New hope? I hope so!

Though I've given up on being consistent with this blog. I felt I must write today. Just saw a shooting star!

Many would wonder how can someone get so much joy from a shooting star. Haven't you seen it before? Yes, I've seen a shooting star before. But they have always been faint...matter of seconds. You may not even get a chance to blink and they are gone. Was that truly a shooting star I'm left thinking. To make myself feel better I tell myself of course. But this was not like that!

It was bright and big sort of in your face. It lasted for several seconds, at least 5-7 seconds. I even had the time to say shooting star and have someone else see our as well. OMG it was breathtaking moment! I couldn't believe my eyes.

As the star traveled across the sky, small shreds started to fall off and in another second, it was gone. I had witnessed a shooting star.

So why write this post? Why after so long? It's not something new and not ask that unique. I'm sure most have seen a shooting star. Or have we?

In our daily busy life, we have often forget to slow down, reflect on the important things, "smell the roses" as the saying goes. We get so busy answering the questions in our daily lives that we forget to appreciate the beauty and mystery that which is life.

I know I feel like I've forgotten. I've been so flustered with the questions in my life right now. These questions have begun to feel like a huge burden. Honestly, I feel like I've gotten more questions than answers but that's okay if you got all the answers then life wouldn't be mysterious and worth living. But, you know in the moment it's hard to appreciate these questions.

The questions still remain...
Will I get a job? What job do I want in the first place? What do I want to be? Who am I? What am I doing here? Why did I come here? Am I supposed to stay here, go back to US, or some where else? What's written in my destiny? Why do I feel like sometimes that I may have made the wrong decision? Did I? And of course, the question of the day...why the different accents?

The questions sadly remain but still I feel light right now. I'm not ready to go back to reality of these questions. I just want to absorb the beauty of what I witnessed. I just want to have an amazing dream tonight and let tomorrow come as it may. Before I close this post, I just want to thank God for allowing me to witness your miracles. I'll take it as a sign from you to stay happy, keep my head high, and not give up. You have something destined for me and I will find it when time is right. I just need to remain me. You have made me who I am today with all my flaws and shortcomings, and I'm sure there is a reason for that so I don't need to change. But please help me forgive and forget...I feel I've forgotten how to do that and I don't want to keep a baggage with me.

Thank you God for your miracles! Thank you world for your hidden beauties! And now good night and sweet dreams.

Dividends = Marriage then Repurchase =?

This was exactly the question asked by our fin prof in class today...

Our fin class today was around Dividends vs. Repurchasing. The prof was describing when to announce dividends vs. repurchasing shares and what they signal to the market. Dividends signal to the market that the firm expects to have sustainable high earning even in the future. On the other hand, repurchasing stocks is a 1 time transaction that signals that you may undervalue your company.

He proceeds to say that dividends is much more of a long-term commitment. I like to think of it as a marriage.

1 student unable to contain himself laughs out loud. To which,  the professor remarks that well most people would consider marriage as a long-term commitment. The student continues to smile and hold back his laughter.

The prof next says, "if we go with the assumption that dividends is like marriage, then what's repurchasing shares?"

The same student wittingly replies, "a 1 night stand!"

To this the prof remarks that last class an eager female student said that it's an affair... this guy (pointing at the student) is even worse. Saying to the rest of class, prof says, "come on guys, get with the program." Lol!

P.S. I also found out that Nandita Das and Rahul Bose are here. I hope I can see them and take a pic with them. That would be super cool!

Caught up

How to not get caught in the fast tide which is ISB? Prof asked of a metaphor for ISB. Mine was... a small river raft with me in it in the middle of ocean and I dont know how to swim.

Another one that I liked was...metaphor of tatooes.

High on life?

Nahhhhh... Yesterday for the first time, I got high on paint. Yes, paint! We had a Glow in the Dark Party to celebrate the end of Term3 Midterms. I was really exhausted that day and in the beginning the party wasn't that good, so, I allowed my friends to put paint on my face. We all looked like warriors...haha. i hate the smell of paint but being lazy or tired, i didnt remove the paint entire night. Result= couldnt wake up next morning was totally out of it 'til like 6 or 7 and that too after 2 med size cups of coffee.

2 things I realized...don't ever want to be high again and I become much quieter n stupider.

Bandhan

Soooo bogged down getting these tshirts for the Bandhan event. Perfect example of over engineering a process or a process failing because organization has grown too large and doesn't realize inefficiencies in the system.

Also, today is raksha badhan and I tied rakhi to my new mu-bola bhai. Feel so awesome.

And I hit a guy with a chocolate bc someone thought it would be nice to tug at my hand to steal the chocolate. How embarrassing?!?!?!?!

But gotta make this tshirt successful...feel a small spark of drive!

What awesome weather...

Got on the anti-discrimination committee here. Really excited about it. If I could senstize even 1 person I would feel so awesome. Never had my values so challenged before but may be I would be a different had I grown up in India.

Also had an awesome first class with DJ. Actually understood managerial accounting for the first time and appreciated it.

Weather is great as well...it's like typical bollywood movie type of weather... a little chilly wind but amazingly refreshing wind. If only I could enjoy this...

Time is flying....

I feel like I start each blog with I can't believe...but that's been my experience so far in India and at ISB. Term 3 is midway over and that just seems wrong. It's been only 3 months. So much has happened. Probably the best thing that has happened so far is this special girl name Meenal Sethia. For the first time, it felt like someone understood me really well. She was like a little sister to me. And such a super cute child. From the bottom of my heart I wish and pray for her best in life. Term 3 has been marked by cases...cases in accounting class, cases in finance class, cases in operations class, and cases in entreprenuership class. How much? Off to reading another case...Owens and Minor Inc.