Day 109: Halfway there

Halfway through the exams now and as my classmates have put it, the "serious" stuff is still around the corner. The next few exams (POM, MAC, CFP) have much more of a mathematical flavour about them and will be less about how many random words you can string together and write in 4 hours about a certain topic. Amen to that. My right arm is almost about to fall off after Marketing and Strategy 2 days in a row. By Monday at 5pm, it will all be over. However, to get there, we will need to get through CFP as our final hurdle. Funny how the MBA office have saved "the best" for last. The dreaded 3 letters that strike fear in the hearts of all who do not have a Finance background. O_O

It really hit me today over dinner as I was talking to my classmates, that some of them are leaving in less than 5 days time! It's a manic few days for them as they frantically study for exams and then even more frantically pack up their lives here and head home for the holidays before starting in FBL in the new year. Can't believe that the first four months have flown by so quickly. Just when we've really started to get to know one another, we have to say goodbye already. Tis quite sad but I guess we all knew that this day would come. At least we have some great memories of times shared together and the hope of more good times together in the future.

I really don't like the fact that there's not much time between the end of exams and the time when everyone jets off. There really isn't any time to decompress and enjoy each others' company before bags need to be packed and flights have to be caught. With Christmas fast approaching, people sought to get the earliest flight out possible (after factoring in packing) so as not to get sucked into the spiraling prices the closer you get to Christmas. It'll be nice to be outside "the bubble" again and to be able to spend more time with loved ones this festive season.

Come January, the SGP campus will be absolutely overflowing with the "tourists" from FBL who will be here for just 1 period and then head back to Europe (>90% of them). That will certainly be a challenge in itself. Most of us here in SGP already feel the campus is crowded enough. Where are we gonna fit all these extra people? On the roof???

That being said, I really do hope that both groups make the effort to integrate while we're here together in SGP otherwise I think it really defeats the purpose of having this fluid system. I think it'd be kinda silly if all the FBL guys just hung out together and did their own thing and the SGP folks did their own thing also. We are the same class afterall and who knows, you might be seeing many of these people beyond P3. With the sections being completely reshuffled again, we should get a good mix of people in the core classes and the electives. Maybe there should be a rule that each group should have at least one person from each campus? It'd be hilarious if on the first day of P3, the Amphis will look like Moses just parted the classes with FBL on one side and SGP on the other. C'mon guys, this isn't kindergarten anymore! Play nice with the other kids. =)

P.S. POM exam on a Saturday afternoon... seriously???