Disgusting

Nothing more unattractive than watching people drink more than they can handle... isn't there any common sense to limit yourself from drinking?


I think I just lost a lot of respect for some people..

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School is going ok, I think this is how it works

Week 1 - freak out about the schedule
Week 2 - freak out about the work load
Week 3 - realise that the schedule doesn't matter that much, start to bail on classes
Week 4 - realize that the work load doesn't matter that much, stop doing so much work
Week 5 - realize that morning classes suck, sleeping in is much better
Week 6 - realize that the whole MBA sucks, stop caring about it and more about partying
Week 7 - realize that mid terms are around the corner and you're screwed
Week 8 - mid terms, you are screwed
Week 9 - realize that the exams don't matter much
Week 10 - life is back to normal...

Yup, it works out to be something like that...

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Dougal & Gammer - Guitar Hero

Time flies so quickly

It's either time moves incredibly fast in an MBA program, or time just moves fast in China.

How can I recap something that's moved so fast? There's an inane amount of reading to be done, as well as homework. It's easy to blink and miss a couple of days - because of the work load, weekends blend into weekdays, and you never seem to get any rest.

What have I learnt over the past 4 weeks? Apparently, a lot, but I just don't understand what I've learnt nor can I recall any.

Leadership - not much, but interesting discussions
Managerial thinking - lots of theories, but I can't remember
Managerial economics - nothing really new
Accounting - quite a bit, pretty technical
Data, Models, decisions - a lot of technical things, but after this mid term, I realize that I've forgotten quite a bit

Which reminds me, I should record down the DMD mid-term for people

1. Question 1 was about two dices - do a probability table for them, then explain whether you would choose rolling two dices at once, or rolling one dice and multiplying the results by two.

2. Question 2, complete a probability table about a guy and his % of getting sick. Pretty simple.

3. Question 3, Cereal company, mean ranges between 500 - 550 grams, s.deviation - 20 grams. Calculate the mean if to meet the guaranteed minimum of 500 grams per pack of cereal. And the probability of 10 packs of cereal having a minimum weight of 5000 grams. Cereal packs are independent.

4. Question 4, Investment returns and the probability of returns. 3 different stocks, 2 portfolios with different % amounts invested in the 3 stocks. Calculate the returns, and probability of returns. Which fund is better?

5. Question 5, two airlines - calculate the range for the confidence levels of empty seats. Second part was, Airline A, sampled 80 flights, 60 were on time. Airline B, sampled 100 flights, 80 were on time. Calculate the differences in sampling, how many would they need to sample to have a 95% confidence level.

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Groove Coverage - God is a Girl

Have fun, happy halloween :)

Rock You Softly

I heard this song, and it reminded me of you. Time does fly, I wonder how you're doing tonight. It's getting cold here... sometimes, it gets lonely. Where ever you are, what ever you're doing, I hope you're having a good time and that you're well.

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Hey Michelle, how's life, are you ok?
I wonder if you ever think of me....
It's been 9 years since that kiss,
I can't help but reminince
Hey Michelle do you remember?
You were my first and worst love...
And so it could only go right
But ain't that just the way you learn?
Hey Michelle, I just wanted to let you know...

Scott Brown - Rock You Softly

Bad decision

Made a bad decision in terms of entertainment and ended up with the most boring night I've had so far in Beijing.

Oh well... some hardcore always makes things better :)

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Turn the volume up!!
Only make your body two plus fire
As I turn the volume up higher and higher
Quick as a flash pop up on the scene
Break out the casio and the drum machine!

Protonic - Turn The Volume Up!

Week 1

Week 1 could be summed up as ... classes.. a lot of classes, a lot of reading.. and a lot of sleep. Resulting in me just giving up on Friday and missing my Chinese class as I lay in bed with the rain pouring outside.

Celebrated the birthdays of two classmates, who I really enjoy knowing. I notice the tendency is when there is a group of MBA students, it deteriorates into a free for all drinking fest within a couple of minutes. A classmate of mine seems to be intent of making others do shots on a regular basis, while others are occupied with planning which club they're going to hit later on at night.

It can be good fun though, once everybody has a little buzz going.

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My immediate study group has been pretty good. For the Ethics class, I've the privilege of working with very intelligent and outspoken classmates (I don't think MBA students have ever called each other anything other than intelligent). For my usual study group (it differs from the Ethics group), I have several local classmates that definitely know what they're doing. It's actually easy to work with them.

I'm supposed to write a journal on weekly basis for my Leadership class - some how, some way, I will be prepared for a CEO position if I write a journal. I wonder whether that is true? Perhaps, I should just point my professor to this blog, things would be much easier.... I wouldn't have to write things twice.


DJ Stompy - Forever Hardcore

What a brilliant song...

Lazy People

Prior to coming to Tsinghua, I had been told several things by colleagues and friends - but mainly summed up that Chinese people can be and are lazy.

But after my experiences with my immediate orientation group, I can attest that it's merely a generalization. I envy the various study groups that my orientation group will go into - because they are incredibly motivated and hardworking. While I may not have talked much to them, or contributed to scoring high, I do respect them for how much they have given into the orientation program - even more so because, honestly, the orientation carries little weight to what will be achieved during the actual MBA.

Here's one for you guys

Hixxy - Forever Together

P/s, I'm not keen on the charity event ;)

We Have Made Contact

And so began the Orientation Week. A bit disorganized and messy, but I guess because the committee is made of students of the Class of 2011 - they would be busy and this would be the first time that many of them are doing it. But all in all, they've done a pretty decent job, although certain things like a 6 hour scavanger hunt were less than ideal.

I have to admit that all in all, it's been a pretty interesting week. However, I realize that most international students don't realize the value that the local students place on being able to attend Tsinghua.

For many locals, being able to attend Tsinghua is something that they may have dreamt of for a logn time - achieving is could be the culmination of a lot of hardwork and a bit of luck. For the internationals, we don't realize how much Tsinghua can/may help us as we stay in China. I think as the two years progress, hopefully, we'll be able to realize the value of the Tsinghua name - for the time being, we might still prefer the Harvard name.

China has 30 million students and has 8 million new students per year, of that, Tsinghua has approximately 27,000 students (14k undergrad, 13k post grad).... so, for being the elite university... Tsinghua is pretty elite in that sense.

Let's hope, that the Tsinghua name will really open the doors we hope to open...