Two days of GHCI are over and one thing I don't want to do is getting back to square one. The food was great; not many choices but whatever they served was very good. I cannot say the same about the sessions but it made me want to do more, to venture into areas where I've not gone before. My first thought sitting in that confluence of thousands of women was to wish my mother was also there.
But I also know I wasn't gung-ho about participating when I was nominated. I had given many reasons to myself not to attend it so I really don't know what pushed me to it finally. I know others who dropped out for no real reason and Padmini said she confirmed only after finding that I was going to be there. I had only two grouses in the end - that our company seems to have sent us based on seniority which was disappointing and that nobody from our company was on the list of speakers, though we were one of the big sponsors. And I also didn't really connect with any stranger though we smiled all around.
And yes, I'm a big fan of Metro now. Previously I had mostly used it as a joyride but these two days I was really grateful to its existence. Of the 35 k.m., Metro took 40 mins to cover 27 and it took me another 40 mins to cover the remaining 8 by road!! I was so impressed that I enjoyed even the running and hanging in the rush hour.
But I also know I wasn't gung-ho about participating when I was nominated. I had given many reasons to myself not to attend it so I really don't know what pushed me to it finally. I know others who dropped out for no real reason and Padmini said she confirmed only after finding that I was going to be there. I had only two grouses in the end - that our company seems to have sent us based on seniority which was disappointing and that nobody from our company was on the list of speakers, though we were one of the big sponsors. And I also didn't really connect with any stranger though we smiled all around.
And yes, I'm a big fan of Metro now. Previously I had mostly used it as a joyride but these two days I was really grateful to its existence. Of the 35 k.m., Metro took 40 mins to cover 27 and it took me another 40 mins to cover the remaining 8 by road!! I was so impressed that I enjoyed even the running and hanging in the rush hour.
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