I'm still with Stupid: October 2009

It’s been a little over 6 months since I have moved to Barcelona and I’m already half way done with school. It’s amazing how quickly time is going by. It seemed not so long ago that I was nervous about starting school again and worry about living on my own without Jeremy. Well, I made it…we both made it. School was tough, especially in June and July, but it seems like I have passed all the required courses. I have also made many close friends whom I missed very much during our month off for summer vacation. School was much tougher than I ever thought it would be with many 12+ hour days spent at school, either working on some type of homework or doing a group project. My classmates and I did find some time to relax and have fun by having birthday parties, ethnic potlucks and random BBQs just to take a much needed break from all the work.

In Paris for MBAT (MBA Tournament)

Dinner with the girls
One of many birthday parties
Japanese Dinner:

End of Term 2:

Just as quickly as the end of the 2nd term came by, the month of summer vacation was over in a flash. At the beginning of September, I along with 43 of my classmates, travelled to Beijing to start our week-long course at the Beijing University. This not only turned out to be a wonderful learning experience but also a very emotional trip for me. As many of you know, I was born in China (Southeastern part) but left when I was around 1 years of age. I have never gone back and this was my first trip back to my country of birth. Obviously, it was neither the same city nor the same province for that matter, but it was still the same country. It was very emotional to see the people and to see what my life would’ve been if my parents would have never left the country. Would I have had the chance to travel the world like I have been doing the past year or would I have never left the small town where I was born?

Although my class only spent a week in Beijing we managed to take classes and also do some cultural things. Overall it was one of the best and most memorable times of my MBA career.

Beijing University Campus