5 hrs of socializing at the cafe is neat way to network with peoples at ISB. You see all sorta junta.
- Junta who simply want to eat and get out of the place real fast. Half of them are grabbing a bite or a shot of caffine in between classes, the other half is busy for nothing
- Junta who want to catch the latest gossip, news on the Indian economy, Bush's latest plan to invade a country that is rich in stinger missiles - in that particular order
- Junta who just pass by the cafe. They are generally heading towards the dining hall or coming back after grub. The rest of them are either roaming aimlessly in search of world peace or wander about trying to figure out what went wrong (at least thats what the chaiwalla looks like)
- Junta who think that someone is waiting for them at the cafe
- Junta who are waiting for some junta to come over to the cafe
- Junta who are looking for people with cigarettes
- Junta who want to meet me

With that classification out of the way I think that a list (yes, another list!) of stuff you can cook with gin is in order. Given the amount of gin stocked up in this joint one needs to figure out new cocktails and mixes. So here's stuff that we have tried (or plan to mix in the next 1 month)
- Gin + lime
- Gin + soda/pepsi/coke/sprite.... u get the point
- 30 ml Gin + dash of lemon + top with lil beer --> Midha special --> Beginnin Shot
- 30 ml Gin + dash of lemon + any juice --> Midheshwar special --> Jugglin Shot
- Dirty Martini : 62.5ml Gin -Dash of Dry Vermouth -Dash of Olive Brine (Water in Olive Jar)-Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a Martini glass- Garnish with an Olive
- Salty Dog : 50ml Gin -125ml Grapefruit Juice -Shake with ice and pour into a salt rimmed highball glass filled with fresh ice

Nothing
Thats what Ive been doing these days. The doing nothing bit has become such an important part of the day that I have to stay awake for an additional coupla hours just so that i complete my daily quota of doing nothing. Infact I've perfected doing nothing to an art form and added a new dimension to nothingness. Ofcourse (or not) nothing includes driving around aimlessly, staring at a fosters flag, and drinking 2.64 litres of tea, being a pain to 11.32% of thestudent population, drinking with 17.86% of the guys, dicussing stuff that has the potential to increase the GDP of the nation at the rate of 9.79% and coming up with stats 49.6% of which are made on the spot.

Something
Is what I am going to do once i figure out a way out of doing nothin ( which i'm enjoying doing these days). People have been upto to somthing when they are playing AOE or FIFA (the new favourite on campus). Something is what people refer to after a game of basketball to decide the fate of the evening. The classic quote goes something like "kuch karte hain be !" Sometimes the enthu pakodas try using it to carve out a weekend trip, only to be drowned in the non enthu of the Gods-of-doing-nothing.

Everything
If what junta desires in a job. The location-pay-role model (aka Dopey's LPR model) is a splendid manifestation of the Everything in a job and it is seldom satistifed due to a vague aspirational model used by people everywhere. There are some people in this joint who have a satisfied their LPR reqiorements, they are the ones enjoying nothing the most.

I have to come up with something better to write about in this F&^$ing blog...

Even after those long talks with KK I still agree with Keynes on some stuff. Especially the gyan on long run equilibrium.
In the long run we are all dead.
-- John Maynard Keynes
The thought came to me mind when we were discussing segmenting the market for coffins. And someone said that someone said that 'We should concentrate on elderly people as they die more frequently'. Discussions as these have formed the cornerstone of my experience in this joint. As a matter of fact the parties have 'added value' to the experience too.

Lotsa parties happening on campus every night. 98.34 % of them in SV2 , 1% of them in the exec housing and the remaining in SV2. In SV2, being invited to a party is not as important as knowing who else was invted. With that gyan lets classify the parties into 3 categories (its always 3)
- The Chill Type
These parties can be identified by the sofas and other furniture outside the quad. One of the most frequent kinda parties in campus. Not many people complain about the chill parties( except the quadmates not invited to the party). Occasionally the party can happen inside the quad when 'special' stuff is being poured or smoked, or simply when the people partying are ashamed of being seen partying or when gatecrashers really become a problem.
- The Dancing Type
The full batch party. The scene goes something like start at 10- get drunk by 10:29 - mix around with people till 10:31- hit the dance floor - can't dance ?- relax on the lawn or gobble tikkas - tired? - get some juice - socialize/ network - leave by 1 - the hard core dancers leave by 3. Complains happen mostly in SV3. But they really don't matter (did someone notice the volume increasing with every party)
- The All Nighters
A variant of the chill type, only longer. Usually ends with breakfast. Happen during the cooling off period in term breaks or around now.

Then there are other variants - the clandestine type, the 2 am parties, the all girls parties, the pink payjamas parties, the but then they are not important (or are they?)

The things people do to be alone (or with their loved ones)! With friends like us you have to use deflection techniques to steal time for a cuppa or an ice cream. Even then someone manages to hitch a ride in the back seat. Damn! Look on the bright side bro, at least we give you time to play around with your cell phones. While all these inconsequential things were happening somewhere in the background, the decadence has continued, supported adequately by shots, generous doses of chai (at the quad where it seems tea was invented, actually where tea and internet security was invented), weird stories and weirder parties.
That brings me to the episode of KPPK (Kkahani Pink Payjamas ki). Looks like womenfolk on this campus are not the only species who own this nocturnal fashion accessory. The things that people notice for lack of something better to do....The job scene has really taken a toll on people. If junta is not hanging out at the cafe or 'finishing' games, its mixing martins using any fruit in sight. When even that stops working for people, they resort to entertaining people from a neighbouring provice of Potenza by singing songs that have never been sung before in this hallowed SV. While the rest of the school continues living its schoolish life some 'randomly selected' junta were invited to perform tricks for the guests. After all 'Atithi Devo Bhava' and stuff like that ...

For some reason the frogs (the real ones) on campus have gone missing. There goes my new hobby (to improve my knife throwing skills ) out of the window. Anyway, the 'soft' salesman on campus came back in style, this event has officially kicked off my coming 2 months of decadence.
The placements did bring in its share of blog fodder, some of which i have been prohibited to encypt on this forum. For the sake of convenience and other convenient things lets assume that the encryption in undecipherable and ...
-so DYK (did u know) there's this chick who was an arm wrestler in school
- and this chap who presented a presentable presentation to a chap who was communist
- and that this company had the audacity to offer a sum for which even my dog wouldn't audit their stuff

Ze ol blog is alive again ( no, really this time its going to be up and running for at least a week) . Since i've been putting the active hobbyist part in my resume I though I had better start a new hobby thingie. Blogging looked like the laziest and the easiest escape route. With the Miss India typish questions being asked by the interviewers, I thout that I might as well put in my list of fav Qs heard during an interview:

- If you were a product/ animal/ brand, what would you be?
- Sell me yourself. (Why???)
- Where do you see yourself 20 yrs down the line
Okie the rest of them were so crappy that my CNS refused to allocate grey matter to remember them. In times of stress like this people the school has made a salvo by stopping sale of cigarettes in the campus which has lead to the 'uncommoditization' (see i learnt MBA stuff in this joint at last) of the cigs. Additionally, I feel that a certain A man may face problems in obtaining smokes now.
More later...

Long time no blog. Although I've been forced to write this time, its for a cause . Our good ol podgy kahmiri chaiwala (founder of the CCC, rescuer of dead vampires from live werewolves ) needs humara support. His only chance to come first in anything he ever participated in lies in the The Best Indian Business School Blog competition...