Day 386 - 24th January 2012

Surprisingly woke up in time for breakfast at the mess. Played tennis post breakfast with Anuja. There was another MCL game today, this time between MP and Vineeth's team. It turned out to be a high scoring thriller with  MP's team chasing down 150 in the last over. One of the best matches I have seen in the MCL till date. Post lunch had a 2 hour long siesta. Finished watching Groundhog day in the evening. Have been wanting to formulate my dissertation questionnaire for the past couple of weeks, decided that it had to be done at any cost today. However post dinner procrastination took over. Saw some of the baddy matches couurtesy coxic smash then went to Chota with Kalkar and Buds. Came back to Kachnar and MCSA work took over.That went on for about an hour. The MCSA elections will be held in February, had to work out how to go about the entire process. Finally started working on the questionnaires at 1 a.m. Have completed them now and sent them to my guide. Also need to read up on some material for the literature review. Need to break the shackles from this lethargy that has set in and get cracking with the dissertation work!

Day 379 - 17th January 2012

Played tennis in the morning with Anuja. Finished transctibing the CIM interview before lunch. Managed to squeeze in a siests for an hour and a half. The Indian Cinema class that was scheduled to take place in the evening got cancelled which meant the entire evening was free. Had some MCSA work after which I came back to the room and saw Fire in Babylon (for the second time). Post dinner saw some of the badminton games that were going on courtesy Coxic Smash. Cafe Coxic also set shop today, had a coke float from there. Continued reading the book on how Brand NFL was built. Its been a pretty chilled out day, will call it a day now.

Day 378 - 16th January 2011

Played tennis in the morning for a change. Also managed to wake up in time to have breakfast in the mess. Strted transcribing the interview I had taken for the CIM group assignment. Transcribing interviews is one of the most painful things I have come across in quite some time. Listening, pausing, typing, listening again and so on. Post lunch took a one and a half hour long siesta. Had Indian Cinema class in the evening. It started with a screening of a few scenes from India's first motion picture - Raja Harishchandra. The lecture that followed was about the growth of Indian cinema and how businessmen got involved to make it as professional as possible. The evolution of the use of sound in movies was also discussed. The moment sound came in, the actors who previously acted in silent movies became redundant because language was a huge barrier (with India having 1652 languages!). Hindi was predominantly used but Marathi and Bengali also picked up in those days. The complete adoption of sound took place with the usage of music in movies. The first song recording was done in a studio near railway tracks in Bombay and it took four long months to record those songs since the noise from the passing trains created a lot of disturbance. Also got to know that there were movies with as many as 70 songs in them!

After class came back to the room and continued the transcribing. Dinner was at Dominos with Sania. The Cheese burst pizza was really good! Got back to campus by 1030. Coxic Smash - the intra MICA badminton tournament started today. Although I cant play badminton, watching experts play is a visual treat. There was one such match today which was amazing fun to watch. Came back to the room and continued the daily tradition of watching interesting videos shared on facebook. Will read for a bit before calling it a day.