We are in the midst of Midterms right now, and one of the few things that is helping me keep studying pace at those off hours - 3am (besides the noise of my neighbors) is musica!
Here is what is on my playlist at the moment:
-Luciano Pavarotti - I only have a few songs and end up listening to "Misere" on repeat
-Gipsy Kings - warms me up on a foggy, dark British day
-Singin' in Rain - "Good Morning" helps me perk up in the A.M. (yes, I still am not drinking coffee)
-Country - Shocking isn't it. While I have always liked pop/country, it is hardly considered country music by real fans. I have been addicted to "Back where I come from" by Kenny Chesney. I do find listening to a little honky tonk rather comforting, especially when I usually hear anti-American/US comments on a daily basis. More on this post-Midterms.
Email or skype me some songs - it was a pain to transfer music to my Mac before I left (don't even have any Xmas tunes to get me in the spirit for the upcoming holiday season). Interested in show tunes (Sound of Music), country (please no - "she likes me for my tractor" type of country) and any Luciano!
Cheers.
October 29, 2007
October 5, 2007
Classes.
They said a one year MBA would be intense. They emphasized that the Warwick curriculum was especially intense. I am learning very quickly that they were NOT joking!
Here's my class line up for the first term:
Accounting & Financial Management
Market Analysis - A non-traditional marketing course
Organizational Behavior
Economics of the Business Environment
Operations Management
Practice of Management - a real life client project in the surrounding community - we are tying to assist Way of the Goose Community Center in Coventry
I am enjoying most of my classes, just wish I had time to actually read all of the class books/case studies (so much more interesting now that I have experience to be able to relate to the concepts).
I have few professors who author the class book (and many others in their fields) and case studies, WBS hails some very renowned faculty. Additionally, to my utter surprise, my favorite class is one that constantly haunted me in Undergrad...Economics - what can I say the teacher can "make" the class.
We have teamwork in every module (class) and have a core team (syndicate group) for every class besides Practice of Management - we spend a lot of time together! Just like my undergrad, I am always at meetings (morning, lunch time and evenings) - although this time they are all academic related and not club meetings.
So, it is Week 3, we have midterms (the kind opportunity they offer us, so we can "practice") in Week 5. Stay tuned.
The wise alumni also said once surviving the first term at WBS, you can survive anything....
Ahh, yes better get on to the next meeting....
Photo 1 - my beloved syndicate team during kick off week (we are group #1 - hence the hand gestures)
Photo 2 - the business building all of my classes are in (i.e. the building I see the sun rise and set in)
Photo 3 - I said that classes were interesting, but of course I needed some adjustment time to get back into the swing of things (that was just an introduction to a class)
Photo 4 - Site visit to Way of the Goose Community Center in Coventry (POM). This is a pile of old-school, antique Singer sewing machines - I have never seen so many in my life, this photo just shows a fraction of them they had there!
Here's my class line up for the first term:
Accounting & Financial Management
Market Analysis - A non-traditional marketing course
Organizational Behavior
Economics of the Business Environment
Operations Management
Practice of Management - a real life client project in the surrounding community - we are tying to assist Way of the Goose Community Center in Coventry
I am enjoying most of my classes, just wish I had time to actually read all of the class books/case studies (so much more interesting now that I have experience to be able to relate to the concepts).
I have few professors who author the class book (and many others in their fields) and case studies, WBS hails some very renowned faculty. Additionally, to my utter surprise, my favorite class is one that constantly haunted me in Undergrad...Economics - what can I say the teacher can "make" the class.
We have teamwork in every module (class) and have a core team (syndicate group) for every class besides Practice of Management - we spend a lot of time together! Just like my undergrad, I am always at meetings (morning, lunch time and evenings) - although this time they are all academic related and not club meetings.
So, it is Week 3, we have midterms (the kind opportunity they offer us, so we can "practice") in Week 5. Stay tuned.
The wise alumni also said once surviving the first term at WBS, you can survive anything....
Ahh, yes better get on to the next meeting....
Photo 1 - my beloved syndicate team during kick off week (we are group #1 - hence the hand gestures)
Photo 2 - the business building all of my classes are in (i.e. the building I see the sun rise and set in)
Photo 3 - I said that classes were interesting, but of course I needed some adjustment time to get back into the swing of things (that was just an introduction to a class)
Photo 4 - Site visit to Way of the Goose Community Center in Coventry (POM). This is a pile of old-school, antique Singer sewing machines - I have never seen so many in my life, this photo just shows a fraction of them they had there!
English 101
Ah, yes you may think I am getting along just fine language-wise since I am in ENGLAND and my mother tongue is ENGLISH, but everyday I am being re-educated.
Sometimes locals talk so fast, I can't even understand what they are saying! It feels sometimes as though we are not speaking the same language. However, I do fancy the British accent - even the rudest thing you could say always sounds so much nicer in British English than American English.
Here are some British'isms and photos examples:
*Module - classes
*Tutor - teacher/professor (not a teaching assistant or personal tutor) Also, there is a lease Resident tutor in the dorms similar to the RA/resident adviser.
*Blokes & Birds - Men and Women
*Canteen - Cafe or cafeteria
*Trainers - gym shoes
*"Letting" - to rent something or to rent your place
*Car Park - a parking lot
*Queue - a line (i.e. you wait in a Queue)
*Boot & Bonnet - Trunk and hood of a car
*Lorrie - a truck
*Ne'er-do-wells - bums
Cheerio
Mate
Photo 1 - the "car park"
Photo 2 - Post room = mail room
Photo 3 - Cleaning store = a closet
Photo 4 - Resident tutor (I am still looking for my personal tutor)
Photo 5 - From a recycling bin - "No crockery"
Photo 6 - "Offices to let"
Sometimes locals talk so fast, I can't even understand what they are saying! It feels sometimes as though we are not speaking the same language. However, I do fancy the British accent - even the rudest thing you could say always sounds so much nicer in British English than American English.
Here are some British'isms and photos examples:
*Module - classes
*Tutor - teacher/professor (not a teaching assistant or personal tutor) Also, there is a lease Resident tutor in the dorms similar to the RA/resident adviser.
*Blokes & Birds - Men and Women
*Canteen - Cafe or cafeteria
*Trainers - gym shoes
*"Letting" - to rent something or to rent your place
*Car Park - a parking lot
*Queue - a line (i.e. you wait in a Queue)
*Boot & Bonnet - Trunk and hood of a car
*Lorrie - a truck
*Ne'er-do-wells - bums
Cheerio
Mate
Photo 1 - the "car park"
Photo 2 - Post room = mail room
Photo 3 - Cleaning store = a closet
Photo 4 - Resident tutor (I am still looking for my personal tutor)
Photo 5 - From a recycling bin - "No crockery"
Photo 6 - "Offices to let"
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