It is said that everything that has a beginning has an end… The past is dead and gone. My life at XIME is a history now. But it did hand over a key to me… a key to the door of another world. When I opened it, I saw nothing but a deep and dark [...]
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Some believed they had never seen a batch as fantastic as the 13th one, while others carped that they had never seen any worse. People shared different opinions! But, if you ask him about his personal opinion, he would say that the 13th batch was neither better nor worse than any other batches before or [...]
PART 15 – SOMETHING COMES MY WAY!!!
Posted: August 12, 2009 in My life at xime...Tags: Amal, placements, Xime
“Hope I am not disturbing your writing” Pulusan walked into my room on that convocation night. He had become one of my great friends by then. Also, Pulusan was not a ‘stupid kid’ any more. Two years of MBA life had changed him a lot… He was hired as a Marketing Manager by one of [...]
It had been in my mind since the beginning of the sixth term… I always wanted to start it. Yet I couldn’t… When my exams got over, I found myself in a different world… like most other students. Uncertainty and fear of unknown orbited around my small world all the time. I wanted to do [...]
PART 13 – THE BATCH 13 FAREWELL …
Posted: July 28, 2009 in My life at xime...Tags: Amal, Batch 13, Farewell, Xime
If there is something which is constant in life, then it is the ‘change’. It’s an old saying, but holds truth. Changes are an integral part of life… and of XIME too. The main topic that was discussed in the college during those days was ‘placements’. Recession was at its peak. Newspapers were loaded with [...]
The winter vacation was, again, fun filled… Like last time, we three met up and discussed the plan. It was a one day trip last time and we felt that it was too short. So we decided to organize a two day trip… “How about Ooty or Kodaikanal?” Irvin asked… That was a great suggestion [...]
One day when I went to college, I saw some of my batch mates talking gloomily about someone… “Who thought man that this would happen to Lehman!” One guy said sadly. “Ya, that’s true. But, what will happen to the rest of them now?” the other one responded… I stood there baffled… “What happened to [...]
PART 10 – THE NEW ‘TEST PIECES’ WALK IN…
Posted: July 16, 2009 in My life at xime...Tags: Amal, Xime
“Baiyya, ek cover dhoot de dho” one among a group of boys asked the shop keeper. They all were talking animatedly about their classes … Yes, those were the new test pieces of XIME… the ‘Just Joined’… & enjoying their honeymoon time!!! It was around 9.15 pm and I was returning to my room after [...]
PART 9 – CRASHED INTO THE ROCK BOTTOM!!!
Posted: July 13, 2009 in My life at xime...Tags: Amal, Xime
The Monsoon season had already started… one of the loveliest climates … The rain and the chilly weather in Bangalore during this time seduces one to be lazy and cozy all the time. The one who suffers most here is definitely the alarm clock… It starts the day receiving ‘breathtaking’ abuses from left, right and [...]
PART 8 – TWO THINGS THAT CHANGED ME !!!
Posted: July 11, 2009 in My life at xime...Tags: Amal, Xime
‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get!’ the famous quote from the Hollywood movie ‘Forest Gump’ and one of my favourite quotes… One should Always be prepared for the unexpected… that’s the second lesson I learned, but through the hard way. Lot many things were happening in the [...]
