22 hour day at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Time, you tend to realize the value of it as days pass by at Great lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

We want to do everything, everyday in the least possible time. Fact is, we are wrong. Time management, a self taught subject, is something we will develop here. And that is pretty evident.

Individual assignments, group assignments and more need to managed well during your course here. Wait a minute! Did I tell you about the assignments already? No?

The weekend was close, not because we could do nothing in the holiday but do a lot. "Man of Steel" in the theaters and I vowed to see the movie when the trailer for the trailer had come out. So there wasn't a shadow of a doubt in my mind that I wouldn't be missing it even if Superman himself asked me not to.

After a standing ovation* (Notice the star sign) for my motivational "Go after your dream!" speech in the Business Communication session, Ritvik (Also an ardent Superman fan) and I forced the Delhi boys to book tickets somewhere, anywhere that one of their cars can take us.

Considering that my day started at 5 in the morning for reasons I am unable to recall (lets assume I was studying), it was incredibly difficult to go for a movie after 8PM but NO! Abhinav Mayaram had plans that could've probably changed his life (or so he claims) and we went on to book the 11:40 PM show. Yes, read that again.

So there we were, with a lot more time in our hands and what did we do? "Beer!", we said. Zaidi and Richa took us to this place called Underdog in Ambiance Mall. The place was OFF THE HOOK!! One of the best sports bars I've ever seen. Moreover, India - Pakistan match was on. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I don't even like cricket. A tonne of photographs later, we realised that that the movie was about to start and we left. Happy, high and more!!

L-R - Zaidi, Richa, Tower, Rithvik & Yogesh - PGPM 14

We barely survived the movie. We struggled to keep our eyes open. Infact, I think I dozed off a couple of times during the movie not knowing what I have missed. It was 2:30 in the morning. By the time the movie ended, I was half asleep. I did not care if Superman was going to die or not. Overall, I liked the movie. It did not live upto my expectation but there were certain scenes that blew my mind. Thanks to the awesome beer at Underdog.

We reached back at 3 AM. Yes, I crashed with my jeans on.


-Yogesh Babu
(www.fb.com/yogesh87)
 
*Did not happen. They probably yawned.

"First Rain" @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

Yes, very sentimental. The expression of the day - Tears of joy. A part of Bangalore experienced. Actually, a part of Bangalore (when bad) discovered.

Walked out onto the verandah and experienced breeze, actual breeze. The kind that is worth mentioning. "There is a God", I said to myself.

As dramatic as the situation was, I heard a bunch of retards singing "Rain is falling, chumma chum chum" (An ancient Hindi song. If you haven't listened to it. Don't bother, you didn't miss much). What a Buzz Kill! *Slaps forehead*

View from Bestech Apartments - Photo Courtesy - Raj Vikas (PGPM - 14)

Speaking of Buzz Kill, a beer in the evening would've been the perfect combination but no, we aren't in heaven. We're at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon and they love to give us assignments. Not one, not two but six hundred and fifty four billion assignments that have final submission dates no more than a week from today. You can just imagine how this day went. Started with an assignment in Marketing and ended with a partly done assignment in Organizational Behavior.

Bliss!!..... NOT.... but I wasn't complaining. It rained for almost 12 hours. So.. "Half-Bliss"


-Yogesh Babu
(www.fb.com/yogesh87)
 

The question of the week @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon:

Dude, did you Karaoke here already?

"No, I didn't" was the answer. As shocked as the Abhinavs were over a beer near the mall. An impromptu plan cropped up. We rushed to our rooms, chucked our stuff and were out within the next 30 mins.

Sumit, Abhinav Tiwari, Abhinav, Yogesh. Some shack near the room. 30 May, 2013.

Somewhere in the middle of cyber city, a place called Route 4 exists. Thursday nights are karaoke nights. Abhinav owns a pretty awesome Honda City (Note: I said pretty awesome. Which means in not among the newer lame looking ones. This one was the best thing on the road in 1998), so we had our way around the place.

We reached the place around 9 assuming it would be empty. We were wrong. We were like bees in a beehive. Clearly, "this place is the shit!!". And to top it off, they had happy hours (1+1 on almost everything)

Our man Tiwari walked in like a boss as he is a regular there and took the mic like it was his birth right. It probably was because HE FLOORED THE PLACE with his kickass vocals.

Yogesh and Tiwari 6 pitchers later @ Route 4, Gurgaon. 30 May, 2013.

I brayed, along with 17,000 other people in the place. Abhinav, the composed one, can sing really well but NO, he disagrees and did not sing (Include foul words of your choice). We're going to make him pay for it. Ritvik, the entertainer, is fun when normal. Super fun when drunk. This guy should be in your gang. Sumit, the Sardar, kept guzzling alcohol like nobody's business. Look away and look back at him and his booze would be over. This Sardar can drink (Just like every other Sardar. Go Paaji!!). Srinivasan, our silent observer, finally opened up and joined the club of being retarded. We are now family.

A lot of Alcohol and a billion songs later, we stepped out to realise that we did not eat AT ALL. All we did was drink. Stopped near a road side parantha place in cyber city and OH MY GOD! IT WAS AWESOME! Hot paranthas, as tasty as they can get, made me feel like I lost my finger prints because of the temperature it was served in. We had them coming continuously. I think we bought the whole Gaadi.

I don't remember what time we got back but we did, safely while we were in the Delhi groove and Sang "Amplifier by Some random guy". It was hilarious.

It was one mental night. We were probably judged and termed as the worst singers in the world but "In the End, it doesn't even matter"

-Yogesh Babu
(www.fb.com/yogesh87)

The Beer was already on the table. To celebrate was inevitable !! \m/

Great Lakes Institute of Management, here I come.

What a way to start!! It was all the more exciting because my student loan got sanctioned on my birthday (15th May). Happy Birthday to me. :)

As happy as I am, the past month and it’s experiences for me in getting a loan has taught me a lot. From how important money and property is to how important a guarantor is (For the loan).

For a while I regretted my past (For being less financially sound, having to ask everyone for help, etc) and wondered should the past have been different, I would not have run from pillar to post like a dog begging for me to study further. More-so because it wasn’t for a car, a house or even something as shallow as jewellery but it was for me to study. And study alone. But I was wrong. And how.

Why? you might ask. Well, if it wasn't for my past and its difficulties, I wouldn't be the person I am today. Today, I feel wealthier more than ever before. I have a family that encourages me, friends who'd pick me up, moments that are worth more than money can buy. For that, I am fortunate.

I have God to thank for that. God and.... a LOT of Alcohol. :P 

"Some people are so poor. All they have is money."

-Yogesh Babu
(www.fb.com/yogesh87)