Here starts another year. I'll start is off wishing everyone who might read this a year filled with prosper and health.
So what am I looking forward to this year; one thing's for sure. Summer. The wonderful sun, the lack of acedemics, but most significantly the absence of stress. Total relaxation.
I'm also looking forward to going back to uni in a couple of weeks; being able to see some friends again, a fresh start to the term. Terms always start off quite well with a sense of renewal and frsh determination. But all this seem to die off by week 6; luckily for us Cambridge terms only last 8 weeks, the last couple of weeks being a battle to keep the mind focused and willing to work. Perhaps this is just me and not the typical case.
Events of notice (to me) in 2006, most of these quite recent:
Casino Royale - an absolutely awesome movie, purely driven by plotline, dialogue, and Bond.
The Prestige - suprisingly I was even more impressed with this movie than with Casino Royle.
The execution of Saddam Hussain - I don't really keep up with the news very much, but that morning I opened the browser and went onto Yahoo! and was shocked!
I purchased a diary - having never organised my time on paper before this was quite a significant step for me. I thought it might be a good way to help with my discipline if I wrote down what I had to do and by when. I wrote in it today the deadlines of my CATAM projects and the birthdays of friends and family. It's not that I can't remember these things; but I think it'll make me more prepared for these events to come. Hope it works.
Results of Year 1 - I didn't do well. The senior tutor wanted a meeting with me to discuss the reasons behind it and what could be done to improve. It felt like getting told off at school, like being a child again. Hopefully this year I will do better, it's not looking too bad at them moment.
Celebrity Love Island - due to the continuous crying of one supermodel Sophie Anderton.
Happy New Year!
Read Me First
The story of a very lost individual
Monday, 1 January 2007
Saturday, 30 December 2006
The First Post
Dear all, this is my first post, you figured that much. Just a little about myself. I'm a student, knowing only a very small portion of the riches of Earth and life. I seek to enhance my knowledge of life and living.
To be perfectly honest I'm not very satisfied with my choice of university study, maths healthily promotes a monochrome imagination without surround sound.
Now in my second year at uni I'm finding it harder and harder to decide what to do after I graduate, assuming that I do; choices such as going into finance, investment banking and the rest of the high salary club only seem appealing because of the money. I have almost no idea what a day in the life of an investment analyst involves or his analysis consultant's day for that matter. The only certainty seems to be they have a lack of leisure and pleasure time, with something like 12 hour days and the wonderful prospect of at least one weekend in the office per month. What do they do!? I wish someone would enlighten me.
Thats enough from me for now. I hope this blog will turn into a collection of my thoughts and experiences; or maybe not, we'll see how it goes. Peace
To be perfectly honest I'm not very satisfied with my choice of university study, maths healthily promotes a monochrome imagination without surround sound.
Now in my second year at uni I'm finding it harder and harder to decide what to do after I graduate, assuming that I do; choices such as going into finance, investment banking and the rest of the high salary club only seem appealing because of the money. I have almost no idea what a day in the life of an investment analyst involves or his analysis consultant's day for that matter. The only certainty seems to be they have a lack of leisure and pleasure time, with something like 12 hour days and the wonderful prospect of at least one weekend in the office per month. What do they do!? I wish someone would enlighten me.
Thats enough from me for now. I hope this blog will turn into a collection of my thoughts and experiences; or maybe not, we'll see how it goes. Peace
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