Chalo, Krishnanu (turtle turtle ) main bhi aa gayi hu. After all, couldn't refuse your invite to take part in this thread. But I guess you, Bugz and Ninja have covered pretty much everything.
Some of us are going to Dimna lake today. Hopefully, Tinkerbell will take some more pics and post them here. Eh, Tinkerbell? 😉
Chalo, Krishnanu (turtle turtle ) main bhi aa gayi hu. After all, couldn't refuse your invite to take part in this thread. But I guess you, Bugz and Ninja have covered pretty much everything.
Some of us are going to Dimna lake today. Hopefully, Tinkerbell will take some more pics and post them here. Eh, Tinkerbell? ;)
Skeptic', as the sayin goes, the more the merrier
Ah! Yes, the trip! Hope the weather holds up :satisfie:
We'll put up some of the pics as and when we get them~
BTW Breakin News (Again
)!!!!!!Bugs's pyjamaas are missing.... his pyjamaas were last seen yesterday evening, naturally on Bugs
We are planning to put a notice on all the (especially ladies ;)) hostel' notice boards asking if anybody finds Bugs' pyjamaas, please kindly contact either Krishanu or yours truly (no need to contact bugs, we'll do the honours
)P.S. Krishanu, I got to eat ice cream in that party for free
XL rawks!!!
ninja_talli SaysBugs's pyjamaas are missing.... his pyjamaas were last seen yesterday evening, naturally on Bugs
Why did he take them off !!! ????:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
BTW Breakin News (Again)!!!!!!
Bugs's pyjamaas are missing.... his pyjamaas were last seen yesterday evening, naturally on Bugs
We are planning to put a notice on all the (especially ladies ;)) hostel' notice boards asking if anybody finds Bugs' pyjamaas, please kindly contact either Krishanu or yours truly (no need to contact bugs, we'll do the honours
An Update! There has been tremendous response to the notice put up on the hostel noticeboards regarding Bugs' "misplaced" pyjamas...all hostelmates were eager to help...and consequently, Bugs' PINK pyjamas have been retrieved
...The pink pyjamas will be hung on the hostel noticeboard to serve as a stark warning to others who have the habit of "misplacing" their pyjamas in odd places!:wow:Krishanu/Ninja will fill in the gory details on where and how the lost pyjamas were found...
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An Update! There has been tremendous response to the notice put up on the hostel noticeboards regarding Bugs' "misplaced" pyjamas...all hostelmates were eager to help...and consequently, Bugs' PINK pyjamas have been retrieved
Krishanu/Ninja will fill in the gory details on where and how the lost pyjamas were found...
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really!!!!!
where ws d notice put up?
is d whole incident real? or u people r makin fantasy fun?
by d way hw ws d dimna lake trip 4 u guys 2day?
Hmmmmm... so its a post being made after quite some time in this thread.... Nothing to wonder about it though... We are finally getting to know that B-skools are not all fun And that it can be hectic 'at times'
As i make this post, it is 4.25 AM by my watch... me doing the assignments related to Industrial Relations, Labour Laws and what not! 
Sleep has come down to its minimal level of anythiing between 2.5 to 5 hrs (although that does not perturb me since i have seen it all in the Infy training days at Mysore :D), although i am very regular at the Badminton court and the TT tables 😃 And i guess this is what Bskool life is all about!
It is about stealing time from a packed schedule and to not miss out on any of the life's fun! :biggrin:
I am afraid i have to get back to work...have a project deadline tmro and may have a surprise test or two on Monday... ;)
XLRI Rocks!
XL junta going great guns....:) btw Roso,Krishanu,mbaankit where are the photos you took when I came down to meet you?
mufasa SaysXL junta going great guns....:) btw Roso,Krishanu,mbaankit where are the photos you took when I came down to meet you?
hi mufasa...
hope u going grt guns at MDI....
well those pics are with rosogulla...i shall ask him for sure asap and mail them to u....:)
Ho Hum! :dontgeti:
This thread has gone quiet all of a sudden! :tellme: You can tell our arses are on fire :biggrin:
A lot of things have been goin on the last few days!
First things first! Mufasa, le aish kar Atleast the pics taken from my mobile! 😁 Enjaay maadi!
Bummers (BM-ers) are gettin bumped up completely, what with QT (read : probability to Organisational Behaviour to various other disciplines)!
In fact got a QT mid term tomorrow 😞 Dunno what is the scenario with the Irrers, but I am sure Keechu and Bugs will update on their status!
But life's interesting enuf! From 2nd floor vs 3rd floor fights to getting 'dunked' (ask some xler' what that means ) it's all happening out here!!!
Gotta go, got a class in 5 mins
Till then ciao!
one month.
no update at all?
I am back folks
Learnings from two days stay @ XLRI
- Jamshedur is a very small town 😐 not much in terms of sightseeing
- You dont need to sightsee when you have so much "greenery" on the campus
- Classes begin at 8:30 in the mornings :(
- You can keep ninja_talli busy by giving him a lappy with games loaded on it
- Everything is way cheaper here whn compared to delhi
Rest to be continued soon ;)
krishanu, mbaankit, ninja_talli and others will also post on this thred to give you a sneak peek into life in Jharkhand
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Bugs
bugs Jamshedpur ko kuch nahi kehna
moi senti ho jata hai
u will soon realise its better than any other city in India
just be there for some more time
one month.
no update at all?
Ah! Updates! Loads of updates! :)
So much has happened in the last few weeks!
Ranging from parties (also known as "wet nites"
) to outbound village trips to various adivasi places in Jharkand, Orissa and WB; from senior-junior sport competitions to 3 day adventure camps that push you to levels you would have never thought you could reach; from various committee meetings and elections to mid terms and various assignments, it's all happening out here!!! Life at XL is a set of oxymornic situations (if you can call that so!
)Consider this; you got a wet nite that run to the wee hours of the morning, and voila! You have a mid term exactly on the next day!!!
On a rare occasion you prepare for class hoping to do some CP-giri (that's class participation :D) and the prof decides to do some different arbit stuff or a different chapter! :eh:
Or like the situation that the week you have an adventure trip, the lord decides to choose that specific weekend to bless you by opening out the skies :wow:
But still thats life at XLRI and we laaavvv it
But something special that has been happening a lot at XLRI for the last few weeks is.... won't say it, just have a look...
as the saying goes, a pic is worth a thousand words
...
from senior-junior sport competitions to 3 day adventure camps that push you to levels you would have never thought you could reach
...
Last time I had mentioned Adventure Camps!
Here's a more vivid desc!
The entire juniors batch was split into seperate batches of 40 odd people and each batch was sent for a 3 day adventure camp on different weekends. There we underwent activities ranging from rappelling to water rafting; from obstacle races to varied team games; all was happening out here! :D
And this was happening out in the rugged terrain, living self set up tents and using the wild jungles for the... umm... u can guess what :biggrin:
We had to perform all the tasks in all the elements, people got tanned, were laid down with injuries, many were down with fever, but not a single person left any task untouched!
A complete team building activity filled with fun, i'll let the pics do the talking
Tents set up by the students
Rock climbing! The pic says the rest :)
Passing through mind boggling small cracks and water logged holes or filled with slush, this was a task more mentally tough than phsyical :)
Rapelling; you could see the tension on every face at the top, but once the first step into air was taken, then came the true fun! :D
Rafting at Dimna Lake; we were given ropes, rubber tubes and poles, the rest was up to our own imagination! Many a raft got sunk midway
Cheers,
Ninja
AWESOME!
Whats next?
AWESOME!
Whats next?
lol! This is talking about the past. Already have done quite a few events after that, but don't have time to post it!!!
Will do as time permits.
Meanwhile the diro has just given an interview, wish it was to PG, but still a very good read.
XL Diro Interview
Amazing Pics ....
Now this is what I call Life @ XL
thanks a lot ninja....it was really a nice description and u presented the true picture of life @xl...:)
continuing with some acad stuff..a few points r worth mentioning....
we dont have a relative grading system here....to be more precise the grading system is neither entirely relative nor entirely absolute.....it is kinda mix...wl seem confusing to a few as of now.....
??:
take it on face value for now that the system is not of relative grading.....like in iims etc...
now how it helps is that at XL u really wnt witness a cut throat competition....as in ppl dnt try to back stab u to gain that extra mark bec that wl improve your CQPI....deres no such thing here...
infact batches go to extent that CA guys take classes for engineers b4 exams, just b4 a surprise quiz some1 who has prepared for it briefs the entire class, u get mails from your fellow batchmates mailing u the previous year exam papers, or some good resource he/she has found etc etc...:)
gives a sense of comfort to be in such a environment where every1 is ever ready to help u...
"XL bonding" as it is said here...:)
Where were these photos taken?
mufasa SaysWhere were these photos taken?
These pics were taken on weekends ranging from 2nd week of July to 1st week(end) of August.
Btw thanks ankit
Next update. In parallel to these adventure trips, students were also sent on village trips; guided by different NGOs to different parts of Jharkarnd as well as some parts of Orissa and West Bengal. Most of the groups visited adivasi villages, some of the poorest of Jharkand, and a good number of them situated in naxalite areas.
But the main idea was to learn what poverty and rural life really meant; one really understood what 15Rs meant; to one of us it meant a plate of maggi noodles at the nite canteen, to these people it probably meant everything!
You spoke to children in schools explaining what education really means; you talk to villagers understanding why even the poorest of them has a voting card, but doesn't know the significance of it.
I really can't describe in words what you actually learn out there; in short it was an eye opening experience.
Once again, pics galore :)
Early morning
Rice Farming
A Women's Self Help Group
Explaining the importance of education to school students at one of the village
No words!
We had fun too! :D
Cheers,
Ninja (Guy in blue shirt ;))
Nice posts, Ankit and Ninja. Ninja, loved the pics - especially the first early morning one, and the last one with you four laughing away to glory. But make the pics smaller next time? 😃