School

Been pretty stressed over MBA classes the past few weeks, mainly coz of the thesis. I had asked to start my thesis earlier, so that hopefully I can finish it before I get back to S'pore. The thesis topic is decided by myself, although it has to be discussed with the prof. So my prof gave me areas (marketing/economics/finace etc) that I should define my topic in, and the rest is up to me. And I was totally clueless. So its alot of reading, researching, digging at every and any resource available for past days, shuttling between Karlskrona and Ronneby once a week to discuss with prof.

At discussion today, we have decided on the topic, but it also means alot more work from now on. He is trying to push me to do a scientific journal (aka more work) instead of the standard thesis writeup, although I have tried to put it in a very nice way that i'd rather just get the standard writeup over and done with. I thought its already blatantly obvious I am gearing towards the easy way out ("I want to compare between 2 countries", "no, I think you should compare at least 4"; "I want to concentrate on 1 type of product", "no, i think there should be at least 5 different ones"..duh). I'm petrified- I'm not sure if I can pull this through and I know its going to be a lonely journey.

This sem's subjects are also tougher than the last. Thank goodness YQ still rem his Economics stuff, I have someone to disturb when I'm lost. Corporate finance is also a headache, I blame it on the unreadable textbook. And that means the long Xmas holidays will be spent at home.

Demoralizing days like this-
1) meeting Singaporeans with big small luggages at the train station ("we're going spain/france! Where u going" , "er, i'm going to school")
2) prof says 25 relevant journals and 10 txtbooks not published earlier than 5 yrs ago by next jan.
3) running to the train station and see the train pulling out merrily, knowing full well the next train is 1 hr later (and temperature is hovering around ZERO degrees)...
4) as a result breathlessly late for class and not having time to take lunch

you just keep telling yourself of your goals.