ISB ahoy!

Alors! I am going to be doing my Masters in Business Administration next year - at ISB, Hyderabad (India). I got the news yesterday and I have been celebrating it since! :) I was never so unproductive at work before. This week was spent as a bundle of nerves - first reading the posts at a forum of aspirants with the blood pressure threatening to skyrocket at every 10 minutes and then the uncertainty of the time when the results were to be declared. And then, finally, because of the news :D
Moving on to another topic, last evening, I saw Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance! It was awesome! Don't miss it if you get a chance to see it in your city. Here's a tidbit of information about this show:
In Season 4 of Friends, when Monica is asked that "According to Chandler, what phenomenon scares the bejeezus out of him?", her correct answer is "Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance!" because, according to Chandler, "[Flatley's] legs flail about as if independent of his body!" For the use of the word in a general sense, see Friendship. ...

Updates - Loads of them!

So, now that I found my vagrant steps back here, I have loads and loads to tell, which I will proceed to do without further ado and in no particular order:

1. Since my last post, I travelled to UK for Easter (London and Edinburgh, to be precise) - Thanks H, S and K! I loved this trip! :)Then, I went to Copenhagen on a roadtrip on a 3 day weekend with my Swiss friend (who is now working in India, with my previous employer) - J! I miss having someone as impulsive and foolish as me over here! I also travelled all over Switzerland over spring and summer with friends and clocked up many many kilometres in my reliable little Lupo.:)
2. I have got bored of watching movies on the net. I know! I can hardly believe it, but life does go on, you know!? :D Given that not all Hollywood movies are released here, if at all (Eg: Wall-E premiered here after 2 months) and finding distributors for Indian movies is a lost cause, I get enough time to... umm... watch serials (*grin*) :D I am hooked on to How I met Your Mother and for some time, even watched Two and a Half Men diligently. However, a broken link ended my precarious enthusiasm for the latter. Although, I still watch HIMYM because I love Barney (always have, since his Doogie Howser days) and because I hope someday I might find a guy like Ted. By the way, the guy who plays Barney is a case in point about my theory about handsome, single, humourous and comfortably well-off guys being gay. *sighhhhhhhh*
3. I made a lot of friends since then. I have become more outspoken and less inhibited. :) I am surprising even myself with the ease with which I converse with random guys. I am even talking so much at work these days that my teammates comment immediately on the lack of that on my "off" days.
   
4. I have done a lot of dancing in the past two months - between going for the dandia night held here and *ahem* increased clubbing. :D
5. O gave me his song collection which is 120 GB. Awesome!
   
6. I went to India in June - for a measly little week - to see my adorable niece, who was, then, only 15 days old. Aunt and niece hit it off immediately much to the wonder of all and sundry - she didn't pee or poop even once in her aunt's arms. :D Given that the general rule of the house was that the person in whose lucky arms she would perform her un-cute duties would have to clean up, I was doting on her by the end of the trip. I will be going during Christmas again. This time, as concluded by listening to her vociferous opinions on the phone, I would be meeting a decided 6-month old personality. :D
   
7. I have begun learning to play the guitar. Finally. :) Getting the guitar here from Mumbai was an interesting experience. I can't tell you how handy an excuse for conversation carrying a musical instrument can be. :) From the lady officer who scanned me at the Mumbai security check to the Swiss Passport Control Officer - everyone spoke to me and were very kind and helpful, as well. My tutor is an American student here who's been playing the guitar since junior high. He's good and says that I will be playing decently well by Christmas, if only I practise everyday.
8. Gym - ummmm... I have not been the model member (forgive the pun) off-late. Curiously, one of my colleagues spends 2 hours everyday in the gym and says she doesn't notice a difference, while I continue to reduce weight :D We concluded that she's working out for me as well and since then, I have made it a point to make her feel guilty enough about skipping gym so that she doesn't miss it and I can blissfully binge on créme brulée :D I know I am wicked!
9. I am continuing to work hard and play hard. I will be skiing this season... and - I want to go for the 6 km sledge run at Pilatus as well.
   
10. And finally, I haven't yet given up on my plans to study further. I am applying seriously now for the next fall. My family has happily given me the freedom to reach for the stars (wherever they be) by agreeing not to shackle me by matrimonial bonds until then.
    

Donc! J'ai terminé pour maintenant! à bientôt, mes amis! :) :)