The other rite of passage that one requires to be initiated into B-school, as I had learnt from my other friends who had passed through the hallowed portals of many premier institutes, was that one had to sit uncomfortably amidst bright lights, wearing a suit to get one’s picture taken. This picture was more for putting up on facebook / orkut or emailing one’s near and dear ones, while it simultaneously served the other side purpose of showing potential recruiters how you can look all cheesed up in formal wear.
I like suiting up, and this is the third time in my life I’ve done it so far. My suit is so totally like my Superman costume, and I must confess that I look plain awesome in it. No modesty, just plain awesomeness.
However, when I had to take that long walk from my student village to the academic center where photographs were being taken, I ended up feeling a little weird due to the temperature. But that weirdness was nothing compared to the posing for the photo itself.
A white board with my student ID number was placed in my hands (those on my facebook fraands list please have a look) and I was made to pose for a pic thereafter. The picture posing exercise was pretty interesting.
I was first made to sit on a round table, and then bend down a bit, such that I was at an angle of about 80 degrees with respect to the ground. Then, the photographer made me turn my face towards the right, asked me therafter to tilt it to the left at an angle and then put my chin downwards.
By the time I was done processing his instructions, I was not able to smile as he had requested, becuase I don’t think a contortionist could’ve made such complex moves to align one’s body in the way I had to for my photograph. The only person who could execute this move with aplomb is a certain ASM at HLL named Aswath venkataraman, but he’s an anomaly because he’s got only about fifty bones in his body.
I was initially under the impression that this photo shoot contortionist funda was a prank being perpetrated by people just to diss me, but I later figured that every single person in my class who has had their photo taken had to be subjected to this very exercise.
Of course, there’s also the whole jazz of standing around looking business-like and dapper in sharp clothing, holding comic books and pretending like one is analysing important financial documents and such-like. These pics shall soon be uploaded at a facebook near you.
However, on a totally different note, with nearly two weeks of classes done, I am glad that I have stuck to my intent of not drinking coffee, not carrying my mobile to class and not surfing the internet in class (unless the Prof. specifies).
Coming up soon – updates on the college weblog which yours truly wants to pollute with his nonsense, and also more interesting stuff, or rather stuff that is, at least, interesting to me.
KTHXBYE.