guys….!! yup this semester was a bummer…for no rhyme or reason i just slacked and wasnt up to scratch with me updates…

But so here is a bonanza update…ll go thru some of the highlights this semster

Okie…some good news!! My entrepreneurship idea and project was chosen the best and selected to represent Said Business School @ MootCorp, Austin USA!! F**king A…i know ! Its funny…I still remember when I was researching and looking at schools to apply, I read a blog of one of the ex Said students and his team had won the trip to Austin too. At that time somewhere I thought this is the kind of program and activity I need to have some wind beneath my entrepreneurial aspirations! From that read to getting to Said, exploring an idea, seeking out and getting a like minded team, pitching n now Austin. Many thanks to a wonderful group of friends I had on my team!

More so to Pranav and Raj — two buddies and brothers in arms for all the support! Its gonna be a kick-ass trip : will be visiting my sis in NY, then austin (will be trying to visit another sis in Houston), then up to sweet ol california to visit more family n friends !

What else…hmmm exams came and went. They were a non-issue this time :-).

The after party as usual was a blast…absolute blast! Started with wonderful peer support dinner at Capt. Will’s where aashima n me cooked for 8 of us. Then off to Kings Arms and Escape (after my first sem blogs these names should ring a bell now :-))! The night ended at 5 am with a near street fight and loads of alcohol — i know the two go hand in hand!

While on parties, there was the Templeton Mardi gras party this semester. From last semester as I had told templetons was one of the best parties. This time too they did not dissapoint. Though the DJ was a touch sensitive fella…someone knocked over his speakers while dancing and he threw a tantrum and held up the party for an hour. Tsk tsk!!

Well OCD — the improv group I was a charter member of had their very first public performance!! Unfortunately I wasnt part of it as I had not been able to attend practice all of the semester — ya i know shame on me! But the gang put up an absolute stellar show. I am back in the fold and will be practicing and performing next semester before I bow out of Oxford.

Hmmm..oh yeah! Mah Birthday :-)! Had a great one! Blessed to have met some of the people I have met on this oxford journey. And top of the list is Miss Batra!! I had like 3 cakes cut in a day with as many surprises….Aly, Larry, Katy, Harsh, Pranav, Raj, Lovraj, Vicky, Divya, Stuti, KD, Abhi, Deepti, Aparna, Dhruv, Margueritte, Gagan, Luis, Will, Hanneka, Hanbal, Hermeet, Jakob, Raj, Priya, Harini, Suchi, Sabina n everyone who made the day special…thank u all! I think the biggest takeaway from a year at oxford is these special lifelong friends. And oxford is worth 10 times over just coz I met them.

Oh…then there was this trip to Dorset…16 of us…4 cars…and had this wonderful almost castle like structure in the middle of a jungle nowhere that we had reserved for an overnight stay. Just beautiful! great fun….were up most of the night drinking, playing stupid games….I have never had so much fun playing something like dumbcharades that I had in an hour that nite….:-)! Was ‘His-Story’ ..everyone on that trip will vouch for it..Do not miss the pictures of that trip. On the album.

Had a fantastic trip to a place nearby (the name escapes me) with my core study group — francois, sabina, romell, anil and myself. Great great outing and lot of fun. We were all day at the oldest pub in UK (900 years old). Fantastic place

There was tons more this semester - some the usual…took a bunch of friends to the harry potter chch hall for dinner, memorable trip to the famous Southhall and jodha-akbar there, the Idea Idol competition, Skoll Forum with the likes of Al Gore, Jimmy Carter in the Said Business School Building, Sunday cricket, peer support meetings, interview with shell, REJECT from shell etc!

I have a crazy month coming up. Am flying out to Dubai April 5-12 (meeting channa—wohoo!), then have 10 days in between when I need to get my US Business Visas and Schengan visas done, then flying out the the US on 25th (NY,Austin,San Fran) and flying back to londong on 6th May, 7th May 140 of us are off to Paris, France for the intercollegiate MBAT which is gonna be a 4 day highlight of the MBA if reviews by the seniors is anything to go by.

Time is flying …. one more semester of 8 weeks which already seems action packed. The nice summer sun and job search will make it more exciting. July - August is internship or summer consultancy project — am looking at a VC option in India or will try to push my business idea further. Somehow I feel I am going to face the moment of truth wherein I might have to pull the trigger and taking the entrepreneurial jump into the unknown — or make peace with normalcy and lock up the dreams for now! But more than anything else I wish to cherish the last semester with friends and this wonderful Oxford University — and blog every week I promise!!!

So long…next update will be at the start of next sem i.e April 14th with all the Dubai snaps.