School has not even started yet and I've already been on campus since Thursday afternoon... On Thursday morning, after having a panic attack when I realized I only had 4 days left to prepare for summer internship interviews, I decided to go to IESE to do some mock interviews with my classmates. Some of them were going to the campus since the beginning of the year. IMAGINE THAT!!
Realizing I was behind with preparation was not a good feeling. I can swear I felt the stress going through my body like a hot rod, leaving behind cauterized flesh and smell of fear... Have I mentioned I don't feel prepared to start the school and even less prepared to meet with the consulting interviewers? After four days of intense preparation I don't think I feel much better... What can I do? Tomorrow is my first interview so I must show I'm prepare. I'll do my best and pray to my lucky star I'll nail the cases. Keep your fingers crossed!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Life in pictures
Studying for finals
Celebrating the end of the first semester
Christmas Ball with my teammates
Party, party, party...
Christmas Dinner for Orphans at Laura's
Surprise visit to see my family in Targu Mures, Romania
Downtown Targu Mures
In Bucharest with Steli, Lucian and Florin
New Year's Eve in Plaza Cataluna with Rafael...
... and Nitesh, Kanika, Vinod and Gautam (he was taking the picture)
I'm still alive
Dear friends and random blog readers,
It's been a long time since I last wrote. For the last months I've been busy surviving the MBA. Can't lie and tell you it's all honey and roses because it's not. After the midterms I started to freak out, more or less questioning my decision to be in the program all together. Truly I did not expect it to be so challenging and demanding. Working was a breeze compared to school. So, after sleeping less then six hours per night and realizing all my time was spent at school or involved in school related activities, I started to think about taking a break from all the madness. I was under the impression that I was the only one going through the tough times but after talking to more people I realized many of my colleagues were sharing the pain.
By talking and listening to others I started to build back some confidence and hope for the future. In the process I also built some great friendships, which I hope to keep for the rest of my life. The best way I can describe my first semester at IESE is boot camp. I hope that the second semester will be much better, even though before we went on Christmas break we were handed a huge package with next semester's cases. Believe me I did not smile when I saw what expects me in the near future.
In the mean time I'm on vacation, enjoying every day as much as I can. I spent Christmas in Barcelona, then went to Romania for five days, returned to Barca just in time for New Year celebration and now I’m enjoying being a tourist in the city that never sleeps. Today, while visiting the Castle on Monjuic, I found myself smiling and thinking "Life is beautiful!" I hope this euphoric moment will less for a while because school is scheduled to start in less than a week and I expect life will go back to being unpleasant. Well, at least this time I know what to expect!
It's been a long time since I last wrote. For the last months I've been busy surviving the MBA. Can't lie and tell you it's all honey and roses because it's not. After the midterms I started to freak out, more or less questioning my decision to be in the program all together. Truly I did not expect it to be so challenging and demanding. Working was a breeze compared to school. So, after sleeping less then six hours per night and realizing all my time was spent at school or involved in school related activities, I started to think about taking a break from all the madness. I was under the impression that I was the only one going through the tough times but after talking to more people I realized many of my colleagues were sharing the pain.
By talking and listening to others I started to build back some confidence and hope for the future. In the process I also built some great friendships, which I hope to keep for the rest of my life. The best way I can describe my first semester at IESE is boot camp. I hope that the second semester will be much better, even though before we went on Christmas break we were handed a huge package with next semester's cases. Believe me I did not smile when I saw what expects me in the near future.
In the mean time I'm on vacation, enjoying every day as much as I can. I spent Christmas in Barcelona, then went to Romania for five days, returned to Barca just in time for New Year celebration and now I’m enjoying being a tourist in the city that never sleeps. Today, while visiting the Castle on Monjuic, I found myself smiling and thinking "Life is beautiful!" I hope this euphoric moment will less for a while because school is scheduled to start in less than a week and I expect life will go back to being unpleasant. Well, at least this time I know what to expect!
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