My (unedited) thoughts!

So, I am finally writing my first real post here. And to be honest, I have no idea what this post is going to be about. I am just simply going to write whatever comes to my mind, without any modifications. Hence the name.

As I said earlier, it has been close to 2 years since I last wrote something on my blog. So now, I am kind of out of touch with blogging. And at the moment, a little clueless as to what should I write and how should I start. So excuse me if I am a little unclear!

These 2 years have been quite eventful indeed. The last time I posted on the blog, I think I had recently finished my graduation and was preparing for MBA entrance exams. At that time, I had no idea where I was headed. In the month of July 2007 I took admission in MIT School of Management (MITSOM), Pune for their MBA course. I shifted to Pune in August. Before actually shifting here I had barely been to Pune a couple of times, for a single day. I entered MITSOM not quite knowing what to expect. The first year turned out to be pretty good. I became the Ladies Representative of the class, participated in a fashion show for the inter-collegiate festival by ISBM, scored respectable percentages in both the sememsters of MBA and stood first among the girls in my class.

And then came the second year. I had, well in advance, decided to specialize in Finance. Our so called specialization began in August 2008. Just as we were embarking upon entering the wonderous world of finance (indeed), we read about one of the largest bankruptcies declared by Lehman Brothers, a leading investment bank. It became one of the hottest topics of discussion in our classes. Though now I wish we had had something positive to discuss. Now, we have landed in a situation where the entire world is facing recession and us poor souls, MBA Freshers specializing in finance, are desperately looking for jobs (unsuccessfully so far). We often find ourselves cursing for choosing to specialize in Finance of all the streams. But I prefer to maintain a positive outlook since it is highly required at this time. So I will try not to focus on this subject at the moment.

Another major change in my life in these two years was shifting from Mumbai to Pune. I had always been a loyal admirer of Mumbai. But more than that, Pune had always been the last place on my list to shift to. But then at that time, MBA was more important, so I convinced myself to shift here. My first impression of Pune: bad roads, unfriendly people, terrible traffic and even more terrible traffic sense, too much of pollution, no public transport and the list could go on and on. I would always have arguements with my Mom and Dad as to which city is better. And like the loyal Bombayiite that I am, I always defended Mumbai in every aspect of the argument. My mom and dad would keep telling me, "its only a matter of a year from now till you start praising Pune and hating Mumbai". But now it has been close to a year and a half in Pune. And now, I love Mumbai even more if that's possible! I love the roads, I love the BEST Buses, I love the Fiat Taxis, I love the Local Trains, I love the people, I love the chowpatties; however dirty they might be, I love Worli Sea Face, I love Shivaji Park, I love the traffic signals and how people actually follow them, I love how even late into the night the city looks lively. Oh well, I could go on and on about this too. So I'd rather stop.

Anyways, I can't say that I totally hate my life in Pune. There are a number of things that I do here and enjoy. Now I am in my last semester of MBA and that realization sort of makes me review my life here. And that review makes me think of all the things and places I will truly miss at the end of my college. More about that in another post. I don't want to make this post too lengthy lest it should bore you! :-)

Anyways, to sum up, these two years have been wonderfully weird. I complain about choosing a specialization where at this very moment, there are no interesting jobs, I complain about leaving the best city in the world and going to one which I had always hated, I complain about not getting to stay with my Mom and Dad as much as I would like. But, in spite of all these complaints, I cannot say that I do not enjoy my life right now. I sort of love discussing with friends where we all will get placed or if at all we will get placed. I love bitching about Pune with my roommate who is also a loyal Bombayiite.

So all in all, in these two years I have sort of learned to love the things I normally would have hated and I think I have come out just a little bit stronger.