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AATI KYA LONAVALA

Hum chale hum chale PG lab pe, finally the end terms are over and we are on our way to lonaval for three days, I am in bus number three (68- 91), am sitting with my very good friends subu and Jay, we chat about mumbai on our way, saw sachin’s house and all the suburbs an our way, passed through navi mumbai on our way to Mumbai pune express way, man it’s a beautiful road u can compare it to Nevada Valley and it wont disappoint u in any way.

We reach Munshi Dam and there are thousands of people over there so we decided to trek our way through the waters up the to the source of the waterfall and believe you me it was an enchanting experience.we are soaked in rain and feeling cold and slipping our way on the hill when we fianaally spot a chai wala and yes our life is made.

We have fun and finally reach Shahani Lodge, I am in room number 222 with Laga Laga laghate and battu and gaurav, other members of the dudez wing jyoti, anubhav shreyas and menon are in room number 227, we are tired an d feeling sleepy, we get up and our called for our first activity at 1800 hrs and we find that our teachers are already there and so we start.

ICE BREAKING- Jyoti, Me and Vinay form a group and we talk about our lifes uptill now childhood and stuff like that, Vinay Bhatt rocks and so does jyoti.

We combine with another group and we are 6 in number now and then in another and so on we become 30 in number and all of us know each other and then our group is named as THE PUFFINS and Adithya is our leader, other groups are Chords and Gladiators.


Assault Trek - A great team building exercise, we had

Cob Web
River
Plank Race
Market

Our subgroup was named as MAVERICK and Had Gaurav, Pahuna, Jyoti, shreyas,Myself and Jha Babu.

Treasure Hunt – Treasure hunt in the afternoon and pahuna saw a snake after every 5 minutes and the clues were as it is very tough so we had a hard time finding them and the rain was hard and we were all drenched to death, it reminded me of QUIDITCH games played at HOGWARTS, we found all the clues opened the locked box found the treasure which was a packet full of Lonalaval Chiki.

Yes we made great friends during these two exercises as all of us came together and came to know each other better.

Puffins comprised of Praveen, Ankita, Nittin, Mayank, Adithya, Meenakshy, Deepti, Pahuna,Keya,vinay, gaurav, jyoti, abhishek, anjali, menon, laghate, myself, jay, anu, karthik, jha, saminathan, Deepak, sunrita, battu, amit and 4 more guys.

Next day we went for trekking and the place was soooo beautiful, it cannot be described we slipped we fell we tumbled but it was all worth it.
Jyoti was put in a water pond and was drenched, we came to know wat an excellent singer ankita is and how good our batch as a whole is,

HIGH FIVE FOR THE TEAM OF HIGH PLACES.

We had cultural nights, lateral dancing and a competition of preparing a half an hour show putting us in the place of a tv channel and attracting itc as an advertiser for our channel.

We had a skit Murarilal Ki Kahani, a dance and competition CROSSROADS and a news item POTPOURRI giving snippets about finance, fashion and Travel and sports news.

Well PG LAB ROCKED, THANK YOU SPJIMR

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Foundation Exams

Foundation Exams

Yes the foundation end term is here and suddenly it seems that the whole hostel is alive and kicking at night, the night canteen wala is thanking is stars and praying that these guys may have end terms through out the year but plz spare a thought for us, hum sara trim toh padhte nahi hain aur end main hi padhna padta hain toh plz pray for us,

The schedule

Friday – Micro Eco – Morning
- Accounts - Evening

Saturday – Quantitative Methods

Yes ye log BACHE KI JAAN LENGE KYA

Well the exams were good, exams are always good only the result is good or bad,

Seriously next time pura trim padhne ka hai sala akhri moment pe pdhai nahi hoti isliye next time I will study hard.

Well I spent two good evenings with my dad, yes it was great, we had a great dinner all my friends Jyoti, Anubhav, Shreyas, Menon and my dad at Salt and Pepper and the time we spent was great, I did some shopping also.

Well I am going to lonavala tomorrow for the pg lab and seniors are saying that it wud be the best toime you would spend at SPJIMR, so wait for my next literary piece for all the details.

LET US ALL PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS

I was in hostel when i heard of the blast and was shocked my immidiate reaction was to first inquire where my dad was because he was in mumbai the same day and was coming to meet me, i was standing on the gate of my hostel and was waiting for my dad to come, he had called up and told that he would reach in 15 minutes, but it had already been 30 minutes i was worried and the networks were as usual down be it any cellular service provider even mtnl phones were down there was panic everywhere, i was recieving calls from home in Delhi and from pune but only sms wwas being sent no calls, and then i see my dad coming in the car and he had no idea about the blasts, well we had dinner together and then he had to go back and i was back in my hostel preparing for the foundation exams. but read on

Yes the day was 7/11/2006 the fatefull tuesday evening when mumbai was rocked with the 7 blasts, yes people welcome to the BLAST CAPITAL OF OUR COUNTRY, why can't these people leave us alone, humne kya bigada hai inka, hats of to MUMBAI ki JUNTA, man these people are great they know how to look in the face of adversity, whole of our nations hearts go out to the victims who suffered due to these blasts.

It required courage to travel through the same trains the next day and the people of Mumbai dissappointed none it was a good reply.

There was a two minute silence observed in the memory of all the victims who suffered and INDIA was one again, SAARE JAHAN SE ACHA HINDUSTAN HUMARA,

A news item from REDIFF



A day after a series of bomb blasts rocked the city, Mumbai is back to normal. Trains on the Central line, Western line, Harbour line were on time. People are all set to go to office and resumed work as if nothing happened.

The Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who visited the Mumbai blast sites and some hospitals, said that the Mumbai police is investigating Tuesday’s attacks but have found no clues so far. He also said that 183 persons lost their lives in these blasts and 714 were injured.
Out of 183 dead, 123 have already been identified and 72 have been handed over to their relatives for conducting last rites, he said.

“The railway ministry has decided to give Rs 5 lakh to the families of the victims and a suitable job to one person in the family. All the treatment expenses would be met by the railway ministry even in cases of private hospitals. Most of the injured will also be compensated. The state government has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the family of the victim,” he said.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation at 8 pm in the wake of serial blasts set off by terrorists in Mumbai on Tuesday.He is also likely to visit Mumbai later this week, the sources said.

Courtesy: Rediff



MUMBAI KI JUNTA ZINDABAD, MUMBAI ZINDABAD, HINDUSTAN ZINDABAD


ANOTHER THING I GOT SBU MARKETING AS MY ADMAP COMMITTEE

RAINS @ SPJIMR @ MUMBAI - IT POURED AGAIN

YES IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE WERE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM,
HAVE A LOOK

RESULT IS OUT ; CALLS FOR TREATS

My Final year results are, and guess what i scored 951 marks out, i am all india rank three, and all india rank two in my course in all the three years, well when my flatmates came to know about this there calls for a big treat, i was already looking at the depression the treat would make in my economic situation.

Well it was decided that we would go to pizza hhut in lokhandwala, and there were 14 of us and the mumbai roads were as usual clogged with water due to heavy rainfall over the past two days and water was knee height, yes and i forgot to mention that the food in the mess is excellant and economical, otherwise there is Vrindavan and Guptaji near by who provide good food, and yes we continued our sojourn to pizza hut in lokhandwala and yes there was confussion as half the people reached some place else and half of them reached some place else.But finally we all reahed pizza hut and had a gala time over there, there was a cake which my friends had brought for me and there were congratulations and accolades being given.

Also during the past week i watched the most interesting movie of my life, i had the opportunity of watching Kubrick 2001: The Space Odyssey Explained,

I would soon be posting photographs of the event and photographs of Mumbai reeling under the Monsoon Rains.




ANY WEDDINGS IN MUMBAI AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, GROOM WOULD START ON TIME BUT WOULD REACH AT THE VENUE THE NEXT DAY.

TOTALLY AT SEA

The studies have started and i am totally at sea with what is happening,understanding economics is highly inelastic, the supply is in excess and the demand is not there at all, just joking our teachers here our excellant and now i know why SPJIMR is one of the best B- Schools in in India, stupid its because of its Teachers, they are the best man.

We have had two quizes in economics and my scores have not been as good as they should have been, but it will take time for me to adjust to the conditions and the subjects which are taught over here, so for me its bye bye to TAJ man, i would join the company some other day but i would for sure join the TATAS, they are icons man and joining a TATA entreprise would be a honour.

Dad left on 21st evening and i really felt alone, here i was alone in amchi mumbai on my own, with no one close to talk to, it really felt bad but slowly i will get used to the way of life here and will go through the motions as of now.

AFTER ALL I AM NOW IN THE FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF THE COUNTRY: AMCHI MUMBAI

Yes you donot know when it will rain here, the weather is highly unpredictible, so carry an umbrella whenever you come to mumbai and yes the roads get water logged even if you wash your clothes.

AND MY RESULT IS EXPECTED TO COME OUT SOON SO KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.

MY FIRST DAY

DATE : 20th JUNE
DAY : TUESDAY
TIME : 09:00 Hours

I was ready and raring to go and not to mention excited, there i was in DOME-3 for registration and it was done, we were given a bag full of books which i thought would be enough for us to alst through out the year, but then came the shock these were the books for only the foundation course we were ready to slog hard.The bag would have weighed a ton and we were given a glimpse of things to come.

Then there was the pre foundation exam, no time to study so just trying my luck and guess what it did work.

Got through the pre foundation exam and was totally exhausted by the end of the day.

Went to dads room and had dinner there, and My brother staying in Pune was there to have dinner with us.

But the deadline to come back to the Hostel was 23:00 Hours and i did not want to late the first day.So i left my dinner in between and was headed back to the hostel.

On my day one I met alot people who were to become good friends over the next two years and form a strong bond of friendship.

FLAT NUMBER 402

OCCUPANTS:
1.Gaurav Bhargav(engnr)
2.Tushar Laghate(engnr)
3.Harish Battu(engnr)
4.Adithya Anand(CA)
5.Saminathan(engnr)
6.Gaurav Agarwal(engnr)
7.Abhishek Chauhan(engnr)
8.Anirudh Daga(B.com)
9.Souvik Das(engnr)
10.Murtuza Karachiwala (engnr)
11.Rohit Baheti (engnr)
12.Anubhav (engnr)
13.MANAV SAHNI (HOTEL MANAGEMENT)
14.Jyoti Prakash(engnr)
15.Shreyas Mehrotra(engnr)
16.Sandeep Menon (engnr)

We formed the occupants of the flat 402, all good in our fields yet so different coming from different backgrounds and staying together.

I AM HERE

Leaving Delhi and leaving my home for the first time was a hostile thought but i got over it and was able to control myself while leaving.My flight was scheduled to leave at 1300 Hhours but it was late by half an hour.

And then the flight landed at the Chatrapathi International Airport, and I was on my way to the place where i was to spend the next two years of my life, I was off to Bhavan's Campus, SPJIMR.The taxi wallah on his way to the campus very really banged the car into a an Autorickshaw, but God Saved us.

I went to the Hostel and my Roomie to be Anubhav was already there and unpacked,the only solace was that through all this time my Dad was there with me to support me.

Well finally the luggage was opened and set up and i realized that the room was really very small and we were given only half an Almirah.

Well after a little time i went back to dads room had dinner and was back to my room for the first time to sleep, well that was what i thought would be but some other people had some other ideas......................... it was the H