I wanted to post this one long ago. But chaotic days in college barred me from writing & posting this one. Well, ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai has always been celebrated for its marketing trade. It is mostly because of the renowned marketing faculties that it has. One of the latest additions to that eminent list is “Mr. Green TZ”. I am still to know his name & I would like to call him as “Mr. Green TZ” because the very first time I saw him in the class, he was in a dark green round neck American teen ager kind of t shirt stretching almost up to his knees. He had a bracelet surrounding his LEFT wrist. I wonder how many chewing gums he had but he kept on chewing them throughout the class. When he entered the class the first thing that he did was to keep his mobile phone & a pack of MARLBORO cigarette on the table much to the attention of the smoking community of the class. Had I seen him somewhere else, I would have taken as a “wanna be” who says “I love my India, But I Love America even more.” I don’t know why he gave me a united appearance of Carlito & John Cena (WWE). But later on after getting to know his achievements, I was just so taken aback. Imagine a person, having this kind of an appearance, talking in the most casual manner possible, has been a BRAND MANAGER in companies like Hindustan Unilever & AC Nielson. He is an MBA from K.J. Somaiya institute of management, Mumbai & also has some parallel degree from Harvard Institute. You know when exactly I came to know that he is an MBA. It was when he put in the picture a word not once but twice. He finally said the favorite word of all our faculties: “VALUE”. When he said something else apart from studies he was a fun to watch & when he explained the basic marketing concepts, he talked only sense. That was a class of a lifetime, I would say. He came as a breather also bearing in mind the person whom he replaced (ha ha). Well this is not my final verdict though. These industry top guns have a knack of making an electrifying impression first time. I will have to analyze him once more to give my ultimate decree. Till that you guys enjoy some of his statements of that day.
• Tum log ROZ daaru nahin peete ???
• Tum main se kaun kaun DESI pita hai ???
• You all will land up in a SHITY organization.
• You must ask questions to your PROFS. (He actually meant Professors)
• Main koi GYAN nahin de raha.
• There is no PILOT, SILOT or PLANE study.
• Desi pilo for some days to buy a book of Porter.
• Fuc*** shit a** (I don’t remember which context did he use this one in, but he did it twice or thrice.)
• Tum logon ne daaru nahin piya, padhai nahin kiya, ladki nahin patai KYA KIYA HAI TUMNE AAJ TAK.

The ULTIMATE 1 - Ye tumhare KOTLER wotler jitne budhhe hain na saare mere TEACHERS reh chuke hain.


Take care Guys. I would be back soon.

Hey all.

I was just flipping through the pages of “MINT” on 6th August when I came across this article. Thanks to my finance faculty I had to run here & there madly in the college just to collect a newspaper. Finally I got it from a guy studying operations. I wonder what the finance guys are up to. ; ). Obviously I did not read the business article that I was supposed to in the class but this article captured my attention. The title was “Here’s a pop quiz: What does KUTGW mean?” by Stephanie Raposo. The article mainly focuses on some of the code words & short words that we generally use as the shorthand texts. There is no point in summarizing the whole article. So I am just giving some of the shorthand terms with their meanings which I found interesting. Have a look guys. This is damn appealing.

IWSN I Want Sex Now
UG2BK You Got To Be Kidding
PAW Parents Are Watching
99 Parents Are No Longer Watching
BIL Boss Is Listening
GNOC Get Naked On Camera
LMIRL Let’s Meet In Real Life

This is a very interesting list. So if you get some time do CIL (Check It Later) the article once. I just want to say IAL (I Am Tired). So HAND (Have A Nice Day) & give me a ^5 (High Five).

Well I am yet to watch the movie but my peers have already started eulogizing. This makes me write this one & hopefully I would be able to watch it this week. You see one more reason to scream loudly “MBA SUCKS”. Well it’s a great combo actually as I have been a great fan of Imtiaz Ali since his “Socha Na Tha” days. Apart from his skills as a director in romantic movies I like another fact also that he is an alumnus of my college. Saif has always been one of my favorites & Deepika being the daughter of a sportsperson is appreciated by me. So let’s see if I can take some time out & watch the movie.
Talking about my love aaj kal, I am going to put in plain words about the first real affair that I had & the current one ; ).

Love Kal – I guess I was in class 9th then. Till 8th I had studied in different co-ed schools. It was a thing that I had never really become conscious of. I mean why would have I? But suddenly landing up in a boys’ only school was a completely different experience all together. All of a sudden I started realizing the importance of having girls in a class. I mean girls are so sweet when they are your friends. They keep you updated about the happenings in the class. They put in writing lecture notes all 365 days & all you have to do is to give her a chocolate & she would give her complete notes. I remember a girl in my school who used to photocopy the notes herself & give that to me. Oh I miss those friends of mine; not because I used to exploit them ( ; ) ) but they were real sweethearts. Ok coming back to the topic, when I was spending a chunk of my time with boys, the two hours tuition class in the evenings was a breather. There were 4 girls I suppose & believe me all were pure, delicate damsels. Obviously their curves were more interesting than the boring geometrical curves that we used to learn in that tuition. Well there was this girl who kind of liked me for some silly reasons. I still wonder how she could like me. But as it is very rightly said pretty girls do not have brains, she was no different either. Anyways I got to know about all this but just like a “shaant, sushil, innocent” boy I did not pay any attention to it though I had started noticing her. Then one day all of a sudden she asked for my book & within a few minutes gave it back. I was not in a frame of mind then to flip through the pages. So I took it back & came back home. I did that at night & to my utter delight she had given me a long (really long) love letter in it. Oh man!!! I was left flabbergasted. I read that letter six to seven times that night. She was coming with her father & I was coming on bike (a CD-100 SS of my Uncle) before that. That day I collected the courage from nowhere & asked her father not to come & pick her up after the classes. I said I could do that as I was also going in that direction. He was not very sure but ultimately had to nod his head because even his daughter wanted the same. Aah!!! It was a dream coming true for me. I mean giving a lift to a girl those days was nothing less than an achievement. We started sitting together in the tuition. We went to nearby places holding hands in hands. We talked for hours through the voice call facility of yahoo messenger (neither of us had a cell phone then). That was LIFE for me. I will have to cut it short now as I can just go on & on writing about this. To give you the latest update I am still in contact with her. We are no longer into that relationship but we are still good friends. She is also doing her MBA. Who knows, with a bit of luck our paths would cross someday again.
Love Aaj – I have already written so much about her. So all you guys. Better give your eyes a break & wait for my new post.
Have a good life. Take very good care & remember one thing
TRY TO GROW IN LOVE RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE SAME LOVE TO GROW IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HEART.

That’s the score line I ended the day with. It was a series of tournaments which was totally dominated by my team where we won 9 tournaments of 5 matches each & my opponent team could do that only once.

FLASHBACK – The series was at par with both the team winning 4 tournaments each, but their team was definitely stronger on paper. The 4 tournaments that they had won were with pure class & supremacy. The 4 that we managed to do were not influential at all. We just managed to do that.

D – DAY – It was a pretty boring day as I got up in the afternoon not attending any of my lectures. So I was pretty fresh to start with. I had a delicious WADA PAO as my breakfast & lunch & warmed up for the tough series ahead.

LAUNCH - When I was playing for the state in the 2004-05 season, I had one problem which is still bothering me. For the first 20 odd deliveries of my innings I am exposed to throw my wicket away. Even my coaches tried a lot those days but it was out of their control also. I still remember how many extra jugging rounds I had to do because of this. I had that in mind. But you know what I again got out for a golden duck in the first match. Other players could not do much & we lost the first match.

THE TURN AROUND – The very second match we fought back & we fought back hard. We won it convincingly & went on to win the next two matches also to win the tournament 3-1.

MY SWEARING IN – It was the fifth match of the series of tournaments where they scored the highest score ever. All were jubilant & already in a mood of celebrations. I took charge & went to bat first. I chased down the herculean score single handedly & rest of my team had to applaud sitting in the pavilion only.

TEAM MATES – Sanjay & Naveen also had a great series of tournaments. The main thing was no one really outshined the other. It was a collective team effort that made us the winners.

FINAL SCORE –

1st Tournament – 3 – 1
2nd Tournament – 3 – 0
3rd Tournament – 3 – 1
4th Tournament – 3 – 1
5th Tournament – 3 – 0
6th Tournament – 3 – 0
7th Tournament – 3 – 1
8th Tournament – 3 – 1
9th Tournament – 2 – 3
10th Tournament – 3 – 0


Total Matches - 37
Matches Won - 29
Matches Lost - 08
Winning Percentage - 78.37