Sunday, January 25, 2015
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
End of my MBA
Time really flies when you are having fun. In a blink of an eye, my MBA has ended. I have moved on with the next chapter of my life back home in Singapore. This blog will end here with the end of my MBA journey.
My life carousel continues on http://www.cynthiasinwin.blogspot.com/.
My life carousel continues on http://www.cynthiasinwin.blogspot.com/.
Monday, June 15, 2009
My 2nd term in MBS
2009 Term 1 flewed past in a blink of an eye. I was juggling between case study readings, search for internship, career presentations, MBS events, and parties. I preferred my 2nd term subjects, compared to the first term. First term was more quantitative with subjects like Data & Decisions and Managerial Economics. Second term was more qualitative with much more readings and case studies. I took five subjects again, namely, Managing Processes, Business Strategy, Economics and Public Policy, Marketing, and Corporate Finance.
We had the privilege to be taught by some of the best lecturers in MBS, some say best Australia wide. Managing Processes was taught by Kanan, whose passion for the subject and supply chain management is amazing. Business Strategy happened to be my favourite subject and I enjoyed the case analysis done in class, some of my classmates will surprise me with innovative solutions which I didn't think of. I would say Economics isn't my cup of tea, though it was interesting to learn about the policies the governments are changing in face of the Global Financial Crisis. We were learning in classroom what was happening live in the world. We were tracking the interest rates of the countries and following on the decisions of reserve banks around the world.
Marketing class was on every monday morning and I would say Patrick Butler managed to keep us awake and entertained throughout the 3 hours. His classes are fun, and he is very animated, making marketing much more interesting than I expected it to be. Being an engineer who has worked with marketers from the product management team, I used to think the marketing guys are just all fluff. However, after attending Patrick's class, I realised there is actually more to marketing with theories and models involved.
Corporate Finance was taught by Stephen Gray, the Harrison Ford of MBS. I was mesmerised from the first class. Hahaha... He is suave, he teaches well, ensuring you understand right to the basics, and he is very approachable. I was told he is one of the best Finance lecturers in Australia. I think I remembered his lectures best among the five subjects, from WACC to futures and options.
I enjoyed term 2 thoroughly, though it was a term with the most number of readings and case studies. In some weeks, I get confused between the Managing Processes case, Business Strategy case and the Marketing case. I would say I got the most out of the case studies and though it was a hectic term, I still do remember the cases till now and my conversations with my classmates can only be understood within ourselves due to our common understanding of the cases lingo.
We had the privilege to be taught by some of the best lecturers in MBS, some say best Australia wide. Managing Processes was taught by Kanan, whose passion for the subject and supply chain management is amazing. Business Strategy happened to be my favourite subject and I enjoyed the case analysis done in class, some of my classmates will surprise me with innovative solutions which I didn't think of. I would say Economics isn't my cup of tea, though it was interesting to learn about the policies the governments are changing in face of the Global Financial Crisis. We were learning in classroom what was happening live in the world. We were tracking the interest rates of the countries and following on the decisions of reserve banks around the world.
Marketing class was on every monday morning and I would say Patrick Butler managed to keep us awake and entertained throughout the 3 hours. His classes are fun, and he is very animated, making marketing much more interesting than I expected it to be. Being an engineer who has worked with marketers from the product management team, I used to think the marketing guys are just all fluff. However, after attending Patrick's class, I realised there is actually more to marketing with theories and models involved.
Corporate Finance was taught by Stephen Gray, the Harrison Ford of MBS. I was mesmerised from the first class. Hahaha... He is suave, he teaches well, ensuring you understand right to the basics, and he is very approachable. I was told he is one of the best Finance lecturers in Australia. I think I remembered his lectures best among the five subjects, from WACC to futures and options.
I enjoyed term 2 thoroughly, though it was a term with the most number of readings and case studies. In some weeks, I get confused between the Managing Processes case, Business Strategy case and the Marketing case. I would say I got the most out of the case studies and though it was a hectic term, I still do remember the cases till now and my conversations with my classmates can only be understood within ourselves due to our common understanding of the cases lingo.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Global Business Outlook 2009
One of the reasons why it is great to be an MBA student is that you get to attend expensive functions for free! =p
One such function is the Global Business Outlook Forum 2009 which I attended today. The usual price of the forum tickets is AUD $195, with luncheon at AUD $110. MBS students were gifted free tickets for this function and I wouldn't miss it. I had a lecture today, Business Strategy, in the morning. But to attend the forum, I attended the part-time Business Strategy class last night instead.
The cool thing about the forum was that it was held at the Parliament House! I have passed the Parliament House of Victoria several times but I have never been in it before. And best of all, the forum was held in the chamber itself where many national decisions have been made before. Here are the pictures...
The forum had its fair share of interesting and boring speakers. The topics were mainly on the recession and how it is impacting Australia. Being a student from MBS, of course my favourite speaker was Mark Crosby, who is our Economics professor. =) He covered the trade relationships between Australia and China, and he gave the closing keynote address as well.
If I were to choose 3 main things I learnt today, they will be:
1) Bill Clinton loosened the credit worthiness criteria in US so that poor people can afford houses
2) One page summary of your business strategy should be your bible for SMEs
3) Bring your own translator when working in China
Career Presentations
It is the internship seeking period for my intake and we have been spending most of our time outside lectures in career presentations. Most of our weekday evenings are spent asking questions to speakers from Consulting firms to Banks. And I am running out of suits to wear to presentations!
So far we have had AT Kearney, BCG, Bain, Mckinsey and Deloitte for consulting firms, with Booz adding to the list with its presentation tomorrow. For banks, we have heard from NAB, ANZ and others will present next week or so. I am pleased with the mix of the employers who came to MBS so far. They gave good insights to their industries and corporate cultures.
Though times are bad and some companies are not hiring interns this year, it is still good to attend the presentations and talk to alumni who are in the industry. Hope I will land a good internship somewhere in Australia. Let's see... if not I will just spend next term mugging again and graduate end of this year!
So far we have had AT Kearney, BCG, Bain, Mckinsey and Deloitte for consulting firms, with Booz adding to the list with its presentation tomorrow. For banks, we have heard from NAB, ANZ and others will present next week or so. I am pleased with the mix of the employers who came to MBS so far. They gave good insights to their industries and corporate cultures.
Though times are bad and some companies are not hiring interns this year, it is still good to attend the presentations and talk to alumni who are in the industry. Hope I will land a good internship somewhere in Australia. Let's see... if not I will just spend next term mugging again and graduate end of this year!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Phillip Island
After the exams, a group of us made a day trip to Phillip Island, about 1.5 hrs drive from Melbourne. My brother flew in from Singapore to join me for the vacation. Most of us saw koalas and wallabies and penguins for the first time in our lives, so there were many exclaims and laughters as we explore the island. It was a fun day, I will let the pictures do the talking...
End of year exams
I haven't been blogging since November as it was extremely hectic! I was rushing our last syndicate assignment, D&D, and at the same time, studying for the finals. I was in school till late, and life was a rush rush rush.
The final exams had no breather, it was one after another on 5 consecutive days. I found most papers more difficult than the past year papers, with Financial Management and Manegerial Economics being the killer papers. Maybe we didn't do the past year papers in exam environment so we thought they were easier.
Somehow I enjoyed studying the modules, much much more than the Electrical Engineering subjects I took in my undergrad days. Business modules are more tangible and comprehensible. Most are common sense and you don't have to imagine electrons flowing between cathodes and anodes. *phew*
Since the 1st term of the MBA has ended, let me quote a saying by Sam Wylie, our Financial Management lecturer: "There are 3 very important things in life - when you fall in love, the birth of your first child, and the first term of your MBA" I personally like this quote very much. Now that first term of my MBA is over, I have 2 more important things left in my life. ;-p
The final exams had no breather, it was one after another on 5 consecutive days. I found most papers more difficult than the past year papers, with Financial Management and Manegerial Economics being the killer papers. Maybe we didn't do the past year papers in exam environment so we thought they were easier.
Somehow I enjoyed studying the modules, much much more than the Electrical Engineering subjects I took in my undergrad days. Business modules are more tangible and comprehensible. Most are common sense and you don't have to imagine electrons flowing between cathodes and anodes. *phew*
Since the 1st term of the MBA has ended, let me quote a saying by Sam Wylie, our Financial Management lecturer: "There are 3 very important things in life - when you fall in love, the birth of your first child, and the first term of your MBA" I personally like this quote very much. Now that first term of my MBA is over, I have 2 more important things left in my life. ;-p
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Syndicate Fever
Mid-terms came and went. I thought it will be a great time to take a breather, but I was wrong. As mid-terms ended, came the syndicate project deadlines. We have 3 main syndicate projects in total; Managing People for High Performance, Accounting for Managers, and Data & Decisions. Accounting was due yesterday and we successfully handed in the day before, much of the credit goes to Ronjon, Stuart and Henry Song. These three guys were in the Accounting sub-group and I am glad all "fightings" over assumptions and write-up ended well.
I am in the MPHP sub-group with David, Leila and Debi. Dave and Leila are a real asset to our group for MPHP. We brain-stormed the points to be covered then Leila did the write-up of the draft with the whole syndicate group reviewing and commenting on improvements to be added. The first draft is already pretty well-written. We will have to finish it up and submit it by next Wednesday. After which, we will have to prepare for a presentation of the project.
Then come the next project of Data & Decisions which is due in two weeks. As Stuart is the Statistics wizard, I am helping him in the data analysis of our project, together with Henry. I think the D&D project is pretty interesting and I am looking forward to the final product of the report. At present, we are only at the very initial phase of data definition.
If you think I am done after the submission of all the syndicate projects, you are wrong. The final exams are in the first week of December! This means I have 24 days left to the exams! Preparation for the final exams, plus the syndicate projects, I have practically no time to do anything else.
Last 3 weeks of first term of MBA = Looking more haggard + More grey hair + Higher stress level + Insufficient sleep + Irregular meals + Weight loss
I think weight loss is the only good thing out of this equation. I woke up at 6am today to attend a talk by Boston Consulting Group in school. Now I am in a syndicate room, going to start studying. What a life, what an MBA life!
P/S: We have 7 syndicate groups in our class. I just took a walk along the syndicate rooms corridor, all the 6 other groups are in syndicate meetings! This is what I call "Syndicate Fever" ;p
I am in the MPHP sub-group with David, Leila and Debi. Dave and Leila are a real asset to our group for MPHP. We brain-stormed the points to be covered then Leila did the write-up of the draft with the whole syndicate group reviewing and commenting on improvements to be added. The first draft is already pretty well-written. We will have to finish it up and submit it by next Wednesday. After which, we will have to prepare for a presentation of the project.
Then come the next project of Data & Decisions which is due in two weeks. As Stuart is the Statistics wizard, I am helping him in the data analysis of our project, together with Henry. I think the D&D project is pretty interesting and I am looking forward to the final product of the report. At present, we are only at the very initial phase of data definition.
If you think I am done after the submission of all the syndicate projects, you are wrong. The final exams are in the first week of December! This means I have 24 days left to the exams! Preparation for the final exams, plus the syndicate projects, I have practically no time to do anything else.
Last 3 weeks of first term of MBA = Looking more haggard + More grey hair + Higher stress level + Insufficient sleep + Irregular meals + Weight loss
I think weight loss is the only good thing out of this equation. I woke up at 6am today to attend a talk by Boston Consulting Group in school. Now I am in a syndicate room, going to start studying. What a life, what an MBA life!
P/S: We have 7 syndicate groups in our class. I just took a walk along the syndicate rooms corridor, all the 6 other groups are in syndicate meetings! This is what I call "Syndicate Fever" ;p
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Great Ocean Road
After the mid-term exams, I spent the weekend with 9 other classmates along Great Ocean road. We decided we need a good break from studying after the exams and we spent one night at the Twelve Apostles Motel. We rented one mini van and one of our classmates drove his car. It was a great idea and I am glad I joined the group. It was a good break from studies and school. We finished 48 bottles of beer and a Barcardi in one night. =p
We stopped at Torquay, Lorne and Apollo Bay along the way. We played with water at the Torquay beach, had a public BBQ and enjoyed the beach at Apollo Bay and had coffee at Lorne. A memorable trip with a breathtaking view! I'll let the pictures say for themselves.
We stopped at Torquay, Lorne and Apollo Bay along the way. We played with water at the Torquay beach, had a public BBQ and enjoyed the beach at Apollo Bay and had coffee at Lorne. A memorable trip with a breathtaking view! I'll let the pictures say for themselves.
AT Kearney Case Interview Workshop
I attended the AT Kearney case interview workshop the day before the Accounting for Managers exam. I made the right decision to attend the workshop, instead of mugging Accounting at home. The session was very helpful and I am so greatful AT Kearney consultants took time out of their busy schedule to come and give us the workshop in MBS.
Two AT Kearney consultants gave an introduction about the company, the kind of projects they handle and the career prospects in the company. After that, we were spilt into groups of 7 to 8 people and we were led by AT Kearney consultants on how to handle case interviews. We were given a case to analyse and we were led through the case, with each of us contributing our ideas. It was my first case and I learnt a lot from the session. We were told that case interview performance usually gets better with more practice. I learnt how to think through the case and learnt what to do & what not to do in an interview. Planning is very important and we should always take time to think through the case thoroughly before rushing to answer it. Another important point is to answer the question and not to suggest ideas that won't improve the situation. It seems pretty straight forward but people still tend to forget this point.
I am so glad I attended the workshop!
Two AT Kearney consultants gave an introduction about the company, the kind of projects they handle and the career prospects in the company. After that, we were spilt into groups of 7 to 8 people and we were led by AT Kearney consultants on how to handle case interviews. We were given a case to analyse and we were led through the case, with each of us contributing our ideas. It was my first case and I learnt a lot from the session. We were told that case interview performance usually gets better with more practice. I learnt how to think through the case and learnt what to do & what not to do in an interview. Planning is very important and we should always take time to think through the case thoroughly before rushing to answer it. Another important point is to answer the question and not to suggest ideas that won't improve the situation. It seems pretty straight forward but people still tend to forget this point.
I am so glad I attended the workshop!
Mid-term exams
The main reason for my long disappearance from blogging is due to mid-term exams. I had five different exams held over a period of two weeks. Managing People for High Performance, Managerial Economics and Data & Decision was held the week before. Financial Management and Accounting for Managers was held last week.
I was mugging through the last two weeks, skipping parties and dinner invitations. I have been quite consistent with assignments every week so I have managed to get the concepts of most classes, but I have not been up and ahead on my readings and revisions. So I spent the last two weeks really catching up. It was pretty tiring so I learnt my lesson. I need to catch up with readings and revision and assignments every week, not only when the exams are near.
Comparing with NUS Engineering whereby the lecturers ask questions on anything and everything unexpected under the sun, the five exams were manageble. If you have studied, you will definitely pass and even get a good grade. I did pretty average in most subjects, so I need to buck up for the finals. At present I am pretty busy with syndicate assignments due in a couple of weeks. After that, I will be mugging again for the final exams in early December. It is only a month away... hectic hectic MBA life.
I was mugging through the last two weeks, skipping parties and dinner invitations. I have been quite consistent with assignments every week so I have managed to get the concepts of most classes, but I have not been up and ahead on my readings and revisions. So I spent the last two weeks really catching up. It was pretty tiring so I learnt my lesson. I need to catch up with readings and revision and assignments every week, not only when the exams are near.
Comparing with NUS Engineering whereby the lecturers ask questions on anything and everything unexpected under the sun, the five exams were manageble. If you have studied, you will definitely pass and even get a good grade. I did pretty average in most subjects, so I need to buck up for the finals. At present I am pretty busy with syndicate assignments due in a couple of weeks. After that, I will be mugging again for the final exams in early December. It is only a month away... hectic hectic MBA life.
Women & Management
MBS offers its students many different clubs and organisations to join outside our busy schedule of studying. If there is nothing that interests you, you can even set up your own new club. A couple of friends from my class set up the Statistical Analysis Club, which is pretty cool. After exploring different options, I decided to join the Women & Management club. I always believe women make better leaders than men. Well, we do listen better than guys. =)
MBS Women & Management club organised a networking lunch on 10th October. It was an informal event whereby successful women professionals and managers from various industries come together to discuss the challenges women managers face today. It was awesome! I was the emcee for the introduction of the guests and I am so glad the lunch was a great success. There were guests from BCG, Telstra, IBM, ANZ, etc. The audience attendance was mainly females with three gentlemen who were very much welcomed by the group.
Anyway, girl power always rulez! =p
Monday, October 6, 2008
Singapore day
The theme for last weekend revolved around my hometown, Singapore! I attended the Singapore recruitment event on Friday evening at Telstra Dome and went to celebrate Singapore day with 11,000 other Singaporeans at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday.
The recruitment event was mainly made up of Singapore companies in finance, healthcare and engineering industries. There was a nice videoclip of Singapore Marina Bay area, the lifestyle of the people and the buildings around Singapore river. It made me miss home! I had the chance to talk to ANZ CEO in Singapore, Bill Foo. Most companies told me to apply for an internship back home during December-February school break. Let's see... The rest of the companies include MINDEF, MAS, SANDS, Capitaland, Far East Organisation, Vestas, and so on.
The next day, I had a great time at the Singapore day! As usual, we had to queue and queue like in Singapore, but it was all worth it. There was hawker food I have been missing so much, like Hokkien Mee, Char Kway Teow, Chilli Crab, Kaya Toast, and so on! And everything was free!!! There was also a concert where Phua Chu Kang family acted a sketch, Tay Ping Hui & Hardy Mirza sang, and my favourite band Electrico was in town too!
Melbourne weather was great on Singapore day, we were picnicing under the sun and enjoying food from home. The Hokkien Mee was from the Wisma Food Republic stall! Perfect! It was great to be home in Melbourne. =)
The recruitment event was mainly made up of Singapore companies in finance, healthcare and engineering industries. There was a nice videoclip of Singapore Marina Bay area, the lifestyle of the people and the buildings around Singapore river. It made me miss home! I had the chance to talk to ANZ CEO in Singapore, Bill Foo. Most companies told me to apply for an internship back home during December-February school break. Let's see... The rest of the companies include MINDEF, MAS, SANDS, Capitaland, Far East Organisation, Vestas, and so on.
The next day, I had a great time at the Singapore day! As usual, we had to queue and queue like in Singapore, but it was all worth it. There was hawker food I have been missing so much, like Hokkien Mee, Char Kway Teow, Chilli Crab, Kaya Toast, and so on! And everything was free!!! There was also a concert where Phua Chu Kang family acted a sketch, Tay Ping Hui & Hardy Mirza sang, and my favourite band Electrico was in town too!
Melbourne weather was great on Singapore day, we were picnicing under the sun and enjoying food from home. The Hokkien Mee was from the Wisma Food Republic stall! Perfect! It was great to be home in Melbourne. =)
Welcome BBQ
I guess everyone loves free food & drinks, especially us students. Last Wednesday MBS had such an occasion, with free dinner and beer - the Welcome BBQ! I thought BBQs were always outdoor and involves fire, charcoal, and grilling. But we had this one indoor, with already cooked food and free flow of beer.
Whether indoor or outdoor, it will always attract many people. There were full time students like us, the part time students, the exchange students, the seniors and so on. There were so many new faces and was great fun minggling around with "familiar strangers".
I chatted with a couple of exchange students and got to know a few part timers. We should have more occasions like this, with more free beer, as the beer ran out really fast in the first 30mins.
Whether indoor or outdoor, it will always attract many people. There were full time students like us, the part time students, the exchange students, the seniors and so on. There were so many new faces and was great fun minggling around with "familiar strangers".
I chatted with a couple of exchange students and got to know a few part timers. We should have more occasions like this, with more free beer, as the beer ran out really fast in the first 30mins.
Johnson & Johnson
J&J came on campus last Thursday to give a presentation and to recruit the students for both internship and full-time positions. It was full house at the Cohen Theatre, with a few of us having to stand throughout the session. The group that came were mainly from the Healthcare divisions of J&J, namely, Pharmeceutical and Medical Devices & Diagnostics.
The presenters talked about how meaningful it is to save lives while working. They shared several stories about how patients were saved around the world with the devices they developed in J&J. Some of the stories were really touching and inspiring.
J&J is hiring all over the world in positions such as Product Manager, Finance Manager, Marketing Manager, and so on. It was a pretty good presentation from one of the FORTUNE 500 companies in the world. However, they spent a long time selling the name J&J. I thought it was not really necessary to sell the brand as the crowd was already attracted to the talk by the name Johnson & Johnson.
The presenters talked about how meaningful it is to save lives while working. They shared several stories about how patients were saved around the world with the devices they developed in J&J. Some of the stories were really touching and inspiring.
J&J is hiring all over the world in positions such as Product Manager, Finance Manager, Marketing Manager, and so on. It was a pretty good presentation from one of the FORTUNE 500 companies in the world. However, they spent a long time selling the name J&J. I thought it was not really necessary to sell the brand as the crowd was already attracted to the talk by the name Johnson & Johnson.
Salsa class
Last Monday, I went for my very first dancing lesson of my life - Salsa! There were about 10-12 of us, mainly from my class. Salsa class is organised by the Latin American club in MBS, called LANG. It was great fun, though I stepped on a couple of foot. =p
Alex, the instructor, is a cuban guy, who has dancing blood in him since birth. He was telling us no one teaches you how to dance in South America, you just move! Yah yah... I was moving, just no Salsa blood in me. Hehehe... 1 step forward, 3 steps backwards, then move sideways... He made it seem so easy.
The music was rhythmic and supposedly makes you wanna dance, but I was too involved with getting the steps right and was busy looking at shoes the whole time. So Alex told us to look up and go with the flow... and I ended up stepping on others' foot. Oooppps! I hope someone still partners me next week. =)
Alex, the instructor, is a cuban guy, who has dancing blood in him since birth. He was telling us no one teaches you how to dance in South America, you just move! Yah yah... I was moving, just no Salsa blood in me. Hehehe... 1 step forward, 3 steps backwards, then move sideways... He made it seem so easy.
The music was rhythmic and supposedly makes you wanna dance, but I was too involved with getting the steps right and was busy looking at shoes the whole time. So Alex told us to look up and go with the flow... and I ended up stepping on others' foot. Oooppps! I hope someone still partners me next week. =)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Hawks vs Cats
It was a big day yesterday for Australians, especially Melbournians. It was the Australian Football League AFL grand finals - the showdown between Geelong and Hawthorn!!! A group of us made it to the Federation Square to catch the game on the big screen with thousands of fans. Thank god it was such a beautiful and warm day.
Geelong, the Cats, were the champions last year and everyone thought they will take home the trophy again this year. But it was the HAWKS who won the game, the new champions!!! The score was Hawks-115, Cats-89. Cheer on, Hawks! Well done!
MBS ranks 26th
Economist Intelligence Unit Which MBA? rankings are out and MBS ranks no.1 in Australia and no.26 in the world! Hip hip hurray!!! We celebrated in the staff lounge with lots of champagne!!! The schools from back home in Singapore ranks no.81 for Nanyang MBA and no.89 for NUS MBA. Hehehe. =) Feels great to be here!
Busiest day of the month
Last Thursday, my alarm clock went at 7am, and I woke up to get myself in class by 8.30am. Accounting for Managers class started at 8.45am and David Trende (Accounting lecturer) fully utilised my brains until 12pm. Then I had a quick lunch at the cafeteria with a few classmates, I brought myself lunch from home, it was pitta bread, salad & tuna with dressing. Then I rushed back to CUB theatre for career sessions. It started with MBS Alumni Guest Panel at 1pm, we had alumni from AT Kearney (Consulting firm), GE Healthcare, and Kraft (FMCG). They gave very good insights to their jobs and responsibilities, as well as how is their day-to-day life like in their respective firms and industries. Such career sessions in MBS always set my mind thinking, what do I want to do after my MBA, what am I good at, what do I love to do, how should I go about getting where I want to, and so on.
Then we had Internship presentations by senior students, there was one who worked in a consulting firm, one who volunteered to give back to KIVA in Mexico, two who had a business consulting project with eye research center and one who worked as an analyst with Pacific Brands. All stories were interesting and exciting, these students truly enjoyed their internships. This too set me thinking about my next steps in my career. The career session ended at 4pm with Leo (career consultant at MBS) giving us a presentation on MBA Career paths and what we will be doing to prepare for our careers from now till Dec 2008.
At 4pm, some of the classmates went to play footy at Uni square in front of school, while I joined the ladies in school for a short meeting of Women & Management club at the Student Lounge. The agenda was to prepare for the Networking Lunch event to be held in a few weeks' time. We discussed on the food, the seatings, the list of guests, and so on. I had a quick dinner cum snack at 5.30pm.
Then at 6pm, I attended the event "Clean Technology Business Opportunities". Clean energy is very popular these days, just like dot com companies in the 90s. But I believe clean energy will not suffer the fates of dot com companies, the world is leading to self destruction and clean energy is extremely improtant. The companies that presented were CO2CRC (CO2 storage), Synergetic (environmental engineering), azuratec (integrated water systems), hydrexia (H2 storage). Each story was inspiring and interesting. These are the entreprenuers who strived on based on their beliefs. The event ended at 9pm with the closings from Venture Capital companies; CleanTech Ventures and Starfish Ventures. This brought us to the financal part of ventures. Aaron Fyke, partner of Starfish Ventures, is a MIT Sloan MBA alumni. He talked about the risks involved and returns associated with venture capitalism.
At 9pm, a friend gave me a lift to the Backpackers pub on Elizabeth St. I was meeting a few of my classmates there for pub quizz! It was time to let my hair down and relax. I had a few glasses of beer and we did relatively well in the quizz by coming in second. Yeah! I left the pub around 11.30pm and headed straight home to bed. There was early morning class the next day at 8.45am. It was the most tiring day of the month but every second was worth it. =p
Then we had Internship presentations by senior students, there was one who worked in a consulting firm, one who volunteered to give back to KIVA in Mexico, two who had a business consulting project with eye research center and one who worked as an analyst with Pacific Brands. All stories were interesting and exciting, these students truly enjoyed their internships. This too set me thinking about my next steps in my career. The career session ended at 4pm with Leo (career consultant at MBS) giving us a presentation on MBA Career paths and what we will be doing to prepare for our careers from now till Dec 2008.
At 4pm, some of the classmates went to play footy at Uni square in front of school, while I joined the ladies in school for a short meeting of Women & Management club at the Student Lounge. The agenda was to prepare for the Networking Lunch event to be held in a few weeks' time. We discussed on the food, the seatings, the list of guests, and so on. I had a quick dinner cum snack at 5.30pm.
Then at 6pm, I attended the event "Clean Technology Business Opportunities". Clean energy is very popular these days, just like dot com companies in the 90s. But I believe clean energy will not suffer the fates of dot com companies, the world is leading to self destruction and clean energy is extremely improtant. The companies that presented were CO2CRC (CO2 storage), Synergetic (environmental engineering), azuratec (integrated water systems), hydrexia (H2 storage). Each story was inspiring and interesting. These are the entreprenuers who strived on based on their beliefs. The event ended at 9pm with the closings from Venture Capital companies; CleanTech Ventures and Starfish Ventures. This brought us to the financal part of ventures. Aaron Fyke, partner of Starfish Ventures, is a MIT Sloan MBA alumni. He talked about the risks involved and returns associated with venture capitalism.
At 9pm, a friend gave me a lift to the Backpackers pub on Elizabeth St. I was meeting a few of my classmates there for pub quizz! It was time to let my hair down and relax. I had a few glasses of beer and we did relatively well in the quizz by coming in second. Yeah! I left the pub around 11.30pm and headed straight home to bed. There was early morning class the next day at 8.45am. It was the most tiring day of the month but every second was worth it. =p
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