Intern, Duh

Eight hours, of Group Discussion and Interview at the Placement office, finally I got through ITC for an intern next summer. 7 of us got through out of 220 odd who had applied. I must be celebrating, you think. In fact, that's almost the last thing I feel like doing now. A couple of my close friends didn't make it, and I feel really really bad. There's no more excitement left in me, no ecstasy, no nothing. I wanted all the guys in the spons team who applied to make it through. There's this kind of bonding thats there between us that I feel so uneasy that two of us have made it and the other two haven't. Plain uneasiness.

One of them, my closest pal in IITM. And he wanted it so much. There's no way in this world he can't get. But as we all know, shit happens. And it was his turn today. Dammit. Only if we were allowed to interchange interns.

The other, a true stud. I've been in a lot of situations with him, and I know he's just an awesome speaker. The first time it actually helped me. Was in the same GD as me, interviewed by the same guy. Frankly, I just couldn't have pulled off the GD the way I did, without him. He just lead the GD with utter ease, with the leadership quality that comes so naturally to him. I became a sort of his facilitator, and we pulled it off in a nice way. You're worth more than just this maga. There's a Lehman or a Goldman waiting for you.

There's no way I'm better than any of you; the world doesn't always help the best, does it?

Forgetting all that, if any of you juniors are reading this, a few points:

1. It is NOT easy to get into ITC Ltd.
2. Keep your CG high. It's a must.
3. Do your GD well. Speak well, and speak sense.
4. Do a lot of extra currics. Only high CG DOES NOT help.

Umm

By getting into IIT, I was supposed to set an example to my little sister.
I've been partly successful : She now listens to Rammstein and does Maths.

Orkut

Whoever knows me on orkut, please check my album

Impersonation

Here are a few personalities (?) I would like to impersonate for at least a short while.

Himesh Reshamiya:

I want to learn how exactly it feels like to eat, sleep and shit with my nose.

Also, I would like to remove my cap and look at my hair in the mirror for a while, and find out the reason to why I can’t show my hair to others.

I would also like to sleep with women 20 years younger.

Simon Taufel:

I would like to trip Shoaib Akhtar when he bowls, with the hope that he becomes a spin bowler consequently.

Arjun Singh:

I would want to do a few addition sums to see if I get them right. I would also want to shoot myself after that, and write a suicide note saying I killed myself as I was not able to solve 69 - 73.

Jayalalitha:

I would love to pose a challenge to Deccan Chronicle, by having dinner with Adnan Sami, get a photograph with him, and see if the photo fits the first page next day. I would also want to sit on Dayanidhi Maran.

Rahul Dravid:

I would want to tell Dhoni that he looks good only when he’s dirty.

A ball boy in Wimbledon:

I would also like to see more than usual of Sharapova.

Amelie Mauresmo:

I want to have good biceps.

M.F. Hussain:

I want to make a drawing of the Indian Flag with a Nataraj Pencil and sell it for 1 million rupees.

Madonna:

I would want to kiss Britney Spears in public, and do it proudly.

Fabien Barthez:

I would want to know what it feels like to jump up in the air with my legs on the ground.

Udita Goswami:

I would like to go and stand in front of a German shepherd, and check if it mistakes me for an enlarged cat and chases me. Only that if it does, I can’t run.

Kavya Vishwanathan:

I would like to explain clearly to the world that Tamilians are extremely ethical, of which Amma and I (Kavya) are the only exceptions.

Gita says

The Bhagavat Gita says, we all are just entities, plain entities with roles assigned to each one of us to make life move on. More like toys. Happiness and sorrow are not a result of our doings but essentially regularities of life, which exist irrespective of our actions, coming in as a package. Thus, it is always advisable not to ride on a situation of joy, or cry over a happening for too long.

I've been using my dad's laptop for the past 2 months, including at IISc. I got my Dell Laptop from US today. A marvelous piece at very little cost. I had to go to Hyderabad to collect it. Just before I left, I thought of checking mail; put on dad's laptop, checked mail, shut it down. I was about to close it when I heard a rattling noise. Lo! The hinge joint had come off. Apparently, the whole casing has to be changed, it's gonna cost around 10K.

My first day of the fifth semester today. I go to college, find my cycle missing. What's more, I had taken a junior's cycle on the last day of the previous semester, and parked it next to mine. That too is missing. Searched all over the place, for a whole day, can't find it.

I get my brand new Dell laptop, I don't even feel like opening it now.