Almost two months went by since my last post… I presume many of you must be wondering what happened to Kartik ?? Don’t worry guys. I am back with a bang !!!!
January – A new Year, a new Semester. It started with great news from my employer at Dulcet Solutions in the form a nice letter. I completed my first industrial exposure successfully. I boarded the Rajdhani( bunked the first day) to reach on 4th. Train journey as usual was great fun. I had confused feelings in the train, was both happy and sad. Happy because I was going back to the place I loved most and sad for the reason of getting away from my family. Manipal was the same, no noticeable changes were there. I had three half days
. The tiring 7pm classes were no longer there. Within a week of arriving in Manipal, I was back to work. Editorial Board work was going on full swing. We overhauled the entire design of MAGMIT and implemented a forum for MITians with great plans but alas, many of those plans are yet to be implemented. The first two weeks were pretty hectic owing to the enormous workload of the website. Needless to say, I enjoyed the work and learned a lot. This sem I came with a firm mind to shape up my body. In that direction, I joined a gym. Yes guys, you read it right.Even I had never expected that I would join a gym. Many of friends were pretty much shocked to hear, many laughed, teased but none could stop me from what I wanted to do. The first few days were tiring and then I enjoyed it. For the record, I still go thrice a week, if not more. I had my german exam this month, was pretty scared. This is the second time I have been this afraid of a exam( the first was Engineering Graphics). I studied pretty hard in the last week of Jan and understood German properly. I regret not giving more attention earlier. There are plenty of nice websites available on the net which are a awesome help. Needless to say, I passed with a ‘B’ grade which was far more than I expected.
February: IAESTE offers were about to be released and I was ready armed with letters, certificates etc. I had been dreaming of this since my first year. The first two weeks went pretty fast( IAESTE and Sessionals). I scored pretty badly in the sessionals, it was one of my lowest. Maybe partly because of IAESTE and partly because of ‘not in a mood‘. Feb 14th, as usual was a dull affair for me. I had candlelight dinner with around 10 seniors(all males). I was pretty much free in the evenings, started playing Badminton and TT and developed a bad habit of sleeping in the evenings. I was not in a mood to do something new as I needed some kind of a push which I was not getting. This is also one of the many reasons for the delay in a post. In the end of month, I went to Bombay, Shirdi, Aurangabad with my family. This was one of the best trips I had. Maybe, I would write a complete post on my trip. Ah!! I forgot to mention that I got nominated for KOREA for a internship at ETRI. Though, it is yet to be confirmed by the employer, I had already started my celebrations as this was what I always wanted. I would like to mention the enormous wishes I could got from all my near and dear ones. For almost a week, I had developed a habit of saying ‘Thanks’ to anyone whom I met.
March: March brought Revels and for the first time, I did not take part nor organised any event. I was busy with sending my nomination to Korea. Too much work preparing your CV, LOR and cover letter.Once again, sessionals have arrived.
Overall, this semester has been going pretty well though I had planned a lot more. I have further strengthened my friendships, made enemies( not my mistake ). Hope the rest of the semester goes well and my internship at Korea gets confirmed.















