"You always want to finish it , But you never want it to end"
We had our timings and we were hugely popular for keeping very ...<long enuf to forget what we had started with> very long meetings.Everything from the performance to the timing and duration of each event was discussed in detail.So much detail, that sometimes we even lost the bigger picture,but were always made to realize it now and then.
April mostly went away in knowing each other,some knew each other before.But as time passed everyone set themselves in a particular role of the Costaa body.Then there was the idea of a google group,where discussions,small jokes and general ideas were floated.It was a experience and we actually learnt a lot about everyone.Right from how bad was it a PS in the south? To a PS where, net availability was a only a weekend option to a PS where some real work was going on<not for most of us,who roted in their PS .Group mails were something we looked forward too>.
Work began slowly and targets were made for the Body to achieve.After the summer break When We were now back on campus, things looked up more.Meetings became more frequent and tiring and long.Issues came up,Website, Outreach ,Projects & Participation.Problems were just piling up,when a group of people always associated with Apogee, said they wanted a separate festival.This was the time when, we all got a glimpse of what lied ahead and our enthu took a little bit of hammering.
We still had time, as we were under the Shadow of Oasis 2010, and with all eyes on that we could quietly move out of our problems and look to get back things on track.Permutation & Combinations were tried to reduce costs and prepare the Inaug.With No theme,second thoughts on the dates and dilemma over getting the performer,things became slow and the wait for the good time; BEGAN!!.
Came October and the college was high on the ride of Oasis 2010,with Vishal Shekar and most ever participation by DU girls.The festival season was welcomed with huge anticipation by BITS Pilani, except for the7 of us < we were still feeling a little slack and knew that stagnation had creped in>.
---Oasis 2010 happened---- and we were now in business for good.
Acads for most of us, had taken a backseat and the work with the departments started.
SO,the story of CoStAAn ,Sponsorship & Marketing began 26th October 2010.Work was well received by everyone this Oasis under the previous leader and a new genre of people were to be leaded.
We worked on the brochure,CD and even made a trip to Delhi before the Semester Ended.The Beginner 's luck, struck us as we got something through, in the 1st week of December and money so early was rarely a thing we were used to.Change was good , but what was coming was still unanticipated.
On the Front of the CostAA things were looking up finally, with the Website ready and launched and the the Boat of Apogee 2011 was underway led by two captains.Time's essence became of utmost importance and As always my Acads got screwed for completely different reasons this around also.:P:P < I always find some reason to qoute, that this time Its not because of me>.
We so desperately wanted to raise the level of the festival and everyone pulled up the socks and pushed their juniors to work 10 times more.Then ,their was good news .Mr Dinesh Keskar (CEO,BOEING INDIA) was our 1st guest confirmed and one of our members was on 7th Heaven.<Again a 1st,nobody confirmed a lecture so early in their department's history>.Inspired,all of us were and things looked more streamlined,but unanticipated problems were only round the corner..
-----January---
I got a real hiccup during the winter break, as expected work was not done.So, I put my shoe over the department.Suddenly,everyone was working and were tensed (Maybe even hated me) .My work had filled to take all of my time.Everything else took a backseat,<literally> and seamed like more I tried, more difficult it got.
I was talked to, I was asked to take a little lite.Things were getting out of hand,patience was being tested.I was supposed to get the money for the festival and I was till now unable to deliver.Anger & Frustation were just about to peak, when it happened .A real positive that made me calm my nerves.
Everyone around was working for me, with me but I was still not satisfied with the results..I was told by someone "You are losing the bigger Picture".I was made to realize the real reason of a leader.
Thats what this was all about, with Mid-FEB and nothing much in our pocket. The fact was ,We were on our all time low.I had two options, one to carry on with the same old stressed work technique or I could now really stand up for the people who worked for me.I thought,changed and thought again.
"You don't realize that your work ,your temperament is followed by the people you lead".
So, though it was the toughest time I had been through...I tried to put the least to the people I was working with.
My changed Ideology had started working, money bit-by bit had started to come finally .But very slowly,and people were getting impatient.With everything set and ready, money was now everyone's worry.
I was questioned,over-inquired <Sounds like a damn movie does'nt it>.I asked for a little faith and some time.
My team, understood my grief ,my pressure and were their for me more than ever.
I had heard about this saying " Help will be provided, when needed and asked". I did'nt ask for it, but everyone around was worried about me <Not about the money > .I might have lost it a little sometime <I am human after all>But everyone had the faith in me.
Thats what drives you in the end, Its not the success...its the need to finish your responsibilities.things looked up a little more, but still was impossible to reach where we hoped to reach.Grim faces greeted me.
With just10 days to the festival things looked pretty bad.This was after a couple of them, re-called their commitments at the last moment.
Last sting was still to be played, I felt I was playing "Blind Poker". I did not know, what fate had in store for me.But, with my trust in the work my team had put in and little bit of prayer that someone was doing for me,I had a feeling we will at least pull in with kings if not aces.
And in the end, we didn't come out with a ROYAL Flush but managed a respectable Full house.
--------------APOGEE 2011-------------
The festival was done, though things came in a little late and people still managed to take out some mistakes.Considering our journey through this time, we came clear and are pretty satisfied.
Apogee 2011, was success with little unseen and undesirable problems that were dealt with utmost sincerity.
More than anything, Another set of 9 normal human beings were transformed to become/handle anything or I must say everything that life would willing to offer them.
This is the system of BITS Pilani, as I speak another set of 9 people are at work and would have been transformed like us to became better at Anything and everything.
"Its never about the result,Its always about the journey taken to reach it"
Thats exactly how I felt on 31st March 2011.
Apogee 2011 has ended and has impacted the lives of 9 individuals here at BITS Pilani more than anyone else. 9 random people who hardly knew each other ,worked very closely to make Apogee 2011 happen.
This body of people got assisted by two <GG's> the people who had experience working for Oasis 2010..In SHORT ,<HINT : also describes a characteristic feature of most of these people> Costaa Body came into being in April 2010.
We had our timings and we were hugely popular for keeping very ...<long enuf to forget what we had started with> very long meetings.Everything from the performance to the timing and duration of each event was discussed in detail.So much detail, that sometimes we even lost the bigger picture,but were always made to realize it now and then.
April mostly went away in knowing each other,some knew each other before.But as time passed everyone set themselves in a particular role of the Costaa body.Then there was the idea of a google group,where discussions,small jokes and general ideas were floated.It was a experience and we actually learnt a lot about everyone.Right from how bad was it a PS in the south? To a PS where, net availability was a only a weekend option to a PS where some real work was going on<not for most of us,who roted in their PS .Group mails were something we looked forward too>.
Work began slowly and targets were made for the Body to achieve.After the summer break When We were now back on campus, things looked up more.Meetings became more frequent and tiring and long.Issues came up,Website, Outreach ,Projects & Participation.Problems were just piling up,when a group of people always associated with Apogee, said they wanted a separate festival.This was the time when, we all got a glimpse of what lied ahead and our enthu took a little bit of hammering.
We still had time, as we were under the Shadow of Oasis 2010, and with all eyes on that we could quietly move out of our problems and look to get back things on track.Permutation & Combinations were tried to reduce costs and prepare the Inaug.With No theme,second thoughts on the dates and dilemma over getting the performer,things became slow and the wait for the good time; BEGAN!!.
Came October and the college was high on the ride of Oasis 2010,with Vishal Shekar and most ever participation by DU girls.The festival season was welcomed with huge anticipation by BITS Pilani, except for the7 of us < we were still feeling a little slack and knew that stagnation had creped in>.
---Oasis 2010 happened---- and we were now in business for good.
Acads for most of us, had taken a backseat and the work with the departments started.
SO,the story of CoStAAn ,Sponsorship & Marketing began 26th October 2010.Work was well received by everyone this Oasis under the previous leader and a new genre of people were to be leaded.
We worked on the brochure,CD and even made a trip to Delhi before the Semester Ended.The Beginner 's luck, struck us as we got something through, in the 1st week of December and money so early was rarely a thing we were used to.Change was good , but what was coming was still unanticipated.
On the Front of the CostAA things were looking up finally, with the Website ready and launched and the the Boat of Apogee 2011 was underway led by two captains.Time's essence became of utmost importance and As always my Acads got screwed for completely different reasons this around also.:P:P < I always find some reason to qoute, that this time Its not because of me>.
We so desperately wanted to raise the level of the festival and everyone pulled up the socks and pushed their juniors to work 10 times more.Then ,their was good news .Mr Dinesh Keskar (CEO,BOEING INDIA) was our 1st guest confirmed and one of our members was on 7th Heaven.<Again a 1st,nobody confirmed a lecture so early in their department's history>.Inspired,all of us were and things looked more streamlined,but unanticipated problems were only round the corner..
-----January---
I got a real hiccup during the winter break, as expected work was not done.So, I put my shoe over the department.Suddenly,everyone was working and were tensed (Maybe even hated me) .My work had filled to take all of my time.Everything else took a backseat,<literally> and seamed like more I tried, more difficult it got.
I was talked to, I was asked to take a little lite.Things were getting out of hand,patience was being tested.I was supposed to get the money for the festival and I was till now unable to deliver.Anger & Frustation were just about to peak, when it happened .A real positive that made me calm my nerves.
Everyone around was working for me, with me but I was still not satisfied with the results..I was told by someone "You are losing the bigger Picture".I was made to realize the real reason of a leader.
Thats what this was all about, with Mid-FEB and nothing much in our pocket. The fact was ,We were on our all time low.I had two options, one to carry on with the same old stressed work technique or I could now really stand up for the people who worked for me.I thought,changed and thought again.
"You don't realize that your work ,your temperament is followed by the people you lead".
So, though it was the toughest time I had been through...I tried to put the least to the people I was working with.
My changed Ideology had started working, money bit-by bit had started to come finally .But very slowly,and people were getting impatient.With everything set and ready, money was now everyone's worry.
I was questioned,over-inquired <Sounds like a damn movie does'nt it>.I asked for a little faith and some time.
My team, understood my grief ,my pressure and were their for me more than ever.
I had heard about this saying " Help will be provided, when needed and asked". I did'nt ask for it, but everyone around was worried about me <Not about the money > .I might have lost it a little sometime <I am human after all>But everyone had the faith in me.
Thats what drives you in the end, Its not the success...its the need to finish your responsibilities.things looked up a little more, but still was impossible to reach where we hoped to reach.Grim faces greeted me.
With just10 days to the festival things looked pretty bad.This was after a couple of them, re-called their commitments at the last moment.
Last sting was still to be played, I felt I was playing "Blind Poker". I did not know, what fate had in store for me.But, with my trust in the work my team had put in and little bit of prayer that someone was doing for me,I had a feeling we will at least pull in with kings if not aces.
And in the end, we didn't come out with a ROYAL Flush but managed a respectable Full house.
--------------APOGEE 2011-------------
The festival was done, though things came in a little late and people still managed to take out some mistakes.Considering our journey through this time, we came clear and are pretty satisfied.
Apogee 2011, was success with little unseen and undesirable problems that were dealt with utmost sincerity.
More than anything, Another set of 9 normal human beings were transformed to become/handle anything or I must say everything that life would willing to offer them.
This is the system of BITS Pilani, as I speak another set of 9 people are at work and would have been transformed like us to became better at Anything and everything.
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| The Apogee Effect (In a picture) |
