So I was going through my drafts and I found this. I guess I wrote this way back in Dec 2010. Reading this now, almost a year since, brought a big wide smile to my face. To all the people I met in Mauritius, this one is for you guys... <3
Another conversation with my friend, another point of argument, another topic for my blog... :)
This time it was about my Internship in Mauritius.... this friend thought it was a waste of my time and money, cos according to her, I went there, didn't even get any experience, got ill and came back...
The way she made it sound, I bet even you all must be thinking my friend is probably right and I shouldn't even argue with her....
But the fact remains, my 13 days in Mauritius were the BESTEST 13 days of my life... (except 5 days in the hospital :(( )
And yes, it was a 'one of a kind' experience....
*We were 8 people from different parts of the world.. (New Zealand, Singapore, Brazil, India, Romania, Columbia) n we'd gotten together to conduct sessions for students of this university in Mauritius...
So about what I really learnt from my Internship???
- That Mauritius is truly HEAVEN ON EARTH!! (beaches <3)
- Emirates is the WORST airlines EVER!
- That in this mean, bad cruel world, there still are people who go out of their way to help a totally unknown person… (the phone guy at the airport, Sidick, Vijay, Dina Jeetah, Bilkiss, Sarah, Rifa, Nabiila, Bob, Zuu)
- That when you've just exchanged your currency for one with more value, you begin to think everything around you is so costly and you wonder why your buying anything at all (we paid 1000 Mauritian rupees for a one hour taxi ride... Back home we'd pay about 300 INR for the same)
- I learnt that in most cases, first impression is not really the last impression... and that people who seem to be scary at the first glance (Cosmin..:D) are really super nice people... and nice people sometimes turn into bigtime meanies... (me) (Yesha, Im sorry… L)
- That time-difference is a bitch!! (yeah, the first day I woke up at 3am, cos my phone was set at IST)
- That the only way to make up for lost sleep is on the bus ride to wherever....
- That when you’re 8 people with one bathroom and you have to all get up, take bath and be ready for that 8 ‘o clock bus, keeping the house clean is the last thing on your mind.
- That when you finally decide to clean the messy house before you throw a party, it’s a terrible nightmare!!!!!
- That internet is a wonderful invention and it is absolutely NOT supposed to be taken for granted!
- That when you meet someone who speaks a different language, the 1st things you wanna learn are the swear words of that language.
- That sometimes when you think you know a foreign language, and you speak to people who have grown up speaking that language, you completely make a fool out of yourself. (I sang “Frère Jacques” to the students there… and I bet they thought I was stupid or something)
- That not everyone is lucky enough to have friends like Janki… <3
- That if you ever wanna learn to have fun, learn it from the South Americans, cos they know it best... (Thomas, Alberto)
- That the Chinese guy I met, was just what I always expected “Chinese” people to be...(Wenjun)
- That every place you go, you always need someone to take care of you, to be your mommy (Tina <3)
- That you need one friend, who you fight with all the time, but eventually he is also the one you listen to and the one who tells you things like they really are, not like they should be… (retard) :D
- That really amazing friendship is the one that survives all kinds of bullshit (yeshaaaa)
- And finally, I realized that AIESEC is truly AWESOME!
