grad school

summer is sooo close

In film & television, grad school, personal, pop culture on 21 April 2009 with 2 comments

Taking a late spring break vacation definitely whetted my appetite for summer. With only two more weeks left of the semester I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. (San Francisco’s heat wave has also contributed to my spring fever reaching epic proportions.)
Here’s my optimistic list of top 5 things I am [...]

first semester finals.

In grad school, personal on 14 December 2008 with 1 comment

self portrait during econ, originally uploaded by katerw.
one more class tmw (accounting).
two more finals (accounting & econ).
and then i get to read the paper. watch tv. see friends. knit. put my feet up.
and then start reading for second semester.

how to keep up your hobby, your homework and your day job

In crafts, grad school, personal on 29 October 2008 with 1 comment

knitting while studying, originally uploaded by katerw.
It is all about the multi-tasking. Despite the fact that I’m treading water balancing school and work, I can’t quite kick the knitting habit.
Here’s a blurry camera phone snap of my latest project, a slightly complicated scarf pattern, while studying micro economics. This was from late last week, so [...]

getting to know rickshaw bags

In business, design, grad school, san francisco on 26 October 2008 with 1 comment

At each of our residency weekends we have some sort of community activity on the Saturday night. Since we only see each other a handful of times per semester, these evenings are a great time to interact with classmates outside of your study/project group.
For last night’s activity, Nathan brought in Mark Dwight, the founder of [...]

more than halfway through the first semester

In grad school, personal on 26 October 2008 with no comments

The headline says it all.
I just finished the third (of five) residency weekends for my first semester in the dMBA program.
Phew.
In case you are wondering where I have disappeared to, or why I haven’t emailed you back… at least you know I’m still alive and studying. School is an endless game of sacrifices. I feel [...]

getting my grad school bearings…

In grad school, personal on 5 September 2008 with 1 comment

(whoops… this was supposed to post the other day, but looks like it never did… so here’s the time rewind)
It is my big first week of grad school… Orientation is tomorrow afternoon and classes start Thursday. And just like the undergrad I once was, I’m up past midnight working on a project that is due [...]