My first trip to Kerala....and what a place!! That state is actually God's own country. The trip was full of anticipations, a lot of firsts...first public talk after MBA, first trip to Kerala...so after leaving reaching home at some 1130 in the night from work I prepared myself for the day ahead. The alarm was set at 0530 to help me catch the 0715 flight. As usual dad anticipated I would miss hearing the alarm and came and woke me up at 0515! So neways got up and got ready in time to reach the airport 20 mins before departure! Was a comfortable one...the view from the top was awsome during our descent. What looked like shrubs from way above actually manifested as a bed of coconut trees...and I knew I had arrived in Kerala!

My mallu and non mallu friends all had ranted unlimitedly about the food, so was really looking forward to that. There was a junior from the Admissions Team there to receive me. So she got bombarded with an early quota of Gyaan as the hotel was an hours drive from the airport. The drive was a pleasant one. The event was to start at 3 so had ample time to catch hold of the juniors one by one and give more gyaan (thats exactly they had got me there!). The event had an excellent turnout, some 170 odd turned up despite heavy rains in the city. Went of well, there was clear connect I could establish with the audience as some four years I was having exactly the same thing in the eyes about doing an MBA from a good college. Actually was amazed I could gon one for nearly half hour and then do a Q & A as well! Post that we rushed to the airport as dinner was to be taken. But alas, despite paying 400 per head all we managed was a sandwich and a couple of spoons of pasta. Two pax got complimentary thanks to fellow speaker Pradeep who happened to be a Kingfisher class member.
Once back in Mumbai at 1200, the junior girls suddenly wanted to eat Butter Chicken (despite me repeatedly pushing Mc Donalds at them )..so we began our search and after half hour of driving came across Crepe Station - a place I would definitely recomend for good grup and was amazed by the amount of nutelly Snehal and Revathi can gobble!!!!
The trip also touched another soft corner as that was conducted by the Admissions Team....ASR/Admisions Team and eveyone who is/was a part of it......we rock!!!