"Sleep" In the air tonight!

Just came out of the most gruelling and demanding term, since my entry into IIM. It was a real nightmare this time, I hardly slept in the last 10 days or so. The highlights of this phase was the excellent marketing funda's that came from marketing prof. But with limited time, we could hardly digest what was being told in the class, in one of the most classic style of teaching I have witnessed. There was a video session on intricacies of marketing plan given by none another then Prof Peter Doyle, Professor of Marketing and Strategic Management at the University of Warwick. The HRM classes were also quite good, we came across lots of ingenuity from the Prof. when it came to deliver the lecture. We even played a "duster game" in the class, which was great fun. Apart from that the term made me crazy! The late night classes and then submissions and finally the exams, which literally drove everyone to nuts! I had never imagined that one can sit in the class till 9.00 PM in the night and the very next day at 8.30 am, he is supposed to write his exam of all what was taught in the last 16 lectures or so ,including what was taught last evening ! And that is not the end, I had to appear in other exam ( Corporate Finance) after a gap of 15 mins.So effectively I had 11 hours to prepare for both my exams the very next day ( I had already appeared in two other exam on friday and saturday.The Operations management exam was brutal, that is all I can say about it). I really do not know what I wrote in all the 4 exams this time. My half of the mind was dreaming and rest half was trying to help me writing so called answers. Make no mistake, all is not over! I have still to submit 3 projects by the middle of the next month, to ensure that I move into the 4th term. I am feeling as if my whole energy has been sapped out of my body! Its an erring feeling! I had thought, that I would be able to write blog everyday this time but the moment I finished my last blog, heavens fell on me and rest is history! I still was able to snap some photographs this time but it was all done early morning or late nights! Life is getting tougher here with each passing day and I just expressed doubt to my friend Navneet in Bangalore, whether I will be able to survive this ordeal till Feb 2009! On the other side, my friend Mirnal at ISB Hyderabad just called up and he has started feeling the heat of the course. Today was his first day at class and he could understand what I have been undergoing since last 6 months! I think he is better prepared then I was, as far as facing MBA course is concerned! I am feeling a little drowsy..More later..