The Madras Mail

People who know me know that I can get crazy drunk and do some very crazy things, it’s not out of the normal, but the point is each person’s take on a wasted night is very different. People are judged by what they do when they’re drunk and rarely by what they do when sober. This is quite funny actually, a completely self motivated pursuit of loss of sanity contributes more to a friendship than a meaningful, intellectual discussion.

I’ve been here at XLRI for about 3 weeks now. These three weeks have been so frigging awesome that I can hardly bring myself to write it all down. The people, the endless bottles of booze, the suttas, the Hindi, El top, the wet nite, the legendary XL bonding, and so much more. The scene here is so vibrant that is so unlike anything I’ve seen before.

My whole objective, or rather my parents’ objective of making me come here was to give me a management education, and that is somehow supposed to help me make me a more ’successful’ person. I’m totally lost on this part of the argument. My life has never been planned. Everything I do in my life has been the product of someone’s advice. The point here is most people fall under this category but are too scared to accept it. I’m not, so it really doesn’t matter. The whole objective of life is to be happy, so for me happiness comes in all the small things. The beer with friends, the drive along a beach, a good book, travel, good food, and so forth. I really have no idea what I’ll do if I get a huge salary after I pass out, will probably spend most of it on travelling, and give the rest away as charity. I’m just trying to think here, that how many people are pretending that grades, personal image, and other equally unimportant things define them. Life is so much more. Laughing a lot, spending time with the people you like, are the most important things, others are just a face we put up to society, something that we pretend we are, but truly are unhappy about. I’ll be happy if people come and tell me if I’ve made a difference to their lives rather than a plaque with a ‘Best Employee’ embossed on it.

All this is just rants I’m making at 4 in the morning, but somehow feel important to write down.

Life is just so fucking amazing. Lol.