Music | Life | Love | …and the lack thereof
Posted on 07 Mar 2010 under Journal/Life Updates, XLRI
So I recently bought a second-hand motorcycle from a senior at a wonderfully knocked-down price. It’s perfect because though I’ve learnt how to ride, I don’t have much practice. An old bike is really perfect since if I fall off or something, a few scratches and dents would probably give the bike more personality than [...]
Posted on 04 Mar 2010 under Journal/Life Updates, XLRI
It’s getting hotter day by day. One of these days, I’m going to have to start taking a shower with cold water again. If that alone is not strong enough proof of the fact that summer is just around the bend, consider this. What word do you most strongly associate with “summer afternoons”?
Lazy.
Everybody has had [...]
Posted on 20 Feb 2010 under Life, XLRI
After a long, long time, I woke up early a couple of days back to study for that afternoon’s Production Management mid-term exam. It was a glorious grey sky morning, cool and peaceful. It might be a huge coincidence, but every time I have a test or exam for which I’m not 100% prepared, the [...]
Posted on 15 Feb 2010 under Life, XLRI
Back when I was in 9th class (or was it 10th?), Hyderabad witnessed furious rains that flooded a small open drain (the best English translation of nala I could come up with) in Begumpet, which caused school to be shut down for about a week or so. This happened very close to exam time, and [...]
Posted on 01 Feb 2010 under Journal/Life Updates, XLRI
Life and I more than occasionally share a hate-hate relationship. I’ve often said that life is a female dog. Really, though, it’s a roller-coaster ride with a crazed loon on drugs at the controls. Every once in a while, life surprises you by sending you a hell of a day, and I mean that in [...]
Posted on 17 Jan 2010 under Random, XLRI
Last year, towards the end of September, there was a huge media spotlight on a special week — The Joy of Giving Week. It was celebrated from September 27 – October 3, 2009, and consisted of various events aimed at raising cash, food and clothes for the under-privileged. It was quite grand and XLRI played [...]
Posted on 01 Nov 2009 under Life, XLRI
When was the last time you filled out a questionnaire and one of the questions was “5 things you can’t live without”? How many times have you read someone else’s list and found a few clichés that seem to permeate a lot of lists…music, laptop, phone, etc.
On my list, I’ve often included some, if not [...]
Posted on 28 Sep 2009 under Random, XLRI
I’ve already written in previous articles about how my decision to bring my speakers from home to XLRI has been a good one. I play music almost all the time now, and it sounds great. But every now and then, I feel like pulling out my trusty noise-isolating earphones from the drawer in the study [...]
Posted on 21 Sep 2009 under Journal/Life Updates, Life, XLRI
It’s 10:50 am. I’m sitting in my room and listening to music from the soundtrack of the game Need for Speed: Underground on my Creative SBS A300 2.1 speaker system with sub-woofer. I’m quite relaxed because there’s no scary deadline in my face, my room-mate is asleep on his bed, and the room is nice [...]
Posted on 19 Sep 2009 under Humour, XLRI
Project submissions are a part of life in XLRI. Actually, it’s not only projects…there are submissions for assignments and personal learning papers too. And it’s quite hectic, because there are submissions every few days. It can get maddening, and initially, it can be quite intimidating. Luckily for you, I’ve compiled the definitive guide to completing [...]
