...my mum, who I've been staying with for the past 2 weeks, tells me she misses what I have to write ;-)
So this post is especially dedicated to my lovely parents, who have put up with me the past fortnight, jetlagged and all.
Tomorrow I'm off to London again, after some very nice R&R in the Netherlands, eating my mum's fabulous cooking and spending some quality time (I hate those words... and what do they mean anyway? All the time in your life should be quality time!!) with family and friends. My first elective, Brand Management, will start on Monday morning and I'm very much looking forward to this course. Prof Mark Ritson teaches it (see more info on him on his own website) and his reputation is rock-star-professor, so a lot of people are taking this course. Most electives at LBS are held over the course of 10-week terms, but some are held as a block week, i.e. all class that are normally spread out over 10 weeks are given in 1 intense week.
Other courses I'll be taking are Product Innovation (from the Marketing department), Leading Teams and Organisations (Organisational Behaviour; all the alumns I've asked all said they regretted not taking more 'soft' courses like this and I'm determined not to make the same mistake, plus this course sounds really interesting) and New Venture Development (entrepreneurship; this course will go well with the Understanding Entrepreneurial Management I took as an elective in the first year), all of which make my heart race a little faster (I clearly followed the 'choose-what-you-love' approach when I chose my electives) so you can expect excited reports from me over the course of the next 10 weeks.
I'll also be working on my 2nd year project, which is one of the exit requirements at LBS. I've found one already, but am not sure what the blogging policy of my project company is, so for now it'll be shrouded in secrecy and veils. But it is something again that I'm really excited about and that fits well with my interests.
I can't believe there's only 6 months left before graduation... one of my friends is now applying to b-schools and sometimes I wish I were still in his shoes (that reminds me: good luck everyone who's applying in R2, and especially to my friend M). I don't want to finish just yet, I love this whole MBA experience! However, there is a time and a place for everything and for now I am going to enjoy the rest of my LBS experience to the fullest!
[edit: My hometown is also the hometown and birthplace of Grolsch beer, and I can't resist posting this cool ad for Grolsch, which has taken its inspiration from the red-paper-clip-trade-up-story:
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