quarter life crisis??

ur pictures then were BlacknWhite..
now Greys shown its ugly face..
then u spoke n did as u like,
now u measure every stride..

then u were moved by small things..
now u move only when drunk..
then cricket was life..
now u wonder why??

hehe..

doesnt this sound more like a personal diary.. why am i tellin so much abt myself to the entire world..

well.. thats the advantage of not being a lady, n a beautiful one.... U get ur personal space.. :)

Riteshes..

never met so many Riteshes together..
here, there is a RiteshC, a RiteshG, a RiteshS, a RiteshU and a RiteshV.
and considering that Ritesh is not that common a name.. one cud infer that the name brings intelligence with it!.. so just in case, u want ur kid to be intelligent, name him Ritesh..:)

n.. btw.. we are together doing a project!!

Kolkata Times.. World War

Kolkata Times, Dated August 8, 2006

long time..

have been here for a month and a half now.. survived the hectic life, the loadsa notes n books to read, the quizzes in between, the sporadic xtracurrics, one mid term and a world war!!!

whats this world war thing..lemme tell u.. iimcians r just crazy abt it.. they say.. that in these 2 yrs the one thing u ll remember most is the World War.. n so far I agree.. it takes competition to the next level!!! Mid terms got over on Friday.. heaved a sigh of relief.. after weeks of long hrs of studies, we wud finally get well deserved rest, n all above sleep over the weekend.. Did I say Sleep!!!!:D:D:D.. wat was in store for us...was totally unbelieveable!!

k.. gettin to the nitty gritties a bit.. world war is a fight between the 3 hostels here.. OH(Old Hostel), WH (White Hostel)n NH (New Hostel)!! only the 1st yr junta in each participates.. each hostel has a theme.. n a leader.. the events r like raids, tyre raids, skits, march past, makin n puttin up banners, decoratin ur hostel as per ur theme, loads n loads of slogans, expletives, runnin arnd, filth etc etc!! and guess it goes without saying that it is a 24 hr thing.. the raids etc can take place anytime.. so literally.. no sleep for 2 days.. except those half n hrs naps in between...

firstly..for puttin up banners. u ve to compete with other hostels for vantage positions across the campus.. the positions r open frm 0200hrs on the 1st nite.. n get occupied by 0203 hrs.. well the judges come to check at 0530 hrs.. so ur supposed to hold fort for abt 3 n half hrs.. welll thats easier said than done.. i was there at the entrance of another hostel holdin 2 ropes tied to the pillars, a la jesus christ for 3n 1/2 hrs, amidst all the rain!!! :D..

the raids.. theres this fortress in each hostel.. it cud b the quadrangle or a terrace.. which u r supposed to guard.. round the clock (we raided other hostels at 0330hrs and 0445hrs)!!!..other teams cud raid anytime.. they come n make formations.. shout slogans.. typically 1234, ki G#$d Maar etc.. (theres no sharmo haya.. the girls join in too!!! strategically its better when they shout.. they have more shrill in their voice )..the slogans r as innovative as they get..(there r points for that also!!).. urs truly also made his humble contributions.. and it is all done very professionally..:).. theres a seperate gaali team, a strategy team, a surveillance team etc etc..n amidst all this.. ur supposed to maintain ur distance..dont get physical!!

then.. ther is the baap of all.. the tyre raid!! n its not some small tyre.. its a tractor tyre weighing 300 kgs!! each hostel has to dig up a pit, put the tyre in and close the pit again turn by turn.. the other hostel then has to dig it out!! n while doing that.. absolutely anything can fall on u.. dirty water, tamatar, anda.. sambhar, dal, all type of sabzees..chicken curee.. all of which r upto a week old!! u have 3 teams working down.. the digging team, the supply chain and the tarpolin team.. I was part of the tarpolin.. the job was to hold a huge tarpolin above the diggers.. so that the filth above doesnt fall on them.. the secret while doin this for abt 3-4hrs is.. DONT SMELL YOURSELF!!! n btw..we dd it in record time..2hrs 29 mns!!! it was a perfect example of teamwork n coordination! for 2 and half hrs.. r opponents weer smiling.. shouting all kindsa bad things at us.. but then when we removed the cover.. they were all dumbfounded!!

on the last day.. u need to decorate ur hostel as per the theme.. n do a march past... our theme was knights templar.. n during the march past.. our leader actually sat on a horse!!!

well.. u ll b thinkin what crap.. then u ve to be here to feel it, believe it.. I mean whats at stake.. why do u have to stand all nite just holding a rope.. or why to give ur everything to just get a tyre out amidst all the shit!! well then there is something.. theres this sense of belonging.. of a team..a sense of pride!! ur tired n demotivativated.. n see ppl around.. n the kind of effort they r putting... thats enuf to get it all back!! 2 days.. day in n day out.. u do the most menial jobs.. for ur hostel!!! the kind of comraderie that develops after that is just amazing!!! u strech urself, both physically n mentally beyond the stretch of every imagination!! u just sit outside a hostel, waiting in anticipation for another hostel to raid!! at 3 in the morning!!

newez.. I cudnt last the entire stretch..beyond a pt.. ur body says no!! i fell asleep sunday at abt 5pm.. n woke up only at 9am the next day!!! :D

until the next edition..
this is Ritz.. signing off..

blah..

.. 4 gone.. 1 more to go..
it is so difficult to resist the temptation of surfing the net.. writing a blog..

it is so unfair on Economics.. just because it was placed last in the list of exams.. it doesnt get the attention it deserves.. Stats n Finaac take away all the glory.. ppl just heave a sigh of relief.. just tha the 2 dreaded ones r over.. doesnt matter whether they were good or bad.. never think abt ur sunk costs..:)..

newez.. Eco is the silent assasin.. the understated, undermined underdog.. it wud quietly be the last man standing.. n strike back on Judgement Day!

..the race..

the 1st question that creeps into ur head in this place is : Do I belong?
u r in the midst of brilliance.. everyone around is an achiever.. everyones come here after cracking agruably the toughest post grad exam in the world.. it doesnt help being mediocre here.. it doesnt help being a jack of all trades.. u have masters here in all trades ur a jack in... u ll find atleast a 100 profiles in the batch that r better than urs.. someones a JEE top 100, another has represented the his state at some national level event.. be it swimming, cricket, elocution, quizzes.. u name it..

then.. the grind starts.. its not abt how good u are.. its abt being better than the next person.. ur talkin statistics at totally new levels.. and an absolutely novel concept called finance..subjects that ur supposed to master in 2 months time..everyones got his or her own way of making sense of things.. so b careful.. whn u try to clarify doubts.. u mite end up even more confused!..

and..it doesnt help when u ve screwed up ur 1st 2 quizzes.. ur classmates r already 4-5 percent points ahead..n ur already playing "catching up" .. as it is very rare that most of them wud screw up! nothin is absoute.. the concept that if it is tough for u, it is tough for everyone doesnt apply.. while ur in a paper.. u feel.. this is like impossible.. n u go out only to realize the buzz is abt how simple it was! ppl r good at lateral thinking.. infact they r experts at it!

and finally.. everyones ready to put in efforts.. call it SuperEfforts!.. u slog the entire day.. and at 3 am, u feel that uve done a good job... only to realize that lights r on all around u n ppl r slogging their butts even harder!!

so it gives u confidence when u do ur 1st mid term paper well..(or atleast think uve done well..:).. ive got used to expecting something n getting something absolutely different..literally n otherwise..).. u get a feeling that ur one of them.. that ur thinking is not all that wrong.. that ur also there somewhere.. that u belong..