The first week!

Exactly a month into my MBA ...and i am loving every moment of it.

It was a dream come true for me to do an MBA, a dream of around six years, long before i knew what i wanted to.
Now that kind of an answer, i know, would not get me into any reputable B school.

I had been working for five years and had decided to call it quits, i quit my job almost in a trance.
If i gave that explanation to my dear friends they just would not let me get away with it.
But that is the kind of person that i am, i like to do things the way i want it no matter what the crowd thinks.
Maybe my mind already made up its mind :)

By the time i worked on my applications i knew convincing answers that would satisfy the business school and any one who asked me.
The real reason might be interesting and a little controversial so i refrain from posting it here.

After working almost half a year resulting in a decent application i accepted the offer to one of the schools i had applied.

The adventure had begun!

I knew it right at the airport when my carry on baggage weighed 19 kgs instead of the prescribed 7 kgs.
I tried negotiating with the manager in charge but to no avail.I decided then that i need to work on my negotiating skills.
I did not know whom to blame at that point, i had got away with heavy hand baggage a number of times but it was not meant to be now.
And to add to my woes, the culprit in question had my top favourite clothes in it. It almost broke my heart at the prospect of dumping those in the trash.
Thankfully my parents were around and i could manage to give off stuff to them,not before enduring the humiliation of having to rip my bag in front of more than a dozen curious bystanders.
At the expense of being a spectacle in front of 300 odd people in the check-in queue and pleading with the manager to let me go,i boarded the flight(Where negotiation doesnt help,sentiment might)!

All said and done i was on a flight to Dubai,thank fully this time i had my spectacles on me so i could read the sign boards.
Casually strolling down the aisle some man from the flight struck a conversation and assuming the small talk to be over i proceeded to walk on at a leisurely pace.
A few minutes later i hear a thud. Looking back i was dismayed to find that the same man had tripped over from the escalator and there was blood all around.
After seeing to it, that he had help i proceeded to go on my way.
To some one at least superficially superstitious like me it dint go down too well.

Landing at my destination i was greeted by the cold breeze and drizzle so typical of British weather!
Balancing my act err.. suitcases, i managed to hail a cab and reach my new home.

It was cold!

The next day i went to the University.The moment i saw the University i knew that it was worth every moment and any second thoughts i had about my decision that was gnawing at the back of my brain thawed away!

I absolutely fell in love with the campus strewn with autumn leaves.

The first week was galore with International student orientations and free food.
The best part about the first week was that there were loads of goodies and a lot of vendors had set shop on campus.

What did I do?
Instead of heading straight to class,along with a partner in crime V,we went to one of the stalls where they did our hair.
After the new hair do(our happiness was insurmountable),we went to the business school.

The first week went like a breeze.

I took around two weeks to know how to get to my school from inside the campus and even today i lose my way inside the campus.
More on my direction sense later.

After the first week,reality hit slowly.

It was cold!
It was tough not to earn!
Had i known the reality that i would be contemplating whether to buy a pack of ice cream, i might not have had the courage to quit my job.I had never bothered what the prices of tomatoes were and i realised that i had taken a lot of things for granted.
I realised the so many blessings that i had had.

After being pampered with good food and being provided and cared for, the whole prospect of what life now had to offer was daunting.
It finally took a toll on me and i lost my conciousness one dark early morning.