Jul 5, 2008

The B-school Life



So, 3 weeks here @ IIMK and I finally get some time to blog... There is nothing very particular that I plan to blog..All are kind of arbitrary..

Often many of us ( including me ) tend to think that our life has been tough and we didnt get what we deserved.. Here, I've met some individuals who have fought of ( or, are still fighting off ) lot of adversities. And compared to them, atleast my difficulties seemed to be trivial.. I tend to realise that the difficulties faced by each of us are kind of unique..And there is no point in benchmarking those..
So, what else are the changes that have come up in me ?

-- The total intake of tea & coffee ( Unlike quite a few people, I drink both ) has increased exponentially
-- I dont feel like sleeping till atleast 1AM ( excluding the time that I doze off in class :-) )
-- There are basically two choices here..Either insulate yourself and concentrate on studies or study a bit and enjoy the life here.. Though I had intentions of slogging when I came here, I quickly dropped off that idea and I'm enjoying my stay here.
-- I tend to find quite a lot of people who are better than me in each and every thing..
-- "Rewards are rarely proportional to the efforts " .. Thats something that one needs to get into his/her mind to survive here. Fortunately, I've accepted this as a fact long time before itself.
-- I think time management would be perhaps my most significant takeaway from this course.
-- Quite a few people are complaining that I'm out of touch with them..I accept it..Time has a high premium value in this system.
-- "Even if you win this rat race, you are still a rat" :-)
-- Every other week, you have a party... And yeah, I still stop at 2 or 3 pegs :-)

Ajith

15 comments:

Unknown said...

You are realizing things much faster than you should, control the speed else you lose faith in the system, which sucks by the way.

See you at the party tonight :)

Chellu said...

But you still get time to orkut ;)

Nikhil C said...

m unable to find the time off to post..oh fin quiz @ 4pm! lemme open the book :D

Unknown said...

Rewards are rarely proportional to the efforts

always account for randomness ;)

Ajith Prasad Balakrishnan said...

@admiral -- hehe :).. Lets see

@bhadra - from my orkut profile ..Five things I cant live without - "roti , kapda , makaan , pani aur orkut"

@nikhil -- Quizzes will come and go. :)

@vinay -- Fan of 'fooled by randomness' ?

Kandarp said...

Rewards are rarely proportional to the efforts

esp if you are trying to impress your female classmates ;)

Ajith Prasad Balakrishnan said...

@kandy -- Experience @ IIMB :) ?

Ravi Bansal said...

Hi,
Similar Observations here Ajith, though for the rewards stuff, I would rather say, "Rewards are sometimes not proportional to the efforts."

THARA MANI said...

The total intake of tea & coffee has increased exponentially!!

Quite surprising as u 're an alumnus IT comp...

Anonymous said...

കൊള്ളാം. interesting read :)

Anonymous said...

I tend to find quite a lot of people who are better than me in each and every thing..

:D

I myself try to concentrate on people who are worse than me and try to be happy about the entire situation.

Anurag said...

wow.....nice post...brought back memories of b school :o)

n WEEKEND party...n JUST 2-3 pegs....COME ON man....

Rakesh said...

welcome to K...:)
avide sugham ennu karuthunnu...
moi really hating work life out here.. wish I ws back at campus...

Quest said...

Hope the revelry has only started ;)

Sreejith Panickar said...

Every other week, you have a party... And yeah, I still stop at 2 or 3 pegs :-)

:-) Spotted this only now... :D