Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Smitten

A number of times, I have thought of this and refrained from posting it. As I had mailed a close group of friends this was lest it be seen as a sign of an emotional weakness rearing from a casual and jovial demeanor.

I’d been to SP for a couple of hours last weekend for a rather basic Placom talk and since then I’ve been on a rather different plane altogether. What affected me was probably having seen the juniors’ AKB video and them orienting the batch of 2007. There’s very little, I can compare that feeling of thrill and excitement of being in Second Year at SPJIMR. There’s nothing, absolutely nothing in my life that can ever equal that. And for me, if you’ve never been at SP, you’ve lost out on an education unparalleled, unseen and unfathomable.

Something about the place is mesmerizing. The languid feel of the place cocktailed with the dichotomy of the hurried sense of being at the Bistro is near inexplicable. I think even a Salman Rushdie, if he were an SP alumni would struggle to capture the intangibles of being at SP. And then there’s something about being from an SP family that only another SP member can relate to. Given the fact that our institute’s been around for less than 23 years there are so few SP alumni around in the industry anyway that only a select counted children of a higher God can relate to Dome – I, Audi, Bistro or a baby named AKB.

And as I recollect those images again from the video I was given by our juniors, I’m on that plane when logic gives way to emotion, disinclination gives way to camaraderie and fun gives way to sheer nostalgic ecstasy. And while I do keep kicking hard at that air of nostalgia that engulfs me, it is one hell of a ride!

Simply put, proud, bloody proud to be an SPJIMR thoroughbred! :-)

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wanna see it tooo...the videoo...

spiderman! said...

Me too ! or should we say US too ! Bloody proud to be a SPJainite !

SRK said...

There's an SPJIMR dictionary done too... collect it from us next time u come over

IssacMJ said...

@Megha: Your place or mine?;-)
@Spidey: Cheers mate!
@SRK: Will do...:-)

Anonymous said...

As I keep saying, "It's mind blowing, miraculous, mind boggling, memorable and meaty!" :)

noopur

Anonymous said...

damn neat and how very true! can never get over that feeling!!

IssacMJ said...

@ Nupur: Quite a line!
@ Subbu: I know! :-)

Anonymous said...

umm....most certainly yes...AKB and the fun associated with it..and the Play...and Mojo man...and what not...how is this AKB video?
-Cheers,
KSP

IssacMJ said...

@Manisha: Thanks pal! Will do...
@KSP: Its gooood but more importantly the nostalgia it can plunge you into is even more impactful! :-)