something for everyone.....

For people like me, who would follow anywhere the sound leads(read music) avenues was a little silent to start with. When the work began months back and conceptualisation and format were restricted to certain room nos. in H1,11,12&13. Meetings followed every other week I should say, (those "attending" the meetings would be more aware of the frequency & duration of those) and every time you bump into a SOMite while transiting through one of the four hostels and acad buildings.... you ask for the sake of courtesy,"where from?" and the answer is Avenues meeting!!! I heard that so many times that it feels almost the way to greet people in SoM!!!

So, we heard and saw it coming much before we saw ourselves getting into the schedule of a B-school. So, you can't even cope up with the classes and assignments and projects and deadlines.... what did you think! There are baaps of multi-tasking who would take up more each day along with the MBA grill. How do they manage!!! i wonder aloud almost each time i see them working on Avenues departments and agendas and publicity. And though i wish to contribute in my small ways to this HUGE event organised and managed by Huge no. of small entities like myself, I'm obstructed by an ultra efficient species.

The species that instead of sleeping through the classes "utilises" that time to draft mails and invitations and concepts for Avenues. The species runs around between classes to other departments to publicise the event and the same species which is also omnipresent by the mere nature of its virtues, also runs around in the city looking for, literally grabbing opportunities to make Avenues a success!! Now, they are an evolved species but then they are also ultra-smart and know exactly where to engage those, who wouldn't engage themselves so easily!! (read me)

SO, I have been called to the hub of all activity after dinner to learn about my responsibilities during the events allocated to my name. And i suddenly become a guinea pig for the "trial run" of their games for the event. Here I am caught in a frenzy of confusion while all the activity happens on the other side of the glass door, and i stand and await my turn, for the experiment to be run on me!! On top of that when you ask the coordinators of the game, "exactly what they are gonna do" they tell you that they are gonna "test" the parameters and feasibility and standards of the game for the judges for maximum perfection on the final day. not very encouraging eh??

But then starts the game which is not just interesting and challenging, it is also seemingly simple, like most things in life, which is made difficult only due to restrictions we put on ourselves and our thinking. It is indeed simple when we break it down to the basic steps but it is this breaking down which is "not" so simple..... Anyway, I had multiple learning from the game and my way back I felt tired and exhausted due to the pressure of restraints required for the game. Meanwhile, my friends kept busy in the lab, in the departments, in their rooms.... doing what they are best at... yes, multi-tasking (that's the buzz word) And I go back to sleep wondering whether I would wake up in time for my morning class, cos' my friend hates it when I don't!

- Parul
Batch of '09