Mission Redirect
I guess I never keep my words. A few hours become one week. But at least I am blogging.
So, a quick summary of my life at Barcelona since November last year. First term finals went fine. Still didn't ace financial accounting. (Those d*mn engineers, how could they be so good in acct'g?) My family came to stay w/ me for a few weeks in December. They all had a great time, even my sis. January, hectic month of interviews. Did quite well at first, but bombed the final rounds. For McK, I even had to fly to Chicago for the third round on the day of the Superbowl championship and the coldest day in a decade. (20+ below, in Fahrenheit) By the time I returned back the Barcelona, I only had one day to study for my 4 2nd term midterm exams. Could only study for operational finance. Other three I had to rely on my intrinsic intelligence. Yesterday was Multi-culti (multicultural night/fair.) For the South East Asia booth, I did fortune telling. When people actually start believing in what I was saying, that's when I start freaking out. Crazy night. I think I was the only one that went home without being drunk. I tried so many new food from different countries. The scariest thing was that I didn't even know what I was eating. (Couldn't see the food and couldn't hear what people was saying.) Felt so vulnerable. I'll post a few pics once I get them.
By the way, I love Lufthansa. When I was at O'hare at 2pm checking in for my 10pm flight, I asked the person if she can move me to an earlier flight. She put me on a private jet during my Chicago-Dusseldorf leg. So instead of flying economy in a very bad mood (due to McK's rejection) I flew business straight to Germany. And I didn't have to pay extra. (I was expecting to pay a fee of $100 or so for the change.) At Dusseldorf, while waiting for my connecting flight to Barcelona (that flight only had economy seats) I wanted to use Lufthansa's business lounge. When I went there and after I told them I flew in from Chicago, the Lufthansa rep redirected me to their Senate lounge! Not a bad trip.
Now after the consulting interview month, I remembered (fortunately) what my real goals are in life. I got swept into this consulting/banking wave at IESE that I loose sight of what I wanted. Now I'm going to be more active and intelligent in managing my career. Yup yup. That's what I am going to be doing. Please hit me on the head if start talking about going back to consulting.
Another thing, I need to start making full use of my stay in Barcelona. Meaning, I need to start going to the BOW. Plus, starting from next weekend, I will start visiting the flee markets and ceramic market to work on my Spanish speaking skills and bartering skills. Hopefully I can bring home some neat stuff.
So, a quick summary of my life at Barcelona since November last year. First term finals went fine. Still didn't ace financial accounting. (Those d*mn engineers, how could they be so good in acct'g?) My family came to stay w/ me for a few weeks in December. They all had a great time, even my sis. January, hectic month of interviews. Did quite well at first, but bombed the final rounds. For McK, I even had to fly to Chicago for the third round on the day of the Superbowl championship and the coldest day in a decade. (20+ below, in Fahrenheit) By the time I returned back the Barcelona, I only had one day to study for my 4 2nd term midterm exams. Could only study for operational finance. Other three I had to rely on my intrinsic intelligence. Yesterday was Multi-culti (multicultural night/fair.) For the South East Asia booth, I did fortune telling. When people actually start believing in what I was saying, that's when I start freaking out. Crazy night. I think I was the only one that went home without being drunk. I tried so many new food from different countries. The scariest thing was that I didn't even know what I was eating. (Couldn't see the food and couldn't hear what people was saying.) Felt so vulnerable. I'll post a few pics once I get them.
By the way, I love Lufthansa. When I was at O'hare at 2pm checking in for my 10pm flight, I asked the person if she can move me to an earlier flight. She put me on a private jet during my Chicago-Dusseldorf leg. So instead of flying economy in a very bad mood (due to McK's rejection) I flew business straight to Germany. And I didn't have to pay extra. (I was expecting to pay a fee of $100 or so for the change.) At Dusseldorf, while waiting for my connecting flight to Barcelona (that flight only had economy seats) I wanted to use Lufthansa's business lounge. When I went there and after I told them I flew in from Chicago, the Lufthansa rep redirected me to their Senate lounge! Not a bad trip.
Now after the consulting interview month, I remembered (fortunately) what my real goals are in life. I got swept into this consulting/banking wave at IESE that I loose sight of what I wanted. Now I'm going to be more active and intelligent in managing my career. Yup yup. That's what I am going to be doing. Please hit me on the head if start talking about going back to consulting.
Another thing, I need to start making full use of my stay in Barcelona. Meaning, I need to start going to the BOW. Plus, starting from next weekend, I will start visiting the flee markets and ceramic market to work on my Spanish speaking skills and bartering skills. Hopefully I can bring home some neat stuff.
posted by Susan K. @ 2/24/2007 10:38:00 PM
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