15 people are MIG pilots

Now, most of my music is fairly old school classic rock and roll, a little metal, a little random stuff. An interesting thing is, on almost every time I go to a song/page on YouTube, I find other old-school people spewing venom at a bloke called Justin Bieber.

Having never heard of the guy, I had to look him up on Google. Turns out, he's a kiddie-pop chap. Each one to his tastes.

But coming back to the point, these online battles are hilarious. Especially the comments for those idiots who clicked on the dislike button on one of the rock classics...

A few samples (from 4 consecutive Led Zep songs):
* I need 20 bullets
* 20 people havent gotten the led out yet
* 25 people have been bitten by a black dog
* 5 people are now going to the stairway to hell

And my favourite, on a Top Gun theme: 15 people are MIG pilots !!!

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Second Term - it's over

Back after a bit of a hiatus...
Had been busy with the exams and final presentations and whatnot.
First, the presentations. We had a bunch of presentations to make this time around. Economics, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Operations...phew !! The class is getting really good at this stuff now. There were a good number of presentations that really rocked ! Well, that's one aspect of being an MBA that the class seems to have nailed, ha ha.

Now for the exams. The second term is supposed to be the toughest in terms of the workload. Easy to see why, seeing that there are seven subjects to cover. And all of them except for Cost Accounting and Finance had a groupwork element. Some people were pretty burnt out after the presentations, and by the time the exams came around, they couldn't care less.

The thing with groupwork is, it can make your life, well, interesting, to say the least in the run-up to the presentation week! Even if you have a great group. Which I did.
So what's the problem? Time-management. Everybody has dual commitments, to the new group and the old group. Both groups want to meet right after class, and then get out ASAP. And it's not just you, it's each person in the group, juggling timetables. Something the planning department should give some serious thought, I'd say.

Now for the good news. It's all downhill from here. Terms 3, 4 and 5 are all much easier !!

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