YALI RLC: My Experience (Day 30)

It was the 23rd day of October and it was NC3's 30th day.

Mr. Kappo took the bull by the horn again on this day as he gave some fantastic presentation, with so many biblical references. One would think he's a Pastor (and maybe he really is).

However, the day was like Dr. Pascal's day. I don't think anyone, at any point in time, got enough of his presentation. He's good at what he does. Most of the things he showed us earlier weren't alien to those of us whose track is Business and Entrepreneurship. One can't really get tired of his classes. He's got a lot of fantastic punchlines, and he always encourages everyone and demands everyone's absolute participation. We did some personality tests and they were just very intriguing. Who could have handled the MBTI Personality Test better than Doc.? He's not just got the experience, he's equally adequately talented. Glad to have had him present.

We did a little presentation on the country each of us had been placed in, to work on the G20 Africa thingy. It was great!
The day ended with the "Flight of the Phoenix", a movie that shows, in an elaborate way, most of the things we'd done so far. It's such an interesting movie, and we reviewed it the following day. Felt like every night until we finally leave ASCON should be a movie night. It was kind of cool seeing movies in that comfy lecture hall. However, you know what happens when you want to switch off a particular florescent light, and, boom! some others come up, and you later get confused on what next to do. That happened in the middle of the 'cinema'. It was kinda cool and fun though!

Calisthenics was done; breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner were all taken at the appropriate periods.

That's how the 30th day ended! 4 days left!

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