Summer Ball 2007

 

Whole night summer ball at the historic Château de Fontainebleau. More pictures here.

E8 Section Party

My Insead section just after the P2 exam. Ready for some good ol' fashioned drinking session.

Virginia Tech

Breaks my heart thinking of the classrooms, where I have spent so much time, stained with the blood of the innocents.

A part of all of us, who have walked carelessly down the drill field, seen the beauty of the setting sun on the Burruss hall and spent carefree times on the steps of Norris hall, has died in those moments of insanity.

P1 break

First period ended yesterday - 5 exams in 3 days. However much I tried, I couldn't get myself phyced up about the exams. Consequently, slept (without worries) a bit too much and ate even more. I'm already feeling the effects of the second on my stomach. Hopefully wont have to pay for the first when the results come out (fingers crossed). Anyway, let bygones be bygones. :)
Yesterday made a day trip to Paris. Spent a lot of time in Notre Dame and Latin court. The day was beautiful so managed to get some (what I think are) nice pictures.
The next period starts in 3 days ....

First month at INSEAD

What I have learned?
Whoever decided that 24 hrs in a day is enough should be sent to INSEAD.

Everyone who has not heard from me, yes, I am alive and here is the proof.

Milton Friedman - RIP

Milton Friedman was one of the foremost thinkers of the last century. Strangely his death has caused only fleeting mentions in the American media and hardly anything outside. Here is a man whose ideas on free markets have had more impact on the world economy than any other person's in the last 25 years. The tremendous growth in China, India and in other emerging countries was unleashed only after their economies were reformed and liberalized, which forms the core of Milton’s ideas.

A fearless crusader, he took it upon himself to propagate the value of free markets not just to make nations wealthier but also to spread a right that is intrinsically so human - the right to make our own destiny.

Places I once called home

Thought it might be cool to document all the places where I have lived at in the last six years.

Terrace View, Blacksburg, VA: (Aug 2000 – June 2003)

1. Lived in three different houses in the same apartment complex.
2. Lasting memories:
1. My daily struggle to catch the 8 am bus in the middle of the snow season.
2. Roanoke star
3. Drives to the Mountain Lake in the middle of the winter nights.

Oakton park, Vienna, VA: (June 2003 – September 2004)

1. My first experience living in a city (ok ok suburb of a big city)
2. Beautiful top floor apartment overlooking a well manicured lawn and an urban forest.
3. Lasting memories:
1. M’s weekly trips from Blacksburg and the ensuing confusion on whether to pick her up from the north or the south side of Vienna station.
2. 5 hour struggle in 45F to set up the satellite dish in time for the 1st one day match of the India-Pakistan cricket series.
3. Snotty management
   
4. Craaaaazy DC traffic
5. Cicada invasion!

River Place, Arlington, VA: (September 2004 – February 2005)

1. My first property.
2. Amazing location – Next to the Arlington National cemetery and within walking distance of the Potomac River and all the DC monuments.
3. Lasting memories:
1. Walking on the fresh green banks of the Potomac in late spring
2. Lazy weekend afternoons spent shopping/eating/reading in Georgetown
3. Biking in the National Mall area
4. Smithsonian and the National gallery of arts
   
5. Kayaking in the Potomac
6. Metro rides

Harbor Heights, Seattle, WA: (March 2005 – September 2006)

1. My second property.
2. In Belltown, arguably the most happening place in the Seattle area – certainly the most convenient place to get back to after a night of parting in the downtown.
3. Lasting memories:
1. Morning sunshine coming through the western wall of windows
2. Sunsets from the building terrace
3. Pike place market and the Seattle shopping district
4. Time spent working on my MBA applications at the Uptown Espresso
5. Weekend jogs at the Myrtle Edwards Park