It is now more three months from the last post. I have thought many times to put down some thoughts but there have been reasons that I did not... Module 7 kicks off on Monday. Here is a summary of my feelings during the last few modules ...
Module 3 - Finance sucked the life out of me. There was too much of pre reads and assignments that I can confidently say that I learnt Options and Hedging "on my own" with all the pre reads and the assignments to be turned in before the subject was taught in class. And then... all the mandatory reads for Competition Analysis. Macroeconomics was the odd fun. For every chapter that we read, Burda made us analyse the Macroeconomic factor for a particular country - My group had to do - Belize and make a presentation. I had heard of Belize before and so I had an advantage over the rest of the group but that gap was soon bridged and we were all swimming in the Belizian sand trying tocome up with some sane data. We finally concluded that it may be cheaper to just buy the country out when you consider their GDP!
Module 4 - This was packed with too many short courses - International Business, Knowledge Management, Partnerships and Alliances, Corporate Finance - Courses that got over even before we realized it started!!!! But I loved Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance - Two courses where I learnt to do some real case analysis and brought back my love for Finance courses.
Module 5 - Field trip to China!! Wow! China will never be the same in my mind. What I saw in China was way beyond what I had even imagined. We visited Beijing and Shanghai and I was blown away by both of them.
The Bund in Shanghai and the Pudong Dist - Amazing! - The skyline of Beijing was less visible with the Smog. I wonder why the authorities-that-be need an Olympics to realise that the air is unbreathable!!! It looked and felt pretty obvious ... My blog is not meant to be a travelogue and so I will just stick to my learnings ... I think I am now an expert with chopsticks! I also learnt about building relationships and losing relationships - now I do not care and I feel liberated allready. You meet many acquaintainces along the way and you can make just a few friends!
Module 6 - Intopia - That was a business simulation game and I realized that I have an inner desire to be a winner! - No amount of self renunciation can take away that trait from me without me denying myself ... and to win ... you need to build a winning team!
Then we had the summer break! A well timed short 3 week break ... I hung around in Berlin as Rajani, in her third trimester could not travel. Then a visit to the doctor for a regular checkup and being told that Rajani needs complete bed rest put paid to my trips around Berlin as well. But I loved the break. I got to spend a lot of tme with Rajani and I guess, I love her even more :)
Today is the last Friday before this break ends ... Monday starts the next module and I hope I can be more regular with my blog now ... with my baby expected any time! Wow!
Module 3 - Finance sucked the life out of me. There was too much of pre reads and assignments that I can confidently say that I learnt Options and Hedging "on my own" with all the pre reads and the assignments to be turned in before the subject was taught in class. And then... all the mandatory reads for Competition Analysis. Macroeconomics was the odd fun. For every chapter that we read, Burda made us analyse the Macroeconomic factor for a particular country - My group had to do - Belize and make a presentation. I had heard of Belize before and so I had an advantage over the rest of the group but that gap was soon bridged and we were all swimming in the Belizian sand trying tocome up with some sane data. We finally concluded that it may be cheaper to just buy the country out when you consider their GDP!
Module 4 - This was packed with too many short courses - International Business, Knowledge Management, Partnerships and Alliances, Corporate Finance - Courses that got over even before we realized it started!!!! But I loved Corporate Strategy and Corporate Finance - Two courses where I learnt to do some real case analysis and brought back my love for Finance courses.
Module 5 - Field trip to China!! Wow! China will never be the same in my mind. What I saw in China was way beyond what I had even imagined. We visited Beijing and Shanghai and I was blown away by both of them.
The Bund in Shanghai and the Pudong Dist - Amazing! - The skyline of Beijing was less visible with the Smog. I wonder why the authorities-that-be need an Olympics to realise that the air is unbreathable!!! It looked and felt pretty obvious ... My blog is not meant to be a travelogue and so I will just stick to my learnings ... I think I am now an expert with chopsticks! I also learnt about building relationships and losing relationships - now I do not care and I feel liberated allready. You meet many acquaintainces along the way and you can make just a few friends!Module 6 - Intopia - That was a business simulation game and I realized that I have an inner desire to be a winner! - No amount of self renunciation can take away that trait from me without me denying myself ... and to win ... you need to build a winning team!
Then we had the summer break! A well timed short 3 week break ... I hung around in Berlin as Rajani, in her third trimester could not travel. Then a visit to the doctor for a regular checkup and being told that Rajani needs complete bed rest put paid to my trips around Berlin as well. But I loved the break. I got to spend a lot of tme with Rajani and I guess, I love her even more :)
Today is the last Friday before this break ends ... Monday starts the next module and I hope I can be more regular with my blog now ... with my baby expected any time! Wow!
