Rambles
Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
I used a Johnny Cash quotation in my email congradulating all my Sauder MBA Class of 2006 classmates on finishing their MBA. Some people didn’t appreciate it perhaps, but I know Johnny would have. Some people don’t appreciate it when you point out hypocrisy and inequity especially when it makes them look bad and it is the truth…
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Last Updated: April 24, 2024 |
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
It is more than a Haruki Murakami novel title. To quote Johnny Depp in Ed Wood, “This is the one. ‘This’ is the one I’ll be remembered for.” I had a most interesting day, truly blog worthy, alas at the end of the day, the internet was down Wu Dao Kou wide. At least that is what the guy seemed to be telling me at the second internet cafe I went to…
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
Today I went to Cava for dinner, something I meant to do yesterday. Cava bills itself as a coffee house, but it also has food and a surprisingly vast selection of imported beers…
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2005
So I just got off the phone with the TA from my Theory of Investment class. I still don’t know my grade but it is conceivable that it will be my worst one, ie less than 84%. In fact if I was a gambling man I’d take that bet. One of the Chinese people I went out of my way to help was her husband. He had a really important interview with the British Embassy concerning a job and a scholarship to study abroad in England. The final interview was in English and I conducted some mock interviews and gave him some other tips…
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Monday, December 26th, 2005
The day started early with a phone call from home. I didn’t sound very chipper on the phone because I had to get out of bed at 7:30 AM to answer the phone and I couldn’t sleep at all last night…
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