http://blog.esmt.org/mba Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:30:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Love. Hate.  Frustration. Joy.  Relief.  Sadness.  Music.  Dance.  Exhaustion. Tears.  Laughter.  Gravity. Elements of a quintessential Bollywood movie.  Erm…also, the range of emotions, experiences the 31 of us went through over the last one-year. It was dark, dull and grey when I landed into Berlin in ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2009/01/03/but-this-is-not-the-end/ In thirty minutes or more precisely at 14:00 hrs on 19 Dec 2008, the third batch of ESMT students will pass through the school to become full fledged MBAs. The time and celebration does not permit a long reflection but I reflect with joy on the past year and look ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/12/19/the-last-steps/ There we are. Another winter is creeping through the streets of Berlin, first christmas decorations are spreading over town, the MBA batch is giving birth to 31 individual theses (involving the accompanying contractions) and it's just as well time to give a warm and dear welcome to the new 2009 ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/11/03/change-management/ This is what happened to us, soon after practice project teams were revealed.   The joy, the agony, the ‘WTF, did you read this email’ ~ all these emotions were drowned in three, no four bottles of world class wine & sekt.   Serendipity, spontaneity, weak moments & win-win situations – that’s ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/09/02/it%e2%80%99s-another-manic-monday/ Heck Mirko, I could hate you. Well, almost. You made me cry twice at your wedding. And that is when everything was in Deustche & I didn't understand a word being spoken. But I guess that's what it is about. There are some moments that have no ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/08/12/a-summer-wedding/ It’s here. The bergfest before the summer break. There’s nothing that’s been so welcoming in a very long time. Sighh. So we toast to the India trip, and we toast to the China trip. We also toast to Intopia, which we wearily went through. I’m sure ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/07/18/the-bergfest/ There’s so many people on the streets, you can’t walk 5 metes without bumping into some one. People get on to the middle of the roads and start to block cars from going ahead. The cars on the road are blowing their horns for no reason at all. Loudly. Incessantly. There’s ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/07/18/where-in-the-world-am-i/ Question: How many MBAs do you need to change a light bulb? Answer: 10 and you still cannot change the light bulb, unless you hire an electrician. Question: How many years does it take for a school to decide whether you get a coffee machine on the weekend? Answer: So far 2 ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/05/30/coffee-anyone/ There’re ironies about doing an MBA in a city that was once at the heart of socialist communist pride. Yeah, no one will tell you that you led a dull life, at least. You wake up in the morning, you gulp a coffee down & manage to reach a 9 AM class, ... http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/05/06/bacchanalian-life/ yeah, yeah, same old story you'd say. But like Elka pointed out - - have you ever seen so much knowledge concentrated in such little space? Yup - here's to the most fun we've had in ESMT, so far, with our clothes on! gutten appetit good people! http://blog.esmt.org/mba/index.php/2008/05/06/french-connection/