Day 257 - 7th July 2011

Had our second session on the subjects offered in the second year. Today's session was taken by the area heads of marketing,advertising and market research. Each of these areas have pretty interesting subjects on offer. We have a couple of weeks to decide on which core subjects and electives to choose. The good news is sports marketing is a 2 credit course with 20 sessions - 10 sessions more than last year. Managed to clock in a two and a half hour siesta in the afternoon. Played a little tennis in the evening before the rain gods decided to be kind to us. Continued the tradition of the rain dance in the badminton court. Thankfully now the temperatures have dropped to humanly tolerable levels,but the flip side is the number of insects that will now be found all around campus! Post dinner MCSA work kept me busy. Have markstrat from tomorrow, just hope it turns out to be better than markops!

Day 256 - 6th July 2011

PGP-2 sessions officially started today. The culture and communications area heads laid out the course curriculum for the year ahead. Some pretty interesting subjects are on offer this year. The one that I am looking forward to are Film Studies, Indian Cinema and Semiotics and metaphors. Got done with the session by 11 and the rest of the day free. MCSA work kept me occupied after till the evening. Played a little tennis after that, inaugurated the 2 new clay courts on campus. That went on till about 7 in the evening after which I had to go to collect the bike from the service center. Post dinner MCSA work kept us busy, due to the onset of monsoons there was some problem in the drinking water. Apart from that a few other issues needed to be looked into which ensured that we stayed up till 4 in the morning yet again!

Day 255 - 5th July 2011

Had a rest day today, so got back to the rest day routine of waking up at 1030 and having breakfast at Chota. Went to ISCON mall in the afternoon to pick up some stuff for the room. Also gave the bike for servicing, so basically took care of all the pending chores! Got back to campus in the evening and had to take care of some MCSA work (it may be sounding repetitive but unfortunately majority of my time these days is being consumed by MCSA work :P) Had to meet the registrar for internship related work. I have been given an extension until October and will be working part time from campus until then. He was nice enough to grant me permission for the same. After that had to meet an exchange student from Switzerland who is here for the first term of PGP-1. Had dinner at chota since the mess food seemed quite boring. Post that the MCSA work continued, didnt even realise when the clock struck 4 in the morning, guess my body clock has adjusted to the MICAn sleep cycle quite soon!

Day 254 - 4th July 2011

Had the inauguration function for PGP-1 today. Couldnt help but reminisce about our inauguration ceremony a year back, how most of us were a little afraid about what was in store for us over the next couple of years, how some of us were skeptical about whether this place would live up to our expectations or not, would we find the right jobs and so on. A year down the line most of those questions have been answered. Anyways back to the ceremony, as the President of the MCSA yours truly had the honour of lighting the ceremonial lamp. The COO of Lintas media group was the chief guest. His speech was about how our attitude defined how well we did in our careers. After the inauguration ceremony had some MCSA work to finish which went on till the night. Have a rest day tomorrow, can take the liberty of waking up late, dont know for how long I will be able to live such a luxurious life :P

Day 253 - 3rd July 2011

Seem to be waking up early for no reason whatsoever. It could also be because of the heat, it just doesn't seem to show any signs of relenting! Have bought a table fan which provides some respite, but then again its only temporary. The senior hostels seem to be filling up now with a lot of people coming back to campus today. In the evening went to collect my bike. It hadn't been started for 3 months and a servicing is long overdue! Finally had dinner at the mess today which was butter chicken and naan. Took care of some MCSA work in the night which took a couple of hours. PGP1 have their inauguration ceremony tomorrow, can only sit back and wonder how quickly a year has passed.

Day 252 - 2nd July 2011

A lot of people have started coming back to campus now. Its a good feeling to see familiar faces. Most of today was spent catching up with batchmates and exchanging internship stories. Continued my consistency of not having dinner at the mess by going to barbeque nation. Maushi had to treat Kalkar and me for winning crucible. Also continued the tradition of coming back from Barbeque Nation with stuffed bellies. Last few days of freedom on campus before classes begin, so everyone seems to be making the most of it.

Day 251 - 1st July 2011

Most of the day was spent in getting the 900 odd boxes moved to their respective senior hostels. Started the work at around 11 in the morning and got done with it by 5 in the evening. The MCSA also addressed pgp1 today and officially welcomed them to MICA. In the evening a few of us went to see Delhi Belly. Before the movie we had dinner at a place called Havmor, pretty decent place for vegetarian food. As for the movie - its definitely something that's being tried in Bollywood for the first time, some people might simply love it while others might find it outright disgusting though by by the reaction in the theatre the latter might be a minority. Sir and Kalkar came back to campus today so have been catching up with them. Might just go to Chota before calling it a day.

Day 250 - 30th June 2011

Another day during which we were kept busy with MCSA work. Had informal meetings with the registrar and associate director on the way to take things forward for this year. We also have the responsibility of getting nearly 900 boxes moved to the 6 senior hostels. These boxes contain the stuff left behind by the batch before we left for our internships. Couldn't get too much of that done today though since the people who were supposed to help us turned up quite late. In the evening went to Iscon Mall to buy stuff for the room and had dinner at subway. After getting back to campus caught up with some of the guys from pgp2 at the 'aam'chair. We have been relishing the mangoes that have been falling from the mango tree on campus. Went to Chota at around 1 in the night for a midnight snack and discussing about our internships, quite a lot of people have got PPIs which is a good sign for the batch. Came back to the room by around 2 and dozed off without even realising it.

Day 249 - 29th June 2011

First day as pgp-2. Am back to campus relatively early due to MCSA duties, our regular classes start on the 4th. Reached at around 4 in the afternoon and settled down in Kachnar 21, we have single occupancy rooms in the second year. There are about 4 of us from pgp2 on campus now. Apu also got back early,so I had some company as well. We went to this place called Sasuji's for dinner. Authentic Gujrati thali to welcome ourselves back to Ahmedabad. Went to see X men after that. I haven't seen either of the prequels but still liked the movie, kept us occupied for the entire 2 hours. Got back to campus and met up some of the guys at Amaltas. Got to get used to the heat out here, its reminding me of my first few nights out here in pgp1 where sleeping was nearly impossible due to the heat!

Days 247 and 248 - 31st March and 1st April

31st March was the convocation for the seniors. In the morning had to receive the chief guest for the ceremony in the morning. Finished off a major chunk of the packing in the evening. Attended the convocation after that. Some of the seniors got a little emotional after the ceremony, cant blame them for it. Had to get back and finish packing before working on the IM group assignment. After that went to the senior hostels to say a final goodbye to them. Came back to HQ by 3 in the morning, managed to clock in an hours sleep. Had to leave campus at 5 in the morning. It's been an eventful first year. Will take a break from the blog during the internship and will be back in action once Im back on campus sometime in July.