Day 70 - 4th September 2010

And so it begins, the initial two months here were too good to be true. Today we got a taste of things to come over the next 3 weeks. The first bomb to be dropped on us was by the eco prof. who gave us a 30 page handout on pricing and asked us to come to class tomorrow with a handwritten assignment explaining each topic in our own words and also stating examples from the Indian context. Apart from that we also have a pre read for tomorrow's class. This is his way of shaking us up and ensuring that we study now at least, though I know for a fact that quite a few people who have been taking his subject seriously by going through the pre-reads before the classes. The second bomb to be dropped was by the FA prof, who announced a mid term on the 11th, one may think that there is still some time, but here is the list of things to be done over the next week
5th - eco assignment submission
6th - markops presentation
7th - rest day with companies coming for pre placement talks
8th - ID diary submission
9th- nothing (as of now)
10th - SSC end term!!
11th - FA mid term/ Prinicples of Management Assignment submission
The CT movie reviews also need to be submitted this week, plus there might be a surprise eco test as well.

Got down to writing the eco assignment in the evening. Never written so much in the past 3 years! Had to take a break to complete the MICAMINDS project proposal as well which had a 11:59p.m deadline. Working with the principle of just in time (JIT), we submitted the assignment at 11:57 p.m :-P Then had to get back to the eco assignment. Got done with it and have to start the pre-read now, hope it doesn't put me to sleep..

Day 45 - 10th August 2010

Finally some sunshine! I cant seem to remember when was the last time I saw a clear sky throughout the day. Could finally get to play some tennis today, managed to play for two and a half hours.

Another relaxed day w.r.t lectures, had only 3 of them - IMEI and Eco. The eco prof. really amazes me with his knowledge about the subject and how he teaches it. I dont think I've mentioned this - he graded Chetan Bhagat's papers at IIM-A :-D. The seniors have also told us that he will take a session on Indian railways in which he will explain how they made money out of human excreta!

Since we are in the middle of the term now, assignment deadlines have started approaching. I made a list of things to be done over the next week and boy its one big list! Decided to study a bit in the night and read up on a bit of PM and eco. Went to Chota for some random discussions over chai. We have a PM tutorial coming up in which we will be graded on a case study, need to read up on that as well. Went to Chota for chai a couple of times and before I knew it, the time was 445 a.m. So I decided to visit slumberland because I have no interest in seeing the sunrise :-)