Block 3 is officially over

Time flew fast. Block 3 is officially over today. HRM exam was so so. It's open book, 8 questions with sub questions, 4 hours. I was looking for copy-paste button during exam but I couldn't find it ;p

I bought new ink for my printer. Ridiculous price: 23.4 for one black ink. 24 for coloured ink. New printer costs about 50-60. However, I need it, so I bought the black one. I've printed my CV for tomorrow's company day.

Recalling my job seeking period during college. Oh what a nice memory.

3rd day

I should remind myself that this blog is all about gratitudes. Darn. I hate today's exam - the worst so far.And no, I'm not gonna whining further about this because it's not a grateful act :). But here's my gratitude: it's finally over, I'm sure I'll pass, and hopefully a B+.

The good thing about exam week: I always enjoy powernap. That fresh feeling when you wake up at 4.

I ate lamb-steak for dinner, hehe.. I bought marinated ones, and the only thing I need to do is put it in a heat pan, stir it, and wait until it didn't show red colour. It's grilled lamb - delicious :))

Strategic Management Exam Day

I managed this exam well, I think. Finished 20 minutes before deadline :)). But you know, in soft side of management like this, you'll never know.

Had a power nap and feel vigor now.

I have no idea for tomorrow's exam - Innovation Management. Gosh I hate subject with fuzzy and abstract concept, so I'll just get to bed early tonight, wake up very early tomorrow, and try to learn again.

First Day of Exam Week

One down, three to go. I think I'm doing fine in Operation & SCM exam.

I'm happy that my work to go through all materials was paid off. I didn't find any difficulties to go to the source in the slides or books during exam (the exam is open book).

It's 22:30 now, and I'm done with Strategic. I need to cover the subjects again tomorrow, but the fact that I'm entirely finishing it today is great, since usually I'm done with all the chapters in the morning before exam. :)

Newcastle retained 5th position this Sunday

Super. I watched Newcastle's match vs Aston Villa, though I had exam tomorrow and there's huge amount of material to study :p
It's worth the time, newcastle hammered villa, 2-1. More good thing: the two Senegalese strikers, Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse, whom just came back early from African Cup, scored. Cisse scored in his debut. Looking forward for more goals from them!

However, the study went well. I go through all materials and can finished it :)

I even managed to watch Chelsea vs ManU game. Superb game. 6 goals! Truly entertaining.

Saturday Before Exam

Spent my morning reading Strategic Management. Not so much material. Finished at 12.

Had a good skype session with Agan & My wife. He's so funny - he followed everything I did. I ate banana, he immediately asked for one, and said "this is Agan's banana", hehe.. then I drank orange juice, and he asked for juice too, and we drank together, haha

Then I had some nap, and continue with innovation management. I'm glad I'll have a relaxed exam - 3 of them is open book exam, and most of the material is on the soft side of management. Well, operation should be technical, but I don't think that's the way my professor would test us.

Friday before exam

Heavy snow in Tilburg. beautiful. This is a picture I took from my balcony:

And since it's snowing, I had a good sleep,haha..almost 10 hrs of sleeping!

My grocery supply is safe for next week's exam, including 4 cans of energy drink. :)

End of This Block

Finally, I reached the last day of this 3rd block. Though I found this block is less interesting, but still I'm happy this finally ended. It's an easier and more relaxed block :)

Got 9.5 & perfect 10 for last 2 quizzes in IHRM :)

Exciting chitchat with my 2 fellow Indonesian this evening.

Am very ready for the exam :)

Being Thankful

It's ironic (and a little pity), that sometimes we felt really thankful when we learn that we're in much better state than, say, Imam, a binman in Jakarta covered in BBC documentary. However, yes, I'm grateful, and I hope Imam and other people could also improve their life (and hopefully I could do some contributions).

I just realized that I grow up and live in a very interesting time, in one of historic decade in the modern human history in terms of... crisis. In 2000-2001 we got internet boom & bust, 911, war on terrorism, Iraq & Afghan invasion, housing bubble, great recession, european debt crisis.Surely we live in interesting time.

Spot an opportunity for management project. Finished my cover letter and CV, and ready to send. *fingers-crossed*