Is Gossip good?

Am writing this post because of some furor that the Gossip column seems to have created. While we all enjoy reading about other peoples gossips, it seems to have offended some people this time. Based on their complaints, a few lines have been deleted from the last column.

This post is just to clarify certain things:

• Things mentioned in the gossip column may or may not be true
• It is meant to be taken in a lighter sense
• The intention of this column is not to hurt anyones feelings
• If you feel some things should not be up in the blog, feel free to call/sms/email me. Will be happy to improvise the blog

It feels bad when you 'unwantingly' become the reason to hurt some people because of the blog. The point of having a gossip column is to "Gossip". All the terms used in it are fictional and meant to be taken on lighter side. I, as the author of the blog, do not intend to insult/hurt/harm any reader of the blog through "From the Gossip Factory" column.

But then that is the thing with gossip - You always enjoy it till it is targeted on you.

No ones name is mentioned anywhere directly in any "Gossip" post. I will not be responsible for the assumptions that people make about themselves or anyone else. I repeat, the gossips may or may not be true.

So, is Gossip on Pandoras box good?

Pour in your opinions as comments to this post

Be happy! Cheers! :) :) :)

Insight'10 + Some Farewell + The Circle

And after a long holiday, am back on the blog! LIBA saw a gamut of happenings in this break :)

While I am typing this blog, half of the hostel junta has changed their eye color to "Red". It feels like being in a zombie movie where people around you turn into zombies and you worry about who is next :)
Get well soon to all the affected species!
FSS-LIBA Insight'10

Insight'10 stood to its promise of being bigger and better when the curtains fell to a glamorous end of 2 Insightful days. The rockstar of the event was Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of India, and a current heartthrob. (As I type these lines, I could very well experience the flashback of those electrifying 1.5 hrs) The punch lines cum oath that the rockstar gave was "I will work with integrity, I will succeed with Integrity".

Apart from him, Insight witnessed a number of Industry stalwarts who graced the podium and shared their views on this years theme - NH2050 to the top: A runway powered by innovation"
Hats off to the "Precious metal" girl a.k.a. Goldie D'souza and team for all the efforts put in organizing the event. And of course the big boss and the guiding light Prof.JK who has been inspiring Insights to get bigger and better year after year!
The legacy of Chennai Trade Center has been roped in by the team this time. Hope the Juniors take it a step ahead next year :)
Farewell
Yes, the word is not easy for many people, but you cannot avoid it. It will be coming a term early for 5 of the Second years - KD, Selvina, Shruthi, Chhavi and Sleepy Joseph. A month filled with nostalgia lies ahead *Tears in my eyes*. Looking forward to a lot of treats and photograph sessions...
The Circle
Diwali saw a lot of fireworks on the Email group of the senior batch. Reason: Should Diwali be on 4th or 5th Nov? A number of people poured in their opinions and arguments and fights. This issue created a lot of frustration to the Circle head. In the end, Diwali was celebrated officially on 4th and unofficialy on 5th. Both the days were super fun :)
Another news from the stables of Circle - Chrysalis is the buzz around!
And this time, its not just the Circle alone; its like Captain Planet when all the forces combine to revive the event that fell heads down last year. And yes, this year it will surely be a mega event! All the best to The Circle!
From the Gossip Factory
This is the season that Dr.Love looks forward to! Its in the air again...
Former Chef of second year has given his heart away to the spice of Kerala. Its better late than never :)
Another news from God's own country; not new but just an affirmation to previously reported news - The relationship between the Kerala boy and the Hyderabadi biryani is scaling new heights day by day
P.S. The above examples are a result of hungry stomach :P
The "flame" boy and his best friend have moved on from convincing everyone that they are just good "friends" to what Dr.Love likes to hear the most ;)
LIBA has modernized: "The retired hurt" boy from first year who was earlier interested in an "Alumni committee" member now invites CR to his room. This has been the cause of depression and insecurity for the "Alumni committee" member since the priorities of "The retired hurt" boy has changed.
Dr. Love smiled when the Insight Prof called out the "light" boy and his "friend" on the stage


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Every Individual is a brand + In da Hood + Dia/2 + Is truth ugly(Restart)

Rating: 3 1/2


News:


In Da hOod:

Just 2 days left for "In da hood"(LIBArated '10). Hope the fierce but healthy competition between seniors and juniors continue this year too. Last two years the two major events where Dance competition and Fashion show. It was always like seniors win one and juniors win the other :D. Let us see if some thing changes this year. To know theme for both the events check the posters below. In fact there are three but third, singing used to be a dull event.

 Hope singing comp. is different this time

[Good poster design by Circle].










Every Individual is a brand:

This section is meant to show case the talents that is present in LIBA to outside world. [Mostly on Extra-curricular activities] .

Kavitha in Action --> Little editing involved in this pic. :)

Today it is about two dancers. I believe studies + professional dancing is a deadly combo. To excel in both needs lot of dedication and talent. One is "Circle" head Kavitha and other one is Martina Robert. I knew Kavitha(2009-11) as a dancer before but Martina(2009-11) was a total surprise. To be part of John Britto dance Co.[One of the best in chennai] is awesome. Hope both of them continue to entertain and excel.

Martina is part of this dance school

I wish Kavitha along with her team could rip the stage with a hippy dance on 23rd. But her leg injury and Aloma's food poisoning has not helped the second years. Hope they get better soon. They did a wonderful show last year. To know about few LIBArated '09 events click here.   "Circle" seems to get better year after year.




Dia/2 - positive social change by leveraging management techniques:

Actually the content below should have been listed in Dia/2 blog. Due to the reason that we in "Pandoras Box" are also "Socially Responsible" in entertaining people I thought I would mention about few activities done by Dia/2 - Social responsibility wing of LIBA. :P . It was when Dia/2 member Jebaston came to me to collect some funds I came to know the initiative taken by our batch people[2008-10] has been really fruitful and now they have increased the number of activities done by the club. In fact they have done way too much activities in the very little they get. They need appreciation for the wonderful work.


Dia/2 team along with other students(more than 35 students) have gone to Mithra home for differently-abled and had spent time with them.[Time is the most precious thing you can give when you are in LIBA]. Then Dia/2 has conducted competition for women Self help group in association with TI cycles and so on. Jebaston was so happy that he received an appreciation mail from Fr.Christie for Dia/2's work. Come on guys! keep up the good work. Make LIBA proud.

The active members of Dia/2 who found time in spite of their busy schedule are:
Organized by : Mellwyn, Ashok, Amal, Jebaston, Priya, Jitha and few others
Supported by:
Sabhanathan, Deepak Martin, Padamanaban, Susil, Rotney,Janet, Deepak Saravan,
Jagannath, Binu Vargese, Divya and so on.
Prof. support : Victor Louis Anthuvan M.Com Ph.D

Few Activites by Dia/2. The kids are having good time poking Benoy(LB). 

A sincere thanks from Dia/2 to above mentioned and other people who came to any of the activities conducted by the team. Also special thanks to all the Donors.
 [Note : I could only get few names. I am sure there are many more major contributors]

Visit to Mithra - Noble cause

Dia/2 members if you are reading this please do me a favor. If you guys can tell me what is the management technique you guys are using to achieve social change like you have mentioned in the blog write it is as a comment.[I got the heading from your blog ;)]. It will be really useful for the other MBA people to use it in other activities.
Is truth ugly:
  Have we ever realized when we think that we truly love a person, actually it turns out to be only an obsession towards his/her certain qualities or appearance. Every movie we see, every incidents we hear about gives a totally different angle to love. Here is a acid test to know whether you really love that person. Check how many times you have done constructive criticism on the person you love. How many times your mom had scolded you for something but at the end of the day you realize that it was for your good. Do we act like our mom, in our relationship or with friends. I am sure no one would like to be criticized but if we love someone we should care and want that person to become a better person. Constructive criticism plays a vital role in this.

Constructive criticism is essential because of the reason that our loved ones need to be better person. Ideal stage would be when it happens mutually. But if it isn't happening till now start today. You make the initial attempt. Most of the time our criticism is just to prove a point and has absolutely no purpose. E.g. We criticize politicians for not excelling in the their department/for being mediocre but some of us can remain the same way in life with no urge for excellence. Put maximum effort in whatever you do and that way you could have added some value rather than pointing fingers and trying to be hero's.


Gossip Factory: (May or may not be true)


1. It looks like Ms.KMC has won so many hearts both in LIBA and elsewhere.
2. Now in Europe, Indian guy has got some new changes reportedly. He seems to taste wine after food ;) and also seem to have put his hand around one of the ex-change girl for a picture. For a conservative guy even this seems like a big accomplishment. Hope he doesn't say to people "Man! Pick some girls, lets go and party" when he returns :)
 3.  Ex-Vital committee member and currently "outside India member" seems to have gone for the trip on a mission. Hope he/she finds what he/she wants.



Note :PLEASE take the "Hippiest  Prof of LIBA" poll on the right hand side. Winner gets "Da Hood Prof" prize. :) Nobody will know who is voting. This poll is not to disrespect anybody. We in "Pandoras Box" respect each professors for their valuable contribution they are making to LIBA.

Magic Moments + Campus Radar + Vital committee + L & L

And after searching for 1 month, I finally got footwear of my size in Chennai! Actually one size bigger than mine... Wondering whoever imagined a giant like me would walk into his store to shop :D

By the way I would recommend pasta at Eatalica, really good and filling, and at 125 bucks I feel its a decent deal (At one point in my life, anything above 100 was considered costly... but then that was 100yrs back) :P

Magic Moments

This is what happened when our seniors met up last weekend - Ria, Parul, Vishwa, Gurpal, Basto, Asit, Lawson and Christo! As per the reports, they went for a Dandiya Night in Chennai. How I wish the Seniors remembered their beloved juniors sometimes :P

Those who are sad to have missed out on meeting them, some of them will be making a star appearance at Libarated! Watch out!

The Campus Radar

5 days to go for Libarated! As per the reports, the Juniors are sweating it out to be the 'Hippiest'... and the Seniors are all 'In the hood'. It will be survival of the fittest ;)

I.P.O. will be performing at the Libarated. Their first ever performance for the brothers! Respek!

Insight team being spotted running all over the campus. With just 20 days to go for the event, all I say is "Suit up!"

The first round of Espire got over yesterday. And we managed to get 400+ executive summaries. Hats off to the team for all their efforts!

The exchange students had an Indian food extravaganza last week and enjoyed the specially cooked delicacies by the "Kolkata knight riders" ;)

The Juniors are racing against the time to get the suits stitched. Hope the "Suit"able person does the job with lightening speed.

The non-veg lovers dived into chicken and mutton after being vegetarian for 9 days due to Navratri.

The Vital Committee

A time comes in everyones life when we have to move on and pass on the baton to a worthy heir. Well, that time has come and the Vital committee has found its Junior Coordinator - Biron!

This makes him a Vital person on the campus now ;) Congratulations Biron! Wish you all the best! Hope you will carry forward this baton with flying colors.

Lectures and Laughs

There are always some incidents that happen during lectures that make us go ROFL :P This section is for those moments. And as of now I remember 2 such incidents I thought to share

• What happens when suddenly a different person other than the prof starts speaking in the speakers of an on going lecture? And to add to that the person is not even visible. Thats exactly what happened in a certain lecture when the frequency of some other class Mic overlapped with our class and the prof stood there as confused as he could get figuring out what was happening. :)
• Imagine this. A marketing lecture is on. The lecturer asks people an example of bad planning and servicing. A student answers 'Ampa Skywalk. The location is the worst possible location. The parking space is not properly planned and the entire mall is an example of randomness'. This answer would be totally fine if the Mall was not created by JLLM and the lecturer was not the MD of JLLM. :) But then its the "Ignorance is Bliss" that creates such moments ;)

From the Gossip Factory

The Marketing Boy of second year was spotted with the first year girl who has already been placed for summers in a Park. As per the reports, the bond between the two has seen an unprecedented growth

The "Body builder" boy took the crush of "Sleeping child" to a restaurant. Dr. Love shouts "Sleeping child! Wake up!"

The boy from the north who has taken Finance+Marketing has a huge crush on the Finance girl from the east. Though this has not been declared by him, Dr. Love says "I smell something!"

A lot of girls from second year are reportedly pissed off at the "Guitar" boy including some members of "The Circle". As per the sources, some people are literally at war with the boy. (P.S. The Guitar boy in this post and the Guitar boy referred to in previous posts are not the same.)

The "Party" girl is no longer seen with the 'chocolate' boy from the north. But now she is seen with the other boy a.k.a. "Hitman" who also happens to be from the north. Reportedly she left this boy form the north for that boy from the north; but now she is back to this boy from the north. The girl and the chocolate boy from the north were referred as the 'First wall breakers' in my older posts :P

The best friends in the Junior batch are going through some troubled times. These girls were so close that fevicol almost made them their brand ambassadors. But now they are not on talking terms with each other. One of them is a girl who won an award at a certain competition and other is the girl from the South who is also doing some important work on the campus. Hope they get back together and sing the "Summer of 69"

Disclaimer: The stories featured in this section can or cannot be true.

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Janmashtami + Leg Breaking week + Brand Yourself

"I like it on table" has been the most popular choice till now, reports FB(I). Where are the other girls? :P

Actually FB(I) alone is enough to keep track of when a person sleeps, eats, pees, takes bath etc. Also, surprisingly, many people have been updating their profiles on all the Social media networks in a bid to make their connections more useful than just "Time pass" after an eye opening session of Jessie Paul. The power of Social Media I tell you!

Janmashtami Celebrations

Like this belated post, the belated Janmashtami Celebration happened last weekend. And they were nothing less than mind boggling and heart thumping and leg shaking celebrations (Ask the people who were in the 'bottom of the pyramid' :P) P.S. For Kashmiri's it was a head breaking experience as well! ;)

The celebrations were another feather in the cap of "The Circle"! Great job guys! Everyone had an amazing time. And before I forget, I thank the organizers for the Samosas and Chips and Cold drink - that was my and for many others, the biggest motivation for getting up and running to college at 9 :D

The Juni's learnt the art of climbing so quickly that even Maggi makers would feel that 2 minutes is too much time; and ultimately clinched the "Govinda of the year" crown even before the seniors could blink their eyes! Hats off to the team spirit! This was a much needed win to calm their heartburn after their Tug of War loss ;)

"Man of Janmashtami" award goes to Mayur! Suddenly he got some supernatural climbing powers and started behaving like Spider Man. If that was not enough, he got some more powers and started dancing like a dance God! If MJ would have been alive, he would again Die of complexion ;) Below is the Oscar winning picture! Dunno who took it, but the timing couldn't be more perfect!

Oh and belated Happy Birthday to 'Saurabh' (His bums got literally split in to 2 parts!) and Jasleen who nearly fainted and Madhumita too :P

Would appreciate the Juni's for awesome spirit, it felt like LIBA picnic celebrations. Everyone was so keen on making everyone else take a bath :D

All in all, a great day to remember!

A Leg Breaking week

Literally! And here is a word of caution for all the Committee heads of LIBA! When all of us were having a great week, a huge disaster was in sight when the "Vital committee" head fell from the stairs. Suddenly, the future of 240 students of LIBA was at stake! But then by gods grace she was up and running in 3 days. Just when the week started to get going, head of "The Circle" broke her leg. Wish her a speedy recovery! So if you are a committee head, beware of this breaking phenomenon. You could be next!

Brand Yourself

Now when we are talking about all the social networking hoopla, people have gone one step forward towards personal branding. Call it the Jessie Paul effect! Abhinav has gone one step forward and got his domain - www.abhinavjohnson.in. Am eagerly awaiting the contents of the website ;)

And now, the contribution of online identity cannot be ignored in shaping up our persona. All of us are always anxious about knowing about peoples lives just by opening a laptop and typing the URL.

In the end, its not about how we are, but its all about how we show ourselves to be!

From the Gossip Factory

Look at the pic below! Apparently, this makeover has been the talk of LIBA. As per the reports, when he went to another college to perform in I.P.O, a girl told him that he would look awesome if he cut his hair. Investigations are on to reveal the identity of the girl. The Vocalist surely knows to steal some hearts ;)

The "College" girl and "The fastest speaking girl in LIBA" had a showdown recently. And by showdown, I mean real big! The group members had to take a lot of efforts to calm down both of them. As per the reports, they are not on talking terms with each other. Hope all iz well soon!

A boy from LIBA hostel goes out on his bike everyday before college. He goes to a place away from college where a girl from the same batch is waiting to be picked up. The girl gets on to the bike and both of them come to college. Now the girl likes another boy from the same batch who she tries to be around all the time. Because of this, the biker boy from hostel has been very insecure. Will keep the story posted as and when I get any updates on this.

Disclaimer: The stories featured in this section can or cannot be true.

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LIBA the fashion champ + I.P.O - The band

As I type this, I get a feeling of time passing by and shouting "Tick tock! Weekend over". And simultaneously I can also hear 4-5 mosquitoes humming the song "I gotta feeling" in my room! :-/

The 10 O clock bell just rung. So now its Silence hour in LIBA hostel! Thank god I don't shout while writing the post :P Anyways, I have always failed to understand such kind of restrictions put on such peace loving PG students of 9th Best B-School in India. Maybe we might go crazy after 10pm and start shouting and running around and have a 1000 decibel music concert! :D

LIBA is the fashion champ!

Yes! LIBA won their first ever inter-college fashion show competition "Gliterrati" at KMC (Kilpauk Medical College). The KMC fest was called "Pradharshini". Ever since, all the models a.k.a Ghosts are on cloud 9. The Seniors decided to stick to last years winning formula for this; and it worked! The Junior management and the Senior management participated in a ratio of 50:50- Awesome spirit I must say! Now the reason this prize is so important is that we defeated the fashion and cultural biggies like Loyola College and Crescent College. The win came as a surprise to many of our friends but then all the hard work paid off. Hats off to all the organizers for preparing for this event in just 2 days! Sanghita and Nikhil did a commendable job with co-ordination and all the running. The show was Choreographed by Goldie.

Sang and Dhaneesh did an awesome job with face painting. Awesome is kinda understatement here :)

Reportedly, the participants had a tough time on the ramp. Reason: Rowdy audience! The people were throwing paper balls on the participants. Although the organizers shouldn't have allowed such shit in the first place, some of our people lead by Navisha took the charge of putting them into place and made sure that none of our participants faced any trouble. (The team that went before us was an all girls team and the audience threw alcohol at them). This makes me wonder at how low the level of professionalism can drop.

Another feather in the fashion cap

Sonia won the Ms. Pradharshini crown! It was their own version of the beauty and brains contest. As per the reports, she turned into PT Usha (on bike) to participate in this contest. Courtesy: A severe fight between partying and participation. She got confused since both the words start with same set of letters. ;)

But in the end, she stole a 1000 hearts in the audience and the coveted crown! Congratulations!

Abhinav a.k.a. the only guy who gives me complex won the best dressed male award. With his killer outfit, he murdered the hearts of a lot of girls including some medicos. Wonder who will save the doctors now! Congrats to him too!

I.P.O (LIBA's new Band)

Ladies and the Gentlemens! Proud to present LIBA's own band "Initial Public Offer - (I.P.O)"! What better name for a newly formed band of 4 MBA students :)

Introducing the band : Praful - Lead Vocalist, Nikhil - Lead/Rhythm Guitarist, Vishal - On the Drums, and Rohith - Bass Guitarist

Finally, the drummer's seat found its successor after a year of emptiness at LIBA; and the band has started making some waves across the campus. The name of the band was selected after some 5-6 Parliament meets and some 2-3 International conferences among the band members.

The band recently had their first ever stage performance at the rock competition at KMC. They performed on their own composition of 2 songs. Though they did not win the prize, they surely set the stage on fire with their stellar performance! I just had a chance to catch them at the practice session and believe me I.P.O rocks \m/

Wishing them loads of luck for a heart thumping journey ahead!

Thats all for today. Too much to type!

Watch out for Gossips and Janamashtami in tomorrows post! Gudnite :)

Onam Celebrations + Joy of Giving + Pandoras Box opens up!

Things that are going through my mind as I write this blog:
1. Basto strikes back - Points to his post :)
2. Fresh new look of Pandoras Box ;)
3. The larger than life banner of LIBA's all India 9th rank for 2nd consecutive year! LIBA rocks!
4. Just went to a studio where they were practicing, and am still mesmerized by the awesomness of the newly formed college band!
5. The cutting down of trees in Loyola Campus during "Green fest" :-S
6. The eatable food of Hotspot. The guy has been celebrating diwali everyday ever since the back gates have opened up.
Onam Celebrations
Like every year, LIBA had belated Onam celebrations. And like every year it rocked! ;)
One of the most distinguished celebrations on campus, everyone was in traditional Malayali costumes. My mundu had a long story to tell for not being with me, hence it was excused. Must compliment the people who arranged for food! The tourist attraction of the celebrations was a flower studded swing. And guess who did stress testing for it ;)
The King Mahabali a.k.a Binu made a fantastic entry and was an instant hit among the audience. He blessed us for the best placement season ahead.
This year, the 2nd yr : 1st yr ratio of contenders for Malayali Manga was like you and mosquitoes in a room. (Can't think of any better analogy at this moment)
Awesome participation spirit by the 1st years. The winner of the beauty+brains contest was the "Murderer specialist" Natasha! Congratulations to her! The interesting part of the contest was that the 1st years spared no chance to pair up any contestant with a guy. Such a love seeking batch I must say :)
And it gives me immense pride and pleasure and happiness and muhahaha to say that the 2nd years won the LIBA tug of war for 2nd consecutive year. Courtesy: My cheering and mental support to the team.

Joy of Giving
The week of giving is back! And this year again LIBA is participating in full enthusiasm with the help of Radius. Here is an appeal to everyone - Please give whatever you can! It is the simple pleasures of life that matter when you give something to someone so selflessly. There is a box near the main entrance of the college where you can donate things. Childrens from an orphanage school will be visiting the campus on Friday. So I guess its the time to live our childhood once again :)
Many people from the college visited MITHRA home, a home for differently abled children. They made sure that they put a smile on every childs face there. Sometimes, by small gestures we touch so many lives - So true!
From the Gossip Factory
Another hint for the crush of "Sleeping Child" - The girl has straight hair :P
A girl from the Senior batch has given away her heart to a part timer. Her accomplices are on a lookout to get more details about the guy so that they can kidnap him asap!
The "Thin" guy from first year has been all smiles after he became a 'Page 3' celeb in Chennai Times. All his posing practices finally paid off ;)
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Pandoras Box opens up!
Yes! And it will show what you put in it.
"Everyone loves Gossips as long as they are not featured in it" - My experience :)
I get news from my secret reporters. But sometimes there is much more to LIBA that is out of their reach. Hence the blog is being opened up for everyone.
Click on the link below, and fill in whatever info you want to share. The info can be anything from smallest funny incidents to war of the worlds; from love to marriage; the biggest gossips; or any news that you feel important enough to be put on the blog. Your best chance to get featured in the blog. The committees are requested to use this form to feature their events and mail the pics on my id on chaitik(at)gmail(dot)com. (P.S. This is for 100% informal communication).
In short - Its all about us and our life in LIBA!

Link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHFTM2xjOXJRTkpSbHRfd0FhYzllUFE6MQ

P.S. Since all the info I will be recieving will be anonymous, what to publish and what not to will be under my discretion. Utmost care will be taken to not hurt the feelings of any person.

Thats all for now! Awaiting the contents for the next post ;)

LIFE after LIBA - Dont ignore the monster that gives the rosy picture

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When I was studying in LIBA I had no clue what lies ahead. Good, bad or nightmares. I was not expecting too much though. But now that I have come out of the great institution I know. So I thought I would enlighten our people about few facts. Remember what I am gonna mention below is just a news and would not be the same for all the batches.

Let me start on a positive note. I am really happy that I got into one very good company without me knowing it. The reason being, I had no expectation. And right now I am glad that I got this opportunity which can take me to greater heights. But it was not fairy tale ending for all of them who had no clue about what they are stepping into. Few of my batch mates have already resigned. And few want to leave asap. They had 'treated' us for getting placed in those companies. I remember one friend of mine gave me treat for one week. :). What went wrong after that? It is just 6 months or even less after joining the company but they feel that they don't belong to the company which was once their dream company.

The answer is simple. It is our priorities and expectation that makes us choose our dream company. Once you step into reality everything changes. As a student from a reputed B-school all you need is a big fat salary. But nothing comes easily. There will be strings attached. The big fat salary will keep you happy only for a short while. Once you enter the company you will start looking for peace of mind. You no more want to boast about how much you get paid. Rather you want better work atmosphere. Reasonable work load. Good Personal and work life balance.

It was Del****e Interview. I made it to the last round. We were only four who made it to the last round and I was sure 2 out of four are getting placed that day. This means there was a 50-50 chance of me making into the company. They offered the highest package.They asked me so many questions for which I answered honestly. Then finally it was time for me to ask them question. I asked them whether working there would be fun! :) The interviewer gave me a disgusting look and replied little fun and lot of work. Then he asked me "Are you really serious about getting this job?". I smiled and came out of the interview. I am sure that is not the only reason I was rejected but I had absolutely no regret about my choice. I was laughing after the interview. I told my friends "Great escape". They said "You are mad". :)  I always wanted my work place to be enjoyable. At least I should enjoy what I am doing. Reward & Salary are secondary.

In LIBA believe me you will get wonderful opportunities but choose wisely. Vital Committee head mam will want you to get an offer on the very first day. I am sure if you have little bit confidence in you then you will get it too. But that is not the most important thing. Look at long term and do as much research as possible before taking up the job. Even if the 'unsung hero' comes and tell you 'beggars cannot be choosers' never loose focus. Make sure you get the best. If you are good you will always be good. Believe that you are good and you have tremendous potential and that's the only reason you have come this far. [To be part of LIBA is no joke].   

All the very best to the current senior batch[2009-2011]. Reach greater heights.


'I' in this blog
Basto Collins
LIBA(2008-2010) batch
write to me @ knightrider2702@yahoo.in


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Event Special

The number of mosquitoes in your room is directly proportional to the hatred level and the determination to kill them - An experienced Killer.
FB(I) reported that most of the people had an awesome weekend. And the rising mercury ensured that most of em hit the beaches and mountains and malls :P
Today's post is all about eventful LIBA!
Espire
The Pan India Business plan competition os no longer just BPC, its got a name of its own - "Espire". Espire is being conducted in association with TiE and EDI. P.S. The name was suggested by none other than our beloved dean! The competition had a super grand inaugural last week with Cognizant vice chairman gracing the event as chief guest. Good show by "Next to D Cell". Best wishes to the team!
For more details: http://www.liba.edu/espire
Insight '10
LIBA's flagship event Insight will be celebrating its 5th anniversary on 10,11th November at Chennai Trade Center. With the theme as "NH 2050 to the top: a runway powered by innovation", the team is on its feet since the D-day is not too far. Am sure the change of venue will bring in a fresh air in LIBA, since there was an over"dozzze" of Greenpark in previous years.
For more details: http://www.liba.edu/insight
The Vital Committee
The brave souls of the vital committee are back from their most testing times. When one of the comarades was asked how he felt, he said "Its just started". All the best to them! The Vital committee is called vital for no small reasons :)
The Campus Radar
The "Teddy Bear" boy is working his ass out in the vital committee. When we asked him the secret of his energy; he smiled and replied with great energy "'Mac' makes it possible!". Guess, Steve jobs might be all smiles about his latest customer!
Sandhya is the latest entrant in the elite group of "Committed for life". Congratulations! Wish you great years ahead. The old group members "Bolero girl" and "Infosys guy from Rajasthan" will be happy with the group expansion :)
No gossips in this post..
The blog invites you - look out for a special section in the next post.
Summing up todays post, next 4 months will be the most challenging months for the students of LIBA! On your mark.. get set.. ;)

Basketball team+Adios and Welcome+The Campus Radar

This post marks the beginning of new term. And I know it has been long since last post. So from now on instead of long posts, I will try to update with short posts but more frequently. Waiting for more things to happen just kills the patience to post them :)

LIBA basketball team

Due to a large number of "sporty" people in both the batches, the students are taking everything to a more professional level. And the first step that comes to mind is have a good team with bright players. The basketball team of LIBA just got a new jersey. And the jersey takes care of the bright part for sure. Check out ;)

Its Addio time

Hazel and Akhilesh are leaving for Germany by the end of this month. And they will be back only after the batch leaves LIBA. So their farewell time just sat on a time machine and came to 'now'. Wish them a good time ahead.

Also, the students who came to LIBA 3 months back as a part of exchange program are leaving on 14th. Hope they had a wonderful time here. Stefano organized a trip to Ideal beach resort last weekend. 18 people from the batch went there and they surely had a fantastic time.

Its accueil time as well

P.S. Its a french word. And Google translator rocks!

6 new exchange students have come to LIBA for this term. 4 french + 1 from Belgium + 1 German. And as always, the 'Caretakers' of the batch have slipped into their shoes and said "Happy to help" :)

The Campus Radar

A big group of Junior battalion marched to Pondicherry the last weekend. As per the sources, they had great time with the "nectar". Cheers!

Some cases of theft have been reported by the first years. 3 girls had cash stolen from their bags in the class. If he has already not gone for shopping, the thief is requested to return the money asap. There are better ways to get money that you will eventually learn in the management courses ahead. On a serious note, people are requested to take care of their stuff; though a theft inside a post graduate course classroom is ridiculous!

The spell of fever and food poisoning is back and people are lining up to claim insurance.

Biggest rage in boys hostel - Counter Strike - Day in and day out! Match between seniors and juniors is also on the cards. And once the girls hostel comes up,according to the players, they hope to infiltrate their base too. The Counter terrorist team has however promised to extend complete protection to all the girls :)

First years are planning for their class trip on 18th. The latest venue is Kodai.

From the Gossip Factory

The "Guitar boy" from first year and the girl who is his good friend are only friends and cared for each other just as friends - thats what they claimed. But when the girl came to know that the "Guitar boys" girl friend is coming to town, *poof* the happiness almost disappeared. As per the sources, the good friends have been having some problems recently.

Every since the "Precious stone" girl has gone home, "the guy whose name starts with a girl" has been behaving suspiciously. Because of this the precious stone girl has been worried that the guy would start another master plan that would target others including the crush of "Sleeping Child". So she makes the best use of the greatest technological invention called the Mobile phone to make sure everything is fine.

Moving forward with the hints on the crush of "Sleeping Child" - The girl is thin. :P

Dr. Love says the "Guy/Girl name"is head over heels for the "Tennis Star". She has got quite a fan following in first years.

The "NRI girl" has been making the best out of the time she gets with the "Exchange boy(s)". She wont miss them for too long though :)

The "German" guy is having a time of his life. And he has managed to confuse the reporters as well. As per the latest updates, the pendulum is now swinging between the "Classical dancer+Party Goer" girl and the girl with whom he shares something in common. On which side will the pendulum stop? Will the "Sleeping Child" do something to save his crush from the master plan? Keep following!

Thats all for now! Over and out! Happy weekends! :)

Convocation+Independence Day+The LIBA Storm

And finally I get to post from hostel! I know its been a long silence on this blog. And like a good manager, I have something to blame on. This time the real culprit is "Hostel Internet Connection". My browsers homepage is the sweet and simple Google page, and it takes minimum of 5 minutes to load it. I can't remember when I opened my Gmail inbox in standard view. Even this time, I opened the blog editing page and had a nice nap before I could type something on this!

But in spite of all these hurdles, yours truly makes it a point to update the unofficial identity of LIBA. *Applause Applause*

Batch 08-10 Convocation

No feeling is better than meeting your batch mates after leaving college. It was a sight of Nostalgia and Memories at the Convocation of 2008-10 batch. And trust me, it feels awesome when you meet your Seniors once again :)

Most of the conversations were based on everyones survival saga's on the job! A common tip from all the Seniors : Enjoy your college days, job is not as good as being a student. Advice taken.

Wishing all the best to all our seniors for the years ahead!

Gone yesterday, Hair today

In the last post, I reported about people going bald in LIBA. But recently, a reverse trend has been observed with those who have already passed out. Check the pics below!

This transformation has been an envy of many people, including the one below.

At the convocation, even the "Best management student of India" was not recognized by the finance professor of the college. Reason: Gone yesterday, Hair today :)

Independence Day Celebrations

Patriotism was in the air as LIBA celebrated the Independence day. The Circle did a commendable work with the arrangements. But the celebrations suddenly turned into a riot. Thanks to the rains. Order was finally restored after the intervention of a popular figure who stretched out his hands and the boisterous crowd ceased! Oh the miracles yoga can work on people!

The LIBA Storm

One fb status update from a Senior who passed out last year has taken the college by storm. There have been a truck load and titanic load of debate on it. The faculty has been equally taken aback by such a statement made on a Social Media website. I won't comment on this, as I have my personal opinions and this is a public blog. People do know to differentiate between right and wrong. :)

Immediately following the post and some 'likings', a mail was sent by head of Vital committee to the students. The 'Likings' have created a sense of anxiety among juniors if something was done out of personal enmity. However, the entire issue has opened a can of worms. It is indeed an unsaid protocol that we act responsibly outside college premises. In the end, we owe a lot to this institution! LIBA rocks \m/

The Campus Radar

The exam time table is out and it sent a shiver down many a spine among both the years. Natasha and Sonia were hospitalized 2 weeks back. Natasha returned to college few days back, while Sonia is still recovering. As per her latest fb update she is "minus an organ now". Wish her a speedy recovery. The frequency of epidemic victims has decreased since past few days. *Touch Wood*

From the Gossip Factory

In the last post I promised to give hint about the lady love of "Sleeping Child". Well, here is the hint: The girl is very fair by her skin color. More hints to follow. :)

Two Mangalorean girls from the first year 'were' great friends. Their love for each other caught on like wild fire. Then the precious stone girl started becoming possessive about the "guy whose name starts with a girl". But now the great friends hardly speak to each other. Recently, one of the great friends is back after a long time.. will the distance worsen? Or will they patch up? Secret Reporter bets that the "guy whose name starts with a girl" will get dragged into this very soon! We're opening the betting for the grand finale. Please contact secret reporter to place your bets.

Secret reporter has discovered cases of rampant smuggling of chicken curry into the hostel. Not sure who's the supplier. Our detectives are currently investigating. A special edition will be out once we get the entire story.

The "Exchange" boy is reportedly fed up of being constantly spied by "NRI" girl. But then she is far from being "Bond... James Bond" ;)

Thats all for now. Will be back soon. Till then All the Best with exams ;)

The Circle + Next to "D" Cell + The trend + The Sleeping Child

So here I am back with some Scoop on Life @ LIBA! To start with, everyone is err.. cribbing.. though I never imagined LIBA students would crib about studies. But then this has been a shock for first years to take it in the first term itself :D *Evil laugh from the breed who has passed that phase*

Btw I got this cribbing info from my best reporter... the FB(I)! Everyone on it has put this as their status update at least once :P

The Circle is rolling

So its the time that the Circle starts rolling. An eventful 15th August has been planned out this Sunday. Here is a call for all the Patriotic Indians for a Patriotic Flag hoisting with some Patriotic songs and a Patriotic speech. Well, it was indeed truly Patriotic last year :)

The sports events are all lined up between the Juniors and the Seniors. May the best men win!

The Circle has been very peaceful and calm... which is so unlike the Circle! Is this the silence before the storm?

Next to "D" Cell celebrations

Next to "D" Cell is celebrating its 1st Anniversary on 12th August. They have managed to get the derby founder to give a pep talk on Entrepreneurship. Btw the new meeting spot of the members is the OAT. Guess the fresh air helps in getting back the brains that we leave outside classrooms :P

Students seem to be pretty happy about the celebrations coz they feel that this will not be compulsory like the guest lectures... but you never know :)

Sad that next to "D" Cell did not keep a booze party instead :D

The latest trend on Campus

The fashion radar beeped a long time back. Last time it beeped when it spotted a tattoo somewhere, and now it beeps coz of high intensity reflections.

The hair on the heads have been disappearing these days. As a result, the radar is facing high intensity reflections from the exposed area on the skull. Have to ask them to stop using whatever oil they are using :P

The fashion followers believe that shaving the head relieves pressure. A lighter head means lighter mind, and consequently improves performance. "Hitman" was among the first followers of the trend.

Apparently, this new phenomenon is called "hair today, gone tomorrow".

Hope this 'bald' phenomenon does not hit the girls, else Dr.Love will feel jobless.

The "Sleeping Child" wins!

No no.. the "Sleeping child" is still kicking and alive. This is to remember his achievements that went unidentified and unnoticed with the other stories of LIBA. He is the mentor of the above mentioned trend group. And he was the winner of the "Best good looking boy in Seniors" contest that was carried out during the Signature Campaign. Unfortunately, the junior girls feelings never got publicly announced. So I chose to announce it here. *Clap Clap*

The "Sleeping Child" has a crush on one of the Junior Girls. Who is the lucky girl? I will disclose the hints on posts to follow. If you identify the girl, you will win a dinner date with both of them :P

The Campus Radar

The L&T guy had an accident 3 days back and suffered from a badly sprained left hand. He left college in a huff and met with an accident. Wish him speedy recovery.

The prof who broke all hell loose on the first years got transformed after sitting under a tree and made his followers happy. A ship building game did this magic. The students were all praise for him after the game. He even threw a soft drink party for all the students in the canteen. I wish this was a compulsory guest lecture for the second years as well :P

The search for the transformational magic tree has been started.

"Dont be so Jiby!" is the new adjective people have started using following some series of incidents that took place while Jiby was helping build a ship.

From the Gossip Factory

Secret Reporter is under a huge scrutiny - In risk of his/her life! There are a number of spy agents out to assassinate him/her for the gossip sold out.

The "NRI" girl has been all over the "Exchange" guy to woo him. As per Dr. Love, she confesses of knowing him more than anyone else.

Dr. Love can smell another cross border connection happening and can already feel the Globalization. This connection involves the "Muscle" guy.

As per the reporters, the "Cloud" girl does not like the guys of her batch. Radar spots her around the Senior guys and says *beep* :)

A big gift was given by the "flame" guy to his 'best friend'. The size of the gift exceeded the size of the recipient but then they are just good friends. :)

Emergency Alert

This post is being written on a serious note. No Gossips. No Stories.

Many people in the college have fallen victims to blood sucking monsters and their menace.

Also, the water and food have lead to numerous cases of Cholera, Diarrhea, Food Poisoning, Jaundice etc.

Here is a bit of Information which may be very Useful:

• Every LIBA'ite has been insured under 'Accident and Medical Insurance'. The insurance cover is upto `30,000. (Both - Cashless and Reimbursement)
• Every student has an identity number which needs to be specified while making a claim. The number is available with Sudhakar Sir.
• To claim the insurance amount, the affected person has to be hospitalized in a hospital with proper facilities. Eg. B.R. Hospital on G.N. Chetty Road.
• Go to the insurance department in the hospital and inform them beforehand for a cashless claim.
• Our 3rd Party Insurance provider is "Cholamandalam". Check their website for a list of hospitals where you can avail cashless treatment.

Binu is in hospital, Praveen was discharged from hospital today, Shweta is suffering from Jaundice, Innumerable people are suffering from Food poisoning and Diarrhea...

Wish a speedy recovery for all the affected souls.

Stay Healthy. Stay Alive. Amen.

From the Vital committee + The Campus Radar

Its been long time since the last post, blame it on Kotler for saying so many things to the B2B professor. Its been one hectic week for marketing people. But have to admit, at the end of B2B class, every person in the room saw himself as the best potential sales guy. This week, its the finance people who will be playing 'Survival of the fittest'. By the way, I got an ultimate solution for the mosquito problem reported in last blog - keep the door and windows shut. :P

From Vital Committee

Father and the head of vital committee had a meeting with the Second years to ring a bell and say "Its almost here! Start preparing!" :)

So now, its almost the time to gulp air, remember all the gods possible and gather courage to touch those books lying in the shelf. Some spiders have actually made it their home sweet home. Will feel sorry for them. And yes, hope for the best with "Its almost here" part!

The Campus Radar

(This section is because I have some things to write but they don't fall under any section. This place is dedicated to those updates)

It was the "first" weekend off for the first years and they fell in love with it like their first love! People including the Italian gang were seen running off to the old favourites - Pondicherry and Mahabalipuram.

The junior CR has taken one step forward compared to senior CR. A cake was cut by the first years as a tribute to the Friendship day today. People just need a reason to eat cakes :P

From the Gossip Factory

The "German" guy who shares his last name with a first year girl finally got his long awaited German shoes. Apparently the shoes caused him a lot of mental trauma. The company took about 2 weeks to make them and another 4 weeks for them to reach him. As a result, the theme teams morale was affected as their leader din't have shoes to slip into. Now that they have arrived he has slipped into his leaders shoes! A Mocktail was reportedly sponsored by him to celebrate the ocassion :)

The "Classical dancer + Party goer" (the + sign was to show polar differences of life) girl of the junior batch is single and is looking for eligible seniors. She finds her batch boring and wants someone hot, handsome and smart. A Vital committee member and a "next to D Cell" member are among the front runners :P

Something is brewing between the "NRI" girl and the "Exchange" boy reports Dr. Love. Time: Post midnight - She was last seen dropping by at the place of the "Singer" girl . The "Exchange" guy dropped her. Reportedly, she has been attending a lot of firangi parties :)

They were found in.... err many people have intruded their privacy before. Hence, Dr. Love decides to respect it and no more information will be disclosed here.

The "Teddy bear" boy has been upset due to a facebook fan page created for him. He did not like it and the page was deleted on his complaint. Ever since, He has stopped speaking with the creator of that page. The reason was indeed not big enough to affect a good friendship.

Who will the classical dancer zero in on? Will geographical boundaries stop the NRI girl? Keep following ;)

(Phew! Too much info for this post) :P

Reporting Live and more Lively! Laterz!

Vital Committee + Insight surprise + "Next to D" Cell

Well, am having an exam tomorrow. But this is the time when you feel like doing everything in the world except touching the book. This post is dedicated to that feeling :)

Preparations done: Plugged in the Mortein liquid repellent and burnt the Mortein coil and sprayed some HIT and applied Odomos like a beauty cream. Still these blood sucking monsters are trying their best to find a drop or two of my blood as if they have worn some anti-biological warfare suits. A mosquito massacre is being forecast in the next 15 minutes. These were some exciting updates straight from LIBA Hostel.

Prayer: RIP for the souls of those slaughtered in the BFA exam.

Finally, a week worth living for people who have taken Finance and left B2B :P

Vital Committee Update

The Vital Committee had the brochure photo shoot last week. The Juniors were asked get into the 'snow white' look. And the Seniors were into the good ol Insight/Beacon/CG dress code :)

Most of the seniors have become a bit too healthy to get into the suits comfortably. Chennai is indeed doing wonders I guess. Have to mention the great job of co-ordinating the photo shoot done by the Juniors in the Vital committee. Keep it up!

Insight Surprise

Would rather term this as a shock to most Juniors. Thats what happened when the 120 people of Insight team were called in 302 to meet the 'Captain of the Ship'. An organized court marshal was carried on every team of Insight in front of all 120. The meet generated a lot of buzz on campus as the proceedings of the meet were least expected. And the captain just managed to scare the hell out of everyone.

"Next to D" Cell

The newly inducted Juniors in the "Next to D" Cell have rolled up their sleeves to offer one of the success stories of Annual Alumni meet - The Mocktails! Its going to be Legen... wait for it... dary! The Seniors have been very happy about the Entrepreneurial touch the Junior batch has bought with it ;)

From the Gossip Factory

The "Fathers favourite son" was noticed to be missing from hostel for 3 days. Investigation is still on.

As per the sources, there was a serious and loud war of words between the usually silent "Sound" guy and the fastest speaking girl in LIBA. The issue has not been disclosed to protect the privacy of the fights :)

Dr. Love is tired of the first wall breakers. Any interesting updates on them are welcome.

This is what happens when you suddenly fall in love with a water bottle! (This was the first time when a bottle was actually seen carried by this Vital Committee member... aah so huge!)

Signing off for now. Laterz.

Freshers 2010 + Spot the Giants contest + The gossip Factory

Waka Waka! The hangover of Freshers 2010 is still dancing in the Cerebellum of my Brain. One hell of an event it was.

Freshers 2010 - Mismatch

This time the organizers were worried for some different reason - All performances should be accommodated within the time in hand. A mouth dropping 23 performances is what we witnessed. 360 Degrees did a wonderful job of putting the entire event together. *Applause Applause* for Kavita and Co. A special mention of adorable job done by the Emcee on the stage.. Self praise is such an awesome thing you see :)

The Juniors showed amazing enthusiasm and energy with their participation. Some of the best performances were witnessed. And there are indeed a lot of Singers, Musicians and Dancers - LIBA's got Talent! ;)

The theme was "Mismatched" by Sanghita.

Even the Rain god gets a special mention for holding up the water till dinner time :)

The Freshers was an entertaining event in its own way; for Performances and Controversies.

"Bhabhiji" was the talent champ hands down. A very good Singer and one of the best classical dancers in LIBA :D

The Lover boy found 2 new Senior crushes during Freshers. One being a girl from Calcutta and the other being... ;)

This year at the freshers, the Juniors pipped out the Seniors in a certain skill. Cheers! :P

For the freshers pics, check Facebook albums of any LIBAite :P

Spot the Giants Contest!

You can get lucky too! Spot the giants in the above pics. The winners will get a chance to click photos with their favorite ones :D :P

From the Gossip Factory

"Another wall falls between the Juniors and the Seniors" says Dr. Love. The "New" girl and the "Dancer" were seen running around the bushes. The girl is learning to shake a leg or two :)

During the freshers, Dr. Love could also smell the "Make you Jealous" game between the first wall breakers. P.S. Refer the previous post when the incident was reported. The bond between them is giving Bond 007 a run for his money!

Reporting Live from LIBA. Laterz.

Freshers Theme+The Vital Committee+The Germans

Welcome to yet another super post of Pandoras Box! As I am typing this, I can feel the rain drops over my face and on the laptop screen and am semi flying in the cold breeze... Chennai weather is turning out to be more human friendly these days! ;)

Birthday Wishes

Its been a week dedicated to Mumbai girls for 2nd year... Selvina and Navisha celebrated their Birthdays. Also, Saurabh and Santiago from first year celebrated their Birthdays. Have a great year ahead. God Bless :) Due to Sunday, Santiago was saved from Birthday torture in college.

Freshers Theme announced

This year, the theme for the freshers has been announced as "Mismatch". Pretty thought provoking theme if you ask me. The first picture that comes to my mind is Mundu (The first years will know what is mundu soon :P) and the Raymond Suit. I give you a FREE tip (Monsoon sale on Pandoras Box) Close your eyes, pick whatever you can and wear it. Just make sure that it doesn't look normal :P

And yes, 15th is the last day for Signature Campaign. All those who do things in last minute, this is a wake up call! For any inquiry on consequences you can ask the Senior with "Silver lining". Am sure he still remembers the freshers day :)

From the house of Vital Committee

The youngest girl of the batch a.k.a. Fragrance a.k.a Happiness is now the Vital Committee coordinator. Congratulations! The eldest girl of the batch left the vital post of the vital committee for unknown reasons. The drivers seat has thus undergone extreme swapping. Am sure Happiness is bound to bring Happiness for the vital committee and the batch. All the best ;)

Germans return to LIBA

The Seniors who went on an exchange program are 'almost' back. Welcome to LIBA 2.0. Hope they haven't killed Octopus Paul :)

The Circle news

The circle is out with their list of selected students. Although the Circle has always been the victim of hottest controversies, hope the new torch bearers help the Circle sail smoothly in the year ahead. All the best :)

From the Gossip Factory

"The wall between the first and second year has finally been demolished" says Dr. Love

The "Intellectual" was seen getting sloshed a few days back. Was he happy? Was he sad? Why did he start boozing? Keep checking this space...

P.S. All the best to the first years for their first Mid-term. Second years are getting assignments of their lifetime since past one week. We will survive! Cheers!

Is partying allowed in LIBA - Strictly for second years

Rating: 3 1/2





Story:

News:

There are new foriegn exchange students in campus. Apparently some of the 2nd years have taken charge of them according to one of our reporters. They have also gone to one our favourite hangout place Pratap, roof top bar behind our college. The previous batch foriegn exchange student along with "In-charge" students got to go to lot of private parties and used to have good time almost everyday. Dunno how it is gonna be with these Italian foriegn exchage students and their Indian buddies. :)

Response of the signature campaign though not upto the expectation atleast united few of the 1st years and second years I think. Even though ragging is not right this signature campaign was not exactly ragging. This is one way to mingle with the second year. I am sure knowing second years would be fruitful in the long run. If you still haven't mingled with any start now. Do it your way if not through signature campaign.

Is Partying allowed in LIBA:

If you are asking permission for having good time it is not gonna happen. :)

After spending one year in LIBA if you still haven't done anything crazy (Warning: This can be addictive and can result in poor grades) then there are few things you can do. Have you heard of night life in Chennai. There are lot of places only very few people go. Let me reveal it to our college people. If you are staying in hostel then get a late slip on a saturday night saying movie or something and get out. If you don't drink then there are not many places you can go to. Though you have an all night cafe in Residency in T-nagar[ Not residency towers] and midnight masala restuarant next to kodambakam bridge behind our college mainly for non drinkers. If you have a bike after eating you can go sit in the beach relax and come back in the morning. If you drink then the places[Near our college] you can go to

1. Star Rocks, In Spring Hotel[To locate it use Google]...This is like a club kind of place with a dance floor. Good DJ and major celebrity event happens during some weekends. Couple entry but if you are stag and wanna enter get my number from Chaitik and call me. I can get you in for sure. Club rules apply. [Shoes and decent dress]. Minimum amount required per couple Rs.750- 1500





2. Paasha , Park hotel. One of the best club some say. I differ from it though. Good D.J. Mandatory couple entry. Otherwise you can go to Leather Bar in the same hotel which is not that happening though. Couple Entry Rs:1000

If these places seems costly then I would suggest some cheaper happening places in my next post.
To be continued........
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