Stick a fork in me! I'm DONE!
Friday afternoon at 5PM. Click! I just submitted my Globalization Strategy take home final. I was done! After a year and a half of pure go, go, go...I was done. Just like that! So anticlimatic. It was a strange feeling. I was used to this feeling of being overwhelmed with tons of shit that I had to get done or do, parties to go to, practices to attend, or meetings to run to. Now what do I do?
Even up to Friday I had a lot on my mind. Wednesday we had a graduation party at this club Sutton. I drank as much as I could to account for a 45 euro fee as it was a private party just for IESE. I dragged my sorry butt to bed at 4AM and had to get up 4 hours later to give a presentation in my Emerging Economies class on the country of Cameroon. Then, I had to stick around for a Responsible Business Club meeting in which we had the dean from Dalhousie University give a presentation on his perspectives on BOP, a.k.a. Bottom of the Pyramid strategies. I was so tempted to skip out on the lunch with him and a bunch of Ph.D. students afterwards because I was insanely tired and hungover but I stuck it out. Lately I have been in the networking mode. It turned out to be good as I gained two more contacts that could potentially help me out with their contacts. Finding a job is real work - I've been applying to as many positions as possible and networking as much as possible. I feel like I've been sending many, many emails out - only to have a few responses trickle back in and they all have been rejections. Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway, I high tailed it out of school after lunch, which was at 4PM in true Spanish style. I was suppose to go to the annual IESE play and a Women in Business event but just could not do it! I instead took a 2 hour nap and it took all of the evening to read the case for my Global take home exam. I woke up at 6:30AM or so to study for my Emerging Economies test which was futile because I hardly read any of the cases and missed a bunch of classes. The class is super interesting but just because it is on Thursdays and Fridays at 8:15AM it was impossible to prepare for and attend. I took the exam which wasn't too bad. Then I had my last class of the MBA - The Art of Diplomacy with Brian Leggett, a fabulously laid back Irishman who is one of the old guards that have seen and done everything and takes life with a grain of salt. It was one class I was really glad I took. I'm deathly afraid of public speaking and so was resistant to the class. In the end, I got through 2 speeches and got some good feedback on it so I know what I have to work on in the future. I had lunch with a 1st year student who has contacts in development so hopefully he can help me out. In the afternoon, I worked on my Global exam.
During the day, I had a phone conversation with family in the states. If you remember, before the MBA I had doubts about leaving home to go across the Atlantic Ocean and move to Spain because of some personal issues. I was stressed out and distraught. Now, one and half years later and a MBA (pending any surprises) in hand,.....the phone conversation was AMAZING - as amazing as one could hope for. I was so happy. That despite me being gone, the situation has vastly improved and is totally on the right track. Life is cool that way - things that you are so worried about turn out even better than expected!
Afterwards, I went home and chilled out and got ready for a birthday party. It was at this flat with an fabulous rooftop terrace. It was freezing that night. The weather really hasn't been accommodating lately. Anyway, I hadn't been on that terrace or the flat since a party way at the beginning of the year. Life comes full circle. We went to Sutton (my 4th time in a week) and I partied my ass off and closed it down at 6AM. I recovered last night by sleeping nearly 13 hours. Hmmm maybe I was recovering from a year and half of pure madness.
Now, it's all about reflection on this MBA experience and it's been great. I'm excited that now I can pick up a book and read something that isn't a case or a technical note. It's so surreal that I am really done!!! I'm in total shock still. So now is the time I must really focus on finding a great job.
It is la semana santa - the week before Easter in which most people have off in Spain. I will be flying to Bilbao in the north of Spain, the Basque Country, on Wednesday and driving to San Sebastien where it is suppose to be absolutely beautiful and has some of the BEST, yummy food! Can't wait! But first, GAP class tomorrow to burn off some calories before I take in a whole bunch!
Even up to Friday I had a lot on my mind. Wednesday we had a graduation party at this club Sutton. I drank as much as I could to account for a 45 euro fee as it was a private party just for IESE. I dragged my sorry butt to bed at 4AM and had to get up 4 hours later to give a presentation in my Emerging Economies class on the country of Cameroon. Then, I had to stick around for a Responsible Business Club meeting in which we had the dean from Dalhousie University give a presentation on his perspectives on BOP, a.k.a. Bottom of the Pyramid strategies. I was so tempted to skip out on the lunch with him and a bunch of Ph.D. students afterwards because I was insanely tired and hungover but I stuck it out. Lately I have been in the networking mode. It turned out to be good as I gained two more contacts that could potentially help me out with their contacts. Finding a job is real work - I've been applying to as many positions as possible and networking as much as possible. I feel like I've been sending many, many emails out - only to have a few responses trickle back in and they all have been rejections. Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
Anyway, I high tailed it out of school after lunch, which was at 4PM in true Spanish style. I was suppose to go to the annual IESE play and a Women in Business event but just could not do it! I instead took a 2 hour nap and it took all of the evening to read the case for my Global take home exam. I woke up at 6:30AM or so to study for my Emerging Economies test which was futile because I hardly read any of the cases and missed a bunch of classes. The class is super interesting but just because it is on Thursdays and Fridays at 8:15AM it was impossible to prepare for and attend. I took the exam which wasn't too bad. Then I had my last class of the MBA - The Art of Diplomacy with Brian Leggett, a fabulously laid back Irishman who is one of the old guards that have seen and done everything and takes life with a grain of salt. It was one class I was really glad I took. I'm deathly afraid of public speaking and so was resistant to the class. In the end, I got through 2 speeches and got some good feedback on it so I know what I have to work on in the future. I had lunch with a 1st year student who has contacts in development so hopefully he can help me out. In the afternoon, I worked on my Global exam.
During the day, I had a phone conversation with family in the states. If you remember, before the MBA I had doubts about leaving home to go across the Atlantic Ocean and move to Spain because of some personal issues. I was stressed out and distraught. Now, one and half years later and a MBA (pending any surprises) in hand,.....the phone conversation was AMAZING - as amazing as one could hope for. I was so happy. That despite me being gone, the situation has vastly improved and is totally on the right track. Life is cool that way - things that you are so worried about turn out even better than expected!
Afterwards, I went home and chilled out and got ready for a birthday party. It was at this flat with an fabulous rooftop terrace. It was freezing that night. The weather really hasn't been accommodating lately. Anyway, I hadn't been on that terrace or the flat since a party way at the beginning of the year. Life comes full circle. We went to Sutton (my 4th time in a week) and I partied my ass off and closed it down at 6AM. I recovered last night by sleeping nearly 13 hours. Hmmm maybe I was recovering from a year and half of pure madness.
Now, it's all about reflection on this MBA experience and it's been great. I'm excited that now I can pick up a book and read something that isn't a case or a technical note. It's so surreal that I am really done!!! I'm in total shock still. So now is the time I must really focus on finding a great job.
It is la semana santa - the week before Easter in which most people have off in Spain. I will be flying to Bilbao in the north of Spain, the Basque Country, on Wednesday and driving to San Sebastien where it is suppose to be absolutely beautiful and has some of the BEST, yummy food! Can't wait! But first, GAP class tomorrow to burn off some calories before I take in a whole bunch!
posted by Chica Chan @ 3:35 PM
1 Comments:
At 4/01/2007 4:13 PM,
Anonymous said…
You have a good Blog in here. More like a daily personal diary. Ain't it?
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