I cannot compromise on my sleep @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

It's a funny thing really. I never expected days like these. We have to do 6 billion hours of work in a day. I don't know if I feel good about the pressure or not. One thing for sure. There is a lot getting done and I aint complaining about that. \m/

There is one other thing though. You need to sacrifice the sacred thing called sleeping. A LOT OF IT. I however, am a firm believer that sleep is very important for every human. So what to I do. Sleep. Sleep a good seven hours a day. "It's really bad for your health, you know". :P

Yes, I do understand that one needs to stay awake for alteast twenty nine and a half hours a day to ace in Bschool but we are management students. Coming up with a better solution is what we want to be good at. Can a project be more "live" and "involved" as this? Ofcourse not.

You obviously have something you want to do apart from studying. Go to the mall, watch a movie, play poker, drink "fruit juice".. Something.. But you do. And that is obviously more important (I know. I agree with you).

Hey, I did not come up with all this. It was Uncle Bala (Founder of Great Lakes Institute of Management) who said it when he was teaching is Management Accounting. He said, make sure you chill out the day before the exam. So here I am, chilling. Watching "Battleship" followed by "Death Race 3" and then planning to sleep like a Sloth with the air conditioner set at 16 degrees while I'm rolled up with my super awesome quilt that was bought when I was probably in high school.

Like I said, "I cannot compromise on my sleep. Even if I'm @ The Great Lakes Institute of Management"

You heard me.

-Yogesh Babu

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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

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A semester gone by @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

"Swoosh!" That's how 8 weeks here went by@ Great Lakes Institute of Management,  Gurgaon. DAAAYYYUUUM!! I still can't get over it.

I'm trying to recall what I did. Week 1 - We were at Rishikesh, Week 2 - I remember books. Lots of books, Week 3 - I remember a lot of late nights with "Orange juice" and BAM!! It's the eight week. I'm unable to decipher if its a good thing or a bad thing. *goes into thinking mode*

This is how 2am looks like from where we stay. Coutesy - Raj Vikas (PGPM 14)

Good thing? Bad thing? I dont know. What I do know is that I have made friends. The kind who will help you up when need be. And that's not something you come across everyday.

A birthday party every week. A lot of "orange juice" and loud music. The neighbors are wild already. And I do not mean it in the fun way. Get your head out of the ditch man!

This is my first time ever being out of my house and I must say. I'm impressed. Again, I don't know what I'm impressed with. They serve Veg food 99.9997% (Six Sigma) of the time. And when they do, I wanted to throw a fork at the cook, the weather is either scorching or it rains so much that one needs a boat to get around and classes can get killing sometimes but hey! guess what, I'm impressed.

It's a package they say. This is that package.

Term 1 - Thanks to you. My friends in Bangalore are pisd off with me because of this post.


Cheers

-Yogesh Babu

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