Sunday, August 09, 2009

Convocated!

Yey!

I am finally officially out of college. With two degrees, including a post-graduation, no less!!! :D
Master of technology...even sounds heavy! Not that I'm putting that exact degree to any immediate use...the tag is all that counts so far.
Graduate...oops, post-graduate!

I got the award for the second-best all round graduating student. There's been some controversy over the award for the "best" (aka, Directors Gold Medal), but thankfully none over my deserving what I good. Feels nice :)
Also, felt nice to see a lot of people, many we wouldn't see for some time now, and especially hanging out with department fellows.
The official snapping of ties with IITD. Or is it? :)

Now, for the next four weeks, I am officially unemployed, and do not belong anywhere.

No more a student. When that's all I have been all my life! Wow, this is new :D


19 comments:

Quintoo said...

Congratulations matki :P

Divesh said...

"No more a student. When that's all I have been all my life!"

Maybe you are back in the initial 2-3 year phase of life you were in when you were not a student :D.. if only for a month.. enjoy it.

Congratulations for the award.

Metallica bhakt! said...

Congratulations!! :D and even better for the award!! :D :D ab jaldi se yahan aa jao! woohoo

Naina said...

i am so happy for ya.. :)

Passionate said...

Congratulations............!!!
Party ???

catalyst said...

'second-best' .. your institution sure has some serious opinion clashes with my long maintained point of view :)
expected I guess. congratulations still.

anand said...

Congratulations...

vibhav said...

All the best for the new life. :) Hope you'll keep writing.

Phoenix said...

[quintoo]
Dulli! Everyone, inc the profs respect a dual degree over a btech and an mtech at the convocation. Kuch seekh :P

[divesh]
Yeah, I'm a three yr old all over again. I do nothing now. And have a month before I become "employed"
Thank you.

[metallica bhakt]
Thank you. Yes, soon enough. :)

Phoenix said...

[rane]
Thank you sweety. hugs

[passionate]
Thanks. Yep, anytime!

[catalyst]
Alas, you were not in the prize committee! :)
If u ask me though, I always thought I deserved second-best, esp looking at the way the point system is structured. However, it was someone else who I, and most of the insti, thought deserved the best place award, and surprisingly enough, someone else barged in, who I don;t 'feel' runner up to.

but, never mind. I'm glad. :D

Phoenix said...

[anand]
Thank you!

[vibhav]
thanks. Yes, I intend to. I do not wanna disappear like u!

A learner said...

Congratulations...and believe me you are gonna enjoy and eventually miss these 4 weeks of your life.. !!

One more blogger said...

Congrats :)
Enjoy these next four weeks becoz after that u may nvr be that free again.
By the way, I saw u on convo day near IIT gate. U ws lookng really gr8 in that white skirt.

desperado said...

Congrats :) Enjoy the freedom

Diptanshu said...

Is the oxymoronic company ready for the TRUth?
Congrats for the infinite-th award matki! (pun un-intended, again)

Phoenix said...

[ a learner]
maybe i will miss the freedom to do nothing, but I'd not miss the paint and dirt in my under-renovation home, and i m not gonna miss feeling so useless :)

Cheers to every moment though

[one more blogger]
Dont scare me, i'd be free and happy kabhi to even later. if not I'd quit job :D

And thanks, I didnt see you though. Should have met!


[desperado]
Thanks!


[deepu]
I hope so. Good line though.
thank you

Brood Mode said...

Congratulations! I know how it feels. And good luck at what I'm guessing is your first full time job!

BTW, we really do have pretty parallel lives :-). This should explain: http://footlooseonthefreeway.blogspot.com/2009/05/officially-master-now.html
It's is another blog I co-author at :-)

Phoenix said...

[brood mode]
Wow! That's quite a coincidence, although an IIT degree is nothing in front of a Wharton MBA!!
Thanks for the wishes.

Hope someday our parallel paths coincide!

Brood Mode said...

Phoenix, the game is called "Slipping through the cracks." :-)