Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Post-Finals Ponderings
Sometimes I think I have a bit of an addictive personality... take the rate at which I download music from iTunes, for example. It's quite obsessive and I'm rivaling the amount I owe for my CBS tuition at this point. I spent more time downloading music yesterday than I did studying for my Strategy final (I still think I did pretty damn good on the final though).
Anyway, another thing I love: Google. I mean, I mentioned this before, but I really DO love Google. However, my love stops just short of naming my freakin' BABY after the company.
Meet Google Kai: http://www.google-kai.com/
... and he also has a blog: http://googlekai.blogspot.com/
He's cute. He's already saving money via AdSense banners on his home page. He's also going to get beat up every other day once he starts school.
I think I will name my first born, Tiramisu (if I have a girl) or Tom Brady (if I have a boy)... just some other things I obsess about.
Anyway, another thing I love: Google. I mean, I mentioned this before, but I really DO love Google. However, my love stops just short of naming my freakin' BABY after the company.
Meet Google Kai: http://www.google-kai.com/
... and he also has a blog: http://googlekai.blogspot.com/
He's cute. He's already saving money via AdSense banners on his home page. He's also going to get beat up every other day once he starts school.
I think I will name my first born, Tiramisu (if I have a girl) or Tom Brady (if I have a boy)... just some other things I obsess about.
Friday, October 21, 2005
It Could Always Be Worse...
Once a week, I tutor a girl from Harlem with other Business School students and students from the Law school. I love this 1 1/2 hours because I get to hang out with students from outside the MBA program. Don't get me wrong, I love my classmates but sometimes I get serious bouts of MBA suffocation from being around business-focused people 12 hours a day.
Anyway, I'm never complaining about this MBA thing again. Ever.*
I met a really cool girl from the law school. She reminds me of someone I know from back home, so I instantly bonded with her. Unfortunately, she was having a bad week. When I saw her this week, I asked her how the workload in law school was and she bursted into tears, right in front of me. That was a slightly awkward moment, but I felt so badly for her. Then I though to myself, "thank God I'm not a law student. Sheesh!"
Then she started describing law school, while still crying to me, and it didn't sound like anything I would willingly put myself through. I'd rather give up my left eye.
* That's a lie, but I'll hold off for a few weeks at least.
Anyway, I'm never complaining about this MBA thing again. Ever.*
I met a really cool girl from the law school. She reminds me of someone I know from back home, so I instantly bonded with her. Unfortunately, she was having a bad week. When I saw her this week, I asked her how the workload in law school was and she bursted into tears, right in front of me. That was a slightly awkward moment, but I felt so badly for her. Then I though to myself, "thank God I'm not a law student. Sheesh!"
Then she started describing law school, while still crying to me, and it didn't sound like anything I would willingly put myself through. I'd rather give up my left eye.
* That's a lie, but I'll hold off for a few weeks at least.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Midterms/Finals& Cluster Bonding
Since Columbia has full-semester courses and half-semester courses, I have midterms and finals during the same week. This is going to sounds sick... but... I like it! I mean, there is this huge energy and an exciting buzz around campus right now. The students are hard core and totally focused on academics. It's especially a nice breather from the banking /consulting recruiting machine that has been churning out interview offers for the last month. That's not for me so much even though about 75% of the class will go into one of these areas. Here' s my question: after 1 month in the MBA program, why are we interviewing for jobs??? That's just f-ing ridiculous if you ask me, but anyways onto the cluster stuff...
When you enter the class of MBA's, you're automatically assigned to a cluster. Well, my cluster is pretty damn cool. Nicknames are emerging for certain people. Others are getting their 'reputations.' It's all good fun.
My cluster has organized at least one social/service event per week. Next week, we have a school-wide Halloween contest. There are weekly intra-cluster sports events. Weekly happy hours. Pre-happy hours. Weekend trips. If I never wanted to study, there are more than enough social activities to keep me busy. Not to mention a few bars around campus that can easily detract from my studies. Hey, at least I don't know bartenders by name like some of my other clustermates. Anyway, as far as anyone knows, I am the studious type and would never stray to the local watering holes. Really . ; )
When you enter the class of MBA's, you're automatically assigned to a cluster. Well, my cluster is pretty damn cool. Nicknames are emerging for certain people. Others are getting their 'reputations.' It's all good fun.
My cluster has organized at least one social/service event per week. Next week, we have a school-wide Halloween contest. There are weekly intra-cluster sports events. Weekly happy hours. Pre-happy hours. Weekend trips. If I never wanted to study, there are more than enough social activities to keep me busy. Not to mention a few bars around campus that can easily detract from my studies. Hey, at least I don't know bartenders by name like some of my other clustermates. Anyway, as far as anyone knows, I am the studious type and would never stray to the local watering holes. Really . ; )
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Sundays Suck
I don't know whether to love or hate Sundays, but right now, I'm not so happy.
I just spent the entire day "working" on some stupid stats homework. I don't understand statistics at all. It's totally mesmirizing to me that I cannot understand statistics when it should be intuitive. Go figure.
Anyway, I always spend Sun-day watching football. I can't take my eyes off it for some reason. As a result of my addiction, I'm only mildly paying attention to my homework during this time, so I end up sitting here at midnight doing stuff that I should have done this afternoon. This has been my story for the last 4 Sundays.
I just spent the entire day "working" on some stupid stats homework. I don't understand statistics at all. It's totally mesmirizing to me that I cannot understand statistics when it should be intuitive. Go figure.
Anyway, I always spend Sun-day watching football. I can't take my eyes off it for some reason. As a result of my addiction, I'm only mildly paying attention to my homework during this time, so I end up sitting here at midnight doing stuff that I should have done this afternoon. This has been my story for the last 4 Sundays.
