Something I wrote about an year back during the B-school days...hence some references which not everyone would understand.
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My head is spinning
Did they actually low down the music? Or is it just me?
“dude, party over or what?”. “…………..”. “dude???”. “………………..”. no point
As I walk back to my room, my thoughts wander to those early days here – the first day (that’s another story…), the first class, the first set of friends, the first JLT... “Crap no, stop dreaming. There is an assignment due for tomorrow, and classes from 9 to 9, and the term project due for the day after, and this quiz thing”…but that’s ok. I ll take them one by one.
So, where was I…yes, the first class! (no, am not going to talk about the first day…come on, I am not suicidal, am I?). I was pretty excited…will sound a little weird to all those tortured ones who know me more, but yes, I was excited. God like profs, strange sounding subjects, and weird looking books…how is a lesser English Grad expected to react to this? Questions like - “How will I manage?”, “What will I do in the class where most would ponder…and I would wonder?” would haunt me. Come on, don’t blame me…they all said b-schools are hell. And what did this lesser mortal do in the first class? Lol…he slept…shamelessly…partly because of the sleepless nights which the seniors passed on to us as traditions, and partly because I had no clue about half of the things the Prof chose to assume that people know! Ahh, what a beginning! But no, Let me be more specific.
Ok, Quantitative methods 1, better known as QM1 here in XIM. Probabilities and graphs and curves (not “those” curves) and equations and what not. The guy lived math: ate, drank, and breathed…everything with math! I sometime wonder if he does a beta test every time before visiting the washroom…to decide to do or not to do! I mean, come on prof, how on earth would I know everything you think I do? You are a member of ISI (the statistics one…and not the other one!), not me. But that’s ok…when more than half of the batch gets a zero in an announced open book quiz, I realize its time to move on!
MC…
…ahem
There are things that you can help…and there are things you cant. Managerial computing falls in the second classification. The guy is god…seriously. In an MC class, things don’t matter…rather they shouldn’t matter. In an argument, he is always right (you know what I mean yeah?). Just a couple of sessions in the course, he’ll make you realize a couple of things:
· He knows technology better than anyone you have ever come across
· He knows accounting and finance better than anyone you have ever come across
· He is more intelligent than anyone you have ever come across
· You are the biggest idiot to have ever walked on the surface of this planet!
That’s it…no more about MC. Request to the person being discussed here (if accidentally he comes to read this): J every thing said upstairs has been said (oops…written) in good humour. So…you know what I mean!
EA 1 and 2: How I wonder if one could average out the energy levels of the two profs in focus here, life would be so much easier for the poor ones who have to sit through those classes. One, all too soft and quiet and ‘lullaby’cally melodious that, not that you don’t want, but you just cant stay awake! The second one…boom. The guy is like the whole economics department of Jadavpur university all pumped up and hell bent on shoving the entire macro-economics down your throat. Even if you are half dead with sleeplessness, he will keep you awake…but he is good. Perhaps one of the most sincere and committed people I have ever known. And btw, his was one subject I really studied.
Question: If a person goes to a television shop and points towards a television set and agrees to buy one of that model, makes the payment there and asks for the set to be delivered to his residential address, and while a third party logistics guy is delivering it to the above mentioned place, he drops the set bang on the door of the house of the buyer, in front of the buyer…who pays for the set?
Answer: @$%&&^&#@
Question: if a person “MS” ( J ) opens a “chana shop” ( J ) in front of the XIMB campus and his assistant sells his “chana” to X without his knowledge at a price lower than the actual price, is the transaction still valid?
Answer: Sir, please……….
Question: X contracts to sell one share of MEL to Y on 01.01.08 for Rs.400. On that date, the market price of the share settled at Rs.375. Y refuses to take delivery…
And life goes on…the second person to make me realize that I actually am the biggest idiot to have ever walked on the surface of this planet! That was Business Law (for the record)
There is a lot more…but I think I should stop. But one course that deserves a mention here is FMGD (Firms, Markets and Global Dynamics). The guy is a saint. Yes, given all the theatrics and the monkey business that he does in the class…he is a saint. Haven’t met a person like him ever before, and don’t think will ever meet. I will not be surprised if a few years down the line he gets a Nobel or something! Ever thought one could predict the future of the world (economically, politically et al)? Ever wondered if even Adam Smith missed out on something very basic while propounding his theories? J Yes!
And I also realize that while writing this last paragraph, I have been extra careful about not making any grammatical mistakes. Come on, the man deserves it!
Yawn…sitting near my window, I see the sun slowly rising. The music is still on (so the party is still on I guess). My head is still spinning. I ll talk about the first set of friends and the first JLT (hehe, I know there are some people who would love to hear my account of the first JLT!) sometime later…have a few things to take care of. Have an assignment due at 9 (that’s like 4 hours from now), term project due tomorrow (hmm…I ll look into that later) and the quiz! I think I’ll go have a cup of tea and then start from somewhere.
And yes…completely forgot…I need to sleep too…for a while. Its been three days!
