To Blog or Not to Blog is the Question

Managed to get to the Marketing Strategy by AL Friday evening 6-9. She is a great lecturer and tries to get lot of real life examples . Marketing itself is so boring(sorry Kotler) but she is trying to make it interesting . I am taking this class cos its a requirement for me to graduate. I need numbers to keep the class interesting , too much of lecture and abstract things just kill me . We talked about Customer Segmentation and did a wrap-up of Calyx and Corolla case.

Had some good company for dinner and a movie later. Tried to show off my macho instincts by moving around Chicago in my T-shirt , got sick and still have a sore throat.

On the other hand, my Sat morning class(9-12) that I am auditing , Futures,forwards and Swaps by CC is pretty damn interesting. The prof is nice and I must admire this person for talking non-stop and still keeping the attention of the whole class . He tells us so many real life examples of people and institutions . The material is also interesting but since I am only auditing it I am not taking it seriously but I do plan to audit it all the way to the end. We talked about Derivatives Trading, Clearance, and Settlement and the various institutions involved in it.

12-1 was student fair . I signed up for some clubs like the Student Activities council , GSB Bio-Pharma, Small business entrepreneurship . But the most important group that I signed up for was “Graduate Women in Business” . Ah I know where i want to be !!! . The other group that was being formed and I wish to contribute effectively to, is toastmasters. I have been an active participant in various toastmaster clubs . Nice place to hone your leadership and public-speaking skills. BTW I am a participant at Rockford Toastmasters , we meet every 1,3 and 5th Thursday from 12-1.

The next class (1-4) was Analysis of Financial Time series. Great class but the execution was not up to par. I had to be kept awake by my neighbors and lots of munchies . Nah, coffee wouldnt have helped, I am sure. Boy if one can make a Marketing class interesting then a class like this definitely should be bloody damn interesting. I dont remember what was taught.Well I have to finish my assignment , I will know what was taught.

After that I rushed home and slept from 8 to 9 the next morning. I should blog what was taught .

Someone once said “The only things that are imminent are death and taxes” . Well I dont know when death is coming up but taxfiling is coming up on April 15th. I have to pay up around 500$ . The bloody Government has to get our hard earned money. Why pay taxes ?