The age old story of the frog staying back in its well and considering it to be the entire world is known to most of us. And I almost enacted the frog in its behaviour for the past 30 days or so.
But today was a deviation from the story - a welcome one at that. Thanks to the ever changing schedules at my MBA course some of the students had a "field" trip today, and I was among the fortunate few. Well, fortunate in terms of getting out of college and getting to see a new place, not so much in terms of what one had to endure to do that.
The trip was divided into two parts, first we had to go to SATS - Singapore Air Terminal Services; and the second was a visit to one of the NTUC contact centers. One was left to wonder the utility of such a trip to future MBAs (our group is specializing in IT) - and everyone had her/his own views about it at the end of the day. While the presentations were as dry and dull as they could possibly be, for me it was a welcome change from the same old routine on campus - though this meant I would miss out on my daily dose of chatting with my girl-friend (she is almost my fiancee, nay, my wife).
Learning or no learning, the day was damp in most parts, with a cool breeze of air giving us the respite. The SATS personnel ended up talking about their company in general and HR practices in particular. One was amused at their novel way of defining an "in-house" IT project - they meant no development or support (that was to be done by the vendors), but since they "owned" this particular product with business users providing all the know-how of the system, they had all the legitimate rights to call it an "in-house" project!!
The mid-trip break took us to Century Square Mall, or thereabouts. A swift search for easing up our taste buds meant we spread out in little groups to find what was suitable. The vegetarians had a rough time in getting a decent meal, and the rest of us tried out the chicken and sea food with utmost delight. We were joined by some other students from the college as we left for the NTUC contact center.
Again, although the personnel in the contact center did their best in explaining the nitty-gritty's of their operations, very few of us seemed interested in their prophesies!! A pizza bite before we left back for the campus meant that I had spent the most in a single day on food after I landed in Singapore. Relax folks, history and my burgeoning waist line tells me I can break such records easily :-).
The frog finally decided to pop back to its well, but hey - isn't it cool for a frog to croak out its thoughts in the middle of the night for everyone out there? You bet it is!!
2 comments:
croak! croak! croak!
hope u got the compliments from my side :))
Good to see u r back...do write more often!
hiii the frog forgot about the Contact Center vissiit?? or was feeling sleepy.. :)
neways do write more often..
was a good TP in the break of guest lecture :)
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