Awkward Turtle :: Getting in touch with my Tween self

In middle school I used to blush violently when called on to answer a question, when losing my train of thought in a conversation, when I would spill something at lunch, when Austin of excessive hair product use would say hi to me in the hall.  Not that he ever did.  But I imagine I [...]

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Electing Electives

I’m writing from the deep rabbit hole of electives selection.  It’s tricky trying to balance the time for an internship search, club activities, conference planning, independent study, a crapshoot of a social impact elective (whose quality depends entirely on a team I’ve never worked with and how good your McKinsey mentor is), and the seductive [...]

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Welcome to the country club

The grades are out, and I can comfortably give up any false hopes of accidentally making the Dean’s List. And you, Chicken Little, can stop crying wolf about failing. I might be mixing metaphors. After the finals, I had walked out with the false sense of having done well. So I kept my mouth shut [...]

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The Ups and Downs of INSEAD

I’m starting to realize that the 75 hour sleep deficit I’m running for the month isn’t doing good things for my ability to control my moods.  I used to be a champion sleeper.  The company I worked for was pretty chill – showing up at 10:30 was perfectly fine, as long as you didn’t miss [...]

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Guest Post #2 :: What a difference 8 months makes

This July ’08 alum has put down this blogger’s reins, but was kind enough to share his impressions of life 8 months post-INSEAD.  Enjoy! :: What a difference 8 months makes!  I graduated from the INSEAD MBA program in July 2008, yet it feels like ages ago.  Monoprix, Champagne fines, National Week, the December Promotion, the July [...]

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An open letter to our P2 profs

Dear P2 Professors,  We, the class of December 2009, have been here at INSEAD for MONTHS.  We’re quite set in our ways.  We’ve grown soft with all the touchy-feeliness of P1.  We got used to the humor of Nikkos, the classroom drama of GP, the molly-coddling from Michelle Lowry, the motherly qualities of Michelle Hibon, [...]

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Good-bye P1, Hello P2

P1 ended with exams that (with the exception of Accounting) certainly did not insult anyone’s intelligence, and probably did a fine job of separating the men from the boys.  While everyone pretended not to care how they did, most people stuck around afterwards discussing the exam questions.  I had a dream about one of the [...]

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Food in Fontaineblows

I have opinions about food.  They are correct.  They are expressed here.   There is a dearth of good food in Fontaineblows.  I’m experiencing a momentary dearth of free cash flows, so I don’t eat out as much as, say… a sponsored baby from Bain might.  But the times I have eaten out, I’ve had [...]

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