Lost and Found....

An eventful day started with a bad weather....as usual at 8.45 i still had to take a bath....last minute rushes,filled my flask,packed laptop,cooked maggi and was out of the flat at 8.55...double checked whether i had locked my room and got out of the flat and as usual kept my key in the pocket.....as usual was running and weather was just horrible!!!..it was damn windy and the whole place looked quite spooky with no sun:(..reached the management school well before the lecture started and realised tht there was no need to panic...settled n second row and after sometime Soad occupied my left seat......classes got over and i wanted to go to my room and then go to bank...when i was abt to leave the school i realised sumthng,my key was nt there n my pocket!!!.....came back to the lecture room,searched my desk thoroughly,then striked that maybe i had left it in the keyhole of the room itself(now dun raise ur eyebrows,i do all tht crazy thngs n the laz minute panic) or maybe in the kitchen after taking the flask....since naja was there,i could enter the flat and since i was pretty confident that it would be in the flat itself....but got a shock when i reached the flat- it was not there!!...rushed to the potters lodge,informed them as i had to get into my room and start with the painful process of reporting the lost key:(...he came along with me and opened the room for me and asked me to come after sometime and fill the missing key form and get the spare key...said they can wait for another 1 week max,and asked me to find out the key by then or else get ready to pay 30 pounds!!!... !!!....suddenly it striked my mind about finding a key infront of my desk during class time and soad keeping it inside...maybe it cud be my key(that was my last hope!!)..found jeet online and asked to check with Soad whether she has got an extra key with her...was just praying hard to get an Yes from her,but she said NO!!..just dropped a mail to the entire class,informing them abt it,as now the only explanation where my key went was on the way to the school....tried to get out of my head the whole thing as i had a class at 2...even when i was n the class i was telling myself not to be sad about the 30 pounds and to learn to be more careful from now onwards!!..was n the class and after half an hour,vaishali pinged me and said there is an urgent matter..ddn see tht message for somtime and when i asked her what it was -" soad has yr key".....now that was like music to my ears and i did not feel anythng else other than-i saved my 30 pounds!!....witin half an hour got a mail from sanjay describing the series of events which happened outside his flat-soad trying to open her flat with my key(not realising it:))...allz well that ends well,when everythng was over i relly had a good laugh and it compensated for the 1 hour tension i went thru:)

another 1 day weekend...

we ddn have class today,but had a mandatory team building activity called lancaster trail.....idea was to make us familiar with lancaster city and along with it gain some points.....at the end of the day i got faimiliar with some of the streets here-kingston street,market street,thunderham street,brock street...know how to go to lancaster castle,pound shop(already found one near wilkinson,thz z the second),grand theatre.....it was fun,especially the lunch session,we all had it from bombay balti-one of the best indian meals i had after coming here,was relly yummy and affordable!!!......anyway this time we ended last n the game,but no worries,we will fight back with the next event-clougha trail:).....

another thing is that im getting used to this place.....i felt tht when i walked alone to the ATM today.....sometimes i like walking alone,as it relly makes me think about a lot of things and unwinds me a lot........maybe that is when i felt i should really enjoy my each and every moment here(especially since 3-4 days i was madly behind my studies!!!)....live life for the moment so that you don't have to repent later when you look back:).....my room and my flat is my world...seeing abz and naja n the flat makes me relly feel like im home...we 3 cook together- technically speaking me and naja cooks and abz do the cleaning part..most of the time he wun have much dishes to clean also,so we rightly call him the maharaja of the flat:P....

Hofstede!!!

there are times when u end up cursing persons whom u dun even know and will never know!!!one such person for me z hofstede...a great historian who wrote some great thesis on cultural diversity(i hate tht word),which made me sit till 2 yesterday analysing it,and this was all i thought...funniest thing was reading the status n gtalk of my classmates who were frustrated to the core about this essay:)...anyway getting used to the MBA assignment part.....the first essay of this year is done.......1500 words essay....waiting for tomm....friday,weekend...damn tired...juz now celebrated simrunz bday....took me back to my sweet old mlore days when we used to celebrate everyonez bday...juz miss those days...i am relly relly missing my doggie:(....i shud have taken it with me,missing it so much......chalo,lemme hit the bed,have to get up and read accouting notes n the morning...

Reading,Pre reading,assignments:(

it has started......pre reading,case studies and assignments....today was the first case study class and it was really interesting.....have to read 2 chapters of OM......finished one,doing the second......today we had a good session on self marketing by bill fraust.....afternoon general sessions ended at 3 and after that half the class was free....having some free time felt like a luxury today:).....
sometimes feel that life is moving really fast after coming here.....just a bit too fast....i am not even able to keep track of the things back home...sometimes miss kuttu very badly:(....room z again n a major mess,need to clean it,i still cant figure out how i end up mezzng up the whole place every 2 days....need to finish the OM reading....chalo,gdnte

highlight of the week-eskdale

one gruelling week is starting..induction is over,i still dun understand why they call it induction week,when rit from the fiz day actual MBA program started with workshops and sessions!!.....major highlight of the week was definitely ESKDALE and we winning the cup:)...recovered from the hangover(exactly speaking-bodypain!!) of that trip only before 2 days.......submitted the first assignment of the MBA before somtime......need to take phone conxn this week...tomorrow going to Asda for our biweekly shopping....sat wen2 city and bought some stationery and boots......

There is already a major change happening with me.....u tend to think at the end of the day about each and everything u do and spend more time in understanding urself...the feedback session was just too good in realising our flip side....everyone has started a conscious effort to realise onez weaknessness and take steps to correct it.....for the past 1 week,almost all the sessions were directed in only one direction-to help you to understand yourself better:)......

2nd day of coverdale...

team activities continued today also........we tried our best to implement all the feedbacks received on first day........on the whole learning was good........when the sessions are interesting u wunt even know when it bcums evening....
situation in flat was nt that good.............the chinese roomies were having some party and the whole place was stinking like anythng.......we intially decided to use the kitchen n the ground floor flat but finally ended up heating all the stuff and eating n abz room(yah,u guessed it rit,my room was n such a mess that noone ddn even ask me abt dining there).......washed some of my clothes today and cleaned my room-hope it remains like that for another 1 week,im fedup of cleaning it again and again..........
tommorow going for the Eskdale trip......coach will leave at evening 5 and classes are there till 4.30....have to pack the things today itself......anyway as usual i have kept it for tom morning!!...........

Coverdale,Lasagne and Apple Tart:)

The above given thngs are the highlights of the day.........never thought there would be class the very first sunday after coming here:(.........but have to say that,this was one of the best sessions of this one week,was good learning not only for me but for each and everyone in the group.......the name COVERDALE was a mystery for everyone,we even thought that just like eskdale(tht z the attraction of thz week-we r going for a camp thz week) itz an outdoor activity.........coverdale is the name of the group who handle this training program.........

today evening James mom made Lasagne and Apple tart for everyone........it was just amazing,never thought lasagne tastes this gud!!!!!......same with apple tart......today went for a good long walk along the cycle path.......it was nice........have some work to be done today before i sleep.....

1st week came to an end

yah,if you are thinking there is a sunday more to go for a weekend,u r wrong,this week we have juz 1 day off........the way it is going,itz clear that the year ahead is going to be really really tough.......it was supposed to be an induction week and the way it went was like..dun have words to say,was tht tight........nex week we have the outward bound trip and i really hope it will be a good break........havent yet started with the internship thing,have to start on that asap....still feeling quite a bit lonely,hope will get used to that feeling:)........mindful manager started last day and most of the things were going above the head,somewhere after the lunch i felt it was all making sense but again lost grip.......it is supposed to be like that as it was Peterz(he took the class)7 years research,phew!!!....i think almost the entire class hated one word after that session-commitment,none of us ever thought that word has another meaning!!(if u r wundering wat it is,u need to sit n Peter Lawneyz session;))....the fiz session by sara about presentation skills was just amazing,it z going to be helpful......
somtimes i feel it has been years since i left tvm,i cant beleive its just been a week since i left that place.....dunno wat to say,but i relly miss everything.....everything i had n my life.......

1st blog from UK

it has started......a course which i have been waiting for so long,maybe since 1 years......but if i ask myself if im 100% happy,i still dunno,relly relly confused......maybe itz abt the pressure about the job hunt which is already in my head......this is the case with most of the ones n my class.......another thing cud be the feeling of being relly away from everyone.....still relly relly homesick......ddn feel tht till i reached this place........maybe the excitement about coming here kind of overshadowed everything........this place is relly beautiful.......more than wat i thought about it........would love to go for a lonnnnng walk in the city with sumone..........itz a very romatic city also,i can easily say that........today felt a bit happy as i got my laptop.........talked with amma and achan for a long time..need to log off as tomorrow is a hectic day........today was a bit relaxed.....had a relly interesting photo session;)........tomm got a party n the evening with we providing the desserts and entertainement...we r making rice pudding forms n 3 diff forms-indian,lebanese and danish........anyway all now tastes the same now:(....