Macroeco Exam Over

Finished taking the Macroeconomics Midterms a few hours ago. After taking the test, I found a new found respect for economists and the training that they go through. While I'm quite sure none of us will be expecting a perfect score, I am sure that at least I got maybe 4 points right. It is true I guess, what the upperclassmen said about how hard it was. But it turned out to be more difficult than I expected. Whatever score we get, I know how much effort the professor put into that exam, and how much important it really was for us to have as complete an understanding as possible of economic theories and principles. It really helps if we know more about how economics work.

Anyway I still hope I get a good mark. They gave us a time extension earlier, but I don't think it helped out that much, hahaha. One midterm done, more to go! =)

On a side note, today is the start of this year's World Pyrolympics event. Check out Anton Diaz' blog here.

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The Macroeconomic Dilemma

DO I SLEEP OR DO I NOT SLEEP? Just got home after meeting up with friends. After the hopefully going-to-be regular habit of jogging with some of my classmates (no group name yet), I proceeded to Glorietta on foot to meet up with them. We had dinner at HG Rockstar, the former Heaven and Eggs "breakfast restaurant".


Strange to eat breakfast food of toast, sausage and egg during dinner. But it wouldn't seem that odd if I considered the fact that we were going to have our Macroeconomics Midterms tomorrow at the 9 in the morning. Something, which some of the upperclassmen even advised us, to just relax and go watch a movie instead of spending the whole night and morning reviewing. It seems that our professor, had very high expectation which no one actually had a chance to even reach a break-even point. Anyhow, I'm sure everyone is spending the night reviewing alone, or in a group and I hope we all get good grades.

As for me, I did some reviewing last night thanks to the help of some friends in school. Right now though, I'm thinking of whether I should read some more or just go and rest my brain and sleep.

Cohort 3 (the graduating batch) is having their party tonight somewhere. Apparently a good number from their batch had received offers from Cognizant and they'll be treating the rest of their batch to drinks and stuff. Congratulations to them! We'll get there soon enough =)

But for now, I hope Cohort 5 makes best use of the remaining hours before the big midterm exam. Good luck everyone! Whether we study our butts off tonight or not, let's not forget to also have some time left for rest. As one classmate once said, "Let go."

May we all do our best in tomorrow's exam! Good luck everyone!

The picture was taken from this site right here.

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Nightmares

There are many things to be afraid of,and for an MBA student, one of these fears is to be the lowest of the low in the batch, to be the outlier among outliers, to be the cream of the crap, and to fail when others have high probabilities to succeed.

We all probably have this fear. Despite our best efforts, we might not be getting the ideal results that we wanted to. Despite the best learning team composition, the smartest geniuses, the best team effort, the best school, the best mentors, sometimes some people just have greater propensities for failure.

A few weeks ago, I was worrying about my Language of Business (Accounting) and my Quantitative Analysis classes. Nowadays, LOB has been reduced to a sunk cost in some ways, and QA, while hope is still there, is seen as something salvageable. From these two subjects, new anxieties arise in the form of FM1 (Financial management 1) and in some ways MCP or our Management of Costs and Profits Class. Sounds similar to accounting? In some ways they are.

Comparing my performance to my batchmates is like comparing bananas to banana splits. Similar, but distant in some ways. Still, like anything, the most important point is, to not give up. I was always thinking about this idea in school that if not academically, we are all sort of in the bottom point and are failing by default. The only way left then for us is up. Like real managers, we exist to manage problems besides making many successes.

I was telling a friend to not worry about having nightmares and I end up dreaming of zombies overunning the place where I lived. (I lived in a building, with emergency stairs containing nothing but the garbage chute) At the Asian Institute of Management, we are all like zombies sometimes, trudging along, lacking sleep, looking scary whenever we do, and moving as a throng, when we crowd, it gets scary. Imagine if we eventually figured out to run and chase after our goals!

picture taken from the new Zombieland movie here.

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Exercise is good for the Brain too

Two days ago,I got back to the habit of jogging/running again. Back in the day, I used to either take daily treadmill visits or hit the gym to get my RDA of fitness. Unfortunately things started going downhill when I started working.

While I may not be physically fit as an athlete or a cover model, I was happy with my old weight and figure. I had little difficulty finding clothes with measurements that I liked and had a more diverse wardrobe. In essence I felt good about how I looked, and I found out that exercise really does good for the mind. It helps keep me awake and makes my mind sharp.

I found it difficult to get back to the fitness groove at work. Now that I am in a business school, time it seems is not helping me achieve an improved level of physical if not mental fitness. But I will get there soon enough I think. I just have to make it a habit more than anything.

Just to prove a point, this is how I looked like 3 years ago or so...


It isn't too late to lose more weight! Just as it isn't too late to succeed in MBA!

Some tips on running are found here.

I'm sure not all MBAs are just stuck on the mind aspect side. What good is wealth if not backed up by health? Health is wealth right?

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UBI in Manila

November 14, 2009. I went to my cousin's performance in Mall of Asia last night. It was also my mom's birthday so we watched his performance and had a light dinner.(We usually celebrate all birthdays on Sundays so everyone is present). From an initial glimpse, you wouldn't be able to easily tell that we are related despite being first cousins.

You see, my cousin is half-American, half Filipino. He's a budding musician, very talented I may add, and has our aunt's full support. On his visit to the Philippines, he went around several malls and also did a music video which is currently shown in MYX's shows Rock Myx and Pop Myx.(please support and vote!-his song is entitled Move, by UBI) He composed all the songs and the musical instruments himself. Here are some photos from one of the performances:





























For more info please visit the ff. sites:
UBI's Official Website
You can get a copy of his albumHere
For Inquiries: Call or text Gigi (707)332-9659

Please vote on MYX: Ubi's Video entitled "MOVE" I'm sure you'll like it!

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