Winter Magic

Alas... the Winter Magic in the title is not the fulfilment of my wish to have a little snow in London, but the title of our official Winter Ball, to be held on Saturday the 18th of Feb which promises to be a blast (including an ice bar, how cool is that!). A dear friend of mine is the chair of the organising committee and I promised him to make a plug for it on the blog... so here you go: Winter Magic!

If I'm mentioning one party, I should really mention another as well (I feel like the Dutch national broadcasters, when they mention one brand, they have to mention at least one other as well, otherwise it's considered a commercial): this Saturday's Salsa and Sangria party, organised by the Spanish Club and the LatinAmerican club. I think this should be a blast as well, not in the least because this Saturday we've got two exams: our final Finance I exam, and in the afternoon our Operations and Technology midterm. So I figure by the time it's Saturday night, I'm up for some Salsa and some drinks ;-)

The Finance exam also sees the end of an era: no more Finance (knock on wood, if I don't pass I might have to retake). Ever. Ever ever ever again. Woohooo! I must admit though, that I actually really enjoyed the second half of the Finance lectures, taught by Prof Cocco. They were more about the application of the dry theory we learnt in the first half, and that made more sense to me. The FT all of a sudden is a lot more interesting!

Talking about FT: they have set up an online b-school, and Donald Sull, an LBS associate prof of Management Practice is teaching a course this week called 'How to Manage in an unpredictable World', which looks interesting. There's course material in pdf, a video lecture and even a prize draw to win a place on his course later on this year at LBS.