I just saw the tip of the ice berg today!! Yes, little did I think when I woke up this morning that the day was going to be so hectic. In fact, as it was a weekend, I thought the classes may get over soon and we may get some time to relax. I was even expecting a couple of free hours here and there. But in what turned out to be an anti climax of all sorts, we had classes till 8:30PM.
The biggest test of the day, was a run against time. A Case was handed to us at 9:00 AM in the morning supposed to be analysed and solved in a particular format and submitted before 4:30 PM in the evening. And all this in the midst of classes that were going on except for a couple of hours which we could dedicate for the case. The biggest irony here was the non availability of enough number of PC's to sit and work on. Somehow we managed to do it all, but in the end, the satisfaction of a job well done was lacking. This was more so because of the periodic disturbances in the form of other classes we had because of which we were neither able to fully concentrate on the case nor the classes. I frankly believe that such short deadlines do not serve any real purpose, because with the pressure of submission hovering over the head consistently, its actually more difficult to do a fair justice to the case. The quality of the analysis is most likely to suffer. I really am not experienced in this matter, so this may just be the initial fears!!
Most of us missed the lunch for the first time today. And as time passed on, hunger caught up with us. That's when we learnt a precious lesson. Always carry some food item in your bag which you can simply gobble up in a small break here or there. You never know when you'll have to skip lunch or dinner or both.
We are all still waiting for our laptops. We were told initially that the university will strike a great deal with the vendors. When that was not seen happening, the IT team volunteered with a deal. As the details of the deal are still yet to come, most of us are waiting with our fingers crossed. As the IT lab doesn't have enough systems to cater to the entire batch strength and moreover the timings are not too suitable, I wonder how we are going to cope up with the further pressure. As I said, this is just the tip of the ice berg. 90% of the drama is yet to be unfolded. But there is a definite ray of optimism. We at least have a fully functional IT Lab, which our seniors did not have. In spite of all this, if they have managed so well, there is no reason why we should not be!!
Monsoon has finally arrived at Lavale. The breeze is very strong and I am sure we will get to see a lot of umbrellas turning into buckets in the coming days. Moreover the climate is very cool and serene. The evenings are even more awesome. Moreover, the great part is that the clouds are almost passing through our windows. As a result, the outside view is more beautiful than ever before. The sunsets are awesome with the faint tinge of orange over the horizon clearly visible. How I wish I had an SLR!!
Till my next post, cheers!!! Have a great weekend!!!
The biggest test of the day, was a run against time. A Case was handed to us at 9:00 AM in the morning supposed to be analysed and solved in a particular format and submitted before 4:30 PM in the evening. And all this in the midst of classes that were going on except for a couple of hours which we could dedicate for the case. The biggest irony here was the non availability of enough number of PC's to sit and work on. Somehow we managed to do it all, but in the end, the satisfaction of a job well done was lacking. This was more so because of the periodic disturbances in the form of other classes we had because of which we were neither able to fully concentrate on the case nor the classes. I frankly believe that such short deadlines do not serve any real purpose, because with the pressure of submission hovering over the head consistently, its actually more difficult to do a fair justice to the case. The quality of the analysis is most likely to suffer. I really am not experienced in this matter, so this may just be the initial fears!!
Most of us missed the lunch for the first time today. And as time passed on, hunger caught up with us. That's when we learnt a precious lesson. Always carry some food item in your bag which you can simply gobble up in a small break here or there. You never know when you'll have to skip lunch or dinner or both.
We are all still waiting for our laptops. We were told initially that the university will strike a great deal with the vendors. When that was not seen happening, the IT team volunteered with a deal. As the details of the deal are still yet to come, most of us are waiting with our fingers crossed. As the IT lab doesn't have enough systems to cater to the entire batch strength and moreover the timings are not too suitable, I wonder how we are going to cope up with the further pressure. As I said, this is just the tip of the ice berg. 90% of the drama is yet to be unfolded. But there is a definite ray of optimism. We at least have a fully functional IT Lab, which our seniors did not have. In spite of all this, if they have managed so well, there is no reason why we should not be!!
Monsoon has finally arrived at Lavale. The breeze is very strong and I am sure we will get to see a lot of umbrellas turning into buckets in the coming days. Moreover the climate is very cool and serene. The evenings are even more awesome. Moreover, the great part is that the clouds are almost passing through our windows. As a result, the outside view is more beautiful than ever before. The sunsets are awesome with the faint tinge of orange over the horizon clearly visible. How I wish I had an SLR!!
Till my next post, cheers!!! Have a great weekend!!!
6 comments:
the MBA course has had one good effect in ur life, amongst others.... ur blog is alive and kicking, like never before :P
i prefer being crazly busy and exhausted than being bored to death... so have fun!!!!
You may be worried about quality of the output due to Time constraint,But there are some studies where that much quality is not required Example Prepare a case study on a metal It may be general but Within time limit how much you get and arrange is the time management.
They are just teaching you guys time management I think, and another thing is next time you will be more prepared for such time constraints which increase the quality .
Hi.. Nitin . Great going. Your way of expressing and keeping updated on the day to day happening at the college is just amazing. Nice to know that clock is ticking and u got to do multi tasking. It is also hard reality that people are not bothered about the effort but the RESULT. It is very well summarised by you " Tip of the ice Berg" Nice to know that ur enjoying ur stay over there.. waiting to here from u. Have lots of fun...
Cheers
hey i remember reading HAVARD OF EAST or something on this blog or was it somewhere else. But the delayed decision making (buying laptops in your case) is something which we still need to get over with :o Hopefully you guys will bring that difference.
But otherwise, TIP of th ICEBERG is aptly named, and surely if not certainly the pressure is going to build up. But remember to follow your instincts and the inner gut. Cos they are your true guiding beacons.
And keep a banana in your bag and eat it before your bag smells like one.
nice read up this one...I have a few at my blog in the archives ;) do check out..tc and keep writing :)
i guess they are preparing the students with real-life situations from day one ... less time, lack of props, etc... :P
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