I ART

Today, we start with the interviews for selecting the junior members of ART. Looking back over the past couple of months can’t help but think that we are going to miss the existing I team. A bunch of diverse people, gelling together and performing their tasks efficiently.Working hard and partying harder..

Here’s a brief look at each of them: Adwitee, Nakul, Nitin, Preeti and Sanjeev:

• Adwitee: The chatterbox of the team. Constantly on the move. Loves to be with people, to talk and to eat. Self confessed foodie. The official writer of the team. Came up with superbly worded reports and write-ups for the team.
• Nakul: Comes across as an intense and brooding guy. But is not! Very mischievous and with a twinkle in his eyes. Can crack jokes which are almost as pathetic as nayyar’s and mine. A die- hard Sachin Tendulkar fan. The creative brain of the team. Designed awesome posters for our events as well as a few videos. Also, the only marathi manoos of the I team and hence responsible for handling the office too…
• Nitin: The serious guy. A towering personality. The operations guy. Planning and strategizing for the team. Got a lovely South Indian accent. Mr. Dependable of the team…
• Preeti: The baccha of the team…sweet little girl with a lovely smile…the PR girl. Her mere presence is enough to light up the team room...can cause all tensions to evaporate with her smile and soothing voice…
• Sanjeev: The happy mascot of the team (pun unintended). Bears the brunt of leg pulling by all of us sportingly. Loves to flirt and to party. Again the creative guy. Came up with amazing posters for Srujan.also responsible for managing content on iAspire

Had a wonderful time with these people during the I-team tenure. Hope to relive those moments again in the J team if they do make it through…..

Of early mornings...

It has been a looooong time since I posted...And what an occasion to start posting again today...On a morning after spending a sleepless night. Could not sleep a wink. Don't know the reason. And for a sleepaholic like me, this is very frustrating experience. Just imagine, lying in the bed with a lovely retreating monsoon atmosphere outside perfectly conducive for sleeping, and unable to sleep at all. Not the first time it has happened though. It had happened once in my second year of engineering, when after lying awake went off early in the morning to have breakfast at Wadeshwar's and in the process giving my poor Dad a rude shock to see me up so early...

So, what did I do? Played random games on Facebook, did an OR assignment, shot off a mail to my I-ART members, went for a jog in the rains, had 2 cups of steaming tea in the mess, had breakfast at 0730 hrs(!),came back, read 3 newspapers, found answers to 8/10 questions and I am not yet sleepy....

As I have realized time and again, early mornings are really nice. Spent half an hour in the mess just gazing into the clouds and enjoying the cool breeze. I should make it a habit to wake up early in the morning every day, I have been deciding this since time immemorial, but have failed to implement it...let’s give it a shot again...