Some fun moments

“Hey Habi! Whats going oooooonnnnnn”

6 months into the MBA and 5 months to go. I just realized today how incredibly diverse people I interact with on a daily basis. The above is my southern friend Chris’ friendly drawl. Most people I have met so far have trouble pronouncing ‘Abhishek’, so ‘Aabi’ it is. As much as I love diversity, I hate being led on tours. While being hustled with a bunch of tourists by loud, overenthusiastic guides may remain the world’s preferred way of traveling, I enjoy entering alone into new sorroundings, letting the solitude foster a silent, expectation-free, trusting bond between the two of us. The university has a plethora of such hidden delights, which I keep discovering accidentally. Some memorable experiences –

• 1. Swimming in the O’Connell pool for the first time, which is a full Olympic sized indoor pool freely available to university students.
• 2. Dinner at Gator Dining, with a 24-dish salad spread, Italian, Mexican and Mediterranean counters for food, unlimited beverages and desserts, worth every penny.
• 3. Lake Wauberg, with facilities for rock climbing, kayaking, beach volleyball and more.
• 4. Drifitng into the political science building, with its congressional décor, dark burnished wood flooring and low overhanging lamps.
• 5. Downtown Gainesville, with tons of partygoers thronging the pubs and discos.
• 6. Playing the basketball intramurals, winning 3 games and partying afterwards.
• 7. Meeting and learning from a plethora of new people, Cameroonian, French, Chinese and of course, Floridan.
• 8. Football games at the swamp! 90,000 loud , cheering fans egging on the number one rated gators onto SEC dominance.