CONNECTIONS ' 10

20 years of SIMC. Alumni Meet. Connections '10 its called. 

Reactions: "Oh sure. Why not?" Lets celebrate 20 years of student power, faculty, administration, directors ;), campuses, infrastructure, and more and more. 2 days of fun is an understatement here at Lavale, Pune. Met varied alumni of SIMC. Some working in the top management, some ideating for Ad agencies, Some into entrepreneurship, some into film making, composing music, while some happily married and settled, some achievers in their respective field, some sound journalists and some writers too.

We also had the oldest alumni from the '92 batch attending this years' Connections'10. Lady! You inspired us a lot. :)

Most of them were in mixed emotions and hugged their fellow batch mates, their hostel mates, their faculty, the bhaiyas in the mess, few claimed how SIMC was important to them in their life, and many more shouting out a big thanks to this very institute for shaping their personality and career in a big way. Many more cribbed about how they missed those moments of coming in late for their classes, how they studied over night with their friends, those endless conversations they had, eating in class, whining about mess food, getting warning letters, etc. And, here, my batch-mates discuss how we would come as alumni, two years later.

This was not the end. We organized fun games, mehendi stalls, tatoo stalls, food stalls, etc. just taking them back to their college life literally. And yeah. They also stayed in the hostel rooms yet again with their best buddies. How lucky were they?

Ofcourse, every alumni of SIMC would agree that they had their best times of life @ SIMC, Pune.

Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days

JALSA - CULTURAL NIGHT

Practise sessions. Fun. Performance. Entertainment. Talent. Creativity. Difference. Music. Dance. Theatre. Painting. Memories.

The above mentioned are few descriptive words for Jalsa, the cultural night hosted by SIMC for SIMC. I was moved by the fact that a day was dedicated for us to showcase our talents. From singing performances to dance and moves to live painting to skit plays to what not? I enjoyed every bit of the evening today. I was dumbstruck seeing other people's talent. Today, I believed that I was in the right place named SIMC. Its a place full of creativity, talented and smart students.

And for sure, I would love to have more evenings of mine singing, if not for an audience, at-least in my hostel room. Of-course, my experience of singing 2 hindi songs was unforgettable. Nayan Tarse from DevD and Mora Saiyaan from Fuzon are close to my heart. I would like to thank Suvrat, Bikash, Danny, Vidyadar and Abhinav who helped me in the practice sessions and trust me.. they are wonderful musicians.

And @Vidhu: You and I should do more jamming I say! Especially Carnatic music :) and this guy is extremely talented.. He is definitely a 'complete musician'.. Knows to sing, play guitar, keyboard, drums, and what not? Tell us more about it vidhu! :P

Finally, a great evening to cherish upon.

Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days

ANOTHER MONTH PASSED BY...

Another month has passed by.. More work, more class tests, more assignments, more fun activities, more presentations, more friends, more people, more things to relate with, more of everything, and yes.. abundance of knowledge is what I am filled with. August has been a month of great learning.

SIMClairvoyance '10 was a great insight of learning and understanding facets of media which came in small packages from August 9th to August 13th 2010 :) I enjoyed being part of this initiative..

Also, had a project sign up with Spit free India, where I shall be handling Online Media and Branding &  Blogging for their Pan India initiative. Looking forward to practical learning from this project..

I met dad here in Pune on August 21st after 3 long months.. It was great spending time with him discussing about college, about the campus, about my hostel life, about unlearning mutiny things and relearning them with what required.. and taking his experience as a lesson has always helped me.. To me, my dad is my inspiration with respect to values, principles, work, punctuality, discipline, love.. I think of you dad when I think of giving up.. I imagine how you would have handled.. I gain the confidence that I can do it when I think of you..

And, finally.. I accept that #331 in Girls hostel is home away from home.. Lavale campus makes my day.. Its like missing home when you are away.. I missed hostel and room when I had gone to see dad... I really missed the campus a lot.. I love my campus.. I love my course.. I believe I can make the best of this place though I tend to crib about it at times ;) But isn't that always a part and parcel of college life?

To conclude, this month has been a month of reinventing newer things in me.. August 2010 - Like it, Love it!

P.S: This august, managed to capture the cyberspace with another blog named Written Emotions..

Cheers,
2years, 2months, 2 weeks, 2 days