Farewell London, farewell MBA

It's an Ordinary life

Its not difficult to guess. The LBS chapter has come to an End. I am flying to Hong Kong tomorrow. The last 4 months were truly spectacular. I enjoyed the classes, seminars & conferences thoroughly. I don't know of any other community that could have been more diverse than London Business School in particular or London in General. Through classes, seminars and other events, LBS continuously proved its desire to be known as an pre eminent business school. My favorite classes were undoubtedly Raman Uppal's International Finance and Markus Reitzig's Strategic Innovation. Raman made an unforgettable speech about "living an ordinary life". Since then my thought and worry has not been about getting a job and settling down but it has been about not living an ordinary life.

However on the downside, I still don't feel a part of the LBS community. I don't think I would be very involved with the LBS's outstanding Alumni community. All said and done this 4 months were worth the hype and fuss I had created. Now that my 4 month stint has come to an End. I am so glad I lived it the way I wanted. One of the biggest this experience has left is this... I am now no more in awe of these big school names IIM and Harvard's and the students from these places just a set of blokes chasing an ordinary life....

The Gloomy side
The process of travelling ie packing, sorting out the flights and accommodation and the uncertainties that come along with this is never fun. I also feel a little gloomy since most of my class mates and all my room mates will be parting way at this point. For a few of them the MBA journey is over. They are returning home to get a job and begin a new (ordinary) life! My major source of fun was spending time with my roomies. We fought, laughed, played, killed and wasted time to together. All things has to come to an end so is this one.... Thanks boys, there was never a dull moment with you guys around.

Flashback Syndrome

I Cant help but suffer from a flashback syndrome. Last 1 year has truly been spectacular. I didn't learn as much in any calendar year as I did in 2007-2008. Add to that travel to China, S'pore, Macau, London, Unknown parts of England. Add to that making new global friends. It was truly a state of delirium. I certainly made some "friends for life". Some life long connections and last but not the least the eternal "MBA Degree" that has been an object of desire for a long long time.
Now that I am thru this I have a deep sense of relief and and at the same time an unbelievable amount of anxiety to knows next! Quite certainly uncertainty will be a big part of the coming two months.

Arun Ram MBA, Now what ?

I have mixed feeling about this. I am happy in a way since things are uncertain which means life is full of opportunities. Now that's unlike me. I am unhappy because a few of my passive attempts for securing an ordinary life has been quashed, read rejected.

Its going to be a lonely life in HK. Some of my "friends for life" will be parting ways tommorow. Its not going to be the same any more. I remember Aamir's quote in RDB.
" University da us paar zindagi alag dikhthi hain.
wohi duniya da jamele ..... naukri doondo paise kamao
College ke gate is taraf hum life ko nachaate hain doosri taraf life hamein nachati hain"
Now thats enough for dramatism! I hate getting anymore dramatic.


Lots of love
Arun

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Arun Ram J said…
Here are some rdinary Pics of some Extra ordinary time :)

http://picasaweb.google.com/Arunram1980/GraduationEventAtLBS#
December 20, 2008 at 11:24 AM
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