'O' -Week .. HO HO week!

Its 2:20 am (yes AM, not PM) and i've decided to write my first blog from student village 2 at the ISB. People on the outside might think its crazy (and i would have thought the same a week or so ago) but i know that come tomorrow i will probably not get any time during the day and will end up writing it at about the same time :) ..

Its 'O' week at ISB or for the less orientated its orientation week. Geez! what a week it has been so far .. even i'm lost for words to describe just how much i have learnt and seen in the last 4 days i have been here.. to put it in true bollywood speak it has been 'mind blowing' in every way. Here is some of the 'oh so fab' stuff that i have experienced in the last few days..

• First and foremost the amazing sense of community created by the Alums (class of 2008). Everyday i am amazed to see their genuine energy and enthusiasm to help us. They have put endless efforts into making 'o' week so much fun, so informative and just a total Blast!.. If sleep deprivation for a year makes people this positively charged up then we should all keep our lights on longer.
• The endless 'gyan' (advice/knowledge) sessions we have been getting. This evening a session for the consulting club was scheduled for 11:30 pm and close to 150 people attended. Sleep is not an option when so many interesting things are happening..and there is so much to learn.
• PARTEY!! PARTEY!! PARTEY!! is the mantra here.. after a full day of work parties start at 11pm .. its been 4 days and there have been 2 big parties already .. a flavour of what is to come :) .. can you see the pattern forming here, sleep is a distant memory.
• Pranks, the seniors have played a few pranks on us .. and these are pranks at a grand scale with 450 students.. as if we weren't feeling dumb enough, our egos have taken another battering.. and the cherry on the cake is the video footage that has been generated as part of these pranks.. its part of history now :)
• Meeting 1600 different people in 4 days.. that is meeting the same person 4 times without knowing that you have met them before .. feels like an endless loop at the moment :)
• Getting to know the amazing backgrounds that people have come from. Never met so many interesting people in one place ..
  

This post is about all the good stuff i have experienced during the past few days.. i will leave the cribbing for the many more posts to follow :)

When I came through the gates i knew it would be a hectic year ahead and had a few apprehensions .. some of these are still there but with every passing day they are fading away and being replaced excitement. Excitement for all the possibilities that lie ahead.... every possibility comes wrapped in apprehension... i hope to unwrap a lot of these presents this year ...