No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.
We lost, but we went down with grace; no lecture hall stormings, no vandalism, no stupidity. Damn popularity contest anyway. Maybe this means I’ll actually have some shot at a life now; it isn’t really a disappointment as the whole student council campaign organizing effort was pretty fun. Thankfully, everyone involved was a good sport about it, and thereâ’s room for all of my team to participate regardless. With finals approaching soon, there may not be time for that. I’m just thankful it got me off the hook talking to the (mortally) offended head of career services for a perceived slight to their program. Note to self: “x could be better” = “x sucks” for way too many people.
Spent the last week or two trying to get the entrepreneurship club moving, to little avail; both Anya and I were amazed at the mixture of opposition, inefficiency and demotivation we’ve run into so far from various members. Our attempts to take the initiative were thrown back at us as a “power grab”, and we were advised in not so many words to shut up and study for finals by one of the p4 students. Note to self: screw consensus; you want anything done, just do it without talking to others. Not exactly the lesson I was hoping for from INSEAD.
It’s the run-up to finals; a (very) beery fajita dinner + after-party at Le Vivier provided a nice contrast to my growing nervousness about the first set of exams in two weeks. No worries though; I’ve gotten a head start on studying, and if that fails, well, fuckit.
Sandra Schwarzer from career services gave me a fun book called “Snapshots from Hell” that sort of put things into perspective when I was feeling down (she’s awesome); I’ve only started reading it, but so far it looks highly promising. Every aspect of it sounded familiar; evilly enough, I’m taking solace from colleagues of mine who’re sinking into the same near-depression I’m just snapping out of. It’s like college in fast-forward; the parties, the new people, the confusion, the stress.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?