A 24 hour trial

4:55 am

Have been working incessantly since 11. First case analysis for WAC then editing a friend's SOP for a b-school, followed by an online depth-interview, then a live one and now report-making. Why am I mentioning here? Well. Happy Mahashivratri!! Still confused? Lemme explain. Yesterday I was struck by a brilliant idea to hold an entire day's fast for this festival. My first fast ever!!! Don't get me all wrong..I have not committed sooo many paaps to suddenly turn religious. I don't even know which one of the 36 crores gods and goddesses am I doing this for! (Ok...I think the name Mahashivratri may be suggesting something;)) But the point is I am feeling very very hungry already!! Not even 5 hours into the fast and my tummy is growling ferociously!!

Wait till you hear the worst part. This assignment is actually a Consumer Behaviour report on CHOCOLATES!!!! (^$%$#@#@$#@) I mean of all the days..I have to deal with chocolates on the very day I go on a fast!! Life is so cruel at times :(

Oh wait..the worst is still yet to come..This report basically delves into consumer perceptions of Hershey Kisses vis-a-vis Cadbury Dairymilk. There is a projective technique in which we give a chocolate to the respondent and ask what they feel about it. Yes, you guessed it right...I have around 10 Hershey Kisses in my bag!! Freaking 10 kisses with me and I cant have one!! How could I be soo unfortunate!! :(

This is going to be the worst test of my patience and will power (friggin' 10 kisses...right there on my table..what am I thinking !?!?!) I hope I sail through and keep up the promise..not for anyone else..but for myself :)

For what happens next..tune in at night when I tell you gleefully/shamefully about the outcome of this day. And yes, don't you dare wish me Happy Mahashivratri! :X

Edit 1: 4.30 pm

Hello folks! I am happy to inform you all that I am still alive and kicking!
1 cuppa coffee + 1 mosambi juice + 2 bottles of water = Rutuja alive for 17 hours since her last meal!! :)

With the WAC assignment postponed and Consumer Behaviour report presented, life was slightly back to normalcy. Or so I thought!! The PlaceComm obviously had different plans for me. They simply love... no wait....luuuurvvee to see us palpitate, sweat out buckets and curse them under our breathe! (Go PlaceComm!! you are still my favourite committee on campus...hows does it matter that I curse you the most? You guys totally rock (us)). So at 2.29 pm I was informed that I had a telephonic interview with some guy from Yahoo! India at 3.00 pm. Now this guy and I not being exactly chuddy-buddies, the prospect of maaroing jargon-laden answers to his totally irrelevant questions wasn'y my idea of an idyllic afternoon. So like a stove under my..well, you know where..I began some secondary research (You see what I mean? Just give us a chance and we maaro jargon at the drop of the hats ;)) So after some googling..err secondary research, I was all set to face the interview except for the teeny-meeny detail that I still didn't know what Yahoo! did!! I was more concerned about my GMail id on my CV fwded to the Yahoo guy :P 5 mins were all that they could endure me for. So here I am..back to the comforts of last row bench..nicely tucked (and ducked) behind my lappie screen, awaiting the elusive sleep goddess to smile upon me.

This day is turning more interesting than I ever thought! Stay tuned (coz you don't have life!).
Tada!! :)