New LBS admits

I'm already starting to feel like a veteran in this whole MBA game, the LBS R3 results have started going out and people are getting excited. For any of the R3 admits who read this: congrats on the admit and welcome to LBS! I look forward to seeing you at the Admit Weekend or in August.
For those of you whose native language is not English, have a look at a very helpful post by MBAEurope on the topic of translations for the HSBC loan.

On a different note, lots of people at work have started asking about the MBA-thing. All of them are very enthusiastic, without fail, which is nice, but what I found strange at first is that the two questions people ask most are 'What does your mum say?' (dad somehow is never considered) and 'Aren't you scared?/That's a very brave thing to do'. That last question/remark got me thinking. I suppose I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing, but not scared. Then it struck me. I'm more scared of staying where I am than doing my MBA and whatever will follow after that. Not that I'm terribly unhappy now, I've got a pretty good life and a very decent job I'm reasonably good at and on the whole enjoy doing, but there is more. Somewhere out there. I don't know what yet, but it'll come to me. And so this MBA doesn't scare me (although the debt occasionally does). It's an opportunity few people create for themselves. And I'm going to enjoy and savour every single second of it (in fact, that has already started!).

To end on a lighter note: have a look at Loesje, guaranteed to put a smile on your face. My favourite Loesjes are Dutch-language ones which roughly translate as 'Don't read everything you believe' and 'Happiness is a direction, not a point'. Lots more to be found in the archive including the very topical 'Don't let school get in the way of good education' ;-)