An idea

Two words

Portable Coffee!

I do not know where it will work, but it is just an idea.

6 months, Christmas and counting

It's been 6 months since I started this blog and decided that I would slowly work towards an MBA. I started with planning towards a European MBA but as things have changed, I have adapted to my circumstances and it now looks like I will be heading towards a USA MBA....

A lot has changed and I have learnt a bit more about what I want and value, and what sacrifices I am willing to make. Life is never static nor should you be too.

I hope that you too have learnt something about yourself in the past 6 months.

Here's to another 6 months upcoming and a decent GMAT score :P

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Will be in Singapore for the New Year, pity nobody else would be there then :P

To my few readers, thanks for reading and I hope that you continue reading. To those that I have acquinted myself with, I had fun getting to know you and hope to catch up with you in person one day.

Cheers.

What a mess

It's hard to bugger the nay-sayers when they include your girlfriend who is counted on being married to you someday.

She does not want me to do my MBA

i) It is a two-years - USA, here I am selecting USA based schools as it is easier to secure funding for them.

ii) She does not want to leave my current country to move to another country. Of course, here we both accused each other of being selfish; I am selfish for wanting to take her along and not caring about her existing career here, she is selfish for only thinking about her career. What a mess. I keep trying to explain to her that she can come abroad with me and work there....

iii) She does not want to migrate out of this country (which I am planning to do so eventually).

iv) She does not want me to take an education loan of approximately USD 65,000 to fund my MBA (provided I get accepted of course). She rather I spend the money on a house for us.

Fundamentally apparently she is feeling insecure with my wanting to go abroad to pursue an MBA and a career.

Family harps on the fact that even after getting an MBA , I may not be able to accomplish anything. So why bother to get an MBA? But I do not think that is the point.

Problems

Funding for my MBA has been withdrawn unconditionally.

It is near impossible to get an education loan around here as well without full security.

Most people I have met think that an MBA is not worth it - thus telling me I would be wasting my time doing it. However, most people I know are not that successful (in my view)! :P

Bugger the nay-sayers, and the lack of funds. I'm going to do my MBA!

Gmat - Horrifying!

Went out of town to spend the weekend with my girlfriend, nothing much, just lazing around eating and watching TV, oh yeah, and did the diagnostic GMAT test. The results?

H o r r i f y i n g!

:( *grrrrr*

The Quantitative/Problem solving was pretty ok, given that I have had 0 practice, and just about 0 exposure to the questions before hand (decided not to study for it until I took the diagnostic GMAT test to determine where was my weakness), scored a 28/39 for it. Rushed through the test, finishing it in 59 minutes. My key objective is to make sure that I maximise my time fully, to learn how to sit down and go through the questions thoroughly.

The Comprehension just killed me, I scored a miserable, absymal, digusting 11/41. I nearly broke out in tears when I finished the test (j/k). But hey, I realise it is because I do not know what to look for, have no experience/knowledge and did not utilise my time fully. Likewise, I seemed to spend too little time, finishing the section in 36 minutes - not good at all, finishing it undertime seems to contribute to my exceptionally low score. I will have to learn how to pace myself and go slow (especially since it is comprehension etc).

Well, at least now I know which area I am definitely lacking in, and will start work on it ASAP!

Gmat : Round 1

Picked up Kaplan's GMAT 2005 + CD and have started to slowly read through it.

At the same time, will do the diagnostic test available on Crack-GMAT to see where I am lacking. A strong suspicious is that I am lacking in most if not all departments! :D

Have been told to submit an application by March 06 to try and squeeze in to a school, so looks like I will have to do the GMAT by February; if that is my plan.

But hey, I am not too worried, there is always Empresa and Bocconi and Vlerick (and maybe even INSEAD) that I will be applying to if I do not want to squeeze myself in.

Oh glorious GMAT, I hope you do not give me nightmares on my mathematical and comprehensive abilities....