Convocation + Renu's Wedding + Facebook Controversy

Rating: 4

Story:
Convocation

It was 14th morning and I reached LIBA  campus around 10 a.m. I couldn't see many people in the campus. I got down from Anish's bike and saw the love birds walking opposite to us. Indo-lanka pair walked towards us(me and anish) and said 'Hi'. Before replying the Indo-lankan pair asked Anish can I have your bike? The two birds flew some were in the bike. Then I slowly entered the canteen. There I saw few familiar faces. Juniors. I was happy to see them again. After all the 'how are you? Where r u?' conversations I met Alister who reminded me to collect   the library deposit amount. We both went and collected the money.

When I came back many other 2008-10 batch people  had gathered there. After Chatting with few of them I took 'Saint's bike and went to the hotel where I was staying. I came back around two o clock. Oh! I saw the head office staff standing in the way to the convocation hall and showing the watch to me(Why u  didn't come 5 minutes earlier?). I was telling myself "Even today?". But that was nothing when compared with what happened after that. As I took my seat I saw few others batch mates which include ma[But Papa got his Award..What a surprise ;) ], Jka, bhada bhaiya and few others tried to get in and was stopped by "Strict Prof". "Strict Prof" said to those who came late.."What is the time? No no no...I can't allow you guys to get your degree certificates on the stage. Those students weren't allowed to enter the hall. :( What the heck?..Few parents who came to see their children get a degree were denied that opportunity in the name of discipline...Now if college people call them saying "Alumi" I am sure all they will hear is abuses. These students are the face of LIBA and treating them this way is not going to help LIBA in future.

Otherwise the function went on fine. Convocation Address was by "N.Chandrasekaran", CEO & MD of TCS. Everything was planned and function ended without long speeches. Thank God. Lizette did the M.C.  "Subbu" was named the best outgoing student of the batch and Thejas grabbed the topper award. Renu, Khusbhoo, Karthikeyan, Surjith , Boniface,Rini, Venkat, John Paulose and few others got awards for their achievements.

After the function many people who came for convocation went to Mahabalipuram and enjoyed the night. Few of them passed out even before the party started.:) This include Consi_ girl and the architect boy. Some were sharing their sorrows and some were discussing some serious stuff during the gathering. A new "Babe" was discovered during the Mahabalipuram trip. The 'dancing pro' from TCS wanted to be called "Babe" from now on.
NEWS:
Renu's Wedding:
I was lucky to go for Renu's wedding reception. It happened in Le Royal Meridian. Five star hotel. Ufff...It was filled with Celebrities which include Stalin(Deputy Chief minister), Harris Jeyaraj, Prabhu, Senthil, Pakiyaraj, Nakeeran and many others...The wedding was one of the best I have ever seen.

Secret reporter has founded out about two other engagement which are going to happen this year. Both are HR girls . One HR girl is supposedly moving outside India after marriage.  Best Wishes to both of them.

Facebook Controversy:

Hunter is back in the news. This time for some strange reason. His comments in facebook about the LIBA's vital committee's activity had  made a huge controversy. Few current batch students who 'liked' his post are summoned by the Vital Committee. Don't know what is going to be the consequence of their action.

Missing Pages in the Yearbook 2008-2010

Rating: 4

 Announcement:

Pandoras Box 2(http://newpandorasbox.blogspot.com/) is now accessible to all. It will have exclusive news about the 2008-10 / 2009-2011 batch while Pandoras Box(http://bastocollins.blogspot.com/) will continue to have stories about the current batches of LIBA. 

Disclaimer: This blog is meant for fun purpose and so all that is written in both the blogs are not neccessarily true.

STORY:

This story involves a 'Major' and his troops. I am sure everyone knows who is called 'Major' in our batch.

It was the during the final days of 2008-10 batch in LIBA. Everyone wanted to make a year book for the batch. Few people like "The saint", "Dexter" and "No.7" took the responsibility of making the year book supported staff like "Hunter", "Bebo" etc. The idea to make a digit year book came up and most of them agreed to it. I should say that the team did a wonderful innovative yearbook. In the process of making this digital year book few interesting incident happened. 

Everyone was asked to write about their friends for the year book. Lot of them did. After submitting their testimonials about the batch people, Major and one of his troop requested the techincal crew(Dexter and co) to delete only one testimonial written to a girl. Technical committee refused to do so as they had almost reached the last phase of writing the content in DVD. This created a conflict and Major and his troops wanted their page deleted in the year book if that testimonail to the girl is not deleted. What was in that testimonial that created so much ruckus. According to one of our secret reporters, that testimonial had a indirect proposal of love. Was it written by Major or one of his troops? If it was written by one of his troops then why he wanted his testimonial also deleted? Who was the girl who got this testimonial? Questions remain unanswered. 

Major had and still has a huge reputation in our college and even I admire his intellectual capability and maturity. But in this issue what I heard was shocking. The major couldn't let it go. He was on a mission to delete his and one of his troops page in the year book. Dexter and even "The saint" opposed this idea firmly. I think in the mission "Delete Pages" major did not anticipate resistance from "The Saint". Even it was suprise for many how "The Saint" stood firmly against the man of that stature. It looked like Major is going to lose in this mission. But he did not give up the fight yet. He kept insisting and finally they all reached a common ground. The technical crew after serious discussion and war of words decided to publish major's and his troop's troops profile alone without posting any of their testimonials.

Dear Reader,

If you are from 2008-10 batch then check your copy of year book for more clarity .:)    

News:

2008-10 batch convocation is on 14th August. Hope to see everyone there.

Somani entered into marriage agreement without announcing about this exiting news to the batch. 

It was surprising for many as guys(Somani,Silent Assasin & Bada Bhai) are getting married before girls in our batch. Congratulations to these guys for choosing a comparitively difficult life this early.  Sonal got engaged. She is in Goa and seriously looking for some friends there. All the best. There was also a news that first and best couple of the "Happily family" of our batch got engaged. Yet to confirm this news.

Our people working in Deloitte was given laptop and they are quite sad about it. This is because they are asked to work even on holidays apart from their regular working hours.

Johnny Boy joined Wipro in Bangalore and has invited all of us to visit him whenever we go to bangalore. PJ is in chennai and there is no news about her and her best friend.

Verzweifelt Verliebt got his posting in coimbatore and will be joining BoI in the begining of next month.

2008-10 batch vital committe asst. head got mumbai as his final location.[Home town itself].

Crazy laugher and Anish are going to be roomates in Hydrebad. Our CR who related with only seniors and juniors in 2 years has reportedly refused the proposal of crazy laugher to stay with him.

Ok this is enough...Will update more about who is where in the next post....too much info already....

Placement week - Awakening Day

Rating: 2 1/2

The Placement week in the B-school came. Many students was asking the route to the library. :) I saw different expressions in different students faces. Toppers seemed tensed. Bottomers seemed a bit relaxed as they have some more time in hand before the interview. Our batch had to hear motivation/Scaring (Recession) speeches from the vital committee, Director and others. Strict rules. No crying in the campus. Rules couldn't help. As time passed by lot of students joined the "Crying club". This include toppers too. The professor who considers himself the marketing genius next to Kotler told us that all you need is confidence to get a job. I was wondering if he had told that earlier I could have sat relaxed in his classes like we did in most of other professors classes. For few students the worst part of not getting placed early is not losing offers from good company but the advice torture they get from the fellow students. Once these guys get a job their confidence level will be high and they will start giving lecture which is boring than the regular lectures. They will go to an extend of saying "You should have got better grades". I am sure grades are least important if you have the aptitude, attitude and confidence. Though I don't want to advice I would want our college students to note these things before making a choice of any company:

1. Profile ----> If some passed out senior is working get a brief description of the role which will definetly help

2. Take home salary ----> If you are worried about the package find out how much you will get in hand. Other components of the salary u might or might not get. So be careful

3. Growth opportunity ----> If you are planning to stay in a company for a while then know how quick you can move to the next level

4. If you are looking at any other thing in a company then be ready to find a job on your own. Other things you can't choose.

Though it is not an interesting story I thought it will be useful to our juniors after a while. Masala stories soon.