Ups and downs! Crash and(back with a) bang.....

This new years I made a resolution that I would blog more often....just because I want to pen down (metaphorically speaking) this whole exhilarating experience! Clearly it took me 2 whole months since to actually do it!

Anyway, 2010 has been one of the most eventful years in my life. Exactly one year back I remember going back and forth in my head, debating two options and running my pros/cons list by everyone who was willing to listen. I was confused and couldn't decide if I should accept my admit with ESADE or wait two years to go to INSEAD (which then was my dream school and I had received a strange sort of deferred letter from them...long story). After a lot of thinking, I decided I needed to do the MBA then..it felt like the right time in my life and ESADE sounded like a pretty good option plus one tiny thing...it "happened" to be in Barcelona!!!!! So here I am one year later and I have got to say I am glad I made that decision. It has been one helluva ride...ups, downs, good times,not-so-good times, fun times, crazy work load and living in one of the most charming cities ever does help :)!


The one thing I have come to love about this school and this experience is the amount of diversity I get to experience on campus. The first team that I worked in had one Japanese, Peruvian, Canadian, South Arabian and Indian. My current team has people from five other countries. I live with a German, Moroccan and a Pakistani-Canadian! It doesn't get better than this. I have learnt so much about so many countries and cultures. #Good times!!!

I have often heard of the cliched phrase 'Change is the only constant' and boy did I experience it! That was the mantra in 2010. Not just school and moving countries, it was a slightly overwhelming time on other fronts too. Last year felt like the end (not sure if that is the right word) of a really long and intense chapter of my life!

In a way it was such a mixed year - some super awesome times and some forgettable moments! Either way a milestone year!

This year has been great..maybe even super fantastico (as they would say it here)!

My only grouse is that I seem to be missing too many golden moments !I'm missing two weddings - both really close friends!

Oh and my darling of a niece, Antara is growing up too fast. Last time I spoke to her, she asked me why I did'nt have an Iphone and dissatisfied with my answer, she grumpily explained it is the world of the Ipad and the least I can do is  get an Iphone! She is 3.5  years old. I keep telling my sister, this kid is a prodigy, but she doesn't believe me ;)!




Anyway off to Germany this weekend to meet Radhika and Vaiteesh! Quite excited and looking forward to some fun times!