P4

There has been a huuuuuge gap between my last blog and this one. You guessed it, I was buzzzzzzzzy ..busy learning stuff, meeting people, having fun, goofing up, messing up things, missing on things, sleeping, reading, partying and all that ...its been so great so far.

P1 and P2 were definitely not my fav periods. France winter was not easy for my Indian skin. Fonty town was small for a Bangalorean (city) girl like me. But I had loved the French salads right away. I had loved the lovely looking houses too. My best find was the French deserts - if you are ever in France, dont miss the deserts.

Fonty was harder for me than learning accounting and FMV. Well, after being thru with it all, now I miss Fonty in certain ways. The summer was beautiful. Summer in France is more beautiful than the European summer you see in romantic movies. Summer totally turned the atmosphere and my mood around. From cold streets and black clothed grumpy looking people it turned to into picturesque long drives, cute clothed happy kids running around and old romantic couple holding each others hands and respective sticks taking strolls in the late yet bright evenings. I loved the fact that the there was sunlight beyond 10 p.m in the day.

After a harsh P1 it was a busy P2 and then a lovely summery P3. The 2 month summer break after P3 took me to Holland for internship. I had so looked forward to get OUT of Fonty during P3 and was excited to pack all my belongings and move. Towards the end of my stay at Holland when I visited Fonty, I felt that for the first time this year I was going to a place I had known. It felt so comforting to go back to a place where I had lived and known - the streets, the alleys, the restaurants, the hangouts and the corner where the black cats live. I traveled quite a bit this year and each travel took me to a new destination. It definitely feels so good to come back to a place that you have lived and known before. Its a feeling of acceptance that is quite moving.

Now I am in Singapore in P4. I had been here earlier for my business foundation course for a week before INSEAD. It was just a week long and I had badly wanted to get back to Bangalore ! But this time around I LOVE Singapore. I live in Holland Village. Isnt that such a deja vu. I lived in Holland and then I come to Singapore to live in a place called Holland Village. I am sure this doesnt happen to people often. Right now, I am loving it ..really loving it.

Oh yeah, what about the campus ? Well, I think INSEAD is the same everywhere. Its very different with regards to the building and facilities and stuff. But it still has the distinct INSEAD flavour and it still has all the same major characteristics. The same classes, profs, cases ..yeah cases ..well I got to finish my assignment for tomorrow. Ciao.