M B yay!

Wrote this here a month back. Could only post it here now.

Five days into an MBA program and it just keeps getting amazing. From the day I landed in Ghaziabad and found it too humid and hot to my liking to the day the Regional HR manager of Reckitt Benckiser gave us a pep-talk on how the chances of us landing jobs in a company is positively remote, it has been a surprising ride so far.

The College campus has not given a reason for complaints nor have the efforts of the seniors in making us feel settled into this new journey. There have been irritants and there have been minor management glitches but then they are inevitable in my opinion. And who in their right mind blames people when storms bring down electrical lines and shuts off normal power..! Hopefully my Idea CUG sim will get activated soon so that I don’t have to see Airtel smiling anymore at my roaming rates.

The foundation sessions have been a mix of gyan, real good pep-talks, frightening albeit effective case studies sessions and mass sleep-sessions in the library. The guest lecturers have been amazing and the inspiration to do well as well as the tremendous pressure to scale up one’s skills have been enormous. The formal wear including the tie reminds me of my company training days. The choking feeling at the throat is a comforting familiarity in the midst of all things new.

There are already friends made and each day brings into focus new faces whose names are readily forgotten. The air conditioners provide some welcome relief from the stifling heat and the common restrooms in the hostels remind us of the very important duty of waking up early in the mornings. :)

On the whole, it has been a good first week. I write this after the first 5 days even though I have sessions tomorrow because I have the time today and the laptop handy. There are obviously more challenging days to come and hopefully, even more moments to cherish.

The hostels have decent facilities although sport enthusiasts will have to wait for a bit more before making use of all of them. An important point to mention here will be the large variety of food that the mess comes up with. To those of us who have normally seen hostel food that can be mistaken for something the dog threw up, this is bliss. Hope I don’t jinx it now. Come the week starting on 24th, there will be seniors in the campus and that will definitely spice things up a little more. :P

Ending this note with a profound statement that a Ghaziabad police inspector and his jeep full of cohorts told a group of 10 of us on the road on the first day in the city, “*&^&*^&$%^$%!! Tumhare mummy papa ne thumsup peene ke liye college bheja hai kya? $@#$#$%#$%!! ”

Ghaziabad.

Oh, you surprise me well.