Another mixed bag...

This weekend was like a term break. Many had gone home for diwali and many others for ELP related travel. for the rest of the crowd its been diwali in the campus... I got a call from one of my long lost friends living in hyd and it was nice catching up... talking about Motorola's recent acquisition and how things arent going all that well after the acquisition... also talking to another friend of his working in ICICI... interesting talking about the home loans market in India... pooja, crackers, dinner and cards completed an evening that was much better than any other in recent times... sometimes it becomes absolutely essential to escape from the campus, see new faces, meet new people and interact... given the hectic lifestyle, one can easily get mired in all the trappings of busy campus life... and you do not even realise until you go out, meet people and yap... in a way, it was good that I did it, even if it was at the cost of putting my schedules out of order...

talking of schedules, there have been so many meetings, so many groups that we have been literally forced to handle meeting requests, check up on each others calenders and ensure that everyone is free before calling a meeting... also, such a situation ensures that you think twice before requesting a meeting... having worked for four years, I have seen the way meetings are conducted in many places and the amount of man hours wasted discussing issues which may not concern half the crowd in the meeting... here, because there is so much to do and so many people are involved, you tend to rationalize, think and decide the agenda of a meeting and keep it as short as possible... I personally am working out of e-mail and have learnt managing a team completely through e-mail... delegation, follow up and completion, which never happened without a meeting at the workplace happens smoothly through mail here...

its sunday night... a new week starts tomm... im only hoping that i stick to my readings and schedules for the rest of the term like how I have been doing for the past 2 weeks... im sometimes amazed at the way i push myself to get things done, leaving all my laziness behind... touchwood, i wish i cud continue to be this energetic and more organized throughout my life...