The second term of the MBA was intense to say the least! There was hardly any time to even breathe let alone eat and sleep. There was a lot of group work and we were in so many different groups that often on Saturdays when most would converge at the school to meet with their various groups to discuss the various projects on their agenda you would see people confused as to which group they were working on what! By Christmas we all longed for the well deserved break.
I went off to Dubai and India to see my family where I broke the news of my new found love, Luca. To my surprise it went down very well. Indian families are often very discerning, calculating and think more strategically than hearitly when it comes to their children's significant others. Its often more about the CV than if one can make the other happy in life. The assumption being ofcourse if you do well in your career you must automatically be able to provide which should lead to happiness.
The fact that he has two degrees and both held in high regard by the Indian Parent, Engineering and an MBA, gave him a running advantage. My mother then asked two more questions which were always my premier questions, perhaps because of how I was brought up: Is he religious? and does he love dogs? To my own personal relief and to hers the answers were no and yes respectively, it would have never worked for me otherwise regardless of what others thought.
10 days after graduation on July 17th, 2010 we married in a gorgeous civil ceremony by the sea on the island of Ischia, where Luca was born and family still resides. In August I moved to Rome since I was a fresh graduate looking for work and he fortunately already had a good job.
And here's where I'm at now.
I'm eager to be a DINK- Double Income No Kids, so we can travel the world before we hear the pitter patter of 4 little paws first!
My basic Italian is a bit of a handicap in a country where English is not a predominant language. But with the growing internationalisation of companies I'm hoping to tap into an opportunity somewhere!
But for now as I roar through internet job sites and company web-sites hoping for at least an information interview, I enjoy setting up a new home in a new city, Rome, my 7th home city. An absolutely gorgeous and historically well endowed city that never ceases to amaze no matter where you look. It is a bit more multicultural than Milan, but still no where near the diversity of Toronto, which I miss culturally and gastronomically.
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