With already one month in Copenhagen, my birthday came up very quickly. It was very quite birthday this year. The weekend before Florian treated me to a trip to Berlin to celebrate! Then, The MBSers in Copenhagen surprised me at midnight with a little celebration in our apartment. Thanks to my Shure earphones, I didn't hear a peep and was really caught off guard. I blew out my 27 candles on top of my favorite apple cake (Danish style)! No big celebration as we had an intense week of long days of finance. So I got to spend my blessed day in all day long class. However, my roomies took me out for a nice Mexican fiesta!!
I think my birthday was the largest wave of homesickness that I have had thus far on my MBA journey. Missing celebrating with my sister, our annual Florida trip to my parents to escape the grip of winter and the birthday month long dinners with close friends. However, my dear friends and family made sure not forget me on my special day. Thank you for all of your birthday wishes!
Some interesting related birthday tidbits/cultural differences that I've learned includes: it is bad luck to wish someone happy birthday before their birthday i.e. happy early birthday and in Germany (Europe??) the birthday person buys everyone drinks. Personally, I think a happy early birthday is better than someone forgetting entirely. Also, I think the birthday person should be treated not the other way around - its their day!!
Photos
1 - Me, Jalal, Rocio, Isabell and Sujay surprising me at midnight
2 - The ladies taking me out for a Mexican fiesta night
3 - Me on my birthday with the lovely flowers from the Mannheimers
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