Liberation or Occupation??

The story goes on, every day a new show of arrogance and power...and the world sleeps!
Source: The Guardian

Project Sponsor Evening

There were quite a few people from a range of organisations from the Not for profit to the only for profit, and then there were the "we have an idea"- can you implement it. For some matter not so obvious to me, most people were interested in Pepsi Co infact had a virtual queue set among themselves, I was interested in something else, no I am not talking about food...not this time at least.
It was very interesting how people were acting as per the priorities set forth, there were those who went to explore everyone, checking if the stalls (metaphor) had anything of interest...those who knew who to meet and what to ask, those networking but among the student cohort only, and of course the best bunch...who had come for the food and drinks.

Everyone was applying the newly acquired networking skills and it was so obvious, but really good job guys, we are getting good at it. In one such group, I was a part of, the students just flashed out their business cards (they all look the same) and not before long the company representative had a bunch in his hands, thats what happens when we all benchmark against the same reference.

The evening ended with some camera cheeze with friends, have to see the snaps as soon as I can.

Project Mania

It has started all over again, couple of people at the business school have got it, many have started, some are thinking of it and yet there are a few who don't have a clue. No awards for guessing who falls in the last category. Anyways if you haven't understood it already I am talking about the MBA project, which looks like a distant dream as of now. The problem is where to get started, it all so very confusing, and its amazing at the same time how some people are even into proper job interviews already.
Its time I start taking my own thinking to something before the dooms day, when the point as already pointed out WHERE? You seek a position and they ask for experience, but unless they let you work how can you have any experience in the first place - a paradox isn't it? It's a stressful exercise but I have the best stress buster with me - Sleep, so I am off fellas, have a good night!

The Japanese Party

I had the greatest fun with my work group yesterday. One of the members, a Japanese was kind enough to invite us all for dinner and the experience was fabulous.
It was saturday-supposedly an off day for most, but don't be so sure if you are doing an MBA, so I along with a couple of other team mates spent a significant portion of a rather beautiful sunny day working on an assignment. It was exhausting I should say, their faces said it all - but the good news was that the day was heading towards a dinner party with twin effects; you didn't have to cook your dinner and you could expect to have a very nice time.
So we were all gathered at the venue (the hosts flat-infact the kitchen) one after the other, everyone trying to be helpful, it wasn't even needed - the host was ready with everything in place. It was just a matter of jumping into the act and starting with anyway you wanted.
I was a but apprehensive after my recent experience with food at the University Cafe', I couldn't help it but I was so distasteful after what I ate. Fortunately for the the experience wasn't going to be repeated here, the food smelt great and tasted even better, as if customised to my tastes.
Everyone present seemed in the best of their spirits and that made my day, or night or what ever you prefer to call it.
The get together continued into the night, I think 1.30 am, with discussions about cultures, identities, future plans, careers and what not and of course there was always something to munch on to keep us going. It was time people started saying their goodbyes and disappearing into the night and we were left with the crazy gang if you like and one of my friends was in the mood of mischief. It was great, he spent almost one hour teasing the host with his weird sense of humour and everyone enjoyed it so much, including the host ofcourse.
Finally we all thanked the host for the food and more so for the experience and left the place, but for three of us it hadn't ended. For some reason, it was suggested that we should go to the local cemetery to get the thoughts back in place - I am not sure if that was the best idea, but anyways we did it and like the rest of the day, it was wonderful, peaceful at last.

Battle of Spring Term

Ok guys Term 2 starts tomorrow and the battle begins all over again. Battle of getting assignments, reports, presentations done, stuff understood and exams passed, actually the last part shouldn't be any tricky.
I hear that the people are all geared up with most of the pre-readings already done, I hope to match up to the requirements soon.
I met this new colleague on the cohort over tea today, interestingly his business school allows going on an exchange as an alternative to doing one's project - leaving me all dreamy. Hes done with his MBA and as expected the priority is still the same as mine or for that matter any body else on the cohort - finding a job ASAP.
I am hopeful that the Term 2 will be even more interesting and learning experience for me...InshaAllah!!

I am a Gangs taa!!

Before you get me wrong, I am talking about the movie American Gangster, I somehow felt the movie must be bogus. Infact the opportunities to watch the movie occurred more than just once before today, but as happens on many a times, it never matured.
I had just returned from London to Coventry - Back to School, after the vocational Blast and king size life during the holidays, and what do I have on the platter - another movie.
Me and a couple of my friends rushed through the dinner, infact we had it around 8pm today, which is abnormal for us, as we normally finish dinner by 10pm or 10.30pm. Anyways, this is the first time we went to watch a movie up at the Warwick Arts Centre, its a place in the university itself, with the best thing being the price of the ticket- just 2.5 sterling, now can you believe that!!
My movie started out slowly, very slowly and continued even slower and to tell you the truth I was feeling like sleeping, but then things started to pace up a bit, stuff started to make sense, and like I say - Denzel Washington doesn't let you down (mostly that is). Nice piece of work by Russel Crowe and Denzie.
Here I am telling you about my life and experiences, should you care enough, and already wondering how Term2 is going to shape up.

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