Today I made good progress, I finished the last Module of Strategic Planning and now I'm writing my cards for learning the words I didn't know while reading the book. I'm happy about the result that I "just" have to learn about 40 words this time, that's a lot less then with the other books and not too bad after all because the book was still about 400 pages to read...
The weather was changing again and after a great sunny day yesterday it was really cold tonight and I was waking up with a slight cold.
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Back to SP
After my three days off, I opened the book today again and was working through Module 7.
So now I have just Module 8 left and still two days time. I plan to read the Module tomorrow morning, then have a break and start producing some MindMaps again for each Module to get the stuff ready to learn it. After this I think about starting with the next book...
Because I already finished the Module at 7 and the sun was still shining I went to the sea which ended up in an two hour walk to go there and back on a slightly different way ...
The days are now getting shorter again because we passed the 21st of June ... but it is amazing when you realize how long the days are ...
Here is an actual 5 day forecast so you can see how "summer" in Scotland looks like...
So now I have just Module 8 left and still two days time. I plan to read the Module tomorrow morning, then have a break and start producing some MindMaps again for each Module to get the stuff ready to learn it. After this I think about starting with the next book...
Because I already finished the Module at 7 and the sun was still shining I went to the sea which ended up in an two hour walk to go there and back on a slightly different way ...
The days are now getting shorter again because we passed the 21st of June ... but it is amazing when you realize how long the days are ...
Here is an actual 5 day forecast so you can see how "summer" in Scotland looks like...
Weekend off
Last weekend I had a break of my studies thanks to my friends Stefan and Nicole visiting me over here. It was really great, I saw many parts of the city I didn't see before when I was running around before...
I hope to get the pictures of these days soon, then I'll put some here at the blog to show you guys how nice the city can be :)
I hope to manage to see more of the parts of the town I didn't see till now before I leave...
I hope to get the pictures of these days soon, then I'll put some here at the blog to show you guys how nice the city can be :)
I hope to manage to see more of the parts of the town I didn't see till now before I leave...
Thursday, 19 June 2008
SP and Football :)
Started Module 6 this morning, already finished 30 pages, now made lunch (pasta with home made sauce :) and now back to module 6 to finish the other 30 pages before I have to go to see the football match Germany vs. Portugal today...
In SP I have now just Module 7/8 left which gives me some free time I can spend with friends coming over to visit me for a few days! Today it's really windy again here which reminds me to tell you guys that when arriving here in Edinburgh by plane when it is windy like today is the most turbulent landing phase I've ever had so far... and people who know me know that I was flying a bit around...
May the better team win tonight... and I hope of course that this is Germany ;)
In SP I have now just Module 7/8 left which gives me some free time I can spend with friends coming over to visit me for a few days! Today it's really windy again here which reminds me to tell you guys that when arriving here in Edinburgh by plane when it is windy like today is the most turbulent landing phase I've ever had so far... and people who know me know that I was flying a bit around...
May the better team win tonight... and I hope of course that this is Germany ;)
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Studying at home
Today I decided not to drive to campus to study and was just sitting at home, try to finish Module 5 of Strategic Planning. Hope to reach Module 6 then tonight so I have two more to go to finally finish the book...
I thought that after studying so long I could increase the speed of reading this books, but with taking the same effort in concentration in it like I did with the books before I still keep my average of 10 pages an hour... but at least many of the concepts of Strategic Planning are covered by the 6 core courses I did so far and so it's a repetition for me and I benefit from the fact that I still remember the other stuff so I'm feeling confident that I can learn the rest easier... which is very good because of the fact that I have three Subjects this term and I'll need time for the other two books as well...
I thought that after studying so long I could increase the speed of reading this books, but with taking the same effort in concentration in it like I did with the books before I still keep my average of 10 pages an hour... but at least many of the concepts of Strategic Planning are covered by the 6 core courses I did so far and so it's a repetition for me and I benefit from the fact that I still remember the other stuff so I'm feeling confident that I can learn the rest easier... which is very good because of the fact that I have three Subjects this term and I'll need time for the other two books as well...
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Cooles time in months!!
Thanks to football and meeting people who are not at my course the last weeks became the best since Lorraine left in December. I finally have proper people to hand out with, going to clubs and have great discussions outside the questions "Which Module did you reach?" ... I made it to see new clubs and bars and even with going out and having much more fun than before I still manage it to study hard, too and will finish my stuff in time... I finally feel what student life can be if you have a nice group :)
Yesterday we were watching the football game Germany vs. Austria which we won 1:0 through a great goal, but the rest of the game was not very good... hope we improve till Thursday! :)
Today I try to finish Module 4 and maybe 5, if I have time I'll go to see the next football matches.
Yesterday we were watching the football game Germany vs. Austria which we won 1:0 through a great goal, but the rest of the game was not very good... hope we improve till Thursday! :)
Today I try to finish Module 4 and maybe 5, if I have time I'll go to see the next football matches.
Monday, 16 June 2008
Back on Studies! Last Term!
It's really shocking how fast the time is running, I have the feeling that I just arrived, but now it's just 3 more month and I finished my MBA!!! That's really incredible!!!
The sad point is that I feel that I didn't really use my time to see a lot of Scotland, but at least since I live in town I saw a lot more of Edinburgh and now I go out a lot more often like yesterday evening till 3am. It was really fun and I still can get up at 9 to study like I did before :)
I started reading my Strategic Planning book now tow days a go and reached Module 3 of 8. I have now about one more week to finish the book which might work because the book is written like the Marketing or OB book and so it is more about understanding some concepts and not understanding formulas like Finance or Accounting :)
The sad point is that I feel that I didn't really use my time to see a lot of Scotland, but at least since I live in town I saw a lot more of Edinburgh and now I go out a lot more often like yesterday evening till 3am. It was really fun and I still can get up at 9 to study like I did before :)
I started reading my Strategic Planning book now tow days a go and reached Module 3 of 8. I have now about one more week to finish the book which might work because the book is written like the Marketing or OB book and so it is more about understanding some concepts and not understanding formulas like Finance or Accounting :)
Thursday, 12 June 2008
London
Monday I left Switzerland for London and arrived there in the evening at my friends house just in time to see the match Italy vs. Holland. It was really great, when you imagine that the people in front of the TV were Austrian, Scottish, Dutch, Trinidad & Tobago, and German... What a nice mix :-)
On Tuesday I went to the "Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair" because the brother of my friend has an art gallery and was attending this fair. It was a nice mix of old and modern art, some are really nice, some I wouldn't pay a penny for it :) ... but that is what art is about...
Then I went to visit my friend at Merrill Lynch and for a great finish we went to Hyde Park and made a little picnic in the sun :)
After just one and a half day I was off again to go back to Edinburgh...
On Tuesday I went to the "Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair" because the brother of my friend has an art gallery and was attending this fair. It was a nice mix of old and modern art, some are really nice, some I wouldn't pay a penny for it :) ... but that is what art is about...
Then I went to visit my friend at Merrill Lynch and for a great finish we went to Hyde Park and made a little picnic in the sun :)
After just one and a half day I was off again to go back to Edinburgh...
Switzerland
Just after finishing my Finance exam I was on my way to the airport to fly back to Switzerland.
It was a very nice trip, I met many friends and was even at the opening game of the European Championship!! :) A friend got tickets and invited me to join him (THANKS LUKAS!! :-)
I was surprised about the lack of atmosphere in Switzerland after arriving compared to what I saw in Germany two years ago. But to be fair, part of the problem is that Germany was really lucky with the weather while Switzerland just shows the real summers in continental Europe which are nowadays more like tropical summers with hot wet air during the day and thunder storms at nights... I even made it to visit my colleges in Lucerne and it was great to see them again, too!
But time was running much too fast again and I didn't manage it to see a few other friends I planned to visit... next time I have to prepare a better plan :)
It was a very nice trip, I met many friends and was even at the opening game of the European Championship!! :) A friend got tickets and invited me to join him (THANKS LUKAS!! :-)
I was surprised about the lack of atmosphere in Switzerland after arriving compared to what I saw in Germany two years ago. But to be fair, part of the problem is that Germany was really lucky with the weather while Switzerland just shows the real summers in continental Europe which are nowadays more like tropical summers with hot wet air during the day and thunder storms at nights... I even made it to visit my colleges in Lucerne and it was great to see them again, too!
But time was running much too fast again and I didn't manage it to see a few other friends I planned to visit... next time I have to prepare a better plan :)
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Finance exam
Sorry for the delay in news. I was booking a flight leaving 2 hours after the Finance exam to leave to Switzerland, so I didn't have time to write the latest news earlier.
The Finance exam was ok, I think I did a decent job and hope that I score well there. I'm not sure if I wrote enough things to score high and get the X, but at least I'm sure I won't fail :)
The whole exam had a strong focus on Options/Futures/Forwards and that was good because I think I knew this part very well... but at the end the guy who is marking my paper has to decide how much this is worth...
The Finance exam was ok, I think I did a decent job and hope that I score well there. I'm not sure if I wrote enough things to score high and get the X, but at least I'm sure I won't fail :)
The whole exam had a strong focus on Options/Futures/Forwards and that was good because I think I knew this part very well... but at the end the guy who is marking my paper has to decide how much this is worth...
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Locksmith
Today I learned a new word... locksmith... that's the word for the guys who are coming to your flat, rip you off with charging a horrible high price to help you opening the door without key... that happened now to me today after this stupid plumbers were here... I was just at EBS studying and came back at 10pm to figure out that this guys locked the door with both locks instead of just with the one lock I usually use ... the key for the second lock was of course inside the flat ...
Now I lost tow hours of studying through this mess... called some of this locksmith and they told me prices between £120 and £70 ... I thought it would be cheaper to stay at a hotel then paying £70... but that was wrong .. just found a place where they wanted to charge me £100 and the others were booked out... so I decided that the opportunity cost of running around longer or studying is too high and I want to invest my time in studying ... so I called the locksmith for £70 and now I'm back inside my flat... now I rest for 15 min and then I go back to my desk studying ...
Today I got really shocked, I tried exam-type Multiple choice questions and scored 11 out of 25 ... that's 44% and far away from what I thought I should be able to score ... I don't know what I learned the last 3 month in finance that I still score that bad!! Seems there is lots of work waiting for me the next 24 hours to get me ready for this exam!
Now I lost tow hours of studying through this mess... called some of this locksmith and they told me prices between £120 and £70 ... I thought it would be cheaper to stay at a hotel then paying £70... but that was wrong .. just found a place where they wanted to charge me £100 and the others were booked out... so I decided that the opportunity cost of running around longer or studying is too high and I want to invest my time in studying ... so I called the locksmith for £70 and now I'm back inside my flat... now I rest for 15 min and then I go back to my desk studying ...
Today I got really shocked, I tried exam-type Multiple choice questions and scored 11 out of 25 ... that's 44% and far away from what I thought I should be able to score ... I don't know what I learned the last 3 month in finance that I still score that bad!! Seems there is lots of work waiting for me the next 24 hours to get me ready for this exam!
Monday, 2 June 2008
Project Management Exam
This afternoon was the Exam for Project Management.
I think I did a good job, but I'm not too sure that I really scored high ... the Questions were more or less ok, I just expected a bit more application. Most of the questions were just pure theory ... or I misunderstood something...
Afternoon exams are the worst of all, you wake up in the morning and then think the whole time what to do till the exam starts... I didn't look at the papers again because I wanted to go to the exam with confidence and not scare myself before entering the room ... I had a look and the 4 exams I have left are all at 9:30, so no more afternoon exams :)
Today I also passed half time of my exams :) 5 done, 4 more to go ... one this week and three in August and then it's done!!! Time is passing so fast, it's incredible that term 3 is already over and I have just 3 month left! I wonder what I did all the time here beside studying ...
Go now to sleep a bit, tomorrow after breakfast I'll stick my head again in my finance book to be prepared for the exam on Thursday.
I think I did a good job, but I'm not too sure that I really scored high ... the Questions were more or less ok, I just expected a bit more application. Most of the questions were just pure theory ... or I misunderstood something...
Afternoon exams are the worst of all, you wake up in the morning and then think the whole time what to do till the exam starts... I didn't look at the papers again because I wanted to go to the exam with confidence and not scare myself before entering the room ... I had a look and the 4 exams I have left are all at 9:30, so no more afternoon exams :)
Today I also passed half time of my exams :) 5 done, 4 more to go ... one this week and three in August and then it's done!!! Time is passing so fast, it's incredible that term 3 is already over and I have just 3 month left! I wonder what I did all the time here beside studying ...
Go now to sleep a bit, tomorrow after breakfast I'll stick my head again in my finance book to be prepared for the exam on Thursday.
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Last revision of PM
Today I went through all parts of Project Management again for a last review. I'm more or less confident that I can do a good work tomorrow, just hope like every time that I will understand all the questions and then it should be fine :)
Now I'm relaxing a bit, listen to music and surf at the internet... later before I go to bed I'll have a last quick look over my notes and that's it. Tomorrow I don't wanna touch anything of PM till I'm in the exam room. Just don't know what I will do till then because the exam is at 2pm and I'm sure I'll be awake early ... :) Maybe I just go for a walk or something ...
Now I'm relaxing a bit, listen to music and surf at the internet... later before I go to bed I'll have a last quick look over my notes and that's it. Tomorrow I don't wanna touch anything of PM till I'm in the exam room. Just don't know what I will do till then because the exam is at 2pm and I'm sure I'll be awake early ... :) Maybe I just go for a walk or something ...
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