Billu meets Mallu !

Billu Shah, the hippie from Chennai got a free ticket. From a city of Nakka Mukka and autorickshaw thieves, this was the first time that a GUJ-BHUJ-BU_JI saw the far away mallu land, also known to the outsiders as Thuffai or Gelf.

Before leaving for the gulf, Billu met a barber, who trimmed him to a furless human looking item.

With Chinki's as air-HOTess & camels on either side of the airport to welcome our long_fellow, the air was full of gall-uping cheer.

Expecting the Chennai airport & railways station style of swarming by the yellow auto bug-gers, Billu stepped down all armed with 50 ps, 1 Re, 2 Re & 5 Re coins to bargain.

With the coins laughing from all the six pockets, the specs clad Chennai Shehen-SHAH searched for the autorick-SHAH’s to bargain.

Awed at the sparkling floors and windows, the already mouth agape billu, slipped into a trance seeing the driver Shaji standing with a board which read -

"Welcome to Mr. Billu".

"Good Morning Sir"

Billu: How much to New Salaka

"10 sir"

Billu who is habituated to bargaining said - "No, take me for 5"

"No sir, not possible"

Billu: Am your guest, take me for 5 or else I will complain

"Impossible sir"

Billu calls up the in-charge and shouts: "How can your driver not take me for 5 when he should take me for Zero !? He still says 10 to New Salaka"

Officer: "Yes sir. It had been 10 miles to New Salaka from the past 50 years. Cannot help it"

Billu: Ohh, miles... !

(While travelling, Shaji and Billu became close friends)

The only thing he found common in 'Movies own Chennai' and 'God's own Gelf', is the expense on water. Billu, as a researcher, instead of thinking about the ways to use water as fuel is already thinking of using water for cooking and oil for bathing, in Dubai & Chennai.

(The travel continued)

After only having seen a SATYAM in Chennai, a lost Billu obviously asked Shaji whether all these huge buildings on the wayside are Satyam theatres !

"No sir, they are all NAIR's teashops"

Billu couldn't believe his eyes, when he saw the same old Nair's tea and Pazhampori clad in yellow suit.

As good at heart the Mallus are, the driver asked Billu - "Sir, can I take you for a ride?"

Billu: (In his mind, underestimating the Mallu Drivers capability in English) Poor chap, doesn't know proper English & is asking a copywriter like me whether he can take me for a ride!

(Ignoring the sentence as a mistake, Billu says with confidence) Why not?

Shaji takes Billu for a ride and when Billu got back to his senses, knew that the ceiling of Dufffaaai airport has beautiful tiles.

The Mallu Shaji had indeed taken Billu for a ride.

Now, staying in Dubai airport without a transit Visa, our Billu Barber is rechristened as Billu Mallu "Sheikh" after he was really shaken by the Mallu driver.

(Someone had apparently told BILLU that TERMINAL was made by Steven Spielberg)

Now "sheikh" is stranded and waiting for Steven Spielberg to make Terminal II, III & IV in Chennai Railway Station.

(Billu like his Director thought that Steven is a budding building architect who makes terminals wherever he goes)

SATYAM ! ! ! ;)

New Media Enthusiast

First semester topper, Advertising 2010, when given her first toy ! :P

Model Courtesy: My friend's daughter, who is just 6 months old.

FM Tintumon

Tintu mon from Kottayam, Kerala has Financial Management in his fourth semester.

A lover of love, and a worshiper of cupid, Tintu Mon's favourite color is RED and weapon, the Bow & Arrow !

With financial management, his mismanaged love also is now back in the old tracks. His love market corrected itself, but only after he knew with fin man' on where he lacked.

Let me tell you how.

His investments in love had been good choices, but wrong decisions, by investing 100 love shares of Re 1 value each in 100 different girls.

Now correcting to 51 shares in one and 49 in another (as backup).

A long way to go, he is indeed happy to be associated with SIMC, Pune & Bangalore .. remember 49 shares ! ;)

Major, Minor or SIMC event?

Some people understand a little late in life that they got lime juice mixed with soda powder instead of salt, received 22 carrot instead of 22 carat for their wedding etc.

Similarly, Midhun also came to know of certain truths when he checked the Gtalk list of friends, which reads in the following order.

Sahil

Zehen@SIMC

Swetha S

Annual Alumni Meet 2009

Sushant Kamble

HR Meet 2010

Faisal Siddiqui

Sports Media Meet 2010

Kausik

FOC 2010

Nitin Kanhekar

DAM 2010

& just as he was about to sign out, a junior came online

Ipsita

GCMC 2010

Event Management in the name of an MBA ! ;)

It is heard that the next year event schedule is already charted in the event-fool college.

New Instructions are written below.

All first letters with 'N' to be changed to 'G'. Else, strictly add a G-Spot to the existing names!

Eg: If it is FOC, change it to GFOC, Zehen to Gehen, DAM to GDAM etc !

This is done by keeping in mind the tradition of going Global or Glocal from local. As a courtesy, the holed Globe, which lay in place of the bathroom tiled fountain, is replenished near a YOU CAN SEE place.

New Global Idiot is also being launched after the hype around the movie '3 idiots'. One out of the three is already identified by the college students. Once the other two are also found, students are sure to receive amazing prizes in the form of a 'Smiling pen holder', 'Rainbow shirts convertible to bedsheets', 'A 24 hour switched on radio with 24 hours non-stop nonsense' etc etc.

So, rush in your entries before Midhun grabs the opportunity !

P.S: A new classification of event known as the "SIMC event" is being incorporated along with the "Major Event" & "Minor event" taught in colleges around the G'lobe.

These are defined in Wikipedia as follows: A set of happenings, which has no definite outcome or purpose, but at least gets done shabbily, with an amount called seed capital.

Engineering a Media Plan

The advertising student hailing from a 'Boys-must-be-engineers' family gets his dream job as a copywriter.

An overwhelmed HE calls up his mom and speaks as follows.

"Mom, I am a copywriter"

"Beta, why don't you write it on your own, at least now?

The chest full of proud loses a little of air.

"Mom, what I meant is copywriting as a job."

"Beta, I too had an intelligent friend who but copied all his life and wrote, only to have lost it all one fine day, when caught."

"Please understand Mom. This is a position in advertising which are adorned by people like me who have an ability to play with words."

"No Beta, even if you have to play with words, please do not copy"

"Phewww... I am quitting & going to the news channel"

"Ok son. God bless"

After a few weeks of landing up as an anchor, a plum position in some popular news channel, mom rings him up.

Being busy with work, son picks the phone and says

"Mom, am 'breaking news'. I will call later"

(Suddenly, mom shouts out loud and angrily)

"You break whatever you want to, but unlike in college, don't call later & ask for money as fine"

The phone goes mute for a while like a temporary Doordarshan blackout !

Internship extension stories

After a long time in college, suddenly the students have become absolute professionals, really understood from their status messages and some of the mails received in my inbox.

Some case studies

A journalism trainee

"Dear Council, I will come on the reopening day, just to write the exam and will leave for Mumbai as the news bulletins aren't happening without me."

Even after 4 days, the same soul is on campus and the "DD" news continues without an issue.

On a query, the answer is - "The peon shortened his leave and is back" ;)

In short - The intern needn't prepare the cup of tea anymore ! :P

An advertising trainee

Status message - " I miss my WORKSTATION"

Oops ! Suddenly made us feel that she was in search of work and reached a station selling work ! akin to a Gas station.

Another PR trainee

"Going back to Mumbai to finish unfinished business"

My Gwad ! Looks as if he is just hired by OBLaden & AQaeda PR Associates.

An AV-ian

They need me till the end of December.

Why?

Dude, the Director fell ill. As they were too impressed with my work, am told to complete the movie ! :P

Overheard: "Regil, I am coming on time to the campus as my company is now equipped to work even without me ! ;)"

The Photo-grapher !

A sorry state of affairs

The faculty who teaches basic photography to future MEDIA professionals clicked a job for the council, & professionally for the PLACEMENT BROCHURE. Ultimately more work for the students of the council !

An example here is with Swetha's picture.

Do check the identity card !

I just do not understand why we Indians still hold on for the mediocre when we can get better talent. The education in India is pathetic. We still treat the disease without investing any time or money to investigate the real cause of the disease.

PITY !