Orientation Week

Time is fast running out, so I will keep it short and simple. First week was orientation week, had intros on first day, had a campus tour, registrations, intro about the school and learning methods. The evening was superb, we had a inter-steam race night event organized at Stafford Cripps, our first informal event together and it was great fun. I was involved in interacting with a lot of new people and everyone enjoyed it greatly. Blue Stream won, just to mention btw.
Second day we got our big study case packs, did a desert survival simulation, got our laptops, received intros to learning teams and did a case study. Evening's theme was International Dress. So everyone (mostly) turned out in their traditional dresses, that was a lovely evening, truly international. Loved it, will surely put some pics from that evening on this website, later. Wednesday saw a lot of presentations given to us by various depts in the school. Afternoon was booked for Sports - Rugby, Football, Tug-of-War, egg throwing and lot of miscellaneous fun games. Faces were painted in red and blue and despite chilli weather, everyone was in great spirits. Needless to say Blue Stream lifted the trophy. Evening was planned at Social Club with Barbecue, but it was drizzling, the event got delayed, I didn't go.
Thursday saw briefings on reps, activities, reps for Social, Sports, Stream, Diversity and Career.
Then there were case study presentations, week 1 learning team meeting and discussions, and so on and so forth. Thursday evening was superb, planned as a Cabaret night at Stafford Cripps, it involved doing your bit - play, song, dance, skit etc - and what a show people put. Highlight was Beautiful Dancing Girls - guys in Drag and 2 lovely ladies - everyone was in splits. I participated in a short metaphysical conversation about Santa doing his do on Chrismas Eve. It was a night that will remain in memory for a long long time.
Friday saw the reps elections, class photo in business dress, personal reflections by the orienteers, and orientation week summary by Lead Orienteer and Director of FTMBA. All in all a great week, the orienteers were very emotional at the thought of final leaving the school. I must say they did a fantatstic job of handling everyone and taking through the motions. They are great people.
2 weeks have passed since orientation week. I should find more time to write about these 2 weeks, but it is half-past mid-night now and time to say Good Night...