Time seems to fly. After nine months, some people whom I've just met and have grown really close to are leaving.
Annie, or Aunt Hilda (since she is from Norway and we all can't read her Norwegian name, so decided to christen her Aunt Hilda) a really bright, smart and cheerful girl who lives in the room next door is leaving next Monday. It is weird, but the people on my floor have grown really close and largely because through her. She has an amazing ability to bring people together, and she is honest and very sensible for someone as young as she is.
She was my accomplice in using garbage bags to seal up Keith's door, a birthday gift for him. awwwww. Well it didn't stop there we ended up taping Keith's food cupboard, weetabix and milk. Then continued taping the fridge.
Feeling a bit sad that she is leaving soon. I still have all of June, July and August before my dissertation is up and the rascals come over.
On the plus side, I now have an invite to visit Norway anytime I want. :) I just recalled having this picture book on Norway which my dad bought for me when I was little. It showed pictures of fjords and rivers, lots of natural landscape.
Anyway, more pictures and curry tonite. :) Am looking forward to it. In the meanwhile, back to crappy Change Management essay.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
anyone missing me yet?
okok, I haven't exactly dropped off the face of this earth... just fallen off my friends' email lists and MSNs.
The past few weeks have been so busy (re: all 200 other posts before this screaming my awful schedule)
Just like Rupert who was in the MBA computer room said today,"Enough, I'm sick of this fucking MBA, fucking Claverton, fucking assignments, fucking essay..." (you get the drift)
I am actually quite looking forward to NOT doing an MBA now. Hear, hear McKinsey, isn't it about time you post that job offer to me?
Well all I can say is, at least the weather is cooperative. It's been rainy past three weeks, if it had been sunny I would have killed someone by now.
The silver lining, light at end of tunnel, sunshine after the rain...is that Sue May my friend from kindergarten is coming over to visit! That's going to happen just the week after my final, final FINAL exam, ever... for the rest of my life. So she is camping in and it's going to be Grrrreat! (think Kellog's Frosties Tiger)
These days it gets dark close to 9pm. So now, when it's 801 feels like it's 5-6pm in Singapore. I feel cheated when it gets completely dark and mentally I'm thinking - no problem still have some hours before 12 to get stuff done.
And when it actually gets dark it's 10 and TIME TO ZZZ! K 9pm now, time to do some work.
The past few weeks have been so busy (re: all 200 other posts before this screaming my awful schedule)
Just like Rupert who was in the MBA computer room said today,"Enough, I'm sick of this fucking MBA, fucking Claverton, fucking assignments, fucking essay..." (you get the drift)
I am actually quite looking forward to NOT doing an MBA now. Hear, hear McKinsey, isn't it about time you post that job offer to me?
Well all I can say is, at least the weather is cooperative. It's been rainy past three weeks, if it had been sunny I would have killed someone by now.
The silver lining, light at end of tunnel, sunshine after the rain...is that Sue May my friend from kindergarten is coming over to visit! That's going to happen just the week after my final, final FINAL exam, ever... for the rest of my life. So she is camping in and it's going to be Grrrreat! (think Kellog's Frosties Tiger)
These days it gets dark close to 9pm. So now, when it's 801 feels like it's 5-6pm in Singapore. I feel cheated when it gets completely dark and mentally I'm thinking - no problem still have some hours before 12 to get stuff done.
And when it actually gets dark it's 10 and TIME TO ZZZ! K 9pm now, time to do some work.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
foodle moodle
This is a message from Foodle's CEO.
I got promoted 2 days ago. From Project Manager to CEO. The C though, stands for coffee; was mainly running to the coffee room to get coffee for the boys. E and O I haven't quite figured out.
I've been up to my ears doing this entrepreneurial project that combines all my knowledge gleaned from my 1 year on the Bath MBA. Ended up, I STILL did the marketing, dang!
But it's been an eye opening experience, and it just re-affirmed some of the stereotypes about people that I've always had. Some people were just not pulling their weight on the project, which meant that those who were, were punished for being responsible by getting more to do.
Or maybe they'll like to write it off as a cultural difference...what the hell. Not doing work translates to not doing work in any damn language or culture. (As you can see, am not very happy)
I mean, how can you learn if you don't start speaking English? They complain that English is too hard for them, yet they like to fall back into their comfort zone speaking their native language.
Anyway one 85-page essay down, 5 more to go.
It's 1.22am. Time to shower and hit the sack.
I got promoted 2 days ago. From Project Manager to CEO. The C though, stands for coffee; was mainly running to the coffee room to get coffee for the boys. E and O I haven't quite figured out.
I've been up to my ears doing this entrepreneurial project that combines all my knowledge gleaned from my 1 year on the Bath MBA. Ended up, I STILL did the marketing, dang!
But it's been an eye opening experience, and it just re-affirmed some of the stereotypes about people that I've always had. Some people were just not pulling their weight on the project, which meant that those who were, were punished for being responsible by getting more to do.
Or maybe they'll like to write it off as a cultural difference...what the hell. Not doing work translates to not doing work in any damn language or culture. (As you can see, am not very happy)
I mean, how can you learn if you don't start speaking English? They complain that English is too hard for them, yet they like to fall back into their comfort zone speaking their native language.
Anyway one 85-page essay down, 5 more to go.
It's 1.22am. Time to shower and hit the sack.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
crashing and burning
What I really need now... is a month of no work, just sipping Pimm's by the beach and taking in the sun.
With Claverton project (our business venture idea that has to be presented), 2 assignments, a graded presentation tomorrow and readings not done...I am losing the will to live.
Gotta crash now. zzzZZZzzz
With Claverton project (our business venture idea that has to be presented), 2 assignments, a graded presentation tomorrow and readings not done...I am losing the will to live.
Gotta crash now. zzzZZZzzz
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