Author: impromptuz

(1) managerial psychology
Last semester is my favorite semester in terms of class selection

This semester…2 of my classes are so-called communication-intensive classes
i.e. attendance/class participation in class is very important,
i.e. whenever you speak they will mark it down

not my style,
but I tried to force myself to raise up my hand and talk in big lectures like this..
(that’s why I leave these to my senior year..all my favorite classes are done haha)

today was the very first formal lecture…got my seat at the center of the first row.
see, it’s all for grades only…otherwise..why the hell would I pick a seat like this?

anyway, wish me luck la ha.

(2) P0l1tical Ec0nomy  of East Asia
I AM THE ONLY STUDENT IN THE CLASS !!!!!!
Maybe it is the only time I am so sure that I will rank #1 in an MIT class XD
Not sure how it works, I thought in this case the class would get canceled
but the professor (a PhD in anthropology from Harvard) insisted that she could make it work
She asked me write down on a paper (right away in front of her) of my areas of interest in East Asia
and she will try to restructure the syllabus to my interest!! CRAZY!! @_@!!!
How would it work ?! a weekly 1-on-1 lecture? …..it gonna be interesting…very…hahaha
I honestly told her that I’m not a writer-by-training (except my blog..), she said it’s fine

When I was still overwhelmed by this 1-person only class, I went to grab my lunch
The fortune cookies from kendall court is as inspiring as usual :)

Here is what I wrote about my interest in east asia:
Japan – government, ‘soft power’ – pop culture, media, fashion, food
China – one-child policy, capitalism, westernization, urbanization, modernization, migration, media censorship/info flow control by gov

在PR公司工作過，
當見到報章有我們cover的商場活動報導，心裡就會替他們高興，
因為每一平方毫米的曝光率都等於錢~

在投資銀行工作過，
當見到恆生指數又這樣急挫，心裡就替他們難受，
trading floor一定在粗口橫飛了哈哈

在MIT已經grade了microecon兩年，
今天學弟笑言我已經是”資深grader”。確かにね

Anyway, senior year了，
外面世界無論怎樣橫風橫雨 ，我只需要好好享受我最後一年的自由身
煮個麵，看集電視劇，睡個午覺，沐浴於波士頓的溫暖陽光中。

(btw 大家不要輸了股票就說thanks to my advice/endorsing @＿@
這樣的mkt如果還能outperform的話我應該去做占卜師..good luck guys）

• First step: replace assumption, challenge the status quo
  — Don’t limit yourself to mainstream norms.
• Cultivate selective ignorance
  — Ignorance is bliss. focus = ignore irrelevant information.
• Be effective: Emphasize strengths, don’t fix weaknesses
  — Do what you are good at to shine.
• “Action might not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action”
  — Do, or Do not. There is no try.
• The question you should be asking isn’t “What are my goals?” but “What excites me?”

Around the clock…and as the world turns on and on..

好無聊，以往三年來的Do-nothing Friday，到底是怎樣渡過的？－＿－