Well....long hiatus...

somehow those post-Autumns days we were under the mistaken impression that we've made a 'strategic' difference to the company and its fortunes. Also, given our unique travails during Autumns, we thought we deserve some nice chilled-out days in SP. So we spent the majority of Trim 5 doing basically nothing... The HEP guys (for laymen: those sitting for lateral placements) were busy firming up their CVs and convincing themselves that laterals was good for them :-)
We "under-19 World Cup probables" (read non-lateral students) used to spend time attending ppts like zzombies (there were quite a few occasions on Thursdays when we didnt even realise which company's talk we're sitting for :-) , and in general indulge in hypotheses to satisfy our cognitive dissonance needs! PPOs started coming by the dozens, resulting in major sighs of relief to the holders, having got off the mark (Yours truly was one of the fortunate ones :-).

Enter Laterals days. Companies came, companies went, but the story was the same. On a dustbowl of a pitch, and weak opposition, ppl ended up getting 7 and 8 -wicket hauls :-P
There were some who were sure of their targets, so bowled line and length and came away with the desired offer, without bagging too many inconsequential ones.

By the way, before all this, we experienced a period of sloth and slow passage of time, called Trim 5 :-). With the frequency of lectures dipping to less than 2 on an average day, time was at a heavy discount. So the two national pastimes, movies and cricket, got a fair proportion of our mindshare, apart from B-school competitions, whose mails were normally targets of the rude Shift+Delete combination from our keyboard in PGP1 :-)

Which brings me to one shining experience of Trim 5. I made it to the finals of a marketing strategy event at IIM-C's Intaglio festival. Since my partner for the event had to drop out at the last minute, I delivered the presentation alone. But we had an absolute whale of a time. Wonderful events, beautifully decorated campus, really cool weather...twas the ideal recipe for a brk from SP :-). Add to tht the scores of acquaintances i met at IIMC, friends from engg college, Mastek et al.

So here we are, at the fag end of this wonderful course. Ironically we're wondering at this stage, y does all this have to come to an end so soon? Irrespective of whatever people complained of during the course, the hard fact is, we've had some of the most memorable moments here. Unforgetable friends, amazing networking and knowledge/experience of the most varied nuances of life, which would be impossible to appreciate at any other time :-)

Logging off now... to celebrate India's tight victory against the West Indies at Cuttack....got saved by the skin of their teeth due to some gutsy batting by Kaarthik and Agarkar, not to mention smart bowling/fielding.