment from Yashu:

Sexy one!..As always! :)

N as far as my exp goes..most of it is already in ther :P..i wud try to dissect that "Ossum experience" as sahiti put it :)...

Dat was the time wen most of us wer travellin half the country anxiously 2 impress ppl :P..different instis...different GDs...different processes..i guess the whole experience got the critic out of me..as i was constantly comparin different process wid considerable amount of subjectivity :)

Then comes the IITM interview :)...

The whole structure was gud..neatly laid out...almost on schedule..thanks to ur seniors :)..Has a brief session wid the HOD, which was gud :)...n as sahiti tels me, who happens 2 b a rock star in the dept :)...

Moving on to GT..Surely!!!..one of the most polished group activites i had in the whole season! :)...v were 6 or 7 in all...had a kind of situation where in u r in-charge of the Sales division..and ur best guy is using unfair/unethical practices to achieve targets..has been the best sales guy of ur comapny.. in the wake of this discovery...how wud u handle the situation....

Havin had a very bad experince in my previous insti...wid some guy startin off the GD wid the crappiest and the most random details possible, i decided i wud not let it repeat :)..So, i staarted! :P...

the case was on a piece of paper, n as i cud see few guys werent finished yet wen the panel gave the cue 2 start, i started articulating the situation bein confronted by the manager quickly....30secs.., not long enuf 2 make some one else feel the same way abt me :P...Then..started off wid wat different dilemmas the manager faces and the challenge of balancin n shit...it was only after 5min...dat i realized dat this GT wud be peaceful all throu the given 15min! :) ...everyone was speakin at their own ace...none acting smart or grabbin the max airtime...n after 12min r so...v were actually encouragin oders 2 speak :P..In all, had a decent enuf discussion...in the end, the profs asked each one of us to sum up wat v discussed in the last 15min..This was my moment!:)...This was one thin i picked up dat season...scribbling imp point during discussion..Believe me!!.Comes in very handy!!:).. I was the last person 2 present the summary...n i guess i put my best frwrd :)..<> ..i vl tel u wat impresses the profs....u apparently need 2 highlight all the imp points discussed ( not only urs! :P )..This is wat gen happens..ppl summarize wat THEY feel abt the topic...nt wat they discussed..n it becomes a summary of wat U think..nt wat u discussed...and never add any new points in summary..instead say..."While v discussed all these points..I think v cud have also looked at other perspectives as...the emotional dilemma, favoritism...etc etc.."..This wud come across as brownie points..if somethin occurred 2 u at the last moment..

Now, the interview..:)

tuk some special permission to get mine slotted in the beginnin as i had a train 2 catch :)

they were 2 panelists...one guy was a US returned guy(referred to as US)..the oder one did his masters in civil(refered to as H)...and of course..on the oder end of the table...was a professionally dressed..suave mannered, admission deserving individual :P..me..Yashwanth :) (refered to as Y)..

US n H:Good afternoon Yashwanth!

Y: (Are u stil readin this?!..i mean...wat do u xpect me 2 say? :P)

H: Before v begin wid the process, i want ur opinion on smthin...I am a masters in Civil engineering..He is a Us returned guy..how do u think v cud assess u as a candidate for an MBA prog

(Ah!..Valid Question!..Can i have a change of the panel please!?:) )

This was one thing which i love :)..talkin abt seemingly unrelated stuff..and drawin logical conclusions frm it :)..then i went on abt how the process was not 2 test whether u r proficient in the technicalities but whether u fit in2 the scheme of mba prog...n ur experience wid the students in the past wud have enriched you in terms of lukin thru potential candidates and zeroin on them..and how the us guy cud bring in his experience n the students can learn so much....blah blah blah :)

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H: Great..If u feel so, i think v wud try our best to live up2 ur expectations...Temme somethin abt urself..

I went on and on..giving reasonable pauses...tryin my best to make it sound like..i was having a "Self-introspection" session right there...

H: Talked about some current topic...in the news...dnt quite remember...

US: So..u like Chess!..

( Oh yeah! :)..)

Do u know of this somethin called Elo rating?...

(Did i say..i "like" Chesss...Scratch dat...i "Love" Chess! :)...Ofcourse i know!!! )

Started off how Elo rating cam into existence...and how its used by FIDE 2 rate chess players..and hhow fascinating it is...dat only 4 players cud ever cross the mark of 2800!!..:).....

Wid the kind of things i was rambling...I was like..marrofying over action at a break neck speed...:P..bt then..Dude!..it was me at the wheel!...:)

and then, he tells me that he is also very much interested in Chess!..then he says..Which opening do u think is most effective?...

For a moment, i was caught offgaurd..Oh man!..U are takin the Chess thing forward!..Oh!!.I shud play this safe...If i m nt careful here, i wud end up bein marked as someone who puked it all out from wat he read on wiki the previous nite..So, i said.." Thers nothing like a perfect opening...It depends on a lot of factors like wether u want 2 b offensive..defensive..n shit...(Did u notice!.I was already an MBA!:P..I was answering using the "it depends...Contingency!:P"...)..

Then he said...Lets paly Chess for sometime..Me: (:-O)....then he says..( At this level, i realized that the depth to which this disc was leadin to was great...if i answer..i win big!..if i dnt, i dnt really lose much:)..)...Ok, wait..just tel me few initial moves of the Giuoco Piano opening...<>...Now, this was where i was showin off! :P.. I said...there are 2 types of nomenclature..and explained how the old system used to address the moves by addressing whether the piece was on the kings side or Queens..and how eventually ppl realized that such a sytem was 2 confusin :P..Then came the modern system!..wich was much more simpler! :)...I quickly recollected the opening moves of Giuoco Piano..was tellin him...bt smhw messed up the last move...n gues wat!..He corrected me!!!..I cudnt help!!..I was impressssssssed! :)...I wud hav taken him if i were interviewin him!:P..Bt then dat last hitch din really matter much i gues..he was happy wid me :)...

Ooops...got 2 rush...my FIN assignment!:)

So, cutting the long story short :P...the H guy askd me some techinical stuff ...ECE engg..cant really recal those questions...some basic fundae...Then..both of them wished me a Happy Journey!:)..Soo nice of them! :)

Post-interview:

Came out..waiting 4 sahiti...there was this cute gal who had her interview on bharatnatyam and different kinds of dancing..somethin..4got her name :)..i guess she ur batchmate now...Say hi 2 her 4 me! :D ..N also, she was lukin cute the oder day! :P..

Cant 4get the Nice feelin of the interview v celebrated wid Idhiyappam :D..

Cheers,

Yashu :)

Batch of 2010,IIM I [:D]

My IITM Interview

This is the last but one interview of mine and I wasn't tensed at all. With just IITD left in queue, I was all happy about going to Chennai for the Interview. Me and Yashu left by the bus from Hyderabad to Chennai and stayed at the Bank of India Guest house which Yashu's dad had arranged for us :)...To the uninformed, Yashu is my best friend's younger brother and had interview in the same slot as mine.

Had a quick breakfast and took some inputs from the guest house keeper about how to bargain with the Chennai autowallas! Must say, they are worse than the Hyderabad ones! Finally arrived at the gate and then didnt know where to go! Some bus came in and we promptly got into it, not even wondering where it would go to! Asked the driver if it would go to MBA dept and he didnt seem to know!!!! Our first management funda in place! When you dunno what to do, always blame it on outsiders :P....told the driver about how someone guided us to get into the bus. Then one of the students came to our rescue and told the driver to drop us at DoMS(Department of Management Studies) at Gajendra Circle(All you junta coming down for interviews this year, get into the campus bus and get down at Gajendra Circle or GC as they call it!

Having got down, asked for direction and sure enough, we saw the DoMS board at the GC itself on the left lane. Started walking towards it. Two striking things about the department from outside. The big tree in between the lawn and the CCD outlet( computers and compact disk outlet :P). Just Kidding da! The Cafe Coffee Day outlet it was!!!.....

The inside view of dept was very spacious and sure enough, we were ushered to the registration desk by some seniors. Having registered ourselves, we sat down and started observing the place. We saw a board where students have written feedback about their interview experience and I was jobless enough then to read the whole board. Everybody mentioned the HoD L.S.Ganesh's name and thanked him for the experience. i brushed it off as people maska marofying to the profs :P.... Many said it was thoroughly enjoyable experience!!! Is this a roller coaster ride or water sport!! How can an Interview be enjoyable I say!!! Perplexed I was!... many thanked the seniors for their help which I found quite an honest remark since the seniors did help us by answering our umpteen number of queries ranging from forms to GDs to previous interview questions :)

There was an introduction about the department by the seniors and they clarified the concerns that were raised. The HoD, Prof. L.S.Ganesh spoke for a while and wished us all the very best for our interviews.

I was slotted with a group of 12 people and given the group task. A GT is unlike a GD where people fight. In fact, my group didnt even fight for opportunity, everyone was given a chance to speak. And the few who didnt, the professors asked them to have their say towards the end of the GT. Haan Haan! pata hai ki maine ab tak GT topic nahi batayi! :P....I thought people are engrossed enough to not notice :P..... Anyway my topic was "You are a bunch of managers for a mall. There are many people who visit the mall and window shop or return back without buying anything. You are here suggesting various possibilities and strategies to turn these window shoppers into buying customers." I dont remember who started the GT but someone set the context properly by saying that lets identify potential reasons why people wont buy and address them individually. I dont rem all the points mentioned but I sure do remember my points :P My inputs were

• Women who come with kids have tough time handling them and generally dont complete their shopping if the child gets unmanageable. Hence I suggested opening up a small play area where two nannys can take care of kids while moms shop peacefully.
• I suggested appointment of women helpers for sections like cosmetics, clothes and jewelry since its easier for many women to communicate better with women sales person.
• Someone suggested coffee and eatery outlets where people can stand and eat with only one or two tables to sit. This would reduce time spent by people in sitting and chatting away and would encourage them to explore the whole shop.
• Someone talked about running user group specific sales promotions to encourage impulsive buying.
• Someone talked about installing sound systems inside the mall for announcing various offers running at various outlets and make the customers aware of them.

I dont remember the rest of the inputs given but this should have given you a fair picture of how our GT went. L.S.Ganesh and one other professor were our panelists who took final summary from two people who havent spoken till then. Finally, all of felt nice that none of us argued or fought over the issue :))

I came out to find yashu also done with his GT. We sat down and waited for chance to be called for the interview :). I was the first one to go in my Panel! :(....I was petty nervous but Mayank Batra(the senior who was handling our group) asked me to be cool and confident for the interview. He said "The professors are very friendly. They wont make you nervous and wont bother you too much. Just be yourself." I was still nervous and sat at the office waiting for the Profs to call me in. 15mins....20mins....30mins....I was outside and I didnt know what was goin on inside. Mayank told me that a German delegate was here to visit the HoD Mr. Ganesh and hence I have to wait for a little more time. I waited and finally after 40mins, I was called in :).

The professors asked me to sit down. LSG and one other professor on the panel. After I said Good Morning, both the professors apologised to me!!!! Sorry for keeping you waiting. It was an emergency. Man!!! Who would say sorry to just another student at their dept to take an interview! i said its okay and then LSG said "you have waited for quite sometime, isin't it?" and gave a smile. All my nervousness went down the drain! His face was so peaceful and I was so comfortable by then :). Now for the Interview Questions:

• Sahithi, Tell me something about yourself? I have rattofied this answer for so many times and even repeated it for atleast 2 interview of mine. There I go again with my blah blah blah introduction.
• Sahithi, You have left your job in 2007! you have one year of experience then, right? Yes sir. What did you do for the next one year? I studied for Cat and other mgmt exams. Why did you resign so early? Gave a proper explanation about how there was dependency in my project and I had to leave then or in Feb, 2008. So I choose July,2007.
• You have written quite a lot in your achievements. Quote one experience which is very imporant to you and why? I quoted my 11th and 12th experience in hostel since I was all by myself and learnt being independent and became emotionally stronger and so on.
• LSG asks "Sahithi, you score is really good but why is your Quant so bad? Did you find it tough?" No sir. I didnt have enough time towards the end and couldn't do justice to quant. I really regret that. LSG says " I was the one who set your quant paper this time and the general trend has been a low score in quant. Just wanted to know the reasons."
• Can you talk about the kind of work you did in Infosys? I told about my project and responsibilities. Some more questions followed on it.
• There was one question on my hobbies that I cant recollect right now. I think it was about why I discontinued my music practice after 10th.
• What other calls do you have? All IITs and IISc. What if you convert IITB and IITM? Which one would you take? I cant comment without getting sir. Just tell us what you would do? I would consult my parents before my final decision since they want me to stay down south if possible. Hence, even if its IITB, for me IITM would come first if my parents want me to stay south. Hmmmm, okay we buy that!

There were few more questions which I cant remember right now. I came out and felt so refreshed and happy. All those compliments on the board were actually true! Of all the interview experiences I had, this was my best. Btw, I went to all the IITs for interviews and to IISc as well! Only IIT Kharagpur was taken up at Bangalore.

I went to the feedback board and gave my feedback. Your professors rock and I love the experience. It might sound cliche but I am sure many of you would write the same when you come over for the interview! I waited for Yashu to come back from his interview and finally he was back! He was all smiling and said "Went well! how about yours?". "Same here!!!"

We grabbed some tea and snacks that were provided and sat down to discuss the questions asked. He had two profs on his panel, one of them being Dr.Ashwin Mahalingam. For those of you less informed, he is a US returned Ph.D who is with civil dept as faculty adviser. Yashu's interview revolved around chess and its intricacies. Even some concept of chess like check mate and all were asked. So all of you who wrote your hobbies without thinking, start thinking now :P. There will be questions on it! Since Yashu was a fresher, he had questions on his engineering subjects.

Yashu gave his feedback now. "Ossum experience!" "Thanks to seniors!". We walked out of the campus and took the bus to the gate. Took some rtc bus which the seniors had suggested to take to avoid chennai autowallahs!. After going back,had am amazing "Idiyappam and Kerala Chicken" combo at one of the hotels near our guest house. Then packed our luggage and left for Hyderabad!

And the post ends here. Hope this post helps all of those prospective students who want the seniors to narrate their experiences. Good Luck to the ones who will be shortlisted for the interview!

Why people HATE me! :D

Today, a discussion with few of my friends in mess sparked off a new thought in my mind. Why don't I pen down what many of my friends, family and relatives hate me for?!! Well, without much delay, here comes the sooooper list.....Btw hate here is for my behavior or traits and not me itself
1. I am toooo Loud(pitch wise loud and not otherwise) and many of my friends hate me for that. I can see Shruthi already closing her ears and saying "Rama Rama". My voice pitch is high and somehow I am not able to bring it down. I know its not Impossible :P but Hard it is :(
2. I Eat too much when I go out and I always ask for stuff that are new on menu. Not many were pissed by this but I know quite a few who dont like it.
3. I always feel too cold at any place and very rarely switch on fan or A/C. This is one thing my family also hates me for, since I always cover myself in blankets at home, even in drawing hall complaing that fan air is too cold :P
4. I have an extraordinary streak of patronage for people from Hyderabad. They should exhibit typical characteristics of a hyderabadi for that and all non-hyderabadis dont always encourage that from me.
5. I hate the auto wallas in Hyderabad and argue till eternity with them for that extra rupee that they demand for no reason. I am considerate when they are nice and provide reasons. Else the auto fellows are dead meat! My dad even now hates me for the arguments I pick up with autowallas. 'Throw a stone in mud and ur the one to get splashed with mud' is his funda :P. In telugu, there is saying that goes like ' Adusu Tokkanela Kaalu Kadaganela'( why step in the mud? why wash ur feet?)
6. Some people that I know of were even pissed by the amount of talking I do :D....Well, I do agree that I talk too much soemtimes but yeh India hai yaar aur mein mauna vrath mein bhi nahi maanti :P
7. Unanimously, all the people that I know of till now have hated one thing about me and that is my Hand Writing :). i was the only one who got 'Improve your hand writing' even in engineering mid term papers!!... and you thot engineering is time pass and profs dont comment on papers, right :P
8. Most of my friends are annoyed by the amount of nail cutting I do. yeh toh achhi baat hai is what you wud think instantly! Well, I do cut my nails but with my teeth u see. Well, I know its a bad habit and I shouldnt be doing it. Abey oooo! havent you heard the saying "Old Habits die Hard" :D
9. Few of my very close friends and mom hate me for shouting on them due to excessive emotional instability condition. Well, kabhi kabhi ho jata hai. Aaakhir hum bhi salt and pepper khaakhe bade hue hai!
10. Few of my friends hate me for the over optimism that I exhibit sometimes. Its not like I am optimistic all the time and in fact, i am quite pessimistic regarding few things.
11. Some of my friends hate me for I am afraid of ghosts and devils. Well, i dont exactly believe in them but after seeing Ram Gopal Verma's Bhoot, I couldnt look into mirrors, go to no light rooms for many days. You can say I am an easily scared person. Well, I can hear few of you already muttering to yourself that I am Scary as well :P
12. My Mom hates me for not taking head bath regularly. Finally, one thing that I have worked on and now follow religiously :D

Well, there might be many more that people hate me for that I cant think of right now. Anybody is welcome to post anonymous posts about wat u hate in me. I really wouldnt mind. he he. Also my friends are requested to add to the list through their comments.

and Cmon junta, its once in a lifetime that you get to do Buraai of someone and be rewarded for it. The Most Insightful Hate Reason gets a cash prize of 100 bucks from me :P....Well, I mean it :D

Sayonara!

My Shopping and Me

Strict Warning:
If You have read my blog and like something in it, have the guts to comment or compliment....dont read and leave blatantly....and dont u dare come up to me sometime later and say so and so post of mine was nice....If u like it.....just leave a comment....makes me feel nice that ppl do read the no sense and non sense stuff that I write! :P....Anyway I just wanted to see how many ppl on an average are jobless....hence ur comment wud mark ur place in that sample :D....Comment at your OWN RISK!

I am currently reading a book called “Shopaholic takes Manhattan”. Man this book is soooooooooo awesome n hilarious!.....Sumps up any woman’s shopping experiences and more. Then I went into flash back about my shopping experiences. Will try to sum up most of my experiences including the most recent ones :D…..btw the series of books by Sophie Kinsella on the shopaholic experiences are just awesome....a must read for most of the women out there :)

While writing this post, I have already started thinking like the protagonist of the book I am readin(Miss. Becky Bloomwood). I shall name many brands that I bought in my shopping and ask those people to pay me up since I am doing some great PR work for them through my blog :D….Its is however a different story that there might be many who would want to pay me for not quoting their brand in my blog because of the talent I have in mishandling them :P…….

My most recent shopping experience has been nothing short of a disaster……..Gift for two of my friend’s was what was on my mind when I went shopping (btw forgot to give a general disclaimer….I might spice up the content of this post just to make it readable n hilarious….dont believe that every word of what I said to be true)……..yeah so where was I?....Gift for two of my friends….Went to Abids with one of my friends (to a place called Methodist complex, Girl friend is the shop name, I actually stopped at the complex name but then who would I demand a cheque from, for doing PR work then!....hence the name of the shop too :P….smart thinking haaan!)…..The guy told me last week that their new stock would arrive on Monday and hence I barged right into the shop and asked him to start showing the new ones……well there was a power cut in the shop and somehow I felt its bad sign for shopping there :P......

Me and my friend sorted out few of the nice ones and I went to try them on since the frend I was buying it for is like me(thin n short :D)…..I didn’t stop at any top in particular but there was this gorgeous Red Top with pleats which I wore n stared at myself for a min atleast!....Man! I was in love with that top…..I come out n I say I didn’t like any of them except the red one….With very pure n loyal intentions, I buy the red top for my frend….but then I cant forget how gud it looked on me and I also rem how I have been struggling over months to get a simple red top for myself since I didn’t have that one color and so also it stopped me from making VIBGYOR(the rainbow colors) with my tshirts :P………..

I went home n tried it on once again and my mom n sis loved it……and then I decided to retain it for myself n buy another one for my friend…..after all it’s a gift and I don’t think my frend likes red as much as I do :P……..well reminds me of a beautiful song that fits perfectly here…….

Hum ne vo kya dekha jo kaha deevana
Hum ko nahin kuchh samajh zara samajhana
Shopping hamein kis mod pe le aaya
Ke dil kare haye, koi to bataye, kya hoga

Aakhir kya thi aisi bhi majaboori
Mil gaye so many things ab bhi kyon hai ye majboori
Are, dam(to be read as daam) hai to unase chheen ke le aayenge
Di na ghar vaalon ne agar manzoori
Shopping hamein kis mod pe le aaya
Ke dil kare haye, koi to bataye, kya hoga.....

I rem this shopping experience that I had the last time I came home…….I had to shop for a trousers for one of my frend…..I went around all of central and lifestyle buildings stopping at every shelf looking at the piles of clothes which never seemed to end….I bought myself a nice brown top from D&G and a cream caudroy trousers from SRC…..and happily walked out to the Tibbs Frankie counter outside lifestyle building……….My frend who I went shopping for called up and I started all excitedly about my great shopping n how I loved the kurthi in white and how I couldn’t dare to buy it since I already have enough of them and don’t need any more in my current wardrobe…..and in the end my sweet frend asked me about the trousers…..”Oh yeah! Now I remember why I was here!....Well I did go back but I couldn’t find what I came looking for….No wonder I am one of those types who my marketing prof would classify as………No reason to Try….Some reason to Buy…..and then money ko bolo Gud Bye :P……

Honestly, I never thought I spend so much on clothes but when I look at my wardrobe, I do realize I waste so much on clothes and some of them are even not worth it!.....few of my clothes in Chennai have been eaten my termites( I think its termites but I am not exactly sure what they are)….and I don’t feel so sorry about it…..I feel rather happy to wear them off a few more times n say tata tata bye bye to them than keep them with me forever and not wear them…….I am not a shopaholic toh…..I am very sharp and controlled when it comes to spending…..and that is one reason why I owe 700 bucks to my frend for I took money from him to shop for him but then spent them off on myself :P……somehow I have this feeling that “Everything in India runs on credit so why not my shopping!”…..however one of the wisest decisions in my life is to not a take a credit card…..I know how lazy I am and how I have stopped myself from buying so many things because I don’t have ready cash then n there and ATM in not anywhere around….Yes! Convenience is not my cup of tea when it comes to shopping………

Many of my friends wud say I don’t splurge or extravagantly indulge in anything but I always get off the track when I am shopping….I sometimes achieve what I wanted to and some more and sometimes I achieve anything but what I planned……..Sometimes I seriously doubt if my interest in marketing is out of this stupid instinct of shopping that I have in me……marketing reminds me of a TOMA(top fo the mind brand...the brand which first strikes ur mind when I say the following products) exercise me and my MBA frends did in class since I was feeling drowsy(btw this is an illegal exercise carried out by me to shooo away my sleep for a while....to be tried under strict supervision and under drowsy conditions by sleepy heads like me :P)…..TOMA brands for various categories……for me of course!

Colgate- toothpaste
Cadburys- Chocolate
Levis – Jeans
Bru- Coffee
Natraj- Pencil
Reynolds- Pen
Adidas- Shoes
LG- ACs
LG- TV
Fast Track- Watches
Clinic Plus- Shampoo
Pears- Soap
Maggi- Noodles
Bournvita- mixed with milk
Saffola- Oil
Nokia- Mobile

There are many more that can be quoted but time and space constraint….some how this blog didn’t turn up the way I planned it…..never mind….Its something I wanted to do right now n now its done…...May all the shops rest in peace!.....since I am done Shopping and Talking for this season :P.....

Organisational Behaviour (OB) ki Diwani!

I would like to start and also end this post with songs!

Ishq junoon jab hadh se badh jaaye (when the intensity of love for something crosses boundaries)
Haste haste aashiq suli chadh jaaye( the lover smiles and heads for the gallows)
Ishq ka jaadu sara chadha kara bole (the magic of Love gets into head and says)
Khoob laga lo pehre raste rab khole( take many rounds around, and then god opens ways)
Yahi ishq di marzi hain( this is love’s will and wish)
Yahi rab di marzi hain( this is god’s will and wish)

He he petty much sums up my love for OB!....now comes the other side of it.

IITM First Quarter First Grades given out!.... and yeah I get a “B” there. To my non MBA friends, a “B” grade comes after “S” and “A” (in the same order)….. Now I know OB is one subject I have put my heart and soul into when I studied it. I felt Bad. I felt Miserable. However I started thinking. Why did this happen. I could come up so many faltoo reasons on my part like my first two quizzes which were miserable due to my misunderstanding of the course and which actually helped me get the right orientation and interest in the subject later on. I can push it off on my group tasks and say someone else ruined it for me[:P] which wont change anything for me :D…..

But on a deeper note, I always believed in two things…..

1. When something good or bad has to happen, nothing can stop it from happening independent of whether you want it or not.

2. God doesn’t give everything to everyone. When he gives something somewhere to u, he is bound to cut something else somewhere. There is always a balance between your Have(s) and Have not(s). This is what they teach you in Financial Accouting too [:P]

Now when I started thinking why did I just lose out on my grade by one point( I lost an A by one mark, yeah yeah it’s the same one mark funda that you all guys must have seen in your lives too :D)

I still remember me getting the school first by just one mark in 10th and winning some cash prize for it. The guy who scored just one mark below me is my close friend and he felt miserable!! Well, I didn’t complain then [:P]…..

I got thru the Summers process quite easily (which I believe is partly my preparation but mostly just got lucky since they asked stuff that I exactly knew)…. Well, I never complained then!

All nice things happening in my life right now and I am actually loving every moment in this college and just living my life. And no, I didn’t complain!

When God has given me so many nice things at one go, he is bound to cut some wires!...Well OB is the first wire[:P]…. Did he actually do this to hurt me!....Naaah!.... he is showing about how he has given me so many gud things and its time for him to do some cost cutting[:P]….

However the good part is, not just to me but to all those who just got there to the border and could not make it, Look Out!.... The other grades might just take you to places where u never thought you could be (I meant the positive way duds!!)….

You might say this girl is too optimistic and I don’t care. I am frustrated and angry is what you might say. Just sit and think. Did something really gud or nice happen to you in the recent past that you know is something that others didn’t get!....if you don’t have something like that yet, don’t complain re![:D]……Picture Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost!....In short, the future isint here yet!....Just wait and watch…. You wil gain an edge over people at instants in your life which will be ever cherished. Exams and grades like this wil be brooded over but will be forgotten….

Your mind is like an array with fixed memory. Once a fresh good memory comes in, a bad memory has to move out to accommodate the gud one. Which one you choose to move out depends on the priority you attach to it. And finally a day wil be come when you have too many gud memories that the bad memories don’t have much place to occupy!....this is true and you will see it happen to you sometime [:D]…at least it happened with me….and then when you actually don’t see it, God has his ways of showing it to you thru disasters like OB Grades[:D]….now you
know you have so many gud memories that you don’t think of quite often but once a bad memory pops in, you see it all[:P]….

Anyway no more bhaashan on this, all I can say is. Grades do Matter but not as much as YOU matter!.... I love myself and hope the same with you too!.... never give up is the key[:D](yeah an old dialogue but yaha pe koi aur line ja nahi raha tha :))…..

Would like to conclude this weird post of mine which has actually made me feel so nice about myself now with another song from telugu….its been translated for the benefit of my non-telugu friends[:D]

Right o Left o Right o Left o
Mundukko( Forward) Venakkako( Backward)
Paipaikko( Up and up) Kindakko( Down)
Asalu endukko( Why is it so?) Ekkadiko( Where is it to?)
Just Go… Go… Go… Go… Go…

Last but not the least, Nike says “Just Do It” and I say “I Just Did It”….thru this post….. I did a great deal of good to myself and hopefully to some other who are still patiently reading this piece of crap with great concentration!...

There might be people who are still taking their time to come out of the disaster….its fine to brood actually….but rem tht something gud is on its way already!

Cheers!

Musings of Monkey!

With so many monkeys visiting our rooms on a daily basis, i cant ignore them anymore.
yesterday there was a monkey at my window. It started making simple random chatter noises n goin up n down the window to scare me...i camly sat on my bed and browsed on my lappy....

The post wil be in Hyderabadi Hindi to give it an added flavour!

Monkey's Mind: " Arre kya yaaron!....yeh potti ko daar nai hora....ab mein kya karoon re!.... woh table pe pada hua biscuit packet dede na!.... agar mein aisae-ich karta gaya toh woh bilkul ignore kaerlegi re!....kuch soch re yaroon....kya karooooon!"

It makes some more wierd noise n settles down on the window sill n sleeeeeps!!!!!!

Me in my Mind: "Arre this monkey also no....why is it not going...mereko sab maloom hai...woh mereko darane ke liye-ich aise karri hai....mein kaiko darooon....mereko strong hona padega re....

the monkey leaves the window n i shut the window....

Scene behind the curtains:
the monkey's name is chimpu.... chimpu is give "E" grade in basic food grabbing fundae subject by his sir.....chimpu is dissapointed.....toi toi toi...flash back now.....

scene just 5 mins before this: chimpu's mom puts tilak on chimpu's forehead n says "jaa beta apni khandan ki naam roshan karde".....
chimpu's classmates in the school: arre chimpu, yeh dekh....food grabbing fundae mein best is to work out and become a strong monkey n attack open rooms...ur sure of gettign hold of soemthing thru this.....
chimpu: arre nahi yaar...i thot out of box n decided to give this a try...i will play on window sill n scare the girl...she might throw some food or out of pity gimme some...this is my strategy....this shall work....im high on innovation...the regular theory solutions dont work for me!

just before the exam: (his frends): chimpu!! chimpu!!....cmon chimpu....ur setting a new fundae in food grabbing through this.....hope u get thru....

and the rest is history....chimpu laments over the failure of his strategy....he didnt know ehere he went wrong....he tried analysing his strategy once again...it was simple one...the girl shud gte scared or pity me n give food...why didnt it work!....

it didnt work coz it coundnt see some hidden n missing varibles like the girl's strength n boldness[:P].....there was too much dependency on external factors and too little reliance on internal factors and hence failed....also the data sample of the girl taken out of the fearful girls population was an outlier....also chimpu didnt realise that the girl is not liable to give a biscuit packet unless chimpu gave one earlier[:P] and also the packet wasnt her asset as she took it from her friends room.....So also the demand for the biscuit packet was high as all her frends wanted one and the current supply was not at the equlibrium point n hence there was already a shortage of biscuits......last but not the least....the monkey coudnt create an impression in the girl's mind about its purpose and hence the result is a failure..... toh monkeys are branded as a fear factor among girls hostel, the target penetration this time wasnt upto the mark!......

having realised the various reasons for its failures....its decided to work on

1. problem identification and description and various entities involved..... try to draw a fish bone if necessary!

2. look at its hierarchy of needs and chuck maslow and see if ERG theory can help it since phychological needs are anyway not fulfilled..... also frustration-aggression working on....the frustration on not being able to satisfy lower needs leads to agressively trying to satisfy higher needs!

3. realise that the world is full of interconnectivity and its supply of biscuits depends on the demand for it among girls and her frends and so also on the personality attributes of the girl.....

4. it realised that their major strength of creating fear among the girls is lost and they became an ineffective brand now....it has decided to go for relauching or repositioning itself as a friendly monkey from next time[:p]

5. It also decided to take a better sample next time and visit some other room who is a better representative of the feaful girls sample.....

6. last but not the least.... it decided to calculate its position of its assets of biscuits received so far and see whether any immediate need for food grabbing arises and also note down the expenses incurred in reaching the girls window so far....the expenses like kicking off its costly reebok shoes into the gutter while climbing is taken as unexpected loss and it also pulled down another monkey coming to the same window....tht monkey might take revenge in future which it put up as a "Bad Will" on the liability side since its prone to attack from tht other monkey sometime!....

That is it folks.....Im done for today...wil edit once i find some comments!...feel free to post any comments :D.....

Rock On Review!

This is one of the group mails i sent regarding the movie review for Rock On......

sabhaku namaskaaaaram.....with mamakaaram :P

nenu ma lan nunchi download cheksuni chusa...cinema hall ki eldam ante janalu eppudu chadukuntu time dorakatam ledu ani deekincharu....inka labham ledu ani second day na room lo kurchuni chusa.....details loki elthunna...kasko na vasco di gama.....

1.opening with song unique n i love tht song....lyrics avi variety ga unnayi annadi pakkana pedithey,....i loved the tune....idi kakunda mere laundry ka ek bill is too gud!...we will rock u type anukunta mari.....

2. farhan gadi voice patallo kummesindi kani...dubbing lo koncham teelipoyindi....jalubu gonthu laga...konni dialouges lo punch padakunda ayyindi!....kakapothey vadi acting skills toh dubbing ni laaginchesadu....naku maathram dubbing inka improve cheskovalemo ani anipinchindi......

3. heroine ga aa serial pilla bane undi...but ss music vj aiena goswami arjun ramphal wife kinda kummesindi...chepala kampu nijam ga undemo annanta realistic ga acted anukondi!

4. madhyalo odilesina unfufilled desires n dreams ni fullfill cheskondi....janalandariki jeevitam rendo avakaasam ivvadu anna msg bagaaaaaaaaaaa strong ga cheptunnadu....meeku teliyandi kadu le :P

5. farhan gadu songs kummesadu.....shankar ehsaan n loy are gods!...for once they overtook arr in my ratings!....javed akhtar ilanti lyrics ela rasado naku inka artham kavatam ledu...koduku koosam rasanu antunnadu kani...inta youthful n realted terms toh lyrics vadu raasi undadu ani na strong feeling...

6. konni senti scenes lo farhan gadu kummesadu....vadiki ee male bonding sentimental scenes ante oka rakamaina sentiment anukunta :P....aa purab kohli gadu jeevinchesadu anukondi!....nen nammaledu....eedenti inta baga cheyyatam emiti ani!....

7. aa gf toh break up scene enta arbit ga undo...naaku nachhaledu :P...arre piriki panda laga paaaripotademi...adi oka tokkalo a4 sheet meeda ball point pen toh hindi lo 4 words raasesi!....wat crap i say!....

8. biggest msg thru this movie..... u can work n earn money...but the most rewarding n happiest moments of ur life are from ur deep rooted passions n always have time for them!....

inka appti nunchi nenu na full time passion aiena singing ni appudappudu practise cheskuntunna....cinema paatale padukuntunna le :P....

Seriously, one hell of a movie to be watched for some of the deep insights it tries to send across.....Sindbad the sailor song captures the essence of the movie really well :)

Chennai Chamak Chipak!

Warning: the title is chamaka chipak on purpose.....read further to follow.....
after two weeks in chennai, the two words stuck on my mind are chamak and chipak.....chamak for the place is all vibrant n shining.....chipak for the climate lets anything but our lectures to stick on to us!.....
IIT Madras is a beautiful place.....lovely campus they have.....now i know anyone who would have to study here for the next two years would say the same thing but i say it coz i loved the monkeys here :P....these monkeys here are like Himesh Reshamiyya.....u can hate them but u cannot ignore them!.....they run in the corridors....they sleep on ther stairs....they practically pull anything they can get hold of.....there is one monkey which keeps visiting our corridor often and i named it giggly....coz it makes wierd noises when ever it runs in the corridor....
apart from this....the food is nice for south indians n hence i dont complain....my hostel room is very small but i dont complain....i got infected and have a swollen neck n throat but i dont complain....some how i dont complain anymore!....im in love with this campus....
a small city visit has also been made....will discuss it much later...i know most of the ppl i know complain tht i say tht i wud take up somethings later on but never blog on them...well thts my way of avaoiding the unnecessary :P.....
classes in full swing....morning baths.....quick breakfasts.....seated at last.....lectures are past....
biggest challenge in class.....watching others sleep thru the class n trying to stay awake thru it :P......
Mourning Mornings, Hungry Afternoons, Eager Evenings and Noisy Nights.....sums up my life at IITM....feels like its been months i have been here.....miss my home n hyd very badly....but lots of telugu ppl arnd here....so not really missing the language....
I know this is one of my best most boring posts till date....well random thoughts can be boring too!!.....will have to watch a movie tonite....gud night........