Let's see..monte carlo homework due tomorrow; marketing essay due Wednesday, final presentation due Friday, final project write-up due Wednesday; numerical methods project presentation and final write-up; financial engineering case due Wednesday and we have yet to write our CEO memo, pre-presentation for our main case on Friday, main case presentation next Monday, client case presentation following Wednesday (i.e. 3 cases in 3 weeks and we have to write about 8-page memo for each); more assignments and proposal for my writing class. I seriously feel like dying from all the work! Argh.
I am missing Orlando already. It was a really enjoyable and fun trip, a really relaxing one with extremely good company. It's probably the best holiday in my college life, better than the one in Vegas. Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, yummy (and rather expensive) food, midnight Black Friday shopping (12am-6am!), good weather, lots of laughter and teasing all around, lame jokes cracked by everyone, screaming on roller coasters and water rides, everyone acting like a kid again in Disneyland haha and much more.
Sigh..good times really passed by very quickly. But cheers to a fantastic Thanksgiving break! Now it's back to work for me and I'm left with a sore throat after screaming a lot and eating oily/fried food over the past few days haha. More on the trip to come soon...
I've been busy the past two weeks with group meetings for my 3 classes. Financial Engineering takes up the most time because none of us is sure what to do and it takes us some time to figure out the case and what we're supposed to do. But at least the meetings are quite productive. On the other hand, I'm quite fed up with my marketing group and I think our meetings are a waste of time. Oh well..I shall not complain too much here.
I still haven't decided on what classes to take yet next semester. At least the conflict with my 2 compulsory classes was resolved, but I have another conflict with an accounting class that would be useful for banking and a projects class in math finance that sounds interesting too. Which one to take? On top of that, I am still waitlisted for my business classes, which is quite surprising considering I was the earliest of everyone to register! (6am on the first day haha). I hope I can get my final schedule out soon.
Still have so much work to do, especially with Financial Engineering. But I really hope I can take a few days off and have a real good break. Only 2 weeks of classes left after this week and then it's finals. My friend reminded me of that yesterday and we both agreed that it is quite sad to think that we have registered for classes for the last time.
Anyway, I got this off someone's facebook wall and I thought it is pretty cool.
101%
From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:
What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%.
How about ACHIEVING 101%?
What equals 100% in life?
Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these
questions:
If A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
If H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
But A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:
L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D
12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%
Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:
While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, it's the Love of God that will put you over the top!
I remember last week I was complaining that I was really bored at having nothing to do. Well, I am not complaining anymore. I have so much work to do now! Work to be turned in on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, readings and grading to do and presentations to be done! Oh dear.
I just realized that I don't have any more tests to go for the semester, but I have lots of cases and presentations, which are driving me crazy. I must admit that I have slacked off in my group work because I have so many things to do and I just put it at the bottom of the list. But still, when I actually did something, it really sucks to have the person who consolidated the slides re-did my entire part without telling me why, and I still have no idea why he did it. I really hope my marketing project goes smoothly because I am not really happy with the way things are going now. I am also quite worried about my financial engineering class. We have to do 4 cases, and the 4 cases are only due in the last 3 weeks of class. The cases are not easy either, so it is going to be lots of hard work towards the end of the semester.
We have to register for our classes next semester soon, and horror of horrors, I found out that the two compulsory classes I have to take for my degree clash! I have told my advisor about it and I hope it can be resolved, because I don't want to not to be able to graduate because of a schedule clash! That would really suck. Other than that, I am really spoilt for choices next semester and I really have no idea which classes to take. I still have not made up my mind whether I should TA next semester too. I told myself I wouldn't, but I have changed my mind and now, I'm really not sure. Oh well.
SSA KTV/Games night yesterday made me miss home. Granted, I think I have not been feeling really homesick at all this semester. Maybe it's partly because my parents came here for a visit. But this semester is really passing quickly! I looked at my planner and I realized that there are only 7 weeks left to the end of the semester, and to me going back.