An International MBA - Part 3 May 30, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 5 commentsOkay, the first 2 articles basically introduced you to a global MBA and gave you little tidbits of what to expect at a B-School abroad. Logically the next thing you should know is the calendar of events for that ‘Application Game’ and of course the GMAT itself.
Err?Where do I start?
I really hope you have made up your mind about the GMAT and if you are looking at this calendar, be ready for a wonderful (at times, bumpy!) ride of self-discovery. Tell yourself that ‘one year from now I will definitely be in a better position’ and that should get you started. A little preparation and some cushion time will help you plan your application cycle without driving yourself and those around you crazy.
If you are reading this article somewhere in May or June, then you are here at the right time. If it is a little later, hold on tight, it might turn out just fine. I am giving a tentative schedule for the entire season of applying and try to stick onto it if you want to avoid the last minute hustle-bustle. Let me be a little honest here, I didn’t follow this schedule… don’t we all learn from our mistakes!
May-June ? Get prepared for a long battle with words and start tuning your writing skills. Start hunting for the materials & books that you will need both for the GMAT and for the ‘Apping’. Look around for resources that are available both online & offline. Start spending more time on discussion forums and groups. Read blogs, they may never be of any use but you will realize that you are not alone after all! Start a blog ? this will help you in organizing your thoughts and putting it in words. Pick up that phone and talk to people who might prove to be your good recommenders. And yes, book for a GMAT date somewhere in Aug or early Sept. Also, start thinking about your essays, start some brainstorming about your future goals and why MBA.
July-Aug ? Study for the GMAT. This might prove to be a single most deciding factor for most of the Admissions’ Committee. Yes, it is said over and over again that GMAT alone doesn’t make or break an application but who are we to take it for granted! You might not be able to change your previous academic record; neither can you change the career moves that you have made nor can you show an abrupt community involvement. The only thing that is still in your hands is the GMAT. The average GMAT score for most of the Top schools is around 710 ? 730. Get within that range and you don’t have to worry about the GMAT again. Hopefully, by now, thanks to your brain-storming, you will have safe answers to many of the essay questions. If not, talk to people and figure out what might seem like a logical answer for your career and work on it consistently.
Lot of things have been said about the GMAT. Thousands of questions have been discussed about the score? Is 700 too less? My verbal is too less? will it matter? I have got 720, should I retake and get 780? I have got 680, what will I do? Frankly, nobody knows how you entire application will look? even the Admissions Office will not be able to comment on your chances of getting in with a particular score. Your essays, your previous academic records, your career profile till date, GMAT score, recommendations written for you and many other ’small’ things ? all of them will be looked closely before a decision is made. It is the complete application that matters when you apply to schools abroad. So, the best you can possible do is, lessen your chances of rejection by striving for a good GMAT score. It is said that Indians get a high score too easily, I am not really sure how true this is but I am sure it is not impossible to manage a decent score if u are really keen. GMAT is definitely one of those exams that have innumerable resources online, so make a diligent search and try to ace the exam.
The next nagging doubt that arises is how long it would take to prepare for GMAT. Well, it varies from person to person. GMAT is a kind of exam that needs you to put in some focused efforts. Math in GMAT might seem too easy for many of us but the catch here is to get all or at least most of the questions right so that you can be at 90+ percentile. Verbal might be a little demanding for people who have been in the non-reading mode. Of course, it is not something that ain?t curable. There are only 2 sections and give yourself 3-4 hrs full time study everyday for 2 months. Strive for a 700 plus GMAT score with an equal balance in both the sections. Again, be ready for some miserable, dark nights when you just want to give up all of it!
Sep-Oct-Nov ?Ok, now, an important piece of information. All the Top US Schools accept applications in 3 or 4 Rounds, viz. Round 1 (R1), Round 2 (R2) and so on. The international applicants are advised to apply in R1 (somewhere in Oct-Nov) or R2 (Jan) so that they have enough time for the I20, visa, shifting etc. If the GMAT went fine, (720 is as good as 750, let it go!) then put it behind you and start applying for the schools you wish to attend. I shall cover about schools in general and how you go about choosing the ‘right’ school over the subsequent articles. But try to apply to at least 3 schools in R1. Keep that number to an optimum figure as your very first applications will not be as polished as the latter ones. In R2s, cover another 2-4 schools. And hopefully, R1 results will give you a fair idea of where you stand in the entire application game and hence make a safer and wiser choice of schools in R2.
Of course, life is not always smooth and things don’t always work out exactly the way we want them to. So, just incase something went terribly wrong with your GMAT, then don’t go emotional and throw yourself over board, instead pull up yourself and go for a ?Retake? with full grit and determination. ETS doesn?t allow you to take up the GMAT twice in the same calendar month. So, GMAT 1 went sour on Aug 28, then you can go for GMAT 2 on Sept 1, but yeah, doesn?t make sense, give yourself 15 days or a month & then retake. I must say, GMAT doesn?t test your intelligence so don?t make it an ego issue and lose out on some amazing schools. Give yourself another fair chance and apply for all the schools in R2. If you need some more time, then retake the exam in Nov but not beyond that. You will need about 1 ? - 2 months time to draft the essays.
Nov-Dec-Jan ? Your applications to Top US B-schools has to be done online. You need to register which is free of cost and open your account. Firstly, dispatch off the recommendation links to your recommenders and give them at least couple of months to finish your recommendation. Keep talking to them in between and send any information they might need. Then sit down with each of your schools and start drafting the essays. The essays usually tend to ask about your career till date, your future plans and how an MBA from ?that? school at ?this? point in your life makes sense. All these months, you have cracked up thinking about the same set of questions and penning them might seem like an assiduous task, but get it done with. Prepare your initial drafts and send it to a couple of your friends and also someone who knows you very little. The friends will tell you what you have missed out and that ?someone? will tell you what kind of impression he got when he read your essays. The essays should paint a nice picture of you for that ?someone?, after all the Admissions guys too are strangers who will get to know you only through your essays. And hey, it is understood that you will be mailing the drafts to people who have superior control on English language. It helps!
Feb?Mar ?Await your results and immaterial of the result, send some good wishes and gifts to your recommenders. After all they have taken some time off just for you! Celebrate your admits and let go of your rejects, it all comes in the same package! Some of you might also be wait-listed, which basically means you have to wait for the next round of results or another couple of months! Just hang in there! By now, if you have understood the insights of the Application game and you are sure you can make it to a better school, sit down and rethink about applying to next fall. You should not go to a lower-tier school if you really believe that you belong to the Top 10.
Apr?May?Jun ? Get your I20s and start working on your visa and funding part. Go out and party with your friends, they sure would be wondering where you were all these days! Once the visa is done, celebrate and start shopping! Get into shape; you need to be in the peak of your health for the next 2 years. 
Check up on the apartments, roomies and fight tickets.
July ? Just chill, in another one month you will be off!
Aug ? Bon-Voyage!
Note: Guys, I haven’t covered about TOEFL in this article because TOEFL is not a mandatory exam for all the TOP Business Schools in the US. Some of the schools outrightly say that TOEFL is not needed while some of them put a couple of clauses and some others make it mandatory. While in doubt please write to the Office of Admissions and find out. Also, note this, if you think your English language is well above par and you have worked/ studied in an English environment for a long time, write to the Admissions Commitee of the schools requesting them to waive off the TOEFL requirement. If you aint able to convince them or if you think you better off with TOEFL done, then, it should be a cake-walk after your GMAT. So, just book it immediately after your GMAT & get it done with.
Visa - Granted! May 25, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 17 commentsAnd I am relieved! I will put in more details later. I am too tired!! 
Edit - May 27, 2005 >> Hey my visa interview was a real cool show. I guess getting an admit from a TOP school definitely makes it a lot simpler at the consulate. Except a lot of waiting and yawning, it was pretty much simple & straight forward. As my major finance was the Duke Opp Loan, I was prepared to answer questions about the repaying bit Post-MBA. However, the questions asked by the Visa Officer was pretty straight-forward like my previous travels, Why Duke & future plans.. the interview must have lasted for about a min. And I received my passport with the visa stamped exactly within a day.. thats awesome!
Paperwork for your Visa - Not in any order
1) Visa Application
2) Passport
3) Color Photo
4) I20 - Form
5) Sevis Fee Receipt
6) Acceptance Letter
7) Financial Aid Letters
8) Letters or EMails of all Offers/ Rejects
9) Original GMAT score sheet
10) Income Tax returns for 2-3 years [+ family’s]
11) Employment Certificate/ Offer letter/ Salary cert [+ family’s]
12) Business Docs [if family in bizness]
13) Proof of Solid & Liquid Assets [+ family’s]
14) Bank Statements/ Passbooks [+ family’s]
15) Visa Fees
I20 here! May 23, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 4 commentsOne good thing that this b’day brought me was my I20 documents from Duke. And since then, things are moving real fast & I am getting scared! LOL! See, for the last two months, I have been collecting all the documents & filing them in a neat BIG binder. There is a big list of necessary documents that you might need with you when you go for the visa. Basic docs have been given here by EMC. And she sure had an easy interview… am crossing my fingers for mine! If you have any specific queries about the docs, shoot me a mail.
I had been to the VFS office today but it was closed. I should be there tomorrow and book the earliest available date in Mumbai-US Consulate. I should be able to get it within 2 days. Dates are not a big hassle at the Mumbai consulate like in Chennai. Anyways, lets see how things will turn out…
And I got so many kicks for that LOSER mood.. AttaGirl sure doesnt like it! Anyways, I know I am not a LOSER so.. its gone!
Wharton - Dinged! May 20, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 20 commentsDisappointed - Yes! Hurt - you bet! Stings - Absolutely! Did I expect it - yes, to a certain extent! But we all expect miracles, dont we?!
Wharton was my longest shot from day-1. When I applied there, most of the people thought I had gone nuts. But I still did because Wharton has been & will be my dream school, maybe I will send my children there! For all my readers, let me tell you, this has been the biggest disappointment for me, not because I let down myself.. but because I dont want anybody to think that W, H or S is out of reach. Trust me, it isn’t! Let me give some tidbits about my profile… I have been good at school with lots of extra-curicular, have sung in the radio & aced a couple of National exams. College life has been great too, I managed to get into a decent university & have been a TOP percentiler through out. College champ & what not! Career has been good so far, lot of leadership through out, team work a lot… successful career growth till date.. currently with India’s largest Telecom firm in a quite responsible position… I didn have big dudes writing my recos nor do I know big champs in TOP colleges to usher me in but I still believed that I had a chance in Wharton. So, with a wonderful undergrad & lots of extra-curicular & great future prospects, what did me in - plain stupid GMAT score! That was what pulled down my entire application. I agree that I fear standardized tests, I get pscyhed & under-perform! My GMAT was almost 50+ below the average of all the schools, yet I persisted & was waitlisted!
Oh, just the GMAT, then why dont I take off another year & apply again. Well, I wont because MBA for me is a moving goal.. It wont define my success in life nor am I at the point in life when I can dilly-dally about this decision. Sure, Duke is an awesome school, it has always been a favourite yet Wharton reject hurts! Also, I want get the MBA done with & move ahead in life.. theres so much to do & theres so less time.. I need to catch up with so many things in life! But I know myself, I will sulk for a while & be grumpy.. thats me too!
Hey, guess what, I was not anywhere in that Clear Admit rankings too. I know it doesnt matter but I sure am not a favorite among fellow-bloggers! But guys, I am around to help others.. I usually reply to most of the genuine queries I get. Now, you know, I am no super-human & cant give you the insiders info about getting into TOP schools but atleast I can share a couple of experiences! Write to me - Pls dont ask me how to make it to Wharton! ‘Cos I for one wont be able to answer that!
Happy Birthday to me! 
Nothing much… May 17, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 5 commentsto blog about but I have finally completed a book that I had picked up almost a couple of months back. Attimes it seems so difficult to catch up on the books that you have started reading! Phew! Life of Pi by Yann Martel, an amazing description of a small boy deserted on a life-boat for close to 8 months. I would rather be dead than survive in such conditions but some of the things he talks about is so gory and yucky that you wonder what life surmounts to at the end of it! The ending is pretty funny and sad at the same time. Definitely NOT a must read.. I always say this about the Booker-Prize winners!
Hey, I also caught up on Casablanca. I know an age old movie but something I had missed for so long. What a beautiful movie… too ahead of its time but brilliant is just not the word! I always assumed that it was a love-story and was surprised to see that it wasnt.. I expected the to aircraft to turn & come back! LOL! A must watch for all ages & all times
Hey, heres this 100 Best movies list I found on the net>>Download file That reminds me I have so many movies to watch! LOL!
Best of Blogging Ranking! May 15, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 4 commentsHey, its always great to hear ‘Congratulations!’ and this time it came all the way from Clear Admit. A very pleasant surprise indeed! When I initially started this blog, it was only meant to pen my weird thoughts. However, slowly I started writing my experiences with MBA admissions - some good and some not-so-good! Throughout I have tried to be clear about most of the things & when I havent been, I have dealt with the emails!
So, will I be the winner? LOL, will I get into Wharton? You do not have answers to all but it does feel good when your blog get noticed by people who are good in their business and think that you are actually writing something worthwhile. Not really sure how each of the blogs will be weighed but one important criteria is that, the fellow bloggers get a chance to make a vote. Democracy rules! So, the mail I received from Clear Admit goes like this -
>>Hi Simba -
Congratulations! Your blog detailing your experience applying to business school this past year has been nominated for consideration in Clear Admit?s upcoming “Best of Blogging” ranking. In compiling this list, we have the twofold aim of recognizing the cream of this year?s crop and identifying valuable sources of information for the next wave of applicants.
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Pl find complete details here. Results on May 18th. Hey guys, a big Congrats to all the nominees and Best of Luck! I am sure each of us have made a difference in our own ways!
An International MBA - Part 2 May 14, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , add a commentThis is the second in a series of articles regarding MBA programs and US B-Schools from a student’s perspective. Here the authoress discusses on the very pertinent question - CAT or GMAT.
Oh God, CAT or GMAT!
Yippee, I am back again! Wading through the comments and mails I have received for Part#1, I thought I would spend sometime discussing some major differentiating factors in studying for an MBA in India Vis-?-vis abroad. I am sure a majority of aspirants are pretty unclear whether it is the CAT or the GMAT that will be their saving grace. In my opinion, it is neither; it is your own self. Many young women, particularly from India, and these days, men too, look at an MBA in order to get away from nagging issues like family, marriage etc. It might hold water in some extreme cases but in others a little proactive thinking will help an individual in the long run.
See, any person who intends to give CAT a serious shot would be looking at a year?s preparation. (I am still talking about the average, normal human being ; don?t come back to me with wagging fingers, exceptions always abound!) Likewise, even taking up the GMAT and applying to the Top MBA Schools takes about a yearlong preparation. So, if some of you are planning up to wind up CAT in November and take GMAT in January (just incase the CAT thingy doesn?t work out!) and apply for the coming fall, I would say it would be a hotchpotch job and if you succeed in both, nothing like it! But the chances are, you might fail miserably in both. Another year gone by and no admit from your favorite school. So, the next plausible move would be looking at only one of them and going for it whole-heartedly. Yes, the same thing you could have done a year ago which brings us back to what we were discussing ? CAT or GMAT.
Both the exams have their own limitations. In CAT, if you are gonna worry about those sectional cut-offs; in GMAT, you will grow weary of getting those ?sentence-correction? questions right. But honestly, both of these can be cured over a period of time with consistent hard work and grit. So the major distinction factor for all should not be the exam itself, rather it should be the destination where you will land up after this journey ? in India or abroad, spending two best years of your life earning your MBA.
I am sure people with a few years of experience in any business or industry will be facing this dilemma more often than the recent graduates. The answer may not be simple but it is something that can be worked around after some serious thought. See, an MBA abroad keeps you away from your loved ones and not seeing one?s family for 2 years or more may prove to be challenging for some. But at the same time, living in a foreign land, shopping for groceries and being independent will give you the chance to rediscover your strengths & weaknesses and of course deal with some of your primal fears. You get to explore your real survival mechanisms. After all, cooking and cleaning may turn out to be the true culprits and not that ?Statistics? paper! And soon you will develop that ?I-was-so-pampered-till-now? attitude which might be gratifying for your family. All this hustle-bustle will prepare you well for the corporate workforce abroad, which can be quite uncertain and insecure to tread without some practice.
It is said that you will learn as much from your colleagues at a business school as from your professors. No doubt, in Indian schools you will meet some sharp, intellectual minds who might turn out to be the ?Generation-Next? leaders. But the diversity that a top school abroad gives is almost unmatchable. You might be sitting next to a doctor from Zambia in your ?Economics? class, dealing with an artist in your case-study assignment, striking a deal with that whacky young entrepreneur in the hallway and then tasting some interesting wines with a true wine connoisseur in the weekly Wine-Club meeting. So, at the end of the day, you will be reading so many mind-sets, talking about so many things, fighting so many attitudes that will soon help you discover the complete, knowledgeable adult you are slowly metamorphosing into. This is one of the interesting phenomena that the Admission Committee wants to see in each of its students. So, as they go admitting students into their programs, they have a general idea as to how the incoming class looks like and this is how, they on their part enhance the diversity in their classrooms. It might occur to you that you may not learn anything at all from your fellow mates but in reality, you will be breaking some of your own conventional shackled thoughts and slowly widening some of those narrow mindsets. Also interacting with people having 0-15 odd years of experience helps you to understand your own career graphs and gauge your future prospects in desired industries. But I still maintain, either here or anywhere else, your true personality is what makes you strike good friendships, gain more out of an MBA and open new vistas in your life.
Another deciding factor should be the place where you intend to work immediately after your MBA. I am completely ignoring the cases where you get recruited by some global conglomerates for working in their foreign offices after you graduate from a good institute in India. So, if you would love to be a part of corporate India with some frequent foreign visits then Indian B-Schools might be your true calling. Else if you are interested in the European or American markets, it will be worth your time to check out the B-Schools in these respective countries. Which brings us to the very next question about jobs and market conditions when you graduate. Very much unlike in India, campus recruitments are almost zilch in B-Schools abroad but you will definitely have a chance to meet many company representatives, talk about job profiles, network with the alumnus and alumni, socialize with the ?right? people, almost go out of your way to get a ?job? which basically means, even here, your dynamic ability counts a lot! So, are you game for that?
And studying in a Top Business School gives you not only a global exposure but also a branding for life with a very big alum community that you can tap onto at any point of time in your career. The salaries are steep and during the MBA, you can solve some real life problems through company internships and might just get some VC funding for some of your entrepreneurial ideas. Though the subject knowledge you acquire might be similar in either of these schools, the professors might be quite different. No doubt, our Indian schools too harness the best of the lot, but in many top US B-Schools you will see real CEOs and Chairmen taking a few lectures and professors who would authored the actual text-books share some of their management insights. Many schools have associated research departments and you studying at this source of knowledge will stand to gain from the latest market information to the newest mantras in business world.
So, as you see, choosing where to study might be one of the most interesting and rewarding things you could with your time. So before you head towards the next CAT coaching institute or try to check for the next available date for the GMAT, be sure you know where you are heading.
An International MBA - Part 1
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farThese are the articles I am writing regularly for the PG website. I thought they will look good here too.
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A series of articles regarding MBA programs and US B-Schools will be put up on a weekly basis. These are mostly a student?s perception of the entire application process and in no way unquestionable. This is not the one-stop for all the information you ever wanted about acquiring an MBA abroad. But for starters, it is a feeble attempt from the author?s side to encourage prospective MBA students to look at various opportunities outside India. The sole purpose, here, is to create some kind of awareness by clearly demarcating the black/white from the grey areas. Just a plain honest attempt to make a few things less hazier than they actually are!
Global MBA… Why not!
At the end of the day, it is all in the mind. See, an MBA anywhere will obviously give you some requisite skills to sustain in some kind of industry or business. So, when you are in the peak of your career and look back, it doesn?t matter whether you graduated from X, Y or Z Business School in India or abroad? It might not matter to you but for people around you, it always will. There are some amazing schools in India and after graduating from the IIMs, ISB, XLRIs etc, you will surely be among the coveted few. But that is not the point we are discussing here.
All I am saying is, why don?t you spare a moment and think about some really amazing B-Schools abroad? For anybody who has been working for about 4 years plus, it is definitely worthwhile to investigate the opportunities available outside India. Now, others who have done something substantial and have lesser work experience can also give it a shot. There are no definite profiles of people who make it to the Harvard, the Stanford and the likes; you could be a painter or an orthopaedist but the more passion you exude in your essays and your application, the better your chances of being accepted. One point to be noted here is, it is extremely challenging, if not impossible, to make it into a TOP MBA School abroad. You don?t have to necessarily be the next Nobel Prize winner but an attitude such as that will take you a long way.
These weekly articles will slowly take you through the process of selecting schools, taking the requisite exams, applying and of course funding. I have said earlier that guys with 4 year plus work experience in their pockets have some advantage because they are already touching that average age of 26-27 that these schools prefer. Schools abroad look for some specifics because they want to ensure that a student has enough smartness to gauge where he is going after some exposure in an industry. Sure, there are 22 year olds who already know where they want to end up exactly 5 years from now. But they are exceptions. For mere mortals like you and me, some kind of experience in different roles and different industries will be more valuable. Firstly, the finite number of years gives you inkling about your interests and strengths and hence enables you to portray realistic future goals. Secondly, the essays you need to pen are real long and arduous, so, the more examples you can quote from experience the more you can pass off as an intelligent adult. Thirdly, the school will at least be sure that you might end up in a decent firm with reasonable responsibilities and that they do not have to spend endless nights worrying about your post-MBA scenario, and hence their recruitment statistics. Think in this direction and you will encounter more reasons to apply with adequate work experience.
Before you get totally excited and start jumping about ?Apping? let me warn you that applying to a Business School is a ?big? ride with innumerable hurdles and kinks of traumas and heartaches but along with it, comes immense satisfaction of reaching that ?ideal-dream? school. But the most important thing, either you get accepted or not, is that feeling of understanding self. Also, there are expenses involved, for the GMAT, then the application, later on the confirmation deposits once you get admitted and of course the actual living and tuition fees. Do not get into the game of applying and then worrying yourself to death about the costs incurred. See, nobody can tell you whether you will get that ?right? job or whether you will network with the ?right? people but start seeing the MBA from a TOP School as an investment in yourself, a life-long investment that will bear good returns sooner or later. Attending Business School can be a life-changing experience for some. For others, it might just be a wonderful phase, may be the best but for all it will be a challenging time ? balancing studies, parties, friends, communities, alums and much more. So, week after week, stay with me and we shall together unravel the mysteries of the Application Game.
PaGaLGuY on CNBC May 11, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 8 comments
This is definitely a mile-stone for our PG Community. The creator, Allwin aka Pagalguy is finally getting his due credit. He has been interviewed by CNBC for their Young Turks programs which showcases the lives & successes of young entrepreneurs. After being in the news for all the wrong reasons, now we have a reason to smile. Our dear PG is on TV.
All Indian PGites, Dont miss - ‘Young Turks’ on CNBC TV at 22:30 hrs IST.
Meeting offline! May 9, 2005
Posted by Simba in : Uncategorized , 5 commentsYeah, what do a bunch of MBA aspirants and B-School students of a huge online community do when they meet up offline - have clean unadulterated fun! LOL, thats exactly what we did when we, the PaGaLGuYs, met up yesterday at Essel World, a fun-theme park, in the peak of the summer!
I joined up with a couple of friends and headed to the park, almost a two-hour bus drive. I am not used to travelling too much, unless I am interviewing somewhere in the main city (I stay in outskirts of Mumbai!) and so a busride in early morning is real fun!! You get to see a lot of green surroundings that all miss your attention during other hours. Hey we reached Borivli and then enroute to the railway station, we had some oily breakfast, LOL, I will never lose weight. LOL! Then we caught up with a big gang on PGites and the first few minutes went in introducing & grinning at everyone! It really feels nice to see so many people wake up on a Sunday early morning & head out to meet a bunch of strangers!
Then we went to Essel World. And many guys sat in the first ride which basically splashes a lot of water & gets you WET. Yeah, I didnt want another bath, so I let that pass! Next some of them tried different rides and I went on one of the least scariest things, a mini-rollercoaster that doesnt scare you but makes you laugh & laugh!! Some went in for a deadly ride which basically inverts you in mid-air!! Oh, catch me ever doing that!! No way!!
I chickened out of most of the deadly ones! LOL! I actually love all these rides and I remember, as a small child, I used to drive my dad into one of those things and as he would gasp for breath, I would constantly hold onto him & say, ‘Dont worry papa! Are u ok,papa?’ Haha, guess as you grow older, you have seen too much & dont want to risk much! Anyways, I am sure I will do all the rides soon.. I am no Chicken!! Bumping cars is fun, but its more fun on the roads, LOL!
Then we ended a great day and split up. I had stuffed myself so much with junkie food that I just wanted to get home & have a hot cup of coffee! Can you see our dear ‘Monsieur Green’ painted so well on that Tee - Yeah, that MG is our mascot!