Break from the break

Back in Lancaster just this evening after a 2 week trip to Hyderabad, Cambridge and London. Being at home after 6 months felt very different probably because I have never been away from home for this long. Yet, meeting family, catching up with friends and some little shopping at my favorite stores was fun. Of course had to piggy back my assignments and get them to closure. :-)

Back in the UK, spent 2 days at Cambridge getting back to the British routine and getting used to the English weather. At my little flat now, unpacking my bags, sorting stuff and getting ready for tomorrow. It will be fun to hear Spring stories from my class. Summer term begins in 3...2...1.... #lovelancaster

Lent term ends | Spring break begins

Post the Prague trip, began the Consultancy Challenge - the third of the 4 major challenges. Though it was sort of a pre-cursor to the actual thing that begins on the 24th, the sessions were quite informative and brought in some real perspective on how working with an external entity for the first time being on the programme is going to look like.

The last week of the lent term was also a birthday week. Alisa, Sarah, Julien, Nobu and Kenji all of them celebrated their birthdays! How cool to have 5 birthdays one after the other in a week!

Another interesting thing that happened this week was the meeting with Lancaster MBA alumnus Vinay. I must admit that Vinay is a mindful manager in a true sense. Every minute of the interaction was absolutely insightful and thought provoking. His little activities on NLP (Neuro-lingusitic programming) were great! Thanks to him for taking time out to visit us at Lancaster.

On Thursday, a few of us decided to step out of the campus after an intense term 2. We walked  down to Boot and Shoe, a restaurant located between Bailrigg and the city at Whinfell Drive. Spent a long while chatting and eating, letting go off the intensity that had us hooked for the past 3 months. 

Friday was here! Time to bid bye to my class, school and staff for 2 weeks, while I head home to Hyderabad for the Spring break. Going to be a freezer to furnace transition, but I am looking forward to it. #lovelancaster