A Week in the Life, Day 2

Friday

7 AM - woke up. It dawned on me that I had to be at school at 9 AM for a guest company lecture. I usually allot 30 minutes for the walk to school.

9 AM - made it on time for the session. I've been making it to school just in time recently. Americans are very strict about time, so just in time isn't good enough.

10 AM - lecture finished. It was definitely interesting and was given by a company VP. The VP talked about future trends and current innovations their company was implementing in the transportation sector. I'd like to apply for an internship at this company, but I know they don't sponsor foreigners. I still might though.

10:30 AM - I should be reading my case book or studying for midterms, but I'm at the business school library, checking email, going through Facebook and typing the preceding blog post.

11:30 AM - had a case interview practice session, courtesy of the Consulting Club. I got the club president as my interviewer. Case interviews are the norm for finance and consulting people, but it's slowly being used for other roles as well. I'm not into finance and consulting, but I'd like to practice more cases because they build up your problem-solving and analytical skills. If you're a master at case interviews, then you'd be confident for any interview.

12:30 PM - walked back home for lunch

1:30 PM - tried to study for the Accounting midterm but fell asleep in the middle of a chapter (yet again)

2 PM - woke up and realized that I'd fallen asleep. Thought that it would be better to go to the library to study. Besides, I needed to print out some practice tests and problem sets for Accounting and Stats.

3 PM - I'm glad that we grad students have a large print quota. I must've printed a hundred sheets today. I really find it hard to concentrate (I have a short attention span when it comes to classes and studying) that it takes me 3 hours to get through two of the Accounting chapters we've covered. Decided not to go to the Stats review class, which was supposed to be at 3:30 PM.

6:30 PM - walked home for dinner. It was raining outside. Checked emails and Facebook then grabbed my Accounting class hand-outs and some food to snack on in the library.

7:30 PM - went back to the library and dove through the problem sets and hand-outs, with many a break to rest. Next time, I'll do the problem sets earlier so I won't have to go through everything in one go.

11 PM - I was trying to motivate myself to go on solving when a voice came on the intercom announcing that the library was closed. No choice but to go back home. It was still raining, but there was a strong wind this time. It was a pretty awful walk for me (I was wishing for mittens and a hood), and made me think of what it will be like in the winter.

12 PM - Football home game tomorrow and there's a drumline event on campus at this time. Decided not to go after that very cold walk. I'd rather stay inside under the blankets and rest my tired eyes. There'll be another home game after all.