Of things new
"Welcome, NS, to what is likely to be the most transformative year of your life"
This was the thought running through my head on the bus from Heathrow to Oxford. And it wasn't too far off the mark.
It's been a week and so far I've attended seminars with the former CEO of Intel, the ex-chairman of the FTSE and the ex-CEO of Aviva life insurance (a company worth the small sum of 45 billion pounds), leaders from the world of Finance, Management Consulting, Social Entrepreneurship and a host of others, including a guy who heads the Oxford Institute for Science and Civilisation,considered 'one of the 15 people in the world the new US president should listen to'.
And classes haven't even started yet.
My classmates range from Russian heiresses to Brits working in NGOs in Africa, from CEOs to Indian entrepreneurs working on clean energy, from investment bankers and financial wizards to Bulgarian risk management analysts, from documentary film makers to doctors, from corporate lawyers to miners. Architects. Real Estate developers. Steel Magnates. Scientists. From all over the world. I'm surrounded by thought leaders from every corner of the globe, and that's just within one single building housing the business school. Let alone the rest of the University.
I am overwhelmed.
Every day and night over the past week has been different, new, and exciting. I started tonight with a quiet dinner with a Canadian scientist who discovered a new kind of stem cell and is part owner of a company developing that technology, an Indian-origin forensic psychiatrist who has connections with top government and industry personnel in every field, and a few other people. This then moved to drinks in the pub where I met other new friends, including a Georgian with his own vineyard, a Thai investment banker, a Singaporean who works with the government on developing tourism, and a whole bunch of others. I ended the evening playing guitar alongside a street musician, and even earned him a little money!
This is going to be an amazing year.
^
This was the thought running through my head on the bus from Heathrow to Oxford. And it wasn't too far off the mark.
It's been a week and so far I've attended seminars with the former CEO of Intel, the ex-chairman of the FTSE and the ex-CEO of Aviva life insurance (a company worth the small sum of 45 billion pounds), leaders from the world of Finance, Management Consulting, Social Entrepreneurship and a host of others, including a guy who heads the Oxford Institute for Science and Civilisation,considered 'one of the 15 people in the world the new US president should listen to'.
And classes haven't even started yet.
My classmates range from Russian heiresses to Brits working in NGOs in Africa, from CEOs to Indian entrepreneurs working on clean energy, from investment bankers and financial wizards to Bulgarian risk management analysts, from documentary film makers to doctors, from corporate lawyers to miners. Architects. Real Estate developers. Steel Magnates. Scientists. From all over the world. I'm surrounded by thought leaders from every corner of the globe, and that's just within one single building housing the business school. Let alone the rest of the University.
I am overwhelmed.
Every day and night over the past week has been different, new, and exciting. I started tonight with a quiet dinner with a Canadian scientist who discovered a new kind of stem cell and is part owner of a company developing that technology, an Indian-origin forensic psychiatrist who has connections with top government and industry personnel in every field, and a few other people. This then moved to drinks in the pub where I met other new friends, including a Georgian with his own vineyard, a Thai investment banker, a Singaporean who works with the government on developing tourism, and a whole bunch of others. I ended the evening playing guitar alongside a street musician, and even earned him a little money!
This is going to be an amazing year.
^
spouted by Non-Sensei at 10/03/2008 04:33:00 PM
6 Comments:
"Russian heiresses to Brits working in NGOs in Africa"
sounds, to me, like the start of a racy thriller, m'bwoy.
You certainly are in for an exciting time! Let's hope you share bits of it here. And besta best with it.
i've got 5 to go...and its not half as interesting.
@h: yes, racy thriller. quite. and thanks!
@Aus: you never know... tiffins tables clear up and before you know it 5 years go by.
:) man, i'm excited for you.
i'm so happy for all the people around me. they're on the verge of the most exciting times of their lives.
and that brings me to the realization that actually, everyone is always at the brink of the best times of their lives. now is always good enough.
(PS: i think this optimism comes from the fact that i'm back from a rocking 2 day holiday =P)
@tdt : :)
You definitely seem to be having a whale of a time. :)
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