Hi
Thought will pen a few lines at the beginning of a brand new phase of my life. I am actually back to "school" at 31!!
I recently joined SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai (one of the premier B Schools of India) to do my one year full time MBA and today was the first day of classes. We had to report on 26 th and moved into a brand new hostel building replete with nicely tiled rooms, "geysered" shower rooms, internet enabled network, fully automatic washing machines, housekeeping staff (no need to brooms!!) and large windows with sliding panes. The first day was spent unpacking and settling down (albeit without wife to tell me to slow down!!). Yesterday was the day for registration and relaxation. Actually SPJIMR has its weekly off on Thursdays and not Sundays (and with that goes my weekend attempts to visit the bong friends for home food!!). The legacy of Thursdays is still not known but it has uncanny resemblance to auspicious Thursdays in all Bengali homes!!
Today was the first day at classes and it started with a bang. A morning full of exams! Classes start at 0915 and go on till 1300 and again from 1400 to 1700. Today morning we had 3 exams. The first 2 was a morale booster in its relatively eased standards. But the third was a sledgehammer from Financial Accounting. A 90 mins paper of 50 marks! The afternoon session had a "normal" class and only one session. Thankfully it gave me the time to write out this email and wash clothes!! The washing machine (an IFB digital fully automatic) seems to be perennially running, even at midnight. The cafeteria in the hostel ground floor remains open till 0400 hrs from 2200 hrs (what a timing)!!!
So life is expected to be quite exciting and something to look forward to in the next one year.
