holiday blues!!

i know i'm not doing any justice to this so called blog, but again life was on a roll these days. any mba school is full of activities, need to socialize and network till u drop dead! and ceibs is no different! u get invited to parties, ktv (karoake), clubs, housewarming....and on top of that i've also enrolled in couple of business plan competitions! lost count of time and date! then the last but not the least, assignments and group case discussions! anyone surviving the mba grind is sure to be made of some stuff! no wonder, corporates pay top $ to mba grads!! so between all the commotion, blogging was relegated to a corner. oops! need to call home! almost a month....need to set my priorities right, lest i'm damned!

hey, i'm the first club president of MBA2006. The Social Venture Club. tis the most active club in the school running lots of fund raising programs and charity works and also CSR stuff. all the previous club presidents enjoy iconic status now and i'll have my hands full all year round.

any leader is only as good as the people. so, first thing was to get an excellent cross functional and diversified team and all are pretty passionate about social venture club. see the photo of the executive committee.

tis me at the centre, with terry on the left (Exec VP), Evelyn on the right (Chief Mktg Officer). Standing L to R : Jim (VP Events), Kevin (VP CSR), Lily (CFO), Michael (VP IT), Alex (Media Director), Leon (VP Community programs), Masa (External Affairs Director). the last but not the least, linda, who is a member of the club and just came to cheer us.


meanwhile, also contested for the post of external affairs director of student committee and miserably lost. i'm happy it went to the right person Rafael. he's just amazing and resourceful.

thanks to chinese independence day, we're having holidays here, for 8 days. know what, even companies are closed, lucky guys!! i really fancy working in china now, so many holidays in the corporate world!!

the real work begins now, going to IIM ahmedabad in november for participating in confluence, CEIBS is the defending champion, real hard task to live upto the expectations, The Group : Rafael (Mexican), Jurn (Dutch), Julio (Spanish), Jared (Chinese) and me (Indian), a truly multinational team with diversified background. sure, will have lot of fun. others, watch out! (just kidding!!). the event has got business plan, essay and other on the spot competitions. last date for submission of essay : 5th oct, b plan : 8th oct

the next one, innovation challenge, this yr being organized by Darden b school. again, in a cross functional team. we've terry (american), larry (chinese), sheridan (australian) and katrina (chinese). the challenge is to increase revenues and bottomline of M&M choc candies by appropriate and creative "store within store" model. m&m is really a fun loving & iconic brand, a very practical and interesting challenge. we brainstormed for 3 hrs non stop and it took a toll on everyone. overall gud experience, pooled lots of creative ideas, never knew that i had so much creative juice left. last date for submission : 8th oct

the 3rd one, infocom essay. top 3 indian and international students gets honored by President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam! Wow! last date for submission : 15th oct

also need to submit the Biopure marketing case and write the Leadership story right after the break....need to catch up on accounting and statistics! these 2 classes are giving me nightmares now....

holiday is no longer a holiday!! but i'm not complaining!!

had to skip zao can(breakfast) and wufan(lunch). now hen jie(very hungry), going to kfc for a quick grub....

Zaijian (Good bye)