Ever wondered what it's like to date a Chinese girl? Well, in general, Chinese girls are pretty intelligent, relatively pretty and know what they want.
What do they want? Simple.
1. A good life.
2. Money which gives a good life.
3. More money, because that doesn't hurt.
It would be unfair to say that all Chinese girls are just out to get money, but a good number of them, maybe in the high 80% or even low 90%s are looking to have a good life, which means having a good life. Having said that, I guess most girls when looking for a partner are looking for for somebody who can support them and afford them a comfortable life and lifestyle.
I think, given the environment that China is, where money trumps all, it's understandable that there's a certain mentality where money becomes a priority. But the question is, most Chinese girls want a life where they don't have to work for the money - where they are able to have a relaxed life while the husband brings home the bacon.
The usual equation that I've come across is,
Giving me stuff + Time + Potential career success = Love
If you're missing out on one of them, then it's not really love. It's a serious concern if you do not have a lot of money, or actually believe, in true love and an equal partnership. However, if you're able to dig down and bring in the money, then it's relatively easy to find love.
But what if they're correct? What if love and life is about money...
Relook part relationships and apply, what if you had a lot more money, would the relationship have failed?
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Nathelie & Technikal - Big Sky (Grammer remix)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
What's life like?
Life is pretty simple in terms of what it's like. Assuming that we all die at about 70, we all have the same amount of chips. 70 years of life, or maybe, 52 (when you're 18) - 624 months - approx. 18 985 days of living.
Some of us start with good cards, holding Aces, maybe AceKing, maybe pairs. That's the luck factor that you have. Maybe you're smart, good looking, or maybe your family has money, etc.
Then you bet, maybe you bet a year at college, then another year or two. Sometimes, you drop out, sometimes you stay on and see if your bet works out.
The flop comes, you graduate - do you get a good job? Do you hit your set? maybe top pair? If yes, you might bet a little bit more, maybe 5 more years... if not, you fold and reshuffle again. Spend another year looking for that dream job. Maybe you do an MBA - if it doesn't pay off, then you fold.
Maybe the turn brings a love, or maybe a promotion. Bet a little bit more, a couple more years. You get married, you bet more. Sometimes you don't feel good about it, so you reshuffle and redeal again. If you feel good, you bet more.
The turn comes, so you've got the job, you've got the girl. She wants a divorce, you lose that pot. Time to reshuffle and start again.
But remember, you only have 70 years. Everytime you reshuffle, you lose those years. Everytime you bet into the pot, your stack goes down...
At some point, you hopefully make it big. But you don't get the pot back in years, you get it back in other ways... money, love, satisfaction, children. Some people don't make it big... they spend their life looking for something that doesn't pay off. Some get paid off in ways they could never imagine...
And all this time, your stack goes down.
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Sean Pollo & Peryton - Invade
Some of us start with good cards, holding Aces, maybe AceKing, maybe pairs. That's the luck factor that you have. Maybe you're smart, good looking, or maybe your family has money, etc.
Then you bet, maybe you bet a year at college, then another year or two. Sometimes, you drop out, sometimes you stay on and see if your bet works out.
The flop comes, you graduate - do you get a good job? Do you hit your set? maybe top pair? If yes, you might bet a little bit more, maybe 5 more years... if not, you fold and reshuffle again. Spend another year looking for that dream job. Maybe you do an MBA - if it doesn't pay off, then you fold.
Maybe the turn brings a love, or maybe a promotion. Bet a little bit more, a couple more years. You get married, you bet more. Sometimes you don't feel good about it, so you reshuffle and redeal again. If you feel good, you bet more.
The turn comes, so you've got the job, you've got the girl. She wants a divorce, you lose that pot. Time to reshuffle and start again.
But remember, you only have 70 years. Everytime you reshuffle, you lose those years. Everytime you bet into the pot, your stack goes down...
At some point, you hopefully make it big. But you don't get the pot back in years, you get it back in other ways... money, love, satisfaction, children. Some people don't make it big... they spend their life looking for something that doesn't pay off. Some get paid off in ways they could never imagine...
And all this time, your stack goes down.
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Sean Pollo & Peryton - Invade
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Down
Down on everything
But maybe a simpler life is the key....
Klubbdriver - Move Your Feet (Pulsedriver remix)
But maybe a simpler life is the key....
Klubbdriver - Move Your Feet (Pulsedriver remix)
Partying at Tsinghua
In light of people getting shafted over the bills, here are some simple guidelines to follow when you go out in a group to drink.
1. Don't invite non-Tsinghua people unless you're close with them.
2. Don't let the people you invite, invite other people that you don't know.
3. Everybody should pay up front, before drinks are ordered.
4. There's no such thing as "I'm not drinking" when the person has a drink. Make everybody pay up their share even if they only have one drink.
5. Designate one person to order, nobody else orders except for the designated person (preferably holding the cash as well).
If you do that, you'll have a good time. If you don't do that, you'll be left holding the bag and having to cover for others.
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Lumin8 & Cheever - Sahara
1. Don't invite non-Tsinghua people unless you're close with them.
2. Don't let the people you invite, invite other people that you don't know.
3. Everybody should pay up front, before drinks are ordered.
4. There's no such thing as "I'm not drinking" when the person has a drink. Make everybody pay up their share even if they only have one drink.
5. Designate one person to order, nobody else orders except for the designated person (preferably holding the cash as well).
If you do that, you'll have a good time. If you don't do that, you'll be left holding the bag and having to cover for others.
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Lumin8 & Cheever - Sahara
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Come on dream on!
First things first... some stories going around the campus is that a certain Firm will be working with the school to revamp the program after a certain letter was sent to the dean and friends, which was critical towards the program. Especially since the goal is to be #1 by 2020 (to which I'll like to see how they knock the other schools out).
While that is good news, the questions remain.
1. How much will they revamp? You would have to revamp a significant amount.
2. Will they really revamp it? Possibly not, too much change might not be accepted
3. Will the Firm hire Tsinghua SEM MBAs after it has been revamped? Nah. Not when there's H/S/W/K/M/Booth/Col/Tuck/MIT/INSEAD/LBS (in no order) to feed them....
I'm hoping that things will be changed, perhaps before next year. However, I don't have much faith in that happening since there will be a significant amount of red tape (not exclusively to Tsinghua).
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To the dean, faculty, and MBA office... here's a little song for you guys... oh, and to the rest of my classmates and future Tsinghua MBAs (I hope you guys get a better deal)
Dreams to survive
Dreams make a wish come true
Keep your dreams alive...
Dream... dream on....
Your dream will come alive!
2 Brothers on the Dance Floor - Dreams (Funk D Remix)
2 Brothers on the Dance Floor - Dreams (Original)
While that is good news, the questions remain.
1. How much will they revamp? You would have to revamp a significant amount.
2. Will they really revamp it? Possibly not, too much change might not be accepted
3. Will the Firm hire Tsinghua SEM MBAs after it has been revamped? Nah. Not when there's H/S/W/K/M/Booth/Col/Tuck/MIT/INSEAD/LBS (in no order) to feed them....
I'm hoping that things will be changed, perhaps before next year. However, I don't have much faith in that happening since there will be a significant amount of red tape (not exclusively to Tsinghua).
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To the dean, faculty, and MBA office... here's a little song for you guys... oh, and to the rest of my classmates and future Tsinghua MBAs (I hope you guys get a better deal)
Dreams to survive
Dreams make a wish come true
Keep your dreams alive...
Dream... dream on....
Your dream will come alive!
2 Brothers on the Dance Floor - Dreams (Funk D Remix)
2 Brothers on the Dance Floor - Dreams (Original)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Should you come to Tsinghua SEM IMBA's Program? (would I do it again?)
So, it appears that people searching for Tsinghua IMBA/MBA program actually come across this blog, which is pretty interesting because I thought I was hidden away from the rest of the world in a little corner on the Internet.
Anyway, I also realize that my posts about Tsinghua have been getting more and more negative, and will probably continue to do so. I don't intend of sugar coating anything for people who want to know what it's like to come to Tsinghua SEM. However, I thought it would be good to have an unbiased look at Tsinghua SEM.
1. Should you come to Tsinghua SEM?
You should NOT come here if you plan to go into investment banking or consulting, or maybe anything cool that MBAs usually do. Unless of course, you're incredibly fluent at Chinese, however, even then, as I've said before, top tier companies like Goldman/McKinsey do NOT recruit from here.
You should come here if you want to
i) Have a 2 year holiday in China and get to know what China is like from a semi-expat point of view.
ii) If you want to have a valid reason to learn Chinese.
iii) If you want a mainland Chinese girlfriend, or boyfriend, whatever floats your boat.
iv) If you want to be baller but in a cheap way.
v) If you really want to push yourself to explore new opportunities - entrepreneurship or niche careers that you would never have had thought about before.
Because.. because the CDC here is crap, I've been forced to explore possibilities that I never would have considered before. Which is actually a really good thing. So that's the silver lining of Tsinghua SEM's Career Developement Center. It's made me think about doing something different and forcing me to be more resourceful when looking for an internship/job.
Now, having said all that, how am I doing? Well, I'm waiting on internship replies - none which were the result of an excellent career service or a plethora of companies begging Tsinghua SEM MBAs to go for a summer internship.
But, the question is, did coming to Tsinghua give me any opportunities?
Yes. It did. By virtue of having the Tsinghua name, more general organizations (non-MBA recruiters) are open to meeting up with me. However, this is limited as in, there aren't that many non-MBA recruiting companies that you really want to work for (in terms of job scope and compensation). But that would differ from person to person... so if you really do want to come here, please do your research on what organizations you want to work for properly.
By coming to Tsinghua, almost overnight, you're given the halo of "China expert" in a minor sense. People who aren't extremely well versed will think that you are being taught by the best and brightest of China's acadamic world.
Which brings me to the next point...
2. Classes and professors.
In this second term, there are good professors that are worth attending. I'll list down their classes and names - where I can remember.
i) Gao Xudong - Strategic Management (he also teaches 1st semester)
ii) Dr Ingo Beyer - Practical Strategy Management (he's the head of McKinsey China)
iii) David Robb - Operations Management
iv) David Li - China in the Global Economy (incredible)
3. Wudaokou
Wudaokou is where Tsinghua University is. It is shit. As in, it's the shittiest place to live in. I have no idea whether any of my classmates actually enjoy staying in Wudaokou. As far as I know, it gets so bad, that once a week, we go down to town to get away from all of this. I repeat, coming to Tsinghua won't kill you, but staying in Wudaokou will...
4. Would I do it again?
Would I? Maybe not, maybe LBS/INSEAD would have been better. In terms of career, almost definitely. But then, on the other hand, who knows what lies on the road less travelled?
I would do it again for the chance to be in China. But I wouldn't do it again for the lack of basic job opportunities. I would do it again for learning Chinese and China. I wouldn't do it again to stay in Wudaokou.
I guess, like I did say before, coming here is a gamble. I guess now, it's time to see if the gamble pays off...
Anyway, I also realize that my posts about Tsinghua have been getting more and more negative, and will probably continue to do so. I don't intend of sugar coating anything for people who want to know what it's like to come to Tsinghua SEM. However, I thought it would be good to have an unbiased look at Tsinghua SEM.
1. Should you come to Tsinghua SEM?
You should NOT come here if you plan to go into investment banking or consulting, or maybe anything cool that MBAs usually do. Unless of course, you're incredibly fluent at Chinese, however, even then, as I've said before, top tier companies like Goldman/McKinsey do NOT recruit from here.
You should come here if you want to
i) Have a 2 year holiday in China and get to know what China is like from a semi-expat point of view.
ii) If you want to have a valid reason to learn Chinese.
iii) If you want a mainland Chinese girlfriend, or boyfriend, whatever floats your boat.
iv) If you want to be baller but in a cheap way.
v) If you really want to push yourself to explore new opportunities - entrepreneurship or niche careers that you would never have had thought about before.
Because.. because the CDC here is crap, I've been forced to explore possibilities that I never would have considered before. Which is actually a really good thing. So that's the silver lining of Tsinghua SEM's Career Developement Center. It's made me think about doing something different and forcing me to be more resourceful when looking for an internship/job.
Now, having said all that, how am I doing? Well, I'm waiting on internship replies - none which were the result of an excellent career service or a plethora of companies begging Tsinghua SEM MBAs to go for a summer internship.
But, the question is, did coming to Tsinghua give me any opportunities?
Yes. It did. By virtue of having the Tsinghua name, more general organizations (non-MBA recruiters) are open to meeting up with me. However, this is limited as in, there aren't that many non-MBA recruiting companies that you really want to work for (in terms of job scope and compensation). But that would differ from person to person... so if you really do want to come here, please do your research on what organizations you want to work for properly.
By coming to Tsinghua, almost overnight, you're given the halo of "China expert" in a minor sense. People who aren't extremely well versed will think that you are being taught by the best and brightest of China's acadamic world.
Which brings me to the next point...
2. Classes and professors.
In this second term, there are good professors that are worth attending. I'll list down their classes and names - where I can remember.
i) Gao Xudong - Strategic Management (he also teaches 1st semester)
ii) Dr Ingo Beyer - Practical Strategy Management (he's the head of McKinsey China)
iii) David Robb - Operations Management
iv) David Li - China in the Global Economy (incredible)
3. Wudaokou
Wudaokou is where Tsinghua University is. It is shit. As in, it's the shittiest place to live in. I have no idea whether any of my classmates actually enjoy staying in Wudaokou. As far as I know, it gets so bad, that once a week, we go down to town to get away from all of this. I repeat, coming to Tsinghua won't kill you, but staying in Wudaokou will...
4. Would I do it again?
Would I? Maybe not, maybe LBS/INSEAD would have been better. In terms of career, almost definitely. But then, on the other hand, who knows what lies on the road less travelled?
I would do it again for the chance to be in China. But I wouldn't do it again for the lack of basic job opportunities. I would do it again for learning Chinese and China. I wouldn't do it again to stay in Wudaokou.
I guess, like I did say before, coming here is a gamble. I guess now, it's time to see if the gamble pays off...
Saturday, March 19, 2011
One month out
So it's been a month, and what did we learn?
1. CDC (Career development center) sucks. And when I mean sucks, it means that the CDC is the shits. Why? well, glad you asked. For starters, the CDC seems to be more interested in helping locals get jobs - which means, a bulk (85% or more) of their postings are intentionally in Chinese for the locals. Even when there are interesting jobs with Morgan Stanley etc.
Secondly, the school is geared towards ensuring that the best and brightest of the undergraduate class gets job. And honestly speaking, if you were in Tsinghua undergrad, you would be able to choose from quite a large range of jobs and companies that come on campus.
And lastly, the CDC does not communicate one a regular basis. Not only that, but they do not do anything to assure international students of a job.
2. Professors can be full of bullshit. The professors for the core classes seem pretty decent, and even helpful when you approach them. However, there are certain classes where the quality of education is just... shit. Was in a class where the "professor" kept repeating that he had been a successful businessman, was rolling in the benjamins and was looking to fund start up projects with his own money. I had the impression that he would fund, take a majority stake and kick you out once the project showed profit.
3. I also learnt that if you go out for 4-5 days in a row until 4am, there's a very high tendency of you getting sick especially when there's a flu bug going around....
I'm wondering whether it was really worth committing to two years here. Compared to actual top schools, Tsinghua is seriously lacking in the CDC and career options....
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Chwhynny - Till the day I die (Darwin & Entity Big Kick Mix)
1. CDC (Career development center) sucks. And when I mean sucks, it means that the CDC is the shits. Why? well, glad you asked. For starters, the CDC seems to be more interested in helping locals get jobs - which means, a bulk (85% or more) of their postings are intentionally in Chinese for the locals. Even when there are interesting jobs with Morgan Stanley etc.
Secondly, the school is geared towards ensuring that the best and brightest of the undergraduate class gets job. And honestly speaking, if you were in Tsinghua undergrad, you would be able to choose from quite a large range of jobs and companies that come on campus.
And lastly, the CDC does not communicate one a regular basis. Not only that, but they do not do anything to assure international students of a job.
2. Professors can be full of bullshit. The professors for the core classes seem pretty decent, and even helpful when you approach them. However, there are certain classes where the quality of education is just... shit. Was in a class where the "professor" kept repeating that he had been a successful businessman, was rolling in the benjamins and was looking to fund start up projects with his own money. I had the impression that he would fund, take a majority stake and kick you out once the project showed profit.
3. I also learnt that if you go out for 4-5 days in a row until 4am, there's a very high tendency of you getting sick especially when there's a flu bug going around....
I'm wondering whether it was really worth committing to two years here. Compared to actual top schools, Tsinghua is seriously lacking in the CDC and career options....
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Chwhynny - Till the day I die (Darwin & Entity Big Kick Mix)
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