There were no negotiations yesterday. It was one of those canceled classes that I had mentioned in one of my earlier posts. You turn up for the class but the professor does not. Luckily, the professor entrusted us with some task and allowed to claim an attendance for it too. We really could not afford one more rescheduled class.
When it comes to negotiate something in absence of professor, it does not take much of a time. We are just too good and the meetings get over in less than a couple of minutes. There is no disagreements whatsoever inspite having students from so many cultures and nationality in the class. Nobody wants to work even a bit extra if the professor is not taking a note of it.
So we had a break for ourselves. A long break. And the first thought that came to our mind when we realized a possibility to go out of college, it was about visiting Le Cimetière du Père-Lachaise - the world famous cemetery in the center of Paris. It's just a 5 minutes walk from our college so we could spend a good amount of time there. Last time I went there, it was about to close and I really did not want to venture a great deal inside the big place so as to get lost and then end up spending my night next to some grave.
This cemetery boasts of being the resting place of many a great personalities, the world famous author and lover Oscar Wilde being one amongst them. His grave is very famous and is high priority item in the agenda of every visitor to this place. BTW, could you believe that this cemetery sees more than 2 million visitors every year (almost a third of those visiting Eiffel Tower)!! Coming back to Oscar Wilde's grave, this tomb is unique in itself. Instead of flowers, Oscar's follower shower kisses to his tomb. There are lipstick marks all over the tomb and messages from hundreds of lovers. It's interesting to say the least.
There are thousands of graves here, few of them are really beautiful. These graves are a testimony to the person who is resting to peace inside them. They are full with messages and souvenirs from the family and loved ones. Each one special for the people for whom it matters. Each one is unique in its own sense.There are more than one million dead burried here and this cemetery seems to be running out of space. What will happen then? I wonder. They will need to find some way. Every soul needs its own resting place, you know.
That was my second date with Père-Lachaise.
Today the day has been rather uneventful. I really don't know how can a marketing class be so boring. It just not make any sense to me why they need to teach so much theory about human psychology in a course of consumer behavior. One could go in that depth if he has lot of time at his disposal. However with just 10 classes to complete a course, it does not leave any scope for actual interaction or discussions about the consumer in the class. I wish I had a chance to take this course again in IIMA.
International Finance class was as interesting as ever. The arrival of good news that 'pappu pass ho gaya hai' made it even better today. Yes, I have passed the mid term exam of International Finance. Atleast for the time being, that is. I was so hopeless after that exam that I had to pray to godjee and promise him that I will be a good boy. I guess it is time I become a good boy. :D
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