2 weeks notice

my walkabout just flew away!
in 2 weeks we will be having our first B-school break for this year. and in 2 weeks i'm supposed to lead a team to scale Mt. Banahaw-- considered a holy mountain where mystics, cultists and mountain hikers frequently scale to meditate and commune with nature. Alas, I guess I didn't do my homework that early. Mt. Banahaw is closed to the public up to next year. Apparently they closed it because a lot of visitors were polluting the area. And so with 2 weeks notice, I am left without any walkabout.
B-school has been uneventful except for deadlines. It seems our WAC adventures have stopped. It seems that unofficially we only have 12 WAC cases instead of the planned 16. I actually love the challenge posed by WAC, but then again there is too little time left for the weekend to de-stress so we may start fresh the next week. The past few weeks has been like a train ride to wherever. So many stuff to read. Wednesdays feel like Mondays and Fridays like Sundays.
And so back to my Walkabout. I'm not looking forward to doing a Ballroom Dancing Workshop. For me its too boring. But I may be looking at it from a different viewpoint. We'll see...

after 4 months

i just realized that it's december already. 2 more weeks to go before xmas break. and the last 4 months of B-school was ended by another failed mutiny by the Magdalo Faction of the Philippines. It seems this group is keen on taking over hotels. :D it was a bit shaky for an afternoon that was scheduled for another WAC. i was napping when my room mate stormed the room saying that everyone was to be evacuated. luckily, the issue was resolved within 2 hours. but i went out anyway to my friend Tony's place. the confusion in Makati was too crazy for me. I ended up watching the most recent Heroes movies.
im coping with my finance well. though i might not be able to pass, i guess i learned a lot compared to previously. (a.k.a. i can not make educated financial B.S.)

crunch time & WACs

i just got my 4th written analysis of case (WAC). i'd say it was the most stressful WAC i have done. we get the problems by 5pm on a friday and submit it the next day at 8am, that gives us 15 hours of eating, analysis & synthesis, some drinking and writing. the 4th WAC was a buzzer beater for most of us. i was happy to finish it in time... fortunately I got an HP-. no comment, i did my best although at that time, without sleep and rushing in time, i thought it was all crap. but hey, miracles to happen... :-)
back to my acads most of the subjects right now are quantitative subjects. im not a business major back in college so i'd have to REALLY work hard in the next few weeks.
btw, here is the grading system here in the Asian Institute of Management.

Distinction (D 94)
Disinction Minus (D- 92)
High Pass Plus (HP+ 90)
High Pass (HP 88)
High Pass Minus (HP- 86)
Pass Plus (P+ 84)
Pass (P 82)
Pass Minus (LP 80)
Low Pass Plus (LP+ 78)
Low Pass Minus LP- 76)
Unsatisfactory (U 70)

gotta read some more and then sleep!