Life Reloaded!!!

Nik, Mi, Viraj ani Aditya

When you are about to enter the placement process, you have so much expectations. At least I had. I had dreamed of the companies which most likely would give me an offer. I had even started imagining the kind of reaction I would have when I get selected! Of course, none of that really happened and what really happens is something which you remember for the rest of your life. PS:- This reminds me Lehman's interview when Sidscope went for HR interview before me told the interviewer that I was his best friend and then at the time of my interview I was asked about Sidscope :)

I was placed in ICICI Bank on last Tuesday. More about the whole experience will follow soon :)

Yesterday I saw the Marathi movie “ Guldasta ”. It is a decent movie made by Zee Talkies. Though the story, like most other Marathi Comedy movies, wasn’t that good, Makarand Anaspure’s performance was praiseworthy. His punch lines created the laughter for most part of the film. Others were average including Jitendra Joshi. In fact he was too laud and tried a little too much to emulate Nikhil Wagale. All in all, it is worth one time watch!

NITIE…. Following things came to my mind - Great place to have 18 months of vacation :) - One of the best experiences in my life! - Looking at the watch at 11.30PM and saying I can watch an episode of FRIENDS now and then go to sleep at 12 - Kuldeep (my neighbor) playing “Saat Samunadar Paar” after every Mod exam at the highest volume of the speaker. Post final Mod exam when he didn’t play this song, Sarthak and I actually went to his room asked him why didn’t play it this time!!! - The night when Prashant, Karunendra and I were watching various old Pop music videos despite slow NITIE net, till 3AM in the morning (it was too late for someone like me). That was the first time I saw “Nigori Kaisi Jawani Hai” - Varun coming to room during exam times and saying, “Yaar, ek baat bata” And then asking multiple questions - Talking of exam time, the number of people coming to my room for so called help and the way Prashnat used to be pissed off because their noise - Bakku/ Chapp...

After getting a call from an old friend, I realized that I have at least one reader who regularly visits my blog. Life has taken a big turn in last few months, and it is time to reload this blog and start with new posts and thoughts.

The 2 Gupta’s staying next door were two of the amazing people I met at NITIE. One of them, Vaibhav, left yesterday and Varun will be leaving tomorrow. I used to call them Gupta gang. Vaibhav was like “God” to me when it came to business gyan. I always felt that he deserved to be in an IIM. Constantly reading some new stuff, a die hard Cricket and Soccer fan. We used to call him Bade Bhaiya (or as Varun used to call him “Dadda”), considering his superior knowledge. Varun aka Fachchha, was the heart of left wing of 6th floor. The NITIE record holder of most shortlists and unsuccessful attempts in Summers is registered against his name, and I think it will take another recession for his record to break. People appearing for final placements breathed a sigh of relief when his PPO was announced. Jokes apart, he has been my best friend in NITIE. I wish both of them all the very best in future.

Finally gave the last exam which I had targeted in the year 2010. It took me 7 months to give my first NCFM exam. But soon got into study mode for rest of the exams. I guess toughest of them all was "Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management”. The last one – “Derivatives Dealers Module” was also tough because I had lost the momentum in between as I participated in lot of Operations Simulation Games with no touch of Finance during that one and a half month period. Now, I am proud NCMP Level 3!!!

Wishing everyone a very happy new year!!!