The feeling of "It was not worth losing sleep over"

Finally, the marketing end-term (the "Xam at Xmas" ) got over today. Phew!! The best thing about today's exam was that there was a limit on the number of words that we could use for an answer. Although it was a relief seeing the word limit on the question paper (since it prevented all the top GASsers of my batch to GAS a lot and thus made it a level-playing field for me. Yes, I was relaxed but I became too relaxed in the exam and finished reading the given case in 1 hour and 20 minutes (too slow as compared to the rest of the batch). Needless to mention, I had lesser time to analyse the case fully and I had to analyse the case "on the fly" as I was attempting the questions given in the question paper. And the worst part was that in spite of going with a gameplan of visiting the questions with the more marks first, I attempted the questions sequentially and so, I could not even reach the maximum word limit in the last few questions. So, I am all set to get GOOD (hope u all get the sarcasm) marks in the paper (hopeful to perform a little WORSE though).

Now, getting to why I named the title of this entry the way I did. I think the title is explanatory enough but still, I slept for only 1 hour in the afternoon (my normal siesta duration is 3 hours ((to get completely recharged)) ) and then slept at around 3:45 in the night and then again woke up at 8:30. I was studying everything just so that I am aware of all the "jargons" which I might use at the time of the exam. But, the exam was all application based and thus, it was "not worth losing sleep over". The only thing I am happy about is that I didnt read extensively for the exam (here, extensively means "reading from the textbook" ) and so, even though the ROI was low, it must have been the one of the highest among the pool of low ROIs of the batch. Thank God I didnt pick up that book!! :)

Xams at Xmas

Tomorrow is Christmas and it is supposed to be a day full of fun which also signals the New Year.... But at SP, it is different.... its exams time!! .... and what worse subject to start the exam season than marketing.... Thank God that I am having SOME motivation to study otherwise I would have left studying in entirety. The only reason for my motivation is coming from the fact that I am not good at remembering theory and making up anything in exams of subjects like these (a process called GASsing) and I like analytical subjects better so I have to study now otherwise I wont be able to write a thing tomorrow.

I am seriously looking forward to these exams getting over at 29th Dec so that I can enjoy the much awaited 3-day break (Yeah! 3 days is a big deal at a B-School) right after that. But I think I have to concentrate more on the short-term tasks rather than looking further in the future. So, I'm off to study now. Right now, my only wish to Santa is that "please put something in my head tomorrow which I can write on the paper in front of me and stop the leaking of the bucket of my mind so that I can just throw all its contents on the paper"

catching up on lost time (and the blog posts)

well..... i'm back after a long time.... last time i told u about my entry into SP..... after that.... life here has been................................... HELL..... oh yeah.... i knew it was coming all the way.... but the way it was coming was not known to me..... but still.... amidst all this "hell".... there have been a lot of great moments which i'll be listing below with a brief description:

1. Foundation Phase begins (and ends?) : Yeah, first thing first. Right after the pre-foundation test.... as mentioned in the previous post.... the foundation phase began.... was a very short phase.... and it ended with the end-terms (which were easy).... and what followed next was............

2. PG LAB!!! : Undeniably the best experience of my life at SP after I came here. The whole batch went to Lonavala for 5 days where we spent time going on trekking, playing games, dancing, singing and what not! Amazing days.... But as it is said in Hindi.... "Bakre ko halal karne se pehle bahut khilate hain".... it was just like that.... because the days to follow were quite opposite.

3. Became a part of the DOCC Committee: it was like getting selected into SP all over again..... i wanted to be in one of the committees... and after the pitch by the seniors..... this was the committee for me.... I just knew it..... what followed was giving resume and a SOP to the faculty incharge.... and then finally when I was selected.... I was so elated that I cant describe the feeling.....

4.Ehsaas: The flagship event of DOCC where we have differently abled kids performing different things on stage and displaying their indomitable spirit, where both adults and those kids feel a different level of happiness. We had been trying so hard to organize it and finally, we made it a success, with the help of our faculty in-charge. Awesome day!!

5. Unmaad: The annual culfest at IIM-B where some of the "inspired" SPecies (quite a few) went and conquered it all.... Whether it be the events like Antakshari or the big events like Dance and Miss Unmaad, we made sure that IIM-B reverberated with the energy of the SPecies... I for one, took part in the solo singing competition, sang "Kal ho na ho", and got good comments from friends and some members of the audience.... i still keep watching the video to relive those moments.... Although I didn't win there, it was great to be a part of the whole team and to cheer them up at each and every event. In short, the 3 day trip was just awessome!

6. Net.Works: The first big event in which I participated. IIM-A held their annual fest Confluence. Sponsered by Google, Net.Works was one of the flagship events of this fest in which teams had to build a case on "The future of Social Networking in India". The prize money was 1 lakh rupees. As some of u might be aware, I had asked u to fill a survey on the lines of this. That was for this event. Thank you all who helped by giving their valuable inputs.

And I still cant believe the effort which I put in for this event. I had only read in "Joker in the pack" once that life in a B-school can be really hectic. In that book, the author had said that he had slept only 20 hours in a week. This event was the closest I came to achieving that feat. 15 hours sleep in four days!! There was a day in these four days in which i slept only ONE hour in the whole day. Just ONE hour.... this is the minimum I have ever slept in my whole life. Still cant believe it... And it was so addictive too..... I didnt want to sleep after that as if I was addicted to the kick I got out of not sleeping.... It was a different kind of a high which I experienced.

Finally, the results came out and our team (me and my friend, Anirban) was among the top 24 of the 76 teams which participated in total. But, the dejection of not winning the event is still there a little because I had never put in that much effort in my whole life.

7. GASP: Another one of the good things which happened with me here was my selection in the theatre team of SP, the "guild of actors at SP" (GASP).... GASP is the most revered theatre groups among all the theatre groups of B-Schools and I was very proud when I was selected as an understudy in the play. We are still enjoying the practice sessions. And for once, the journey seems more enjoyable than the destination itself.

8. HELL: The statistics for 2nd trimester (estimate) are 8 ppts, 17 group assignments, 5 individual assignments, 18 quizzes, 2 midterms and the end-terms are yet to come. This is hell. It was much worse in the first trimester. Hope the third trim is lighter.

So, readers, this was TJ updating you about my journey here at SP till now. I hope to be more regular in updating my blog from now on..... signing off for now... promise to return soon.....