random thoughts of the week
top on my mind now is my recent interview with merrill lynch on my possible internship opportunity in hong kong this summer.. it's not like me to continue thinking about what i should have or should not have said after 2 whole days.. but that perhaps was the closest i ever had to securing an internship through an interview.. i never told many about my first interview with merrill thinking that it would probably have come and gone.. i didn't prepare very much, but i thought i did well because i threw in a lot of knowledge i learnt from corporate finance in NY.. i was truly inspired by Prof Damodaran anyways.. and it was definitely relevant stuff considering that the nature of the job is private equity.. and another call 2 days ago to tell me to do my 2nd round interview with 3 people in the team on that day itself.. i hardly had time to prepare for the interviews that took me almost 2 hours.. half an hour or more each plus waiting time in between them calling me.. it was a gruelling 2 hours after which i was so tired both mentally and physically..i'm truly trying not to hope and trying to tell myself that i should not expect much anyways.. but it's really hard sometimes.. it's hard to block out the fact that if i actually did well in that interview, i might have put myself on the path of a career towards a prestigious investment bank based in NY.. i might have a chance of doing my internship this summer in hongkong and have everything paid for for me.. and it has always been something i wanted to do since i went on exchange - to work overseas for a period of time.. and most importantly i can for once stop my searching for internships so early in the year.. but i'm seriously not certain at all what my chances are.. so many times i wanted to ask but i didn't get down to doing it.. i'm afraid of heightened chances actually, to prevent heightened disappointments.. not intending to shut off my other applications though i'm really sick of the process.. but i really hope i get some reply soon, whether good or bad news..
i am taking new communications and media as a module, and its really interesting to realise how communication and technology has changed over the years.. mobile and internet technology has progressed so fast that i can hardly remember those years when i was a kid before internet and mobile phones started out.. have you ever wondered what the world would be like without them? learning would be so different, information sharing, news, television, music and movies would not have been redefined.. perhaps schools will expect less from students since getting information is a lot harder than it would have been.. communication through email and sms and online chats revolutionised.. and shopping would never have become so easy across borders now..
i feel like a part time student and a full time traveller.. going to the exotic Egypt in two days time for 10 days.. then going to Western Ontario for another 9-10 days for the case competition in Ivey in March.. I'm looking forward to that actually because there is high likelihood that i'm going back to NYC!!! it's really exciting to go back.. i really miss the place so much.. and i want to watch the Sampras and Federer legendary game! hope things will work out..
i'm stuck with an addiction for House.. i'm watching it online with an average of 2 episodes per day.. and i'm just so amazed by Hugh Laurie and his ability to portray such a miserable and cranky American doctor when he is actually no where near his screen character.. not a doctor, not miserable, not cranky and not American.. that means that every word he says is a conscious effort on his part to act.. because if you attempt to listen to any of his interviews when he appears as himself and not House, he speaks in a perfect British accent.. just so amazing..
Sweeny Todd.. the demon barber of Fleet Street.. i made it a point that I would watch it once it started screening in Singapore.. because back in London on the free tour it was a finale story the tour guide told us outside Fleet Street.. and of course because it was Johnny Depp.. i was took by surprise actually because the show was actually a musical, but i believed it added a lot more value.. i liked the songs and loved the acting.. oh and the judge in the show is actually professor snape in harry potter haha.. he has a very unique voice.. though the ending was really quite perverse and depressing.. and the whole killing spree was rather explicit and gruesome.. i would still recommend it actually, though some might not agree with me..
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rebec inspired @ 1:02 PM
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