I have always considered myself to be amongst the more intelligent specimens of my species. I had sailed through my academic career without breaking a sweat. And that's where the problems came in. Because everything came so easy to me, I had regressed into a rather lazy person. After passing out of Engineering College, I wanted to relax. Higher studies beckoned but I decided to ignore the beckoning for the time being. Besides, Hey! I knew I was intelligent! Why did I need a degree to prove it to everyone?! Right!?
It was actually after working for a few years that I realised that just being intelligent was not sufficient. Intelligence and common sense were great attributes to possess, but they could only carry you so far. Beyond a point, you had to go out and learn new things to be good at your job. And being good at my job has always been very important to me. You are nothing if you are not good at what you do. So I decided to do my MBA. Now or never I said to myself. This was a journey I had to undertake, no matter how gruelling.
It was with these honourable intentions that I decided to join the Executive PGDM program at Alliance University. The University was very close to where I stayed and it was probably the best in Bangalore after IIMB. These were good enough reasons for me to choose Alliance University.
The first day is the Orientatation session, which I expect to be boring. I came primarily because I saw the two magical words "High Tea" in the schedule. On entering, all of us are handed a nice folder with the prospectus, the schedule for the term and a notepad. The folder is pretty nice, I must say. The pen inside the folder, too, is beautiful. The Orientation session is going on pretty well I have to admit. The guest speakers and administrative notaries do not speak unduly long. I think they have done some good research on the attention spans of people these days.
Soon it's time for the eagerly anticipated "High Tea". We are all ushered up to the terrace for the tea. I glance around quickly and the first thing I see is stacks of pizza waiting to be sliced up and served. I sit down with a slice and let the aroma engulf me. Then I coaxed it gently into my mouth - "Bon Voyage, mon ami.". I think the journey won't be so bad after all.
It was actually after working for a few years that I realised that just being intelligent was not sufficient. Intelligence and common sense were great attributes to possess, but they could only carry you so far. Beyond a point, you had to go out and learn new things to be good at your job. And being good at my job has always been very important to me. You are nothing if you are not good at what you do. So I decided to do my MBA. Now or never I said to myself. This was a journey I had to undertake, no matter how gruelling.
It was with these honourable intentions that I decided to join the Executive PGDM program at Alliance University. The University was very close to where I stayed and it was probably the best in Bangalore after IIMB. These were good enough reasons for me to choose Alliance University.
The first day is the Orientatation session, which I expect to be boring. I came primarily because I saw the two magical words "High Tea" in the schedule. On entering, all of us are handed a nice folder with the prospectus, the schedule for the term and a notepad. The folder is pretty nice, I must say. The pen inside the folder, too, is beautiful. The Orientation session is going on pretty well I have to admit. The guest speakers and administrative notaries do not speak unduly long. I think they have done some good research on the attention spans of people these days.
Soon it's time for the eagerly anticipated "High Tea". We are all ushered up to the terrace for the tea. I glance around quickly and the first thing I see is stacks of pizza waiting to be sliced up and served. I sit down with a slice and let the aroma engulf me. Then I coaxed it gently into my mouth - "Bon Voyage, mon ami.". I think the journey won't be so bad after all.
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