The carrot at the end of the stick
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
There seems to be a lot of things happening at the same time on campus and suddenly the whole campus looks empty!! One more week to go for the Term-1 Final exams. Wednesday and Thursday, we would have the last sessions for the 4 courses this term... Time does fly too fast.
There is lots to write regarding the happenings in the past one week, but I am going to keep them all to write in my term break, when I would be in Chennai. Now its time to prepare for the exams and so would be writing only a few words in the coming week too. The assignments for the term are still not over... Accounting final assignment which comprises a major component of the course is to be submitted on Thursday. I am getting to learn how to read and analyse financial statements prepared with 3 different accounting standards (GAAP) and I am enjoying doing it. I am happy there are no more Economics assignments for the term!! Final exams are on monday and tuesday of next week. Need to keep up the energy and the momentum for one more week before taking a break for 5 days :)
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Rohm and Haas
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
The title refers to a leading company in chemical technology and the context here is that we are working on a marketing case study for one of its Metalworking fluid biocide! No, I am not going to write about the details of the case... so breathe free :)
On the first day of the term, we had to be prepared with a Kodak Funtime case study for the marketing course... and I remember having hazy ideas of what to do with a case study before the first lecture of the course! In one week, we had an evaluated assignment on the Gillette Indonesia case and the whole campus worked hard to deliver their best. I, with a lot of others, was amazed by what we had learnt in one week (2 lectures of the course).
Now as we work on the Rohm and Hass case, I can see that the learning has only increased and we are able to work faster and better as a group. The strategies are formulated quicker and the number crunchers are at their best! Hope the exponential learning curve continues...
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Party Time!!!
Sunday, May 22, 2005
I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend yesterday evening as I partied without an end! Went to TDS and danced around for a couple of hours before heading for another party inside the campus! The fun continued to the pool and everyone (including me) got dunked. All part of the celebrations for the new GSB president at ISB.
I guess I have partied enough for the rest of the term included and I better spend my time fruitfully for the next two weeks :) The weekend seems to be ending fast and I need to buckle my shoes and get back to the roller-coster ride which I am learning to enjoy!
As a closing note for the day, something that made me very happy today... I maxed my second eco assignment. I know its nothing in magnitude and does not reflect anything but just made me smile that I could do it around a bunch of very competitive people.
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Half way into the Beginning...
Saturday, May 21, 2005
I have been thinking of blogging for a real long time and have atlast laid the foundation stone! I am at the Indian School of Business doing my one year fast track MBA and would be sharing my life's events out here.
I am already half way into my first term before I write my first blog. So I dont promise any regularity in what I am doing :)
I joined on april 15th and had a week of pre-term classes which I attended and also bunked a few classes (right in the first week!)... followed by a week of orientation which was fun. Before the classes begun, we also had the talent night where the class of 2006 showcased their immense talents. I taught 6 couples to do Tango and I felt really good when I saw them dance on stage :)
When the classes begun in May, we didn't know what hit us. Time has been flying really fast and we have already given our mid term exam! Can't believe that the term would end soon on jun 7th. We have 8 terms in the year and we do about 4 courses every term. This term, we have Managerial Economics taught by Amit Bubna from ISB, Financial Accounting taught by Mark Finn from Kellogg, Marketing Management taught by Scott Ward from Wharton and Asim Ansari from Columbia and Statistics taught by Robert Stine and Richard Waterman from Wharton. The faculty is the major positive factor at ISB and I couldn't have asked for better!
Today we had the statistics mid term and I have had a overdose of the course in the past one week. We have an economics assignment, two marketing cases and an accounting assignment to go for the weekend, other than the studying for monday's classes. Today I needed a real break - I watched the movie "Home Sweet Alabama" and I might go out in the evening with my friends... Tomorrow, I would be back to the MBA life again!
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