...shoOOonya...

hi friends .... back again after a pretty long and eventful break .... my last appearance was also after a break ..... so i had put in all that happened in the gap ... now that i write after almost 25 days ... a lot has happened ... so will try to key in everything i remember through my daily diary (yes .. i maintain my hard copy paper version of diary too ... ) .... this post is going to be a combined post for past 20-25 days ... so its gonna be a pretty loooooong one...... infact it is going to be a total of 7 posts in 1 ... I will put in Headings in between so that it will look like proper regular posts ... hehe ... I was unable to blog for such a long time due to two reasons, one was being away from campus and subsequently being away from my 'dabba' (PC) ... and the other one being some sort of busy-ness .... busy not doing something special ... busy relaxing , , , busy resting ... ;-) well ... after my last blog on November ... I went on a Diwali Vacation . I ...

hi ... I am back ... after a 2 week break i guess .... I have been away from NITIE Hostel ... away from my room ...most importantly ... away from my "Dabba" ... my PC .... Left campus on 3rd ... went to IIM Indore to participate in IRIS ....returned on 8th ... went home .... whole week ... diwali vacation .... simply sleeping ... watching TV ... eating ghar ka khana and diwali ki mithai .... The trip to IIM I was fun .... their new campus 22KM away from City situated on a plataeu over a small hill .... temperatures really down ....for a Mumbai'kar like me ... it was real cold .... so i eventually caught some cold ....and that cold has not left me yet .... i guess it will not leave me before i return from Ahmedabad where i will be going to participate in their event MICAnvas. About IRIS ... it was a fine event ... we were a team of around 16 from NITIE ... I participated in quite a few games ... reached finals of a few and eventually got bailed out ... hehe ...

The Complete Collection of "Arbit Choudhury" India's First Ever B-schol comic Character You have read about the making of Arbit and also about the making of the comic strips. Here is the complete collection of Arbit Choudhury Comic Strips till date. . . . Keep smiling and have a wonderful day . . . . . . shoOOonya . . . Feedback : hemantkumarjain@gmail.com

hi friendzz . . . Well ... I finally managed to do it .... Yesterday I donated Blood .... for the first time in my life ..... There was a Blood Donation drive conducted by the Rotaract Club of NITIE and I was the third person in the early morning to do it. There have been occasions in rthe past when i got a chance to do this noble activity but missed every time. This time I had decided ... come what may ... I would definately do it ... And I did. October 27th, 2004 .... goes down in History (my personal history i mean ...) as the day when shoOOonya first donated blood. (Fortunately I have not yet seen the day when I received blood). Frankly it was a very nice experience. to donate blood adn to know that someday this same blood would be instrumental in saving someone's life .... Even you should do it ..... Facts About Blood and Blood Donation • Just one person’s donated blood can help save as many as three people’s lives. • The ave...

hi friendzz ... In my last two post I had talked about how the character sketch of Arbit was developed .... Let me take the discussion further ... the most crucial part ... developing the comic strips ... Mission Impossible II: Comic Character to Comic Strip First Things First : Idea Generation a). Think of original ideas. Days and Nights were spent pondering over humour in common B-school situations, application of management funda in real life and so on. b). Take ideas from the environments. Ideas were taken from friends and classmates. c). Test ideas on Humour scale. Ideas were presented to a test audience, for their feedback. Ratings were taken and finally all ides were ranked. The Making of the Comic Strip – The Art Work – The Hard Work a). Visualize the setting. Common B-school environs were visualized.. canteen, library, class, stairs and so on. b). Draw draft with pencil. (This req'd loads of talent . . . . ) c). Refine Draft. The dr...

hi friendzz . . . In my last post i wrote about the character sketch and visual sketch development of Arbit . . . Let me show you the first visual appearances of Arbit in informal, semi-formal and fully formal wear. . . With these images in mind ... with the Character ready ... we were heading for a new battle .... the making of the comic strips !! Next blog on the "Making of the Comic Strips" . . . shOOonya . . .

Hi friendzz …. In my last blog I had promised to write about the ups and downs of my roller coaster life in the past few weeks. While in hibernation; I am also trying to gather those happy memories of the past weeks which helped me survive. So, let me write something on the brighter side of the life. Somewhere in my previous posts I have mentioned something about creating India’s First Ever B School Comic Character. This character was created specifically for MastishK and it will continue to be an integral part of MastishK as its Mascot for years to come. Let me narrate to you the whole process of conceptualization and development of India’s First Ever B School Comic Character and then the regular hard work put into creating the individual comic strips. This endeavor has been a very satisfying experience for me. Arbit is like a baby whom we nurtured from conception to birth and now … its growing. Vision / Mission: To create India’s First ever B-school comic Character. ...

hi friendzz . . . I am planning to go into hibernation for the next few days ... i am emotionaly not ready for anything new at this prsent moment. Too many conflicts around me ... inside me .... I want to simply REST for some time to let things stablize in my mind. I have to get some things straight in my mind. Right now, I feel lonely ! Absolutely lonely with no one around. i know some people who love me and care for me will not like this statement because they are there for me. But somehow, right now I am all alone. The feeling I have is that I am not required. Thats one reason I am withdrawing from things and people. And my last hope of being wrong was that if i am missing and people do miss me, they will either call or inquire about me and my absence. Well ... have not received any ... I guess no one is missing me or people are simply relieved that I am no longer there to interfere in their work. They no longer have to bear me. What a relief. If that is true; i...

hi friendzz ... Its been a long long time since I posted somethig on this blog. The last post dates back to 16th September; a few days before our Module 5 Exams. Our exams spanned from 20th to 27th. Before the exams got over; MastishK site was re-launched with the description of the games on 24th itself. In the middle of the exams; I found myself working on MastishK. After the last paper on 27th; the day when the site exploded completely adn the Event began as all the games were thrown open; i got completely immersed in MastishK. That was the reason; i did not get time to look at my blog. The event will get over on 11th/12th and then results will be announced. The whole thing will be wrapped up by 15th and then Prerana will happen in NITIE campus. This year student participation will be high and a lot of fun and game too. Coming back to myself .... in the past one month ... life has been a roller coaster ride ! On this day ... at this moment ... I am not Happy !! ...

Today is 16th Sept. Let me tell you about yet another special person in my Life. Payal ; my batch mate and the Shortest sweetest kid member in our G7. I am a pretty cool person. I dont get angry. I dont take tension of any damn thing. I dont worry much about things. But yes, I do get iritated at times. on the whole, a very cool person who can be found usually in a very optimistic mood. The past few weeks I noticed some change in me. I was going a bit low on tolerance. And that too only when it came to MastishK. Things were happening around me which were not exactly agreeable to me. I was unhappy. I was slightly disturbed. I realised that I was LOUD most of the times. I was in a state of dissapointment most of the times. With exams on coming Monday, less than a week left, pressures were mounting on all. I was woried about MastishK. I never realised but MastishK had become my life in the past 3 months. I was with MastishK 24X7 ... literally. Yesterday, I and Payal were ...

Expectations : Root of All Problems Now I know the source of all my problems ... hurray .... Its ME !! Finally the culprit ... the pain in my neck , the tumour, the thorn pricking my soul .. is identified !! What a relief !!! I cannot put it in words how it feels when you find the culprit ... who is causing the problems in your life ..! Now, at least you can blame somebody for all the problems in your life ... Its a big relief !! In my case, I , ME , Myself turned out to be the culprit. Its 'me' who is literally 'creating' all my problems ! Yes ... I am the source, the creator, the genesis of my problems . Probing a bit further ... I found that its not entirely 'my' fault ... but my 'expectations' which are actually to be blamed .... Moral of the story ..... 'My Expectaions are the Root Cause of All My problems' In my last blog, i wrote abt my quest with my simultaneously present chaotic mix of emotions and feelings And no ...

I am confused !! Yes ... i m confused . Confused b'coz in the past few days / weeks i have experienced a whole range of mixed feelings ... and the trouble is that all the emotions are present simultaneously . Its not that i was happy for some time and then sad for some and then bored for yet another period ... It was more like i was happy , sad , hurt , excited , frustrated , bored , depressed , motivated , fearful etc ... all at the same time. All these emotions were simultaneously present within me. They surfaced either alone or several simultaneously at different times of the day in different contexts with different triggers. Infact, the whole August of 2004 has been the most emotionally charged month for me in the last Silver jubilee years ... (i celebrated my silver jubilee BDay last Nov.). The range of emotions that have affected me in the last month and the way they have affected me ... are mind boggling (for me at least ... )... and the biggest trouble is...

hi friendzz .... I have been absent from the blog circuit for quite a while ... and the reason i already mentioned in my last blog ... MastishK ,,, Its keeping me very busy .... i am working most of my time ... no time wasting .. hardly any sleep ... thinking all the time ... my MastishK is working 24 X 7 on Mastishk .... The last 10 days have been very very hectic ... the junior teams were busy and so i and nikhil were left with very few 'technical' hands to work on the website. We had to launch the second phase of MastishK .. open up the registrations and launch the Informalzz section along with India's First ever B School Comic character "Arbit Choudhury" ! I hardly slept ... attending the minimum reqd lectures and coming back to my terminal and designing pages ... awake till 5 or 6 am in the morning and then going to sleep for 2/3 hours .... In the past few days ... one thing i realised was that i was suddenly finding an enormous amount of en...

hi friendz... The wait is over ... i promised to write about MastishK ... so here it is .... Well, MastishK is the name we have given to the Online Event we have started this year from NITIE (my B School .. hope u remember ... I m doing my MBA) ... This idea originated from Nikhil (my baychmate ... i have written abt him in the earlier post) and then we have been working together on it .... A few days ago ... on 23rd August, we launched the homepage of the site in the wee hours of the morning when the sunrays were not yet visible but the bird had started their morning chirping. It was like a dream come true. Although the website will be relaeases in phases like software versions... but the uploading of the home page on the intrernet server and the access of the page to the outside world marked the first major step for the realisation of our dream. You can check out the MastishK Website do send your feedback to hemantkumarjain@gmail.com I recommend you also...

hi friendz... yesterday morning i wrote about relationships ... time dependancy ... mumbai monsoon ... beach fun ... wet jeans ... etc .... let me take it a little further ... . i slept after 5.30 .. managed to get up b4 8.30 and reach class just 2 minutes after the deadline of 9.05 .... we were all around 12 at that time ... the prof was not ready to let us in ... we were trying to convince him to let us in ... as time passed ... more came in ... we were finally 22-23 (a sizable number considering our class of 86) ... the prof let us in telling us that this was the last n final time ... next week onwards ... 0905 means 0905 ... doors closed ... "Dont even Think about it " well .. back from class .... he gave a good news ... no lecture tomorrow ... so in effect No Lectures' tomorrow ... i m not so happy because i m getting a free day ... but because i m getting a day when i can concentrate on MastishK (i know i havent told you what it is is .... just a littl...