week 3 @ TFI

Week 3 was very happening...more so because i had gone on a short trip to Bangalore.....




Last week i had received an email from Symbiosis Institute for Media & Communication , Bangalore for a GD n PI for MBA in Communications Management.....For all those who dint kno I had given SNAP in december and was planning to do an MBA. I had already decided not to join SIMC right now since im having a ball at TFI! I still went for the process with the aim of getting it deferred by two years and joining SIMC post TFI. I reached Bangalore on Monday evening and met up with a few frnds. The next morning i went to Electronic City.....its lik 1 corner of the city! No auto guy kne where Symbi is! Anyhow, My GD went quite well....Cos the topic was "Will the Right to Education Act help India progress?" Talk about being lucky! I knew all possible stats! From drop out rates to the amount thts spent by the govt on education each year....bottomline, I made everyone at the GD fizz out....lol!



My interview lasted 5 minutes! The panelists included the director of SIMC Bangalore, the Deputy Dean, and some old gentleman who is an alumni of SIMC and now the CEO for an advertising firm in Bangalore. The first question was - "Tell us something about yourself and also why should we take you, and while you tel us that also tel us how were you so confident about the stats??" I told them about myself and then about TFI and why i kne the stats. The Ad guy - If you are already part of TFI and it is giving you all the skills you want then why have you come here? It is alwaz better to have on the job training rather than just acquiring knowledge. I told them about my deferrment plan and that the TFI CEO would also speak to them. Director - But we dont have such a policy. And besides you should look out for an international university after TFI. Why would you come here? The Ad guy - We would love to give you the Symbi tag but now its on you to decide whether you want to be in TFI or SIMC. Mail us in 2 days and tel us. Thats it! And as many of you might have read my FB status...i refused:)



Bangalore had awesome weather! I met up with loads of friends. Watched a movie. Chilled out and came back to Pune on Wednesday early morning.



Since wednesday was TFI day we had team games the whole day!



Thursday was awesome! I saw my kids beaming at me when i stepped in for assembly and were asking where i had been.....I missed them so much! Im So happy that i dint take up MBA! Heres the other good bit about Thursday - We met Rahul Bose. TFI has Leadership Forums, in which people from various backgrounds are invited to address the Fellows. I was sitting in the front row at a distance of 3 ft or so from Rahul Bose. He was awesome!!! He told us about his journey of becoming a part of the socialist world......Pretty inspiring:)



Friday was the last day of week 2 at summer school....My class dint seem in any mood to study. I literally ran behind the kids to make them sit on their seats. Taught them addition....something most of them already knew. Its so weird my class scored an average of 78 in the addition test and i still feel i failed. Maybe it was because i really dint teach them and they knew it from before. Friday afternoon was awesome! We had art class for training! Yep, since a lot of us are not creative, we learnt different ideas we can use in class to keep the kids engaged. We did potato painting, hand painting, etc. I dont think iv been as excited about getting messy as i was that day! We had paint all over our clothes! The day ended with me n my friends sitting in the balcony eating dominos pizza!



Saturday was another leadership forum session with Mr. Anand who started Indicorps. Very very inspiring!! Later in the night me and my friends sat at the terrace and chatted up!



And today is laundry day! lol!! My whole room looks like a dhobi ghaat! Im off for getting food!