Midhun looks through the advertising module. Greek and Latin!!!
Where are my notes??? His mind echoes. A thorough search, yields results. Rushing through the entire notes generates nothing but, uninterest, exactly like the Rs 1000/- sleeper classes in SIMC. He slowly flips through the pages, like in the memory of a beloved one.
(Background music: ‘Maanasa
His caresses on the pages are worth many a tear-drop.
(The camera zooms in for clarity)
Date: 11/07/2008
Summary of the notes: Intrapersonal communication, Interpersonal communication. Mass communication, ATL, BTL.
Camera zooms out. Close - up shot of the happy Midhun face.
Midhun flips more pages.
Date: 21/07/2008.
Summary of the notes: Intrapersonal communication, Interpersonal communication. Mass communication, ATL, BTL.
DÉJÀ VU!? Ripley's Believe It Or Not! ? Or was it a photocopy?
Amusement writ large on his face, he rings up his next door loyal, studious, scholarly, diligent, intellectual Rejil, who is into big time self-advertising these days.
M: “ Rejil, what are the notes that you have had on the 21st July?”
R: Just a moment....
(Rejil thinks Intrapersonal) Notes! What is that?!!
(Effective utilisation of Silence)
He finds something somewhere...
“Hello…yeah Midhun, it’s Intrapersonal communication, Interpersonal communication………”
(Midhun interrupts the conversation)
So, please check it for the 11th.
R: hmmm… yeah, got it. “Intrapersonal communication, Interpersonal communication…
M: (In a confirming tone) Ohh, so it wasn’t Déjà vu.
R: No, not at all, since the syllabus is too compact and can be easily covered in 5 classes, we were having a deferred live telecast. And for your information, the whole month had the same exercise, till a revolution happened.
M: “Revolution!!! what??”
Date: 11/08/2008
R: “LUX IS A BRAND, AND SOAP IS A PRODUCT”
M: ‘But the subsequent classes, dated 22/08/2008, did have a change.
SOAP IS A PRODUCT AND LUX IS A BRAND”
Some August occasions over. We hopefully welcome September, without lamenting on the losses.
Flipped the September notes. Screening of Advertisements.
Date: 07/09/2008
Summary of Midhun’s notes: “ Sony Bravia - 3471 balls, 877 green, 740 blue, 378 yellow, 568 orange, 299 red, 444 brown. The rest went down the drain like the Ad students”
Wrong count. Repeat classes.
Phewww!!
Date: 19/09/2008
Summary of Midhun’s notes: “Sony Bravia - 3296 balls, 872 green, 733 blue, 371 yellow, 580 orange, 329 red, 411 brown”
Midhun gets his balls right, while others wait for their number of balls to fall in the right place. Midhun is happily whistling his old tune.
CURTAINS TO SEMESTER ONE, ADVERTISING CLASSES.
Midhun again in INTRAPERSONAL communication.
“What about MEDIA PLANNING and AD CREATIVES???”
Fungiosis on a rescue mission: Don’t you worry MIDHUN, we introduce before you…
SELF STUDY TEST -101 Tips.
No, No, don’t you rest(ing) be panicky. Not a new subject paper in the SIU time table*
* TILL DATE
This is a newly introduced book in the market, presently minting money like crazy. All SIMC-ians are requested to get the book for better results. Co-authored by YOU CAN SEE.
Midhun laments: ‘Rs 6 lakhs, for a correspondence course in PR.”
What correspondence Midhun? Correspondence at least sends you sensible notes, in proper condition unlike…”
Examples quotes as below.
SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
The three main stages are physical and mental and all these three have their own unique characteristics – Page 11
In underdeveloped countries such as
The entire dependency is now on imported genetically engineered corn and soya and ready-to-eat mixes of strange things that are not supposed to be eaten - Page 42
AV MODULE
Depth of Field.
Connective Shot.
Shot for connection of background and other ground ( UNDERGROUND???) by using trolley.
Bottom Angle
Views the object from the bottom side ( Whose bottom???) --- ALL IN ONE - PAGE 19
Lots more in store. Wait and watch.
After all this torture, Midhun is highly into intrapersonal conversation, leave alone communication.
Tthe famous psychiatrist Dr. Combiflam in Ujala white, opines.
“This is incurable, and we have given up hope”
6 comments:
this is the funniest ever you have written!!!
I cant believe we actually printed those notes! wow!! :P
Very true... even i wish I had done a correspondence course or some other course from Mumbai University. They atleast get proper notes even if they arent taught anything. The fact remains that semester one has been a disaster. whats irks more is the 1000Rs per lecture talk. Some lectures are not even worth a single rupee...
all the passion talk that we had in the start has drained away and all that remains is some bleak hope... Hope that the second sem will be better. lets keep our fingers crossed.
@Sajn..
Passion isn't supplied by an outsider, it should arise from within...
we never knew or researched the faculty before we came here..or did we? So nothing to complain.. just get our syllabus ready early,study it, in between understand the industry...get in there boldly, without the tremble that may coax you to fall flat when important...
For me, i have a small 'bucket list' n i wish to achieve it.. two year MBA is jus a channel... evn without which, i think i will make it big.. and so can each one of us here..
so keep up the hopes inside, believe in yourself and do what ur heart whispered u to...:)
Yeah advertising is all Inter personal, intra personal, ATL and BTL for me ;). Hope some more development in the next sem.
"The famous psychiatrist who treats him opines.
“This is incurable, and we have given up hope” "
You should have given his name also, as a matter of credibility!
The blog is excellent and I'm sure that u've gone thru notes as well :P ...
but ur comment here is really worth a response. Why should people wait someone else to implant the seedling of passion to them?? 'The real battle and real inspiration lies within you'. Whatever be the problem and adversities, I've decided to achieve some goals in my life and I will. Revolutions are worth a million, but it is easy to start the revolution from our own life.
Two cheers to life and one to Rejil (for his creati'witty') ;)
Midhun
Rejil! totally agree with u there. Actually whatever u said doesnt cover up anything thats wrong here. But , its not supposed to. Its more like we should see and accept whatever is wrong here and then still give it a best shot. Because ultimately our efforts are for own sake. That seems to be the only way out.
Whose bottom???Good one Rejil!
Looking for bloopers in the module notes has filled my life with a sense of purpose-otherwise I wouldnt even have bothered going through the module notes!LET THERE BE INCONSISTENCIES ABOUND!
And I agree with Deepali-Im tired of haering people whine about the institute!Grow up guys!You can either take what you have and convert it to something great or just sit and crib! THE GRASS ON THE OTHER SIDE IS ALWAYS GREENER!
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