Day 406: 28th Oct, 2010 - Bbrrrrrrrrrr!!

A sudden chill has descended on campus. The temperature on campus is usually a (tangible) few degrees lower than the main city. So much so that a few days back, when I was coming back to campus, it was actually warm outside the gate. And just when I came inside, it was cold! Pretty early onset of this level of temperature though.

However, what's heating up the campus is that the Summer Placement season is ON. I seem to be hearing that new decimal systems are being introduced now, what with Day 0, Day 0.5 etc. proving to be insufficient to describe the latest scenarios. And the more it happens, the more I think it's all a farce. The short-lists that you are going to get, the filtering that is going to happen, the final selections, all of that is going to be quite random! And almost 99% of that has zero correlation with your ability and the final kind of work you are going to do. But I know for a fact 2 days into this, a lot of people are going to break down. It's almost a pseudo-caste system. And I strongly think a better alternative needs to be put in place.

Went to Pizzaport for dinner. (I don't seem to be eating in the mess at all these days!) The new thing we tried this time was the dry manchurian. And I must say it tasted pretty good! We originally had plans to take a "sizzling-brownie" diversion at CCD on our way back, but considering the way we raised funds for our pizzas, we had to have a change of plans :D

Day 367: 19th Sep, 2010

And of course, today was a Sunday, which meant even more free time. I even woke up a little too soon (10.30 am! :-P). It is getting even more difficult to while time away. I saw Toy Story 2 & 3 . Very nice series :D . Went swimming in the evening later on. Good fun, more importantly, good tp :D

Another thing - It's suddenly raining marriages! Even as we came back to campus after this term, I got the news about a few more marriages-to-be. And then, just yesterday a school friend called to tell me he is getting hitched (officially :-p). One of the protagonists of this entire episode is our dashing hero Shomu Da. With him, we made a deal, which incorporates a certain budget for party, and instead of blowing it all up in one shot, we'll go out on multiple weekends :D . Today was the 1st of those, and we went to Pizza Port. Had pizzas after a long time! :D . Followed that up with a Sizzling Brownie and Chocolate Fantasy at CCD :-) 

It was raining when we came out of CCD. So we took refuge under a roadside roof. That is when India's great dichotomy greeted us. Two small kids (12 years & 8 years respectively) selling Balloons. They made around 100-120 rupees amongst them combined. Dad worked as a cycle rickshaw driver and mom as a domestic help. Man, life is so tough for some people...

But somehow, such feelings are always sublime. We were totally drenched on our return journey and these troublesome thoughts had left my mind even before I had changed my clothes...

A small unplugged singing session at Kisaan's room. Came back and started watching episode 2 of the Harvard Justice series. But pretty tired and sleepy now. Will finish the rest tomorrow. Good night :)

PS: Blog now available at http://iimhell-2009-2011.blogspot.com/

Day 312: 18th Jul, 2010

I think I am getting incredibly large number of holidays :D . What else can explain this blissful existence of sleeping till 10am, having a leisurely bath and lunch, making plans for TWO other movies in the afternoon which eventually get cancelled because you dozed off for an afternoon siesta? Exams seriously are the most chill times on campus!

Didn't want to have dinner in the mess, especially as the menu for Sunday dinner is usually quite boring. Suddenly  remembered to go to this place called PizzaPort. Decent choice - nice pizza, VFM. The garlic bread was no match to Domino's though.

Must make a note of the weather too. Been raining all day today. It's even kinda cold! Great atmosphere!