The day that was today!

Still the same, every time I decide to do it, or am forced to do it, I go through the same flurry of feelings. Writing before the actual moment is one way to ward of atleast some of my fears. It is this discovery that is prompting me to open my laptop at this moment.

Those reading this might have imagined that I am talking about those confused and crucial moments before an orgy or a nude club session. Well, you are almost there. The term presentations of most of the subjects are closely akin to stripping yourself infront of the crowd with most of them booing and some of them gawking at your not so perfect body. I have been considered a good speaker all my life. The lack of knowledge can sometimes be made up using these oratory skills, sometimes that is. I am a good actress too, but only when I manage to remember my dialogues. Sadly, in these presentations, you don't have an assistant director whispering the dialogues behind your back, directing you whether to move left or right.
So today is one of those days with two such torture sessions, apparently in the same room and on the same chair, but by two different executioners. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. I am getting ready for the first one, Wish me good luck!!!!

Epilogue(Evening after the presentations):

The day ended at a mixed note. The first presentation went fairly well, the system didn't beat us anywhere and my software background helped. I think I am safe.

The second one cannot be called bad, it was pathetic. And I was amused. All of us spoke rather well, I believe. The audience went through varied feelings like humor, surprise, disgust, but towards the end, there was only one remaining, 'confusion'. SRK's question was the nail on the coffin, a very innocent, 'What was that about?'. This was followed by an outburst in the class. Apparently, our message got dissolved somewhere in the flood of slides and men having sex with men. Well, individually the ideas might have been great, but together, the impact factor was missing. Not that it didn't make an impact, it was so hugely negative! The message was harshly delivered by the very critical comment of a class mate that we have hurt the emotions of some by selecting such a sensitive topic and making a mockery of it. The contempt was clear on her face and our macho boy apologized!

For those of you wondering what on earth we invented to mess up an otherwise easy presentation that gives you a wide scope for involvement. This is how I understood it, and other couldn't! We wanted to explain the cluttering of ideas in management education by explaining a simple concept through different management concepts. The idea that we were using in this exercise was the recent statistic that showed 25% of men in India have sex with other men. That was the point that touched the raw nerve. People evidently got confused as to what to listen to. The sex part of it or the management part of it.

The rest are in the hands of my Prof who didn't really look very happy. Though I feel that fate destines some of us to set bad examples too! Would Churchill have earned this glory without Hitler? The even otherwise great performances of some of the other groups after us got even more applause due to the impact we created. Ok guys, you don't have to thank us for that!

Nevertheless, it was great to work with people like the Tornado(Ajay), the fun-lover(Hansika), the reliable(Anubhuti), the cutie pie(Amber) and most importantly, the silent killer(Athul)!!! Love you team!!!