Based on true life events
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted on 21 Aug 2009 under XLRI
So, for my last post, I wrote about what I thought would be the three most demanding days of my life at XLRI so far. I also wrote that if I survived those, I’d survive anything. Well, here I am! And here’s the report on the last three days: I slept that night at about [...]
Posted on 18 Aug 2009 under Life, XLRI
Check it out. It’s 0038 hours, Tuesday Aug 18, 2009. Before I sleep, I have to: Write my Managerial Economics Personal Learning Paper (Assignment 1), for which I need to read an article that I have to find online and then write how much of the article I have understood. The good news is that [...]
Posted on 19 Jul 2009 under XLRI
XLRI conducts two excursions for the first year students. One of them is an Adventure Trip, which basically consists of outdoor activities generally conducted by the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF). This generally consists of outdoor activities which are aimed at promoting team-building and bonding between the students. The other is the Village Exposure Programme [...]
Posted on 16 Jun 2009 under XLRI
It’s 9:33 AM on what appears from this side of the semi-darkened window to be an overcast Friday morning. I’ve been looking forward to stepping foot in XLRI for weeks now—ever since I got a confirmed offer of admission. It represents so many things to me—freedom being among the top on the list. Change/maturity is [...]
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