A point in time

Windy it was, the atrium spare,

Holed up in a room was I,

On an incessant merry-go-round in air,

Couldnt make a single thought fly.....

Dear Davies...I have to agree....

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

Law of conservation of attention

I had a major revelation today :The law of conservation of attention.

The total amount of attention in a day always remains constant. It may be transfered from one lecture to another. Attention can neither be created nor destroyed.

This became apparent to me after a stroke of brilliance in Stats class followed by sheer dumbness and sleep in Accounting class.....

See, i even have empirical data supporting my law :)

Cheers,

Shruti.

A first time for everything....

so.... i've been at ISB now for a month! One month old, and more importatnly, one mid-term old... Bravo Shruti!

Well... its been two weeks of propah classes.... the classes have been well chronicled... so i'm gonna talk about some of the things i've never ever done before in my whole entire life...

Washing clothes, separating colored clothes, making sure they dont all repeatedly collude and decide to migrate towards a particular color...Even more so, drying clothes at 2 a.m.!

Being irritated that the library closes at 2 a.m.!!! What a geek!

Studying furiously for a test that contributed just 5% of the overall score! Man! this is pure torture for innocent kids from Mumbai univ who are completely new to this whole concept of studying for a class test!

Sorting 50 mails in a two hour span... and being a spectator to raging debates by the mature youth of India on the lines of "Are we at a disadvantage bcos we will be writing our exams in the uncomfortable recreation centre?" Have a question for u people raising this really pertinent question- did u give all ur previous exams in ultra-comfortable ergonomically designed AC lecture theatres?
Yes there are some new things i am really enjoying too....But whats the fun in listing them out?  I will at a later date.. when i feel more charitably inclined.. And thats not today :)
Cheers!
Shruti.

The finger stamp

Yes... i am part of this collection of people who are headed to ballot in a couple of weeks time... Its the most important and all consuming part of our lives right now...I mean what can be more exciting than voting the Chairperson of the Governing Society of Bartenders?

There are many campaign pitches addressing key issues facing all bartenders in India today, a sample of which i present for ur benefit:

1. Extended lunch hours

2. Equal opportunites for women in bartending

3. Improving the in-house lunch menu

4. Addressing future issues(Thats recursion at its best)

5. Better networking with previous boards of the Governing Society of Bartenders

so job opportunities even in Honolulu can be identified....

But, i think i have cracked the campaign pitch. Its............. "world peace"

(smug face that goes with having cracked the toughest problem which even the smartest kid in class couldnt)

Dont let it out till the elections... cos i think this seat was meant  for me since its very inception!

Cheers!

Shruti....

The abode of the insomniacs.....

Its 00:07... And here i am in this floodlit space... having the time of my life!

There's these two guys sitting in front of me... one waving his hand and hoping to change the path of the electrons flying around in the air... The other is trying to keep his semi-broken leg within his control, not to offend the lady sitting in front of him... oh and thats not me, in case u were wondering :)

Yes... so its Sunday nite... and guess where i am? Where i have been for the last 7 hours? Where i will be for the next coupla hours? In the happy confines of a wonderful most happening place on campus called... now how do u spell it? L-I-B-R-A-R-Y...yes i think thats what it is... Now its not that this is the first place of learning I have been to... I have studied before.. atleast thats what my certificates say... But this place that i am spending so much time in... i havent really been acquainted with it before arriving here....I think they had such a thing in college too... or did they? I dunno....

Well well... happy knowledge absorption to me i say! With all these books in this place (OMG.. i just got this thought... am i supposed to pick one of them up?????) ......

Happy librarying....

Cheers!

Shruti the queen of the lib narayans........