March Madness

A quick run down on March, my favourite month this year.

First, went to Belgium and Netherlands for spring break to visit my best friend. Loved every minute of it and was practically crying on landing back at JFK. I will write a detailed post on my trip sometime later but I'm still in the throes of severe Europe Sickness. I miss Brussels and Amsterdam. The people, the food, the coffee, the music and ofcourse the fashion! I raided H&M in brussels and now when I visit stores here, a lil part of me dies. I miss saying "Bonjour" and "Sil Vouz Plait." I miss wandering around ancient medieval cities with medieval city squares, munching on croissants and coffee. And most of all, I miss Amrits - talking to her and sounding ideas off her. her sarcastic humour and wit. Hopefully, I'll get to see her real soon :)

Second, although I miss Europe, I love the classes I've taken this term. I'm excited about learning rather than worry about things like internships and jobs. This past week we also had the Blue Devil weekend for the Admits of 2012 class, which was also super fun. Because of my relatively light course load, I'm also making time for the gym and indulging in fun stuff like salsa and cardio dancing ;) The weather in Durham is awesome. Its bright and sunny, and all the flowers are in full bloom and so I run a 3 mile trail every alternate day. I love this trail because its weaves through a lake, has numerous bridges and undulates. Love the smell of fresh pine as I run. Yay for spring!!

Third, Duke Basketball!!! Honest to God, I love this Team. They won a tough game against Baylor today and we had another game on Friday, against Purdue. We all gather in bars to watch the game and cheer for the team. Good times, lot of backslapping, swearing and High Five-ing.We had a tough game today and I almost died with the tension. It was like watching the Indian Cricket team of 1990s. I can't believe I'm saying this but I think I like Basketball more than Cricket! Nothing gets me pacing like an animal, than watching Duke Play. This will always be MY team! Go Duke!!

Resuming Regular Programming....

I re-read my last post on this blog and it boy,oh boy, it was positively pathetic. I sit here now at the end of another term here at B-school and I'm in a different frame of mind altogether.

Term 2 (October, November & December) was crazy and unbelievably stressful because of classes, internship recruiting and the general mind fuck that I was going through. Term 3 was MUCH better. I got to take courses I loved, recruiting turned out ok, and I came out of the woodworks to become a veritable social butterfly.

I loved Term 3. First there was the unbelievable improv class. I had so much fun and it reaaally helped me become more spontaneous and embrace the moment. My class was unbelievably hilarious and we did skits such as the ones on "Whose line is it anyway?" and boy, did we bring the house down or what. Then there were the courses. We got to take electives this term and I took really interesting classes that had real world practical applications. For instance, I'm doing some research for a social media marketing firm which has me super kicked even though its a lot of fun. I loved my operations class as well. the Prof was really funny and made a mundane course fun.

Term 3 also meant watching a lot of Basketball games. Duke has a legendary basketball team and I've become a HUUUGE basketball afficianado. I got hooked when I first saw our Blue Devils play inside Cameron Indoor stadium. The atmosphere was unbelievable and the duke fans are so rowdy that its tough to NOT get hooked. I love our team, our cheers and our history and I seriously hope we make it big in NCAA.

Ok enough sports. The thing I love the most about B-school here at Duke is how social it is. Numerous parties and numerous opportunities to get know people I go to school with. I made it a point to go out atleast 3 nights a week this term and even though my studying took a hit, I got to know a lot of my classmates really well.

Although I'm sad term 3 is over, there is so much to look forward to in term 4 in terms of courses, activities and life. For now though, its spring break and I can't wait to see my best friend since school. Looking forward to waffles, Chocolates and home-brewed beer :)