Day 6 in INdia and a Superb Shopping Sat and Sun!

Day 6: Met our first lady speaker today. FYI the population of female in MT is about 22%! thats roughly about 5% more than the industrial average. however it seems like there's not much of an issue.

mt preached about respect and merit base on one's work... seems like it really works!

Weekends: Shopping was awesome! bought quite alot of stuff on Saturday and some stuff on SUn!

Saturday 战胜品！


alot of things are FLAT 50% meaning everything in the store is 50%!! woohoo!~ loves the word FLAT! =0 and... levi is cheaper here. So is united colour of benetton(UCB). not to mention books! and their local publication of magazines.

UCB is quite popular and big here. their presense in most of the malls and their own 3 storey flagship store. Got a green top from there! LOVe it! The best buy however is the SGD 2bucks headphone from philips.

SUNday 战胜品！

my typical day now and forward..

700AM - Rise and shine
730AM - Breaky
900AM - Leave for Mindtree (MT) on the mini van
930AM - Meet with Head or Senior Managers of one of MT's functions
1100AM - Meet with another Head or Senior Managers of one of MT's functions
1PM - Lunch (Vegetarian stufff) and netowrking lunch w the other junior members in MT
2PM - Meet with project team from different industry or account
630PM - Leave MT for guest house.. usually we will leave about 7ish...
745PM - Home sweet home...
830PM - Dinner
10PM - Laundry... and i will load all the videos and the photos...
12PM - ZZZZzzZzzz... after one episode of my drama series! the thing i always look forward to all day!

INdia Day 2 to 6!

It had been beeen almost a week since we arrived. been really busy. schedule is really packed. it is more than just 9 to 5 for sure! Just a short note on the different days and how my typical day has been.

Day 2: Visited the MT campus (their offices are called campus) at Chennai. Briefed about our schedule and expected deliverables. Rushed for train to go to Bangalore. after 6 long hrs, we arrived at the current guesthouse about 10ish. This guest house is not as awesome as the one in Chennai. Here is more like a condominium.

Day 3: First day in MT! Met Subroto Bagchi, the gardener of MT. please dont take gardener literally. He is the co-founder of MT, now moving on to doing more on the leadership training aspect of MT. Very knowledgeable, warm and inspiring guy!

If you have a chance, read his books. The high performance entrepreneur and Kiss the world. He took us out for dinner with his wife and his friend's daughter from America. Got home really late. another late night... sleep deficit starts to accumulate...

Day 4: Met with the HR person, they called it the People Function. -interesting- and had our first sense making session. Very heated discussions revolving about many topics across organization, people, culture, system, processes, perceptions, IT in india etc. Talked about expectations, what we have learnt, what are lacking, discoveries and provoking thoughts?

Day 5: Did laundry last night, yesh…. Being really domesticated. Unbelievable… Spent the day on Systematic Innovation. Being taught how to be creative and innovative. Learnt 5 frameworks! Namely, 9 windows, Ideal final result, TRIZ, resources & Time-Cost-Size. Pretty useful and comprehensive.

So, can creativity be taught? Is there really a systematic way to innovate?

internet, oh yesh!

finally! there's internet!! hooray!~ reporting from bangalore, mindtree campus 1 level 0. we are currently working for our transportation back to the guest house. time now is 710pm in india and 930pm in sg!!

HOooray~! stay tuned for more! ;)

India - Day 1 in Chennai

i am here in Mindtree's guest house in Chennai, at last. was stunned when the gate personnel cant find my reservation. and true enough my booking didnt go through. so, in the end have to pay $455 on the spot for the last seat... phew... =S this is a super expensive trip! damnit!

another drama happens when one of our two vans was being hitted by a taxi! dont really know the whole story yet, coz i wasnt in the van. BUt everyone is safe and sound here!

this place is really comfortable and nice. =)

India!

i have been so busy and caught up with exchange that i totally forgotten to mention about my india trip!

Yesh! looks like im going to be travelling quite abit! for the next half of the year! whee!~

to make the start of it all will be my 3 weeks india immersion programme with Mindtree. if you have a minute, do give the making of mindtree a read. http://www.mindtree.com/aboutus/making_mindtree.html

very interesting company in terms of their formation and their visions. I would have to say the preparation for the trip is more than what i expected. besides the 2 making of mindtree articles, there are 3 other articles from economist and 2 other books. x.x i have only covered the making of mindtree 1 and 2 articles... i dont think i can even start on the book before we leave.

to be honest, im quite apprehensive about this trip. india has never be on my top list of places to visit and i have no clue what to expect. on the other hand, i think it can be good as expectations do limits one's view and discoveries at times.

Oh well, i just have to recover from this flu that i am suffering right now so that i can enjoy my trip! i am currently looking for adobe premium pro so i can edit my videos. if you have it let me know!

VISA BEware!

i am currently having problems with my visa right now as it is only single entry. i am running the risk of not being able to istanbul if i fly out. =/

so for those applying or have yet to apply please make sure that it is either a multi entry or it starts at a later date. Mastura, the lady at the Turkish embassy is suggesting that we re-do a new student visa that will start at a later date.

So, the first entry when i arrive on the 3rd Sept will be under a tourist visa and the next entry on the 23rd sept will be the start of my student visa. i am really reluctant to spend another $66 bucks. Anyway, Ccli is going to go down and "bargain" for them to re-do for us for sure. Wish her luck!

it seems that luck is not on my side lately. booked the exp tix, and now this visa issue.

i have booked most of my flight for my pre-turkey travel at a higher price as well =/ @#!*&I&^$#%@$%#^$&

the magic keyword is FE3S6N

oh yesh! i have finally part with my SGD1331 and booked the tix! the dude at emirates is very nice to change a connecting flight to dubai to a direct flight for me! whee! =)