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World MBA Tour @ Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo

Did I mention before that I have been wanting to pursue an MBA?

Again, I have really shallow reasons for going for these type of geekiness… Like, I want to forget something, I want to be busy, or be distracted from my so-called “issues”. Blah blah blah… The list of shallowness goes on and on… The more I feel lonely and sad, the more I feel I need to do something. Plus I guess I need to find something to replace or totally pulverize all these setbacks that I have. I feel that if I achieve something really really nice and wonderful, most, if not all, mistakes I made in the past will be gone… by over achieving.

Hence, the certification path. One at a time. And then, the MBA. I think it would be the most prestigious. Like if I earn one, I would have the right to self-obsess, and walk around naked all the time (like some kinda model :lol: ). Something like that :)

My shallow reasons turned out to be something worthwhile, career-wise, they will somehow boost my career and crush most inferiority feelings I have. And still give me the reason to self-obsess and walk naked all the time in the office. Hahaha. Still shallow reasons! Kidding aside, I want to study again, earn an MBA, take my chances, strive and be the number one, be the best MBA student there is in the world. Ok ok I’m dreaming too far now.

Anyway, in relation to this dream, I searched for the best schools around. And then I saw a link somewhere in the web, and then followed those links, until I found my way to the MBA tour in Tokyo today, tonight. I registered so I can get a glimpse of what to expect.. and some other information. Though I could get them from the net, I wanted to feel the real schools talking me into getting an mba, or insisting me to enroll to their school, how my life would change if I study mba at their school… you know, those type of stuffs…

Souvenirs from the booths. INSEAD, Boston U, NUS, California, HEC..

When I arrived, I confirmed my registration then entered.

The hotel ballroom was packed with a lot of professionals in Tokyo. I didn’t see a lot of Japanese people around. It was packed with foreigners (including me). I was in the United Nations. And I felt really clueless on what to do, where to go… I went to one of the booths, and a friendly staff said Hello. I was speechless, I really didn’t know what to ask. Like, I didn’t know what I was doing there. I just said that I am still looking around, finding myself… It was sad :(

I just went around and around, until one nice lady poked me gently and told me that my scarf is sweeping the floor. I said thanks and then I remembered Drew Barrymore’s scene in Never been kissed. Like that loser high school girl with a roll of tissue rolling from her backpack, while the boys make fun of her. It was just my imagination but the bottomline is, I felt really lost. I felt like a lost school girl in a room full of successful business people knowing where they’re going, knowing what to ask, and most of all determined to pursue a dream.

I attempted to approach some booths to talk and ask but for some unknown reason, that part of my brain where wits and intelligence are supposed to be located were nowhere to be found. So I never really got to talk to the school people. I just got the brochures, application forms etc. And went out of the hotel ballroom and find my seat and just read and write.

I felt so small :(

But anyway, I’m still on… Never say never! ;) After my SCWCD, I’m gonna start to prepare for GMAT I guess… Then exhaust resources for scholarships. Sounds like a nice plan to me… I’m just starting. Gambatte!!!

Let the Christmas Wishes begin…

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0015T963C

I’m on fire!!! :lol:

Dreaming about a *REAL* Branded Bag

I know I’ve been posting mostly links about something and something, you know, it’s been very busy these days. I couldn’t organize my mind properly. Most “interesting” stuffs about me, I blurted out mainly during travel from my home to office or vice versa… and you wouldn’t really wanna hear about them anyway.

Recently I post mostly about fashion and beauty stuffs. Though I’m not in any way an expert to any of those subjects, they still interest me. An enthusiast, I suppose, is my classification.

And recently, I find myself dreaming about owning a real branded bag. I don’t know what drove me into dreaming about that. Maybe it was the culture here. I saw these Japanese women (and even men!) donning an LV… and almost all office girls have branded ones. I could see that LV is the common one, Coach, then Burberry, Chanel. And not to mention my lucky pinay friends here who are either managers or heiresses :lol: , who had somehow influenced me, and gave me a crash course on how to look on a fake and a real one (yeah call me a loser I won’t know if it’s fake or not, most of the time… because I never ever really owned one).

You know those stores- Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Prada stores… I usually don’t enter those stores (and actually didn’t care) because I knew I won’t be able to buy their real stuffs anyway. But now, I feel that it’s time. I know I still can’t buy them… yet… But I’m dreaming now… and hoping that I will own one someday.

… and actually imagining that day when I hold a real one… for myself. Must be bliss :D

As part of my dreaming, I thought about buying a second-hand… you know, just to own a real one. So I waited for Angel Locsin’s Designer bags bazaar and hope that it would still be ongoing till I go home. It started now, as part of Ondoy-relief programs. Angel Locsin, Kris Aquino, and more stars participated,

http://www.shopandshare.ph/auctions.html

They’re all second-hand, and in good condition I guess… And if you buy one, you help millions! :D

The reality is, maybe it would still remain in my dreams (oh irony). I have some things far more important to spend on to. Priorities again.

That’s life, I’m just too whiney. :P

Thinkin of my Dolls ;)

This post has nothing to do about the recent Ms Universe pageant. But it kinda triggerred the writing ;) Congrats by the way to Ms Venezuela… another crown.

When I was a kid, I used to stay tuned on whats goin in and out around the pageant world. I watched Bb. Pilipinas, Ms Universe, Ms World, Ms Asia-Pacific, etc.. all of them with glee, and religiously, every year. Like I would kill someone who would use the TV at that same timeslot.

And, embarrassing as it may seem, I used to do it too… Strut my way in front of the mirror, using the blanket as my “evening gown”, and recite out loud how I would answer to the question and answer portions. I dreamed about becoming a beauty queen. Hehehe :cool: But when insecurities started to blanket me as well, and eventually when I turned 18 and my height started to.. well, give up on me, I bid Ms Universe buh-bye.

My paperdolls received a lot of pampering those days. I bought so many fancy paper clothes (for my paper dolls), and then line them up in an improvised stage I made out of our coffee table. Then make these dolls “walk”, in their fancy swimwear (the default dress), then costumes, evening gowns.. Hehehe, I would even create improvised sash and crowns. And the dialogues, the announcement of winners, the questions, of course had to be engineered by yours truly. The peak of my Ms Universe-role-playing-play-and-enjoy-it-alone-game, wherein I’d do it like, uhm.. everyday, was 1994 I think (when Ms U was held in the Philippines, wherein Ms India won). And in those times, I always make this particular paper doll with really nice deep eyes as Ms India, and she would always win my pageant. That was until 1995 I think. Or before I set up to high school where I *sort of* became busy.

I became fascinated with all those feminine stuffs… long gowns, swimsuits, costumes, hair styles… :D

Actually it’s not just the Ms Universe.. my playmates and I usually play Barbie… and each one got their barbie dolls and fancy dresses, and a whole room magically transformed into a barbie land-pillows/hankies as beds, pencil-cases as sofas… and anything in the house that we thought our barbies could use as their own house appliances :D . We play barbie dolls, with conversations, dialogues, and we (our barbies) ”say” it all like real… And we could come up with a real nice stories of love, friendship, etc… Like a teleserye. :) I’m quite amazed at how we play those dolls back then…

If not for my dolls (paper and barbie), I wouldn’t have this really really bright colors and vivid imaginations in my mind. Not that I’m blaming the dolls for honing that part of my brain, but sometimes I hate it. Like, you imagine the future… and of course most that you imagine are usually out of reach (impossible dreams). Though there are 100% chance of them not coming true but when you think about it, they seem so true.

Aloha Hello!

Apparently, my so-called “soul-searching” didn’t do anything good aaat all.

But anyway, today, I finally paid for my voucher… A smashing, striking, flashing 31,500 yen (300 dollars) for a certification. I kept the amount for some time because I was thinking back and forth if I should go for it or not. Especially now that I kept on procrastinating on my readings. 7 more chapters. And another 14 more for a second go… and mock exams…

Now that my oh so precious 31,500 yen is gone, there’s no more reason to back out. This is finally it. So Help Me God!

I figured that there is a need to regain something after all these craziness and stuffs.

You know, there are still a lot to prove, a lot to learn. Knowledge is a neverending journey. :)

… and by the way, yes, I am back! So back!

Redbull Overdose

Seems like giving in to my heart’s desires of going on a series marathon pays. I just finished season 5 of Lost… (6th and final season will be next year :cry: )

I suddenly found my energy back… I have a list now on what to do next… probably go back too, to what I left behind last year… SCWCD/Nihongo not included, these are just my extra-curricular activities:

  • (1) Photoshop (including website design and W3C)
  • (2) Templating – Joomla and Wordpress
  • (3) PHP (forgot all about it since College)

I’m not applying for a job. Just want to learn those for the improvement of my site. Basically I want to do my own signature design. Rather than download templates but change them again and again… But I quite enjoy browsing cool and fancy WP templates. :)

True, I feel the overwhelming energy but I found one loophole: I want to do them all at once! … and that’s bad and will definitely drive me mad! As in right now I’m going gaga googling the how-tos about all these three! !

Maybe photoshop would be more interesting to do first… Besides, it is the most alien to me among the 3 stuffs listed above. And well, I know that it’s fun to experience magical transformations in a few mouse clicks… isn’t it? :lol:

Lost: my second season

So I said here that I want to achieve something fabulous this year.

Since last year, I have been targetting two – one geek stuff and one Japanese-related stuff. The universe became kind to me and conspired to make me achieve the geek stuff last year. But for some reason that I refuse to explain here (because I will surely bleed), I wasn’t able to achieve the Japanese-related one. Even a Japanese boyfriend (still Japanese-related :P ) wasn’t destined for me. Although I had always joked about it, I’m not looking for one. Seriously! :P

This year is no exception. As I’ve said, I’m targetting two again – the same old stuffs but one level higher. Unfortunately, I LOST the drive to study.

One night, while I was reading this review material, my mind suddenly shuts down. I realized that there’s something wrong but I couldn’t pinpoint where exactly it is coming from. For weeks I’ve been trying to figure out where the hell did it all go..? My motivation, drive to learn, hunger for knowledge (or admit it, inspiration for increased marketability)… where are they..?

Last year I had a fixed schedule everyday. It was so routinary that I could still remember how it was even without looking at my calendar. 6-7pm java, 7-730 dinner, 730-1030 nihongo, 1030-12 java. On the weekends, study even more… but took it easy sometimes. I was so busy that time that I didn’t have time to even wash the dishes (so I used disposable plates, spoons.. I’m such a lazy girl).

And due to the slight seriousness of the review situation, I deprived myself from watching the series available already for me to watch (as in deleted them entirely from my hard drive). As many of us must have probably experienced, when we start watching a series from episode 1, it all suddenly turns into a marathon… and then eventually to an addiction. And then, distraction.

I tried to impose the same schedule this year. Filled my calendar with all of them, with the same pattern. But obviously, I wasn’t successful on following them. Now my study calendar just turns out to be a joke because I’m not studying at all! Everytime I get home from work, all I do is just watch SNN, Bubblegang, look for scandals (the latest ones ;) ) and other videos from the Pinoy Channel and YouTube, stalk people, and all other stuffs that are so bum-worthy but are taking so much of my time… and are making me feel guilty because I thought I’m wasting so much knowledge-power time… But well, I had to admit, I’m so updated with all the news going on.

Then I thought, maybe I needed to give in to my desires for a while. Enjoy my time. Just gather enough happiness that can be extracted from bum-nation… Maybe afterwards, with full energy and enthusiasm, I could start all over again. :)

So now I have these series on queue… Almost finished Lost Season 4… Then Season 5… Then Grey’s Anatomy (don’t sue me I’m still in Season 1)… Then maybe Heroes Season 3… Then Gossip Girl… and all others… :) And I feel a little excited about these.

And for now, my temporary target is just to enjoy… and be guilt-free about my time. Pleasures… :lol:

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