B-School academics
How would you react when you walk out of an examination hall with no idea whatsoever if you did well or not? I had my marketing final today and was rather bewildered when I walked out of the exam half...
View ArticleJust to avoid studying...
I am writing this post when I should actually be studying for my Statistics final. But then anything beats studying stats and blogging wins hands down :-). The truth is I have no idea what to study.In...
View ArticleBirthday Blues
It is my birthday tomorrow and Diwali too. And I have no idea what to do. I didn't even have time to buy a new dress. I should ideally be getting drunk tonight, I'm doing an all-night-long meeting...
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Thanksgiving at Florida
I was at Orlando for thanksgiving and had a blast. I enjoyed the weather and the 8+ hours of sleep every night more than anything else. We went to Universal Studios and Sea World, it was awesome fun....
View ArticleHappy New Year! And some retrospection
I vividly remember this time last year. I was ecstatic about being admitted to Wharton and was still dealing with the enormity of the change my life was about to take. One year later and after six...
View ArticleThe semester begins with Insomnia
It's 4.18am and school starts today (can't call it tomorrow anymore) and I just can't get myself to sleep. What a way to begin the new semester! I always nullify all the good a break does to me on the...
View ArticleInternship worries
I should get a job. No, I will get a job. I might just get a job. I won't get any interviews. But I have a few interviews. But what if I don't get any interviews from the firms I'm really hopeful...
View ArticleInterview Prep
Ten days into interview prep, I still cannot say I'm confident about landing a job during interview week. This could be one of the banes of studying in a place with 800 students. The conversation in...
View ArticleBack and Blogging!
I relegated this space to cyber-oblivion for more than a year and a half, which is most of my time at Wharton. It was not a hiatus I planned. In fact, it might have been great if I blogged through...
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On the wrong side of 25
Yesterday I was filling out a health insurance application where I had to choose my age from the following bands: 0-17, 18, 19-25, 26-29 and so on. I just got bumped up a band! I've been 26 for a while...
View ArticleProfundity in a garage closet
Today I was looking for a new bottle of mouthwash and recoiled from my chance discovery. I found 2 extra large bottles of Listerine, a pack of 8 toothbrushes, a 16 roll pack of toilet paper, 500...
View Article"Week" is my new unit of time
These days I'm often reminded of the summer holidays of my childhood. I would behave like every day was the last day of the holidays. I would spend every hour of daylight on the roads, playing cricket...
View ArticleOnslaught of the short hair fetish movement
I recently chopped off my hair to a third of its length. I did it purely to cut in half the time I spend tending to my hair and vacuuming my house. My friends from all over the globe were naturally...
View ArticleThinking on my feet
Warning: A lot of retrospection and useless information (that is not fun or funny) coming up.For the past 3 weeks I've been running 5-6 days a week. I seem to need no motivation. I seem not to be...
View ArticleMy Mother...
When I was a child, I was always daddy’s little girl. I could never grasp why my mother insisted that I had to be back home at the stroke of 6pm every day, or why I had to score only 100 in math, or...
View ArticleOn cyber buddies
Friendships that sprout on the internet turn out to be as good as or sometimes even better than those that have lasted several years. Is it that our vetting skills of faceless folk have reached an...
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Bibliophile
I love reading. I've never wondered why. But as with all other things, I vividly remember the beginnings of my oldest and favorite hobby.My dad's brother used to be an avid reader. When I was 5 and he...
View ArticleSo long California...
I'm off to the East Coast! The details are lack luster at the moment. But all that matters right now is that I'm going back to where I want to be. As I pack up and prepare to leave, I have a few...
View ArticleA Cheery Goodbye to 2009!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope 2o10 holds wonderful things in store for you... For the past few days the internet has been inundated with New Year wishes. And I could not help noticing a general theme...
View ArticleDesultory dreams for 2010
It's 12.36am. Too early to sleep. Nothing half decent on TV, as usual. I can't read more than a sentence, thanks to a clogged nose and watery eyes. What better pastime than dreaming up some awesome...
View ArticleThis and that
Wow! It's been a month since my last post. Time does fly. And I hate to see this blog die. Now that rhymed, in a really lame way though. I don't have much in the way of life updates. It suffices to say...
View ArticleAnd the plot thickens...
I had not met a worse commitment-phobe than myself. Well, not until I met A. Now we are both vying for the grand blue ribbon. There was a time when we encountered many situations where people...
View ArticleI am a Label Reader!
Grocery shopping takes me a full hour longer than it should. I more often than not return snacks to their shelves before they can find their way to my cart. I deeply ponder over the different...
View ArticleCombating Compromise: A reflection on business school and beyond
The big news is that I moved to India. The bigger news is that I got a job. And the biggest news is that I got what I wanted! So here's a celebratory reflective rant before I move to Bombay, begin work...
View ArticleA parting look back, A hopeful peek ahead...
What do I say about the year that has been... I began the year, just like any other, with a precise list of goals (posted here). While I hit all of those that were not affected by my move across the...
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