For Kiddo :)

Seema left for Shanghai today morning 8 am IST.

It seems just yesterday that we were in class at SFIT, practising for the volleyball finals, cheering and jeering each other and she flat out beating me in every exam we took :)

Time does fly really really fast. And you really should not have any regrets because that will really not matter whatsoever. The point I am trying to make here is that whatever time you have spend it wisely. In just another blink of your eyes you will be in your cocoon of routine and then all you have left is memories of times spent with friends in college.

If you have some friends make sure that you gather enough memories about them to last a lifetime, for sometimes that's all you will be left with. Take time out to make sure that there are moments that you will cherish forever, 10 years down the line you should be able to make each and every moment come alive again. The moments could be the most profound and also the most mundane, it doesn't matter. Each is precious and preserve it well. Spend time with each other, all the grades, marks and other issues become in-germane down the line. And do not hold back, its probably the worst thing you can do, for it leaves scope for regret. Have faith in your friendship and trust in your friends, it'll never let you down. And remember, true friends are always there.....

Seema once gave me some of the best advice I have ever had in my life, she said that if I wanted to learn the guitar I needed to fall in love with it. Thanks kiddo! Never got round to saying that. I hope you have a brilliant time in Shanghai and learn some Mandarin too :)

cheers,

moksha

Time to get lil serious

The great thing about being at MDI is that you can have so many seemingly random discussions which actually lead you to start thinking and changing yourself.

I was sitting at Nescafe with Shrek, Shef, Mitthu and Anup doing bakar, when Anup showed us the presentation that he will be giving for a really prestigious competition. Shrek had just returned from IIM A after reaching the finals of a case study competition. He mentioned that how intensely competitive IIM A was and how great the experience was. He also exhorted me to start participating seriously in the good competitions and not give up any chance that came my way.

That led me thinking very seriously about my commitment to the competitions that I had taken a part in. I guess I never ever took them even a bit seriously. Most of the time I would not even send in an entry after registering for the event. I really need to change this and start participating sincerely. I guess what we can do and think on our own is going to give us a real education. It will not be the textbooks we read or the papers we write. I guess its time to really start thinking about the cases that come up and not just writing faff because I have to. And the prizes are not the primary motivation, I really need to start thinking that is all. My brain is like deep frozen right now.

I also hope that I can form a stable team to take part in these competitions. I guess that is very necessary because it helps build great rapport and the team develops a working style of its own. The two people that I team up with right now, Maddy and Philter are amongst the best on campus and I really hope that we can win some really good competitions.

I guess I really need to start preparing for a year and a half down the line from now onwards itself or else I am pretty much screwed.

cheers

moksha