Got back from Seattle this morning on a red-eye flight..It was an amazing trip to microsoft. Extremely hectic schedule, but I was surprised by the access to the top level executives during our stay there. We presented successfully and got beautiful trophies and certificates. Got to meet the CTO, Norm Judah and GMs from the service lines.

Now its back to the Tuck grind:) I have my finals in a week. Then a 2 week break for christmas, which will probably be entirely spent studying up on consulting cases..

Just got the great news that my team has won the Microsoft Case competition!! So we will fly out to Redmond next weekend to present to the Microsoft Services CTO..Should be great fun..

Am in NY right now. Drove from Hanover..It snowed a lot in Hanover today..but the drive was safe..

Thanksgiving holidays are around the corner...Will be flying out to Cleveland and then driving to Ann Arbor ..So will be a hectic week.
Have my mid-term exams next week.
Saw Om Shanti Om last week. Ok..nothing great..

We had the first hint at a dusting of snow last night. It is now rapidly turning cold here.
The official recruiting season is fast approaching. We will have the official interviews starting in around 2 months.

Looking forward to the Thanksgiving trip. Should be fun!

Finished a great Consulting Club trek. Saw 10 firms in 3 days. It was good to see the offices of all these great firms..
Fall B starts tomorrow. More quantitative. Capital Markets, Economics, Man. Comm. and Statistics. So will be very hectic as the preparation for the case interviews also begins this month.
Wathced quite a few movies over the weekend.

Finished with my Fall A term!!!! Just gave the last exam.
Unbelievable...
The 2nd years had organized a surprise champagne welcome for us all when we were dropping off our exams at the Stell Hall..
I'll be heading off today for the Consulting trek to Boston and NY. And then back for a brutal Fall B :)...Lots of work lined up for the coming weeks, along with a focus on getting my consulting preparation up to mark.

Just got back from the Dartmouth Homecoming Bonfire.

Trial post from the new Word 2007 blogger tool

Just purchased a few songs via the new Amazon mp3 site. 'Red Sky' by Thrice..

Saw Vinod Khosla in action today. He was over at Thayer to give a speech on renewable energy portfolios. Very interesting and as the man himself said, very opinionanted. Just the kind you want to hear. Surprisingly there were very few engineering students and a lot of us from Tuck showed up.
1 more week, and my 1st term at Tuck will be over!

Was shown clips of "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" in my Organizational Behaviour class today !!!
Never thought I would actually get to a see a hindi movie at Tuck :)

They showed the boardroom fight which Shahrukh khan has with Amrita Singh [updated after comments :)], as an example of going against "groupthink" in an organization and effecting change :))))

Tuck was rated No. 1 by Wall Street Journal. Read about it here .
So we've come on top 2 times this year now. Thats great to hear.

Got my Change of status to F-1 approved this week! So that piece is done too :) Officially a student.
Had a great Mexican party last night. Trying very hard to maintain as normal a life as possible. The work load is increasing exponentially, so it wil be a tough task...lets see how it goes..

Just got back from my 1st visit to the Dartmouth Baker Library..I was blown away by the varirty and quantity of books there..I am interested in Indian history and the selection here beats anything I have ever seen..Looks like I may just become a regular visitor..not a frequent one though :) Once every 3 months I guess...

Done with the Tuck Orientation. It was an amazing week and a very good insight into what madness is to be expected in the near future. Just got back from a trip back home to NJ...and all raring to go for the real deal from tomorrow!!
Saw the Breach on the way here on the Dartmouth Coach. Nice movie..
By the way the trip is a killer..8 hours of bus and wait from Hanover to NJ is too much..but what the hell..its only for a couple of years more :)

Tuck was rated #1 (again) by Forbes. Read it all here !!

Just 1 week left for my Dartmouth journey to begin. Very excited. Feeling jealous for the kids who are already there for the Outward Bound programs...
Have a place at the Buchanan Hall. We will be the last Class to occupy this residential hall.. So I'm sure there will be a mother-of-all-parties at this very social place :))

Have been unemployed for the last week now..Had a great farewell party at my clients location. Didnt know my manager drank that much :) And I was offered a job on completion of my MBA..I'll keep that in mind..It would be a nice touch to come back on the business side and harass my ex-team :)

Just moved houses over the weekend..My god..what a dreadful experience.. The new house is in an excellent location, but I couldnt get the sofa bed out of the old one..I had to saw it in half!!! What a waste..anyways, the new house is shaping up well..

Saw Chak De India, SuperBad this week. Both were surprisingly very good..

Got my Change of Status notice from the USCIS last week. I have also tendered my resignation. So I should be free by the 10th of Aug..and then get prepared to go to Tuck!! Very excited and very nervous. Almost all the subjects being taught there are new to me..but thats what makes it very exciting too. Looking forward to a great time with great people !!

I just saw "Life..in a Metro" recently. I liked the movie but simply love the songs..

Ironically this has been the busiest period for me at this project :)
Oh..and by the way the client and the company was extremely happy that I am going to Tuck. Turns out that a lot of my client managers have friends or relatives at Dartmouth!!

Last 3 weeks were very hectic, tiring and simply a lot of fun!! My wife's sister got married in June..So we did a tour of Delhi and Patna..in summer. I had forgotten how brutal Indian summers are :).
Have sent in my papers to the US immigration authorities for my change of status..
Now just trying to relax at work..4 more weeks to go..

The application odyssey comes to an official end...Dinged @ Stern.. It was a real roller-coaster ride over the last year..
Have a Tuck gathering today..that'll be good as usual..

Got back for an amazing week at San Francisco..Real fun. Drove almost 1000 miles in 4 days!! But I didnt turn into a walking zombie at the end :). Yosemite, Monterey, Napa, Muir, fishermans Wharf...just so much fun..

And we managed to catch up with 2 old friends [my wifes actually] at Sunnyvale..

So overall..great..I'll upload some snaps onto Flickr soon..

Rest all is as usual..got my Tuck 'Packet' today..accounting book and a load of info :) So lots of studying to do ;)

Had a great ASW at Tuck last weekend. Real fun!Looking forward to get there in fall.