Thank you SDM-IMD!!

As of twelve noon today I am done with my presentations and classes! Excepting for the term end exams and two minor submissions, I am done with my MBA. Its quite a mixed feeling though- I am happy and I am not quite so happy. These two years at SDM-IMD have not only given me the much required functional managerial skills and honed my soft skills - SDM has also been the place where I have made wonderful friends for life and learnt so much about myself. SDM in many ways has made the person that I am today and I shall always be grateful to SDM for everything. The feeling after each presentation that I have goofed up and the ones that I have been appreciated for has lasted only till the next one. It might be read quite philosophical but that is the way it has been. I have learnt never to let my failures deter me in my future endeavours and never to let my successes get into my head. And with so many many presentations at SDM; I guess I have learnt to come to terms with few not so great presentations, but to never be okay with it.
I shall always remember the class rooms with so much of brain storming happening and new ideas coming up, people dozing off and literally in that after hectic schedules and deadlines; the lab, discussion rooms and yoga hall wherein we worked for most of our group assignments; the canteen which we would all curse and rant about, but still visit for a cuppa chai after every class; the library which we visited only to receive our course materials and during the examinations; the nestle booth which was our usual hangout adda along with the steps leading to the mess, yoga hall and canteen and the area outside the girls hostel; the mess which again was the focus of all our complaints and also rare appreciation.
It was in SDM that I had my own room, which was mine and mine alone. I could either live in a dump or live in clean quarters; but the decision was all mine. I could listen to music all day, eat only ice cream for dinner, dance in the rain, stay awake till three in the morning, decide to walk around the hostel at one a.m.; the small pleasures of life were all mine! Dear mom and dad, you have been the best parents ever ever : But sometimes its so much fun to be on your own! And with all this independence also comes a responsibility- of being responsible for your actions. You can stay awake till the wee hours of the morning, but you need to wake up in time for the early morning seven thirty session in Derivatives. You can eat all the ice cream you want, but you cant afford to get sick!
Life at SDM has taught me all this and so many other things that just cant be put in words. It has given me great friends with whom I have laughed, cried and lived life. Yes, I am indeed looking forward to moving ahead, start work, make new friends and embark on another life enriching experience- one after another........ But then there Is a silent wish, hope that life at SDM never comes to an end.... Wishful thinking, I know......
Thank you SDM-IMD!!