Vital news + Chrysalis + Pongal + Gossips

Painful quote of the day - "The number of mosquitoes on you is directly proportional to the size of your stomach!" (Smashes another mosquito trying to make a blood relation with him)
Firstly, I would like to welcome the new author of Pandoras Box! Get ready for a more kickass and more awesome LIBA coverage in 2011! A lot of buzz has been created as to who is the new author and many people even guessed it is a girl seeing "senies and junies" :D
P.S. Good Sherlock holmes skills I must say. *grins*
The Vital committee
The vital committee coordinator can't stop smiling and thanking god these days. An angel showed up and blessed 1/3rd of the batch. Congratulations to everyone!
The vital committee member whose name starts with a girl celebrated his birthday with bing bang boom! Literally! His birthday is being featured in the hostel hall of fame with "Best Bum for the legs" award. Congratulations. He is worried that his bums might just suffer from permanent splitsvilla :P
As per one of the FB(I) reports, another member from "Delhi as well as WB" has become single. Dr.Love finds it interesting to keep a check on it. Expect a change very soon :)
Chrysalis 2011
The team Chrysalis is working day in and day out to take this event to a point that we all have dreamt of. With huge events lined up, the promotions got kickstarted with a photo caption contest on FB and it hit the bulls eye with loads of comments within just a few days. The ultimate quizmaster Derek O' Brein will be testing the mettle of the shortlisted teams who reach the finale of "Exquizite". "Challenge Derek O' Brein" campaign has been started for the beautiful minds! Check it out on
Pongal Celebrations
The Pongal celebrations this year meant fun unlimited. "Pongal O Pongal" was in the air and on the stage. Firstly, hats off to the team who organized the event. It couldnt be more perfect that this! The campus was abuzz with traditional attire. The people enjoyed the sugar cane juice and sharbath and the yummiest cotton candy. The all LIBA mega model hunt named Azhagiya Tamil Magan a.k.a ATM was the biggest blockbuster which was won by Santiago. The "Precious metal girl" won the pot breaking competiton because of the Glucon-D she had in morning. The tyre race was won by the "candle light" boy from second year and the "Girl who shares her name with a famous bollywood actress" from first year. Spoonling a.k.a the balance act was won by the "Mangalore" girl. And amidst all this, the awesomest food cannot be ignored. All in all a day to remember! :)
The Campus Radar
The "Bengali" boy from second year has become retired hurt after sacrificing his bones at a badminton match. As a result he has occupied one of the emergency wards on ground floor of LIBA hostel. Wish him a speedy recovery.
The "Infosys guy from Rajasthan" is getting hitched for life. Congratulations and god bless you! (Dr.Love wipes tears fromhis eyes) And around 11 people from the batch have gone on an all sponsored trip to his wedding :)
The Seniors have all planned their 2 months in a way much better than the common wealth games. Doubt the planning? Have a look at the pic below :)
From the Gossip Factory
The the boy from "Modi" state and the girl in his life are an old news now. But the bonding between the two is growing faster than the speed of light.
Dr.Love has been noticing a few movements on campus that were not visible before 2011. I guess this year is indeed a good year.
As per the reports, the "Tall dancing guy with a recent Pongal connection" has given away is heart to the "Tamilian heartthrob". They were last seen dancing around the trees of parking lot.
Dr. Love also congratulates the Tata-Birla JV among second year birdies.
Another report states two more people to be struck by cupid; the boy whose name ends with that of a hollywood actress and the girl who shares her name with another girl of the batch - both juniors. Dr. Love says "What Looouuve" :)

And thus my dear friends, the post seems to be never ending. So logging off for now. Keep checking this space for new revelations and newer non revelations :P Gudnite!

The new author + Chrysalis + Campus Stories + Gossips

When our blogger senie stopped me two days back and asked me if I could carry on the legacy of LIBA, the 'unofficial' blog, PANDORA'S BOX, it was like one of those dreams come true. Oh yes, ever since I saw the blog, I wanted it. So yeah li'l ones, I said yes! YES!

*"A Huge Round of Applause"*

Thank you thank you! :D

But the junie is not yet ready to come out in the public and does not know if it is a Pandora's box that the junie is opening. In course of time, when blogger senie finds it suitable, he will tell you all. :)

Junies are now in a dilemma. Ask why? They donno whether to be sad or to be happy. Or whether to be excited or scared.

Sad, cos our senies will find their way of life and go ahead in 3 more very precious months. And at the same time, we, the junies, would become senies! Excited because of this or scared we will have to manage the major show ourselves in 3 months. Or probably less?

Many of the senies are sad that they have to leave LIBA and would get less time together with their ‘loved’ ones. Cupid hopes they find quality time to spend with each other wherever they are...

I am also guessing, half a month into the new year, your new year resolutions would have seen a broken promise or a broken window eh? How many have not thrown their resolutions out of the window yet? But then, we know resolutions are made to be broken. Just like promises!

My new year resolution? Well, years ago, I made a resolution. Not to make any more new year resolutions. That is by far what I have followed until now.. Hehe.. :)

Campus has already started buzzing with activity with Chrysalis on the go, and Pongal celebrations on 19th. Pongal O pongal! Poem gal and her team are right on toes with the butterfly of LIBA and wishing the team all success! Let the cocoon bloom and fly.. With colors!

"Peoples of the LIBA" are already getting in tune with the acad life.. Hardly a week and we are all talking about assignments and presentations already. Cribbing about 8 o clock classes is a common topic for status messages in FB now. And yeah, habitual trouble makers have started off their work again. My spies tell me, that the 'end of night' boy was caught by almost all the teachers and even sent out of the class once. Probably the profs are yet to learn. :P Right?

The publishing of grades of last sem has brought mixed emotions for the batch. Senies no longer need much grades so I am assuming their emotions are neutral if not positive.

The new exchange students have arrived. Have you gone and socialized with them yet? Well, not thaaaaat socialize you clever ones! :P They walk in a pack mostly so, I dont know if anyone has been able to break into their circle yet. And then again, they have just come...

Meanwhile, the blue legged girl is catching all attention again. This time, the whole section shifted downstairs for her comfort. Get well soon blue girl.. :) Incidentally, she was also in news by becoming single. Again. At least her status message changed. Cupid wishes her luck soon..

The Model girl has done her first public appearance with her IIMA boy [which was not a secret for most LIBA-ites. Still...] and broken the hearts of many expectant ones. Better luck next time guys!

Lohri celebration happened and half the batch of junies, [let alone the senies,] had no clue. Hope the next year 360 degree holder will see to it that others too know what it is like.

So, all the 'LIBA peoples', have fun and take care,

Till next post,

Junie Blogger

PS- Thanks Senie blogger, for thinking I can do this. :)

Choose good contents if you are good

Dear Readers,

I was watching this Koffee with Karan episode in Star World. The episode with Deepika and Sonam made so much news. May be not in southern part of the India but elsewhere. Apparently Deepika gave a "play boy" image to her ex-boy friend and there was so much noise around it. But the fact that Ranbir was also trying to endorse the same image in his own way in his chat with Karan went unnoticed. Deepika has become a bad, bitching girl of the B-town now.

This is my version of a story and I didn't think much before writing it. I want to ask you all, have you ever thought why people are so curious to know about something/some body who you know and even heard about. Such stories make even to the headlines of news papers. Why? Curiosity is a tool. People wanna know what happens in the neighborhood. "Gossip girl" an U.S television serial became a massive hit. Sun TV/Star TV finds so much viewers for its sops/Serials which uses this curiosity tool. But honestly don't you think people should mind their own business?. Don't you think these kind of giving what people like and not giving what is best for them is a cheap thing? I will answer this question shortly.

I still remember one of the 2009-11 batch student came up to me and asked me "Don't you have any other thing than writing this blog(About others)?". I am sure his question is valid to some extend. It is like asking when most of the movies are doing no good to society why not ban it. Come on brothers and sisters admit it. We all talk about others. Directly or indirectly. So sharing of incidents with fictitious names is not cheap.

Assume another situation when you take a boy/girl for a date. You talk to her/him for a while get to know him/her and you share some information about yourself. Next day again you meet him/her. You get to know about his/her family. You take him/her out after 2 years what can you possibly talk about? I am sure other people will feature in that conversation. You start talking good and bad things about people you know. Is that called "Bitching" or sharing information? Is it gossiping or just another conversation. It definitely depends on you. If you can avoid presumptions that are used to judge others and look at it as fiction that can give you interesting insights then it will be an useful tool in life "case studies". You will have very less enemies and you will show lot of maturity during tough situations in life.

As one of the authors in this blog, knowing clearly that these stories which I write, have absolutely no relevance in my life, I believe that it gives me an opportunity to learn.  Learn? Yes.
When I started looking in for stories for these gossips(May or may not be true), I bumped into interesting things like a "Live in relationship". I could view it from a different angle. I didn't think that these guys are spoiling the culture.  Rather I started weighing its pros and cons. Obviously you will see more cons in Indian scenario but honestly if you can face the hurdles and still be happy you have learned to live as it is legal in India.

It cannot get boring than this, but bare with me folks as I have decided to write at least one useful post in this year he he.(This is just an attempt) One thing to all the readers please do not take everything seriously. Let it be story in this blog or any discussion which doesn't involve "You". Remember this blog is only meant for entertainment and we are not circulating facts out here. "Live, Love and Learn". Peace.


Regards,
Basto
(One of the Author)

Note: If you are lucky enough to feature in this blog then assume you as a celebrity, as they are the only ones who make it to the headlines without doing much. Even if you find out its about you be tight lipped because others might not know and you will be the one who will be revealing. Sometimes it might not be even you who is being mentioned and the incident may be shear coincidence. No names will be mentioned even in future until unless there is a request to mention names.

Thought for professors : When will you all start teaching your ideas and research works(Without Plagiarism) rather than teaching some others works(All our reference books written by other authors) when you expect students not to copy from a book in exam. ;)

Vital week + Christmas + Resolutions

And Pandoras Box is back online.. out of hibernation.. alive and kickin!! A lot of life changing things have happened in LIBA between my last post and this post!

The Vital week

How can this post not start with the most important news! The Placement week was a roaring success this year! For one week, the campus was like a 42km Marathon track and people were seen running in all possible directions through the day. From shouting to dancing to hugging to crying; the 'hub' saw it all. And hats off to the Vital Committee for pulling off the most challenging week at LIBA. Special mention to Biron and team and all the Juniors who worked for it! Here is thanking you on behalf of all the Seniors. All the efforts and hard work were clearly visible in every passing second during the week. Amidst all this there is one person who never comes to limelight yet is the backbone of and silently drives the entire team - Prof. Susan Thomas. One word to sum it all - Thank you! :)

Congratulations to all those who got their dream jobs. And to those still waiting for one, better things are definitely up in store for you. All the best! :)

The Christmas Celebrations

The year 2010 ended with a thunder bolt and a big bang of happiness. It was the time of celebrations and giving. Like every year, LIBA had the awesomest Christmas celebrations on campus on 17th Dec. And like every year, LIBAites celebrated Christmas along with small kids with music and skits. The kids had a fab time when the 21st Century visiting Santa a.k.a. Kiran Paul entered along with residing Santa of LIBA, Davis! Indeed an evening to remember.

Campus Radar

The Circle is rolling like never before this time. Its Chrysalis - The management fest of LIBA! And everyone has joined hands to make it bigger than ever before. The theme this time is Chrysalis itself which means change or transformation. Knowingly or unknowingly, the butterfly seems to be becoming the mascot of Chrysalis. The "Poem" girl and team are putting in tremendous efforts for the February event. All the best.

IPO - LIBA's official band has been shortlisted to perform for Saarang 2011 for the event named 'Powerchords'. Congrats to the band members and all the best! Way to go :)

The Seniors have started planning for a batch trip in the last term. After a series of intense talks on who should take the initiative by other batch mates, the HR girl took a step forward to start and carry on the discussions. The "flame" boy who headed the last batch trip has also decided to pitch in for all the help needed. This might as well be the last batch trip so let us make it memorable.

New year resolutions of LIBA

Firstly, wishing you all a very happy and "prosperous" new year! Hope all of you had super amazing holidays. God bless all of us with loads of onions :P

Like every good citizen and human being, I have compiled a list of new year resolutions that we LIBAites would love to make (and break) ;)

1. We will attend all the 8am lectures
2. We shall sleep at night and stay awake during lectures and not otherwise
3. We will remember that we have breaks to go to canteen and avoid running during lectures
4. No shouting and screaming "Annaaaaa kaafeee" in canteen. We are all MBA's with etiquettes
5. Say no to copy paste for at least one assignment
6. Try to 'fall sick' less frequently
7. During lectures, we will remember that prof is in front of us and not in our cell phones :P
8. We will give more importance to 'course and learning' than professors while selecting an elective
9. We will celebrate all the festivals without 'email fighting'
10. Say no to booze in LIBA hostel :)
11. We will play less counter strike and instead use that time for studying
12. We will not smuggle any food in the hostel
13. Start studying at least 2 days before the exam. 2 is always better than 1!
14. Become a responsible internet user and stop downloading
15. We will spend more time off facebook than on it :P
16. We will attend all the guest lectures
17. We will make optimum use of the front rows during the guest lectures
18. Revive all the clubs and committees on the campus. They are dying to get a second life :P
19. We will not use library just for AC. There is a whole book world inside. Explore it!
20. We will not break any resolutions**
21. We will not gossip! ;)

** T&C apply!

You may add any resolutions that I might have missed as comments ;)

Happy last term to the Seniors and Happy last term as Juniors to the Juniors! Have a great 2011! Ciao!