after a long time i watched a good movie. Closer..
Some quotes I liked the most:
Dan: I want Anna back.
Larry: She's made her choice.
Dan: I owe you an apology. I fell in love with her. My intention was not to make you suffer.
Larry: So where's the apology? Ya cunt.
Dan: I apologize. If you love her you'll let her go so she can be happy.
Larry: She doesn't want to be happy.
Dan: Everybody wants to be happy.
Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing.
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Dan: I fell in love with her, Alice.
Alice: Oh, as if you had no choice? There's a moment, there's always a moment, "I can do this, I can give into this, or I can resist it", and I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one.
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Anna: I'm sorry you're...
Larry: Don't say it! Don't you fucking say you're too good for me. I am, but don't say it.
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Larry: Alice, tell me something true.
Alice: Lying's the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off - but it's better if you do.
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Alice: Why isn't love enough?
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Anna: Love bores you.
Dan: No, it disappoints me.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
drving test glitches
Today i gave the drving test, written test though. I need to prepare just for 2 hours or so, going over the ONLY document and you are verse with the answers and questions. Though not all the actual test questions are from the document, the out-of-the-syllabus questions were pretty commonsensical questions.
Otherwise, the answers of some of teh questions are really funny. Like, one
when would your driving license be suspended the answer to which is when you drive with an invalid (fake) drivers license. Paradigmn is that how would ones fake drivers license be suspended.
Next, though not funny, yet its surprising how rules are bulit around the school buses and pedestrains - the right of the way is always theirs. (A pedestrain is doing something unlawful only if he stands in the middle ofthe road to hitch a ride).
We rented out a car today and road around the city to get a practice of the driving. since its a long time from the last time i drove, i enjoied it.
Otherwise, the answers of some of teh questions are really funny. Like, one
when would your driving license be suspended the answer to which is when you drive with an invalid (fake) drivers license. Paradigmn is that how would ones fake drivers license be suspended.
Next, though not funny, yet its surprising how rules are bulit around the school buses and pedestrains - the right of the way is always theirs. (A pedestrain is doing something unlawful only if he stands in the middle ofthe road to hitch a ride).
We rented out a car today and road around the city to get a practice of the driving. since its a long time from the last time i drove, i enjoied it.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Christmas gift is not as sweet as expected
Well,, the long between now and my previous post can be attributed to my part timejob. That does not mean that i have been busy with the work..Nope - the work is as leisurely as one can dream of. I am pissed off by the fact that the quality of the work that iam currently doing is nothing more than Bull shit. Seriously, I expected to work on FInance projcts, Gain a knowledge of funademental analysis of companies, get some insights on trading, hedge funds n all.. But I ended up doing some sick documentation, taht too formattign some documents, formatting on Coreldraw.. It being a pro bono offer made me pissed off even more. I had to cancel my trip to Boise coz of this. moreover, almost some 8 hours of my day is just wasted.. I was taken fo a ride, and ended up in a deep deep shit.. Though, i am not bound to work for the job, yet, I could not jus quit it. One reason being, what ever crap I do, i can use Dilbertism to add a line in my resume. other being, my boss has a good rapport with our Carrer Management center guys.. I dont want to spoil my reputation with them, as I was the one who was behind CMC to get me a job for during winter Vacation.. Anyways, its an experience..
hmm.. The other day i CODED, yes.. software programming again. I wrote the same 'If' stmts, same 'for' loop.. and went through a kind of weird feeling.. I guess, the same feeling the veterans get when they play the sport long after they are retired..wel, thats an exagerration though.. But, I did feel as if that (programming) is what i am good at, rather than management. I studied VBA, Macros in no time and finished the assigned task as quick. It was fun though, a sense of accomplishment..
And, next ,, i could not mingle well with my roomie, as I figured out taht he poked around my laptop in my absence.. It made me feel very insecure. The more I try not to think of it, the more i end up cussing him. I jus hope he reads this. I want him to read this, coz, even if i ask him whether he did it or not, his answer would be brazen NO. and I dont think he knows that one can know the recently accessed documents.
I am planning to give a drivers test tomorrow. The good thing is that i jus need to prepare froma documnt with 80 questions.. I got that doc from a friend of mine.. I wonder how the hell can one come up with an almost offcial list of questions, when th actual test is not paper based. Amazing indians Indeed...
For the book lovers out there (well, i am not one, am jus a novice in readin fiction), I saw a book in borders - 501 must reads. The title says it all.. Its nice in the sence taht, it is divided into sections - science fiction, literature, modern fiction, children short stories .. kind of. The good thing isthat its not hat costly.. just 10 dolls.. (Oooh!! i didnt notice from when did i start saying 500 Indian rupees as 'Just 500 rupees')
Hope that makes up my missed entries and covers most of what i want to post...
Goodnight folks..
hmm.. The other day i CODED, yes.. software programming again. I wrote the same 'If' stmts, same 'for' loop.. and went through a kind of weird feeling.. I guess, the same feeling the veterans get when they play the sport long after they are retired..wel, thats an exagerration though.. But, I did feel as if that (programming) is what i am good at, rather than management. I studied VBA, Macros in no time and finished the assigned task as quick. It was fun though, a sense of accomplishment..
And, next ,, i could not mingle well with my roomie, as I figured out taht he poked around my laptop in my absence.. It made me feel very insecure. The more I try not to think of it, the more i end up cussing him. I jus hope he reads this. I want him to read this, coz, even if i ask him whether he did it or not, his answer would be brazen NO. and I dont think he knows that one can know the recently accessed documents.
I am planning to give a drivers test tomorrow. The good thing is that i jus need to prepare froma documnt with 80 questions.. I got that doc from a friend of mine.. I wonder how the hell can one come up with an almost offcial list of questions, when th actual test is not paper based. Amazing indians Indeed...
For the book lovers out there (well, i am not one, am jus a novice in readin fiction), I saw a book in borders - 501 must reads. The title says it all.. Its nice in the sence taht, it is divided into sections - science fiction, literature, modern fiction, children short stories .. kind of. The good thing isthat its not hat costly.. just 10 dolls.. (Oooh!! i didnt notice from when did i start saying 500 Indian rupees as 'Just 500 rupees')
Hope that makes up my missed entries and covers most of what i want to post...
Goodnight folks..
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
a perfect Christmas present
I got a ProBono job oppurtunity, to work during christmas and thereafter.. what else can a be a better note to end the exams and teh semester..
I'm just trying to find
I'm just trying to find
A decent melody
A song that I can sing
In my own company
....
You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And now you can't get out of it
......
A song by U2, consisely puts together my current mood..
A decent melody
A song that I can sing
In my own company
....
You've got to get yourself together
You've got stuck in a moment
And now you can't get out of it
......
A song by U2, consisely puts together my current mood..
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
and the blues carry forward!!
Still could not recover from the accounting disapointment.. I guess i would get an A, yet I am not satisfied.
as a reult, iam not able to concentrate on my next exam.. Corporatefinance... I had just enough with my first exam, acouting.. I am dead tired, drained out of my energy, and worse, my lungs are so full of smoke that i could not even enjoi a smoke break.. I hate exams!!!!!! I hate exams even more when i dont perform well..
Tomw i would be FREE again..
as a reult, iam not able to concentrate on my next exam.. Corporatefinance... I had just enough with my first exam, acouting.. I am dead tired, drained out of my energy, and worse, my lungs are so full of smoke that i could not even enjoi a smoke break.. I hate exams!!!!!! I hate exams even more when i dont perform well..
Tomw i would be FREE again..
Monday, December 4, 2006
Accounting for the accountin exam prep
I know not whether should i be happy that i am done with accounting exam, or to feel sad that i didntdo it well even after all teh time i spent in deciphering the nuances in accounting..
Personally, i never liked Accounting. The first time i confronted the balance sheet debits, credits was during my engineering. Indeed was overwhelmed by the crappy work that accountants have to take up for their bread and butter. It being an elective, ( i guess so.. ) made me not to actually understand it, but read just enough to get a decent number in the finals. I faintly remember that i had to tweak my solution , just like what the Enron guys must have done with their balance sheets. :) ..
In here, the whole accounting was a different story. IN the first module, i had Accounting-I.. I was amused by the way the events in an organization are ledgered, jornal'd and finally accounted for in the final financial statements. Though i got good grade in my first mod,, I never was confortable with debits and credits,, I had a tough time understanding why the gain is credited (substracted) from the cash.. and losses added.. Yet... alls well that ends welll... My accounitng professor is worth a pinch of praise here.. She is an amazing prof, and is very enthusiastic about the subject. (just to give an example of her passion: Theusername and passwd for the course site is 'accounting', 'isfun')
I had a mandatory accounting class in teh second mod.. ( the current module)..If the first accounting class is a spoon feeding session, this was a crash course .. I guess, i had a mention about my professor in my previous post..Every one in our class is intimidated by this prof (in contrary i find him amusing, intelligent, a perfect professor with a perfect way of teaching the subject) But what we havent anticipated is the last minute surprise for the BIG exam. He, cleverly I guess, posted the sample final exam just days before the final. (clever coz, i wonder whetehr anyone had given any positive feedback had they known the toughness of the sample paper any earlier).. The review session of the sample paper was a BIG surprise for every one.. Though it is not out of the scope of what he taught in the class, it scared the shit out of every one just coz he never did cover the kind of problem he gave in sample final..
I gues every one must have hit their books soon after the review session.. For me, i studied from 10:00 in thenight till 2:00 in the night.. Got up at 8:00 the next day.. Studied till 8:00 in the evening with a 2 hour break.. (yeah. i did it. even i could not believe it..Goes without saying that it costed me a haf pack of Marlboros... ) I was so sick and tired of going through the accounting that, I boozed that night.. The studying continued the nextday ..THe whole study session was strenous, yet i got a GOOD grasp of the concepts. So good that, I started loving/liking accounting.. The more i understtod it, the more i started to appreciate and admire our professor. I decided to go on and take twomore courses in accouting had i done the exam good..
exam day, I thought i will nail that bitch.. but well, i could not.. I small twist in his cash flow problem ( a typical Hanna way of paper) scrwed me.. My poor time mamagement added to the woes.. On the whole, iguess i did it good.. better than others, but yet not up to the expectations I had on my performance - ( after all that pain and all that understanding of basics)..Well,, the take away is a satisfaction taht i understood accoutning.. and a satisfaction that i was close to nail the exam..
I thank my professor for his way of teaching.. Had it not been the way it was, or had it been spoon feeding, i dont think i would have enjoied accouting that much.. Needless to say, My liking for my Accouting-I professor is totally overwritten by that of my Accounting II prof..
My advice - take accounting.. take it from a prof who is passionate about it.. Then you would understand what I now feel like..
Nickel Back never sounded so very good before!!!! :)
Personally, i never liked Accounting. The first time i confronted the balance sheet debits, credits was during my engineering. Indeed was overwhelmed by the crappy work that accountants have to take up for their bread and butter. It being an elective, ( i guess so.. ) made me not to actually understand it, but read just enough to get a decent number in the finals. I faintly remember that i had to tweak my solution , just like what the Enron guys must have done with their balance sheets. :) ..
In here, the whole accounting was a different story. IN the first module, i had Accounting-I.. I was amused by the way the events in an organization are ledgered, jornal'd and finally accounted for in the final financial statements. Though i got good grade in my first mod,, I never was confortable with debits and credits,, I had a tough time understanding why the gain is credited (substracted) from the cash.. and losses added.. Yet... alls well that ends welll... My accounitng professor is worth a pinch of praise here.. She is an amazing prof, and is very enthusiastic about the subject. (just to give an example of her passion: Theusername and passwd for the course site is 'accounting', 'isfun')
I had a mandatory accounting class in teh second mod.. ( the current module)..If the first accounting class is a spoon feeding session, this was a crash course .. I guess, i had a mention about my professor in my previous post..Every one in our class is intimidated by this prof (in contrary i find him amusing, intelligent, a perfect professor with a perfect way of teaching the subject) But what we havent anticipated is the last minute surprise for the BIG exam. He, cleverly I guess, posted the sample final exam just days before the final. (clever coz, i wonder whetehr anyone had given any positive feedback had they known the toughness of the sample paper any earlier).. The review session of the sample paper was a BIG surprise for every one.. Though it is not out of the scope of what he taught in the class, it scared the shit out of every one just coz he never did cover the kind of problem he gave in sample final..
I gues every one must have hit their books soon after the review session.. For me, i studied from 10:00 in thenight till 2:00 in the night.. Got up at 8:00 the next day.. Studied till 8:00 in the evening with a 2 hour break.. (yeah. i did it. even i could not believe it..Goes without saying that it costed me a haf pack of Marlboros... ) I was so sick and tired of going through the accounting that, I boozed that night.. The studying continued the nextday ..THe whole study session was strenous, yet i got a GOOD grasp of the concepts. So good that, I started loving/liking accounting.. The more i understtod it, the more i started to appreciate and admire our professor. I decided to go on and take twomore courses in accouting had i done the exam good..
exam day, I thought i will nail that bitch.. but well, i could not.. I small twist in his cash flow problem ( a typical Hanna way of paper) scrwed me.. My poor time mamagement added to the woes.. On the whole, iguess i did it good.. better than others, but yet not up to the expectations I had on my performance - ( after all that pain and all that understanding of basics)..Well,, the take away is a satisfaction taht i understood accoutning.. and a satisfaction that i was close to nail the exam..
I thank my professor for his way of teaching.. Had it not been the way it was, or had it been spoon feeding, i dont think i would have enjoied accouting that much.. Needless to say, My liking for my Accouting-I professor is totally overwritten by that of my Accounting II prof..
My advice - take accounting.. take it from a prof who is passionate about it.. Then you would understand what I now feel like..
Nickel Back never sounded so very good before!!!! :)
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Exams are injurious to your health!!
And i fucking smoked 8 cigarettes in a single day!!! whats a better proof than this!!!!!!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
A quick update
Trip to seattle has been good, rather unexpectedly excellent.
My second module finals have officially started today.. Was given two take home exams today, with a due date one week from now. That in a way means that my ass would be on fire during the whole time..
I wish i could finish the take homes before the actual exams start..
Wish me all th best for all A's in all the subjects..
My second module finals have officially started today.. Was given two take home exams today, with a due date one week from now. That in a way means that my ass would be on fire during the whole time..
I wish i could finish the take homes before the actual exams start..
Wish me all th best for all A's in all the subjects..
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Nostalgic of my booze days!!
Red red wine .. this song by UB40 reminds me of my college days.. the long walks n talks after an heavy booze!!!
No doubt I want to booozee. in memory of those best days and company of best friends!!!!!!Cannot wait for tomorrow, when i would be with my college friends.. Teetotellers but..... :)
It is indeed a fact that you associate your favourite songs, any song for that matter, to a past situation or a person. I will post them sometime.. Shit!! another additon to the already-browing list of to-dos..
No doubt I want to booozee. in memory of those best days and company of best friends!!!!!!Cannot wait for tomorrow, when i would be with my college friends.. Teetotellers but..... :)
It is indeed a fact that you associate your favourite songs, any song for that matter, to a past situation or a person. I will post them sometime.. Shit!! another additon to the already-browing list of to-dos..
My study group
How would you describe your day, if you had to get up early in the morning on a holiday and work on an assignment for anout 6 straight hours!!! At an initial thought, I figured it would be a busy, wokeup on the wrongside of the bed day.. But with my study group members long hours were never boring or tiring!!! Its an amazing bunch of people, every one has a knack at specific stuff..
Rohit: An amazing ABCD. Good at talking.. He can go on for hours talking about some thing or the other.. An excellent leader n team mate.If he werent around and the rest were to work on a porject, i am sure, it would go no where. Good at numbers.. and his out of the box thinking.. He, in short, is the glue that binds our team together..
Charles Joseph: A low profile guy,,. almost 80% of our batch doesnot know who Charles is!! well.. on the contrary, he is an interesting chap.. A guy who literally lives on Pot. Good at arguments.. Lazy.. Makes the whole meetings interesting by his quick witty anecdotes..Can safely categorized as a Safe Psycho. I like him the way he is, but...
ALessandra: The only female in our group. Cute and lively. THough she is of a fair sex, it never was a constraint for our guy talk.. A museum curator, by profession, has plans of owing a museum in the future. Not so very interested in getting grades.. Her say on accounting and finace - why should i damn care about them i would hire people who does accouting and finance. Cool gal to hang around with.
Trevor: I admire this guy a lot.. I guess he is the oldest of all..a rock start, a celebrity you can say, a marketing guy, high profile, Casanova, member of Mile High club (look up in google for what it is!!)... Though he is old,, he enjoys every minute of school. Though we hate the assignments, he always is positive on them.. This is what he is in the scholl for, to study, to learn.. and to make friends.
Me: The numbers guy and the virgin!! :) . they acknowledge that I am good at numbers and when ever some calculations come up, the eyes would be on me..
hmm.. I should be off to wash my clothes now.. Flying to Seattle tomw early moning.. Happy Thanks Giving folks!!!
Rohit: An amazing ABCD. Good at talking.. He can go on for hours talking about some thing or the other.. An excellent leader n team mate.If he werent around and the rest were to work on a porject, i am sure, it would go no where. Good at numbers.. and his out of the box thinking.. He, in short, is the glue that binds our team together..
Charles Joseph: A low profile guy,,. almost 80% of our batch doesnot know who Charles is!! well.. on the contrary, he is an interesting chap.. A guy who literally lives on Pot. Good at arguments.. Lazy.. Makes the whole meetings interesting by his quick witty anecdotes..Can safely categorized as a Safe Psycho. I like him the way he is, but...
ALessandra: The only female in our group. Cute and lively. THough she is of a fair sex, it never was a constraint for our guy talk.. A museum curator, by profession, has plans of owing a museum in the future. Not so very interested in getting grades.. Her say on accounting and finace - why should i damn care about them i would hire people who does accouting and finance. Cool gal to hang around with.
Trevor: I admire this guy a lot.. I guess he is the oldest of all..a rock start, a celebrity you can say, a marketing guy, high profile, Casanova, member of Mile High club (look up in google for what it is!!)... Though he is old,, he enjoys every minute of school. Though we hate the assignments, he always is positive on them.. This is what he is in the scholl for, to study, to learn.. and to make friends.
Me: The numbers guy and the virgin!! :) . they acknowledge that I am good at numbers and when ever some calculations come up, the eyes would be on me..
hmm.. I should be off to wash my clothes now.. Flying to Seattle tomw early moning.. Happy Thanks Giving folks!!!
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
And the hell breaks loose
Got a rejection from Citigroup and ATKearney summer internship program. I repent for being agressive in the internship search!!! I should have tweaked my resume a bit more before sending it across to my dream companies.. I need a HUG!!!!
Good night!!!!!!!!!
Good night!!!!!!!!!
Business plan competition!!!
We are participating in a business plan.. Well,,, not coz we have a great idea but coz the prize money is in 5 digits..
Yday we had a brain storming on the ideas.. and verey body was supposed to pitch in 2 ideas each. One of my team mates suggested a facial for old folk.. Seems after the world war there was a baby bloom ,, and he forecasts that the market for facials would have a boom in this phase..
My idea(s) were to 1. open a cycle stand kind of thing in US schools.. 2. Create a wifi hub for apartment complexes 3. rent out cheap cars/scooters in cheap for international students in the schools
They were not recieved that positively.. but well.. it was a nice experience to experience the way these americans approach the idea, and the way they bring it down systematically..
Finally, we chose a business plan related to ,, sorry, we were all bound by a honour code to not to let it out!!
I started my due diligence on the financial feasibility of the porject.. and in contrast to my expectations that google would throw me every number i needed, there was nomarket data available for free. The market data that would suit our needs was priced at 5000 USD.. (well,not exactly 5000 but at 4999).. I hate to get bounced by the same marketing concepts that i am learning in my curriculum!! :)
Thats about it.. I hope i would finish my end of work by tomorrow midnight.. Thats the dead line they decided.. But with the holiday mood already sinked in, i dont think its an easy task to work on it.
But.. why am i wasting my time in here instead of working on the business plan!!!!!I am an addict to addictions!!!!!
Yday we had a brain storming on the ideas.. and verey body was supposed to pitch in 2 ideas each. One of my team mates suggested a facial for old folk.. Seems after the world war there was a baby bloom ,, and he forecasts that the market for facials would have a boom in this phase..
My idea(s) were to 1. open a cycle stand kind of thing in US schools.. 2. Create a wifi hub for apartment complexes 3. rent out cheap cars/scooters in cheap for international students in the schools
They were not recieved that positively.. but well.. it was a nice experience to experience the way these americans approach the idea, and the way they bring it down systematically..
Finally, we chose a business plan related to ,, sorry, we were all bound by a honour code to not to let it out!!
I started my due diligence on the financial feasibility of the porject.. and in contrast to my expectations that google would throw me every number i needed, there was nomarket data available for free. The market data that would suit our needs was priced at 5000 USD.. (well,not exactly 5000 but at 4999).. I hate to get bounced by the same marketing concepts that i am learning in my curriculum!! :)
Thats about it.. I hope i would finish my end of work by tomorrow midnight.. Thats the dead line they decided.. But with the holiday mood already sinked in, i dont think its an easy task to work on it.
But.. why am i wasting my time in here instead of working on the business plan!!!!!I am an addict to addictions!!!!!
One lazy morning!!!
Yday this stupid thing, otherwise called bloggin, made me defer my working on marketing assignment .. and i ended up slogging till 2:00 in the night.. Well,,bloggin is not the only culprit though.. I tried to understand what went on in ydays Accounting class.. something about our accounting class.. Before MBA, i always presumed that Accounting is the MOST boring-est subject ever.. But our prof is an awesome teacher..Every single sentense in his class would be relevant.. If you miss a single sentence, it would take atleast 10-15 to get back on track again.. Some times it would serve no purpose to attend the class there on.. He makes the theoritical part seem so simple and ends the class with a case study. Case study is the most interesting part of the class.. Eevry body in the class are intimidated to answer his questions.. Sometimes even obvious questions like 2+2=? would not get any response from the class..anyways,, the bttom line is that he is an awesome professor..
Ohh.. i have to talk about todays sleeping morning right!!! well,, in ydays case study of accounting, i was the one who slacked for about 3 minutes during the class, and was blank for the rest of the class.. So i worked a lil bit on accoutning before hitting the sack... Got up at 7:30 in the morning.. STarted to school without a shower ( i guess this is the first time i attended a class without a shower).. Missing the bus, running out of cigarettes added to the drama.. Finally i was able to be On Time for the class.. The worst part of the day follows.. I literally slept-minus-snoring in the class.. DUring the break the guys sitting beside me wished me a Good Morning.. and gave me the cold news that the professor took a notice of my sound sleep.. I hope it does not affect my class participation share of marks!!!!All i care in marketing is a A or A-.. This is the last marketing class i am going to take.. Who cares!!!
Surprisingly,, The second half of the class was interesting.. She showed the results of the Psychology of customers in marketing.. Like.. One example :
You buy a ticket for a movie for 100$.. Just before entering the theater you realize that you lost your ticket.. Would you buy a new ticket for another 100$.
You buy a ticket for a movie for 100$. Just before entering the theater you realize that you lost 100$. Would it make any difference.
another one:
You go to buy a calculator of worth 250.. The shopkeeper tells you that the same calculator is available for 10 $ less in a shop some 20 miles away. Would you bother to visit the other shop.
You go to buy a calculator of worth 25.. The shopkeeper tells you that the same calculator is available for 10 $ less in a shop some 20 miles away. Would you bother to visit the other shop.
Economics wise, tere is no difference.. But customers psycology makes the outcome different..
Last and the best one:
It snows in, say Boise..The demand for the showels increases and thus the shopkeeper raises the price from 100 to 120$. Is it justified?
80% of the customers (public) responded that it is not.. where are 80% of MBA grads responded it is!!!
She ended the class by saying - "the lesson is, when you go out in the market and work as executives, think from the customers perspective, not from MBA or economics perspective"
Ooooh!! lot of wasted time.. I should run to Borders and sudy, NOW!!
Ohh.. i have to talk about todays sleeping morning right!!! well,, in ydays case study of accounting, i was the one who slacked for about 3 minutes during the class, and was blank for the rest of the class.. So i worked a lil bit on accoutning before hitting the sack... Got up at 7:30 in the morning.. STarted to school without a shower ( i guess this is the first time i attended a class without a shower).. Missing the bus, running out of cigarettes added to the drama.. Finally i was able to be On Time for the class.. The worst part of the day follows.. I literally slept-minus-snoring in the class.. DUring the break the guys sitting beside me wished me a Good Morning.. and gave me the cold news that the professor took a notice of my sound sleep.. I hope it does not affect my class participation share of marks!!!!All i care in marketing is a A or A-.. This is the last marketing class i am going to take.. Who cares!!!
Surprisingly,, The second half of the class was interesting.. She showed the results of the Psychology of customers in marketing.. Like.. One example :
You buy a ticket for a movie for 100$.. Just before entering the theater you realize that you lost your ticket.. Would you buy a new ticket for another 100$.
You buy a ticket for a movie for 100$. Just before entering the theater you realize that you lost 100$. Would it make any difference.
another one:
You go to buy a calculator of worth 250.. The shopkeeper tells you that the same calculator is available for 10 $ less in a shop some 20 miles away. Would you bother to visit the other shop.
You go to buy a calculator of worth 25.. The shopkeeper tells you that the same calculator is available for 10 $ less in a shop some 20 miles away. Would you bother to visit the other shop.
Economics wise, tere is no difference.. But customers psycology makes the outcome different..
Last and the best one:
It snows in, say Boise..The demand for the showels increases and thus the shopkeeper raises the price from 100 to 120$. Is it justified?
80% of the customers (public) responded that it is not.. where are 80% of MBA grads responded it is!!!
She ended the class by saying - "the lesson is, when you go out in the market and work as executives, think from the customers perspective, not from MBA or economics perspective"
Ooooh!! lot of wasted time.. I should run to Borders and sudy, NOW!!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Mike test ..1..2..3.. test test . testicles!
I will hate the technology even more if this doesnt work.. And if it goes my admiration for Google manifolds!!!
(my signature followed)
This freakin feature is awesome.. Mail it, and it will update the blog.. Amazing!!! Just when i think the world has enough of innovations, Google comes up with new stuff!!!!!!!for that matter,, i dont know how old is this feature!! A dumbo in technology I am.!! but/and I am proud of being one!!
(my signature followed)
This freakin feature is awesome.. Mail it, and it will update the blog.. Amazing!!! Just when i think the world has enough of innovations, Google comes up with new stuff!!!!!!!for that matter,, i dont know how old is this feature!! A dumbo in technology I am.!! but/and I am proud of being one!!
My first in my not first blog
Well,, let me take a count of the blogs I created so far.. started with live journal.. but it ended up at people who are not supposed to see it.. Fullhyd...I forgot the user name and password after sometime.. created a blogger id just becausei had to reply to my freinds blog, who incidentally has her blog with blogger and this damn site does not allow to comment unless you yourself as a blogger.. And one fine day i was so pissed by my job in cyprus,, and I had to vet out all my frustration on the company, my manager .. so i created a blog for a sole entry, with all the curses about my boss.. and here I am now.. father of another blog.. and i hope i wont live up to my tradition of leaving it unattended!!!!!!and Why do i need to blog NOW.. nice question.. I had to attend a continuous spree of classes from morning 8:00 till to evening 5:00.. Came home just to reliaze that i have a sick assignment to submit tomorrow morning.. Took a break from the assigment and got onto readin my friends blogs.. Then it hit me,, again,, why the heck should not i start blogging again.. Its not injurious for health,, it does not cost any money.. it is something you can stop and start again n again. and if you dont like whole business you can as welll end it..
And about me,, well, you must have got an idea of the kind of person I am.. if you havent, it isnot yoru fault and you havenot lost or gained anything much either.. lets end it saying that I am a GOOD person.. hmmm.. but the contoversy arises in the fact that GOOD is subjective.. GOOD is relative.. but thats what some of my friends say about me..
One friend pinged me on AIM (btw. i created my login in AIM today.. but i dont think it even stands a comparision with google talk, im terms of simplicity.. ).. He says that the chick i like in my class is flirting with him online.. :( .. THe best thing of being in school agian after a long time - you can talk about your class girls as you did in your college/highschool days.. :)
enough said, Had i put the same effort in my marketing assignment i would have completeed it.. I Hope i dont keep any loose ends with this blog..
Btw.. The case that i am preparing a write up on, is about a firm named Optical Distortion Inc, that is into selling contact lens for CHICKEN!! YES..i dont believe it either.. CHICKEN..
And about me,, well, you must have got an idea of the kind of person I am.. if you havent, it isnot yoru fault and you havenot lost or gained anything much either.. lets end it saying that I am a GOOD person.. hmmm.. but the contoversy arises in the fact that GOOD is subjective.. GOOD is relative.. but thats what some of my friends say about me..
One friend pinged me on AIM (btw. i created my login in AIM today.. but i dont think it even stands a comparision with google talk, im terms of simplicity.. ).. He says that the chick i like in my class is flirting with him online.. :( .. THe best thing of being in school agian after a long time - you can talk about your class girls as you did in your college/highschool days.. :)
enough said, Had i put the same effort in my marketing assignment i would have completeed it.. I Hope i dont keep any loose ends with this blog..
Btw.. The case that i am preparing a write up on, is about a firm named Optical Distortion Inc, that is into selling contact lens for CHICKEN!! YES..i dont believe it either.. CHICKEN..
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