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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

From the Centerstage!

When I was first asked to take up this blog, my reaction to Jo was – “ Me!! Are you out of your mind?! I hate this place.. And you want me to write about it on LIBA’s official Blog!?” to which Jo replied – “ Yes, 'cause I think you are the one person who is here, fighting it through, manage to get featured in ALL my blogs and still haven’t dropped out!I am sure when you write about it, it will have a heart in it.” ;)

 Haha.. well who knew that I would actually agree to take this up! Lets hope that I get to give LIBA a new light, something that’s not been done before. Ohh and yea.. sorry for my clumsy first post, I wrote that in 15 mins. I was studying for RSM and yea… u know how that went! :/

So yea why LIBA? Why would someone come all the way from where I live to a) Chennai and b) Chennai?? (Trust me, even the DM of the company I am interning in currently, asked me this with the most astonished look on his face, let aside all my friends, family and foe).

 To be frank the answer that I tell everyone is – “ Coz its Loyola! It one of the most prestigious universities of the South and yes India too. * The guy on the other side has an expression which says – yea right, but its not an IIM – Haah!” And my next sentence goes like this – Yea I know its not an IIM, but its nothing less than that. Its got superb faculty, a lot of exposure, loads of activities, great cultural mix and yes a more than decent placement scenario.” That kinda shuts the man up from asking further questions or rather reasons why my decision of choosing LIBA was not that fancy. At least for the moment. So now, the ones who are in LIBA must be thinking or actually gesturing as “ Hahahahaha.. Sure!” and the ones who are about the join LIBA or thinking of joining LIBA must be thinking- “ Really? Like IIM? Dude common, this is all fancy shit, all crap and no truth!” So yea now let me tell you MY answer that I say in my head, almost at the same time, as my mouth opens to give the above answer- “ I don’t know!” . Yes “ I don’t know” is the answer to the question why I joined LIBA. Trust me, I am about to complete a yea since I joined this college, in just another month and I still don’t know the answer to that. Afterall, I left my job in one of the top MNC’s of the world, amazing work culture, superb pay, friends, family, the kababs, Aiyaashi, everything. I gave it all up to come study here. After a year, I question myself, most nights or days when I am day dreaming ofcourse- “ Was it really worth it? Coming here?!” and pop goes the answer in my head to myself- YES. ABSOLUTELY”. And the voice inside my head goes- “ then why do you keep cribbing soooo much, almost all the time about being here!?” and then I smile and look around. Trust me, that’s like a involuntary action to that self generated question, lol. I smile coz I think and trust me I believe what I say next- that what I have learnt since I have come here, I don’t think I would have been able to learn anywhere else in the world!

 I personally believe that MBA is not about what we learn inside the class, but what we learn outside it. And since I am either sleeping or ……. most of the times, during class, I kinda have no other option but to learn outside class :P ( just kidding) The people who come here whether full timers or part timers ( Btw – let me tell you, part timers are hawwtt..! and bloody rich! Just incase .. ;) ) have so much too share. Just sitting with them over a cup of coffee, in our very own self proclaimed five star canteen – LOHO or just chit chatting in the OAT. The gups ( hindi for time pass conversations) are over the top educative. You get to know everything from who is dating who, to where all you can go and chill in Chennai ( yes, please don’t make this HUGE mistake of thinking there are no places to chill here- trust me, it would give the next door metro a decent competition, IF you know where to go, when to go and most importantly, with whom to go! ). You get to know all sorts of information, theatre, music, arts, name it and people are talking about it. All you need to do is make sure, you are not one of those uptight ****** people who think that “hum toh hum hain, baaki sab paani kam hain!” ( for translation- please ask a hindi speaking person next to you, or google! :P )

 Come here with an open mind, and you have the world to learn and experience. LIBA maynot be an IIM A,B,C…. X, Y,Z ( I am sure they are gonna open those in no time), but yes this place has taught me how to be friends with people who don’t speak your language, make mistakes that no one will ever let you make otherwise and learn lifetime lesson from it, sit and pray in the most beautiful church that I have ever seen in my life, and yes theories and way of education that more me is one of a kind. ( and yes, when I say it, I MEAN IT.)

 So yea, all those who are already a part of LIBA and those who are to be, I am sure one way or the other, we all are proud to have decided to choose LIBA over the various other colleges that we got through, or not :P but still, the fact of the matter is, I don’t think there would be anyone who regrets coming here ( I mean common, if a total LIBA cribber can fall in love with it, I am sure anyone on earth could! ;) lol )

So good luck to all of the new joinees, and to my batch mates. Hope your internship is going good if not great! J Chalo, I need to get back to playing with my little nephew.. I will post sooner this time! ;)

 Ps – those wondering about the placement – its good enough to make you whoop with joy, once you get the offer letter in your hand! :)

Yours,
“I am sure you must have guessed it this time! ;)”