...and the second term at IIM Lucknow comes to an end. It is done, and what an eventful one it has been. Started as usual with academic rigour and quizzes n all; gradually all that took a back-seat, and for a month I was busy nursing an A4 sized sheet's content (37 iterations on the content), mugging away rudderless, watching short-lists pass me by with a whoosh sound; five formal shirts were duly purchased for five eventful days; and it all culminated in me being one seriously lucky chap. In the last post I wrote in a similar context, I put forth certain remarks and observations about the MBA culture -- more specifically its Great Indian equivalent -- the PGDM.
This post comes at cross-roads between a term-end and an year-end. I'll try and summarize both, from my perspective. The past year has been quite an eventful one for me. The key notables were some academic eventualities I hadn't exactly wished for, some minor instances of ill-luck which worked entirely against me, and some extremely mechanised competing machines whom I ran into at IIML (I wrote an entry on such mugging-machines here). Things were consistently failing to fall in place. This term flagged in a much warranted recess.
Some of my favorite Key takeaways from the year have been:
- I knocked a convincing 99.91 percentile in cat, something I'll cherish all my life.
- Submitted the first resignation of my life. The good bye letter I wrote to the company is here.
- Bought my new tele-lens and opened a Flickr Account. Click here to see it.
- Completed one third of my MBA.
- Made some really really really great friends.
- Learnt how to give exams. (Roughly 90 exam-hall appearences in 6 months).
- Realized that the honour of feminine companionship is unlikely for mono-plane flyers like myself. Officially giving up on any prospects/pursuits :P
- Officially scored a Type-A score of 150+ [Type A personalities defined here]
- Secured a summers stint with an awesome firm. [The recess I spoke of up there somewhere]. Looking forward to it :)
- My first picture to be used for some constructive purpose :D [Click here to see the picture]
- Learnt plenty of economic theory. The only and maximal value add over the past year, I'd say.
Looking forward to the following in the coming year:
- Learning shall continue to be the primary motive here at Lucknow. I continue to hope that it doesn't take a toll on my gradecard ;) [Refer to previous term's post here]
- Buy a macro lens and go up n close with wildlife.
- Buy a portrait lens and convince some female into volunteering for portrait shots :P [Tried Seth's Lens and click here for one of the pics I grabbed with it.]
- Buy a Mach-V and learn some serious TT from Adi-Jain and Pandhi.
- Have fun :)
Next post on this theme shall follow right before summers...
