Playing basketball helps you concentrate on studies. Experiences @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

Yes, you read it right. Basketball does help you concentrate on your studies.

My study began a week after I played basketball. Now you're wondering why a week after. That's because I was limping with a cast all over the place.

"Sportsman Spirit", he called it. The radical human being who "checked" me FROM BEHIND. Yes, EXACTLY!

Looking at the swelling on my foot, I went to the nearest hospital, Columbia Asia. WHAT A RIPP OFF. Oh my god! Freakin insane. The X-Ray, Bandage, POP and the medicines all combine came to a good 1,600 bucks. "Not bad for a super specialty hospital", one might say but then came the actual bill which included the doctors labor charge for  a PISS-POOR job in putting a plaster for my bad ankle, a whopping 3,800 bucks. WTF right! One can only imagine what they'd charge for something like a simple surgery. Guess, they'll charge more than what Dr. Devi Shetty would charge for his most expensive treatment. COLUMBIA ASIA, never again.

Term 1 - Team 9 - L-R - Vivek, Yogesh, Yashpal,Anshuman, a few laptops and no bed spread. Location- My room @ GLIM 

Getting used to the cast took a while but I did. I had to. Flew down an Aircast from Bangalore to compensate the crap which the doctor at Columbia Asia put on my ankle as I had to wear it for four weeks. In the meantime, apart from gaining weight, I was very involved in my project work. Which I must admit turned out better than what I expected. \m/

Stuff you learn in B-School, "You're here to compete, no matter what the ground. There is always trying to get you from the back." (No negative connotation intended. You pervert!). FACT.

Cheers!

-Yogesh Babu

(www.fb.com/yogesh87)

Party @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

It was Day 1 of induction and we had sat through more than 10 hours of lectures. In which we had some fantastic Powertalks from CXOs of 2 companies (Mr. Sandeep Aggarwal. Founder and CEO, Shopclues.com and Mr. Eric Fridolfsson, South Asia Head, IKEA).

All this before the course even started. Looks like its going to be a year to look forward to.

What was initially planned was the lectures to round up by 5:30pm and us to change and go for the Convocation Party at around 8 pm. As expected, we couldn't follow that schedule, the lectures went on till 7:30pm and we had to go to the party directly from College.

Left to Right - Abhinav, Yogesh and Srinivasan.. Club Rhino, Gurgaon.(23rd May, 2013)

One drink, two drink, three drink, four. That's how it went down and Club Rhino in Gurgaon. Teachers and senior batch students were recollecting the time in the past year went by. Realized that we're only a year away from a party like this organized for us (PGPM-14) and marked our calendars.

  

Left to Right - Rithvik, Richa, Ehtisham and Yogesh. Club Rhino, Gurgaon. (23rd May, 2013)

A happy evening came to an end, some people more crazy than the others. We headed back to the rooms in a not so stable state knowing that we're going to have a crazy hangover (Which eventually happened) the next day as we had to get up really early for the convocation of the previous batch from from Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

PS - COMPLIMENTARY SNAP!

 

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WHEN THE DRINKS HAVE KICKED IN! Club Rhino, Gurgaon.
(23rd May, 2013)

Good Night!!

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