Life Unplugged

“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.” – Jimi Hendrix

As I ventured to Indiblogger to see the updates as a part of my daily routine, I encountered a fresh Contest waiting for me. This contest called Jiyo Life Moments Blogger Contest required to enter the Jiyo Life moment lived by me. This theme thrilled me as I had on offer whole 2 years, which consisted of innumerable Jiyo Life moments, lived day in and day out by me.

All the people living the bland professional lives will agree with me that College Life is a truly exciting part of our lives. Now on top of that if I tell you that I did my MBA in, wait for it, Goa, What would your reaction be? I will fill in for you in words of Bryan Adams ‘Those were the best days of my Life’.

Now let me tell you why? This college, Goa Institute of Management is a 200 years old structure situated on the banks of river Mandovi. Your first impression in entering this campus would be that it’s so small, but as later we realized it – that was the USP of the place.

The small place ensured that you would be having incidental rendezvous with each and everyone at least 3-4 times in a day which acted as a breeding ground for ever lasting friendships to develop. There was a bar and restaurant just across the road, which developed as a relaxing adda for everyone after day’s work. Imagine sitting in open air with cool breeze flowing and soothing sound of the waves in the river relaxing the soul; To top all this, beer and tandoori chicken to enjoy in company of friends, life was like a dream.

The best thing about GIM was that pursuing MBA formed a very small part of our lives; there was so much to explore. GIM instilled a sense of freedom in me: freedom from purpose, freedom to do anything and everything I wanted to do, and yet not having to think about the objective behind it. Waking up, going to class without brushing or bathing, sleeping through lectures, , GCP (Global Class Participation), bunking, Fish thali at Casa (a road side hotel across the college), booze escapades at Genes, Sutta at the river view table at casa, watching movies all night, Fidalgo (one and only 24 hour running hotel) trip in between to have that 35 bucks masala chai, 6 am breakfast at Casa again with rising sun (without brushing  again  ) And yes all this with mere 3000 bucks a month, can you imagine? Life was so simple and yet so exhilarating.

Goa gave you that option to unwind your tensions (hardly any) and stress (nonexistent), as you could just hop on your bike and venture towards numerous beaches you can go to and just adore the beauty of the vast ocean sitting on the shore or go to the Donna Paula in the evening and be overwhelmed by the breathtaking sunset. For the party lovers, there were frequent rocking parties organized in the most hip clubs of Goa, where you could just immerse in music and dancing all night exalted by the on the house liquor.And not to forget the amazing variety of cuisines on offer for a foodie like me was nothing less than heaven. Life was a never ending bout of excitement and Adrenaline.

We epitomized the phrase ‘We came, We lived and We Conquered’. But the most important part in the phrase is ‘We Lived’. We lived our life in GIM, we were unbound, uncluttered, without inhibitions; in other word we were free. And we let go of everything that was remotely sane or logical, we did whatever we wanted without thinking of implications: in other words we crossed the barriers of Consciousness or Sanity. We dived into the realms of ‘Crazy’, we let go of ourselves completely  and hence we had the unforgettable times at GIM and GOA, which would always have the most special places in my heart .

“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.” – Jimi Hendrix

We really and truly had 2 pure unadulterated ‘Jiyo Life’ years at GOA.