Wednesday, May 19, 2004

a master's degree next to my name ;) 

Alhamdulillah it's finally OVER. No more school for me...not unless I'm insane enough to pursue a Doctoral Degree (Phd). My academic career has officially ended. Yup, I'm happy that I just passed my Oral Comprehensive Exam. The Oral Comprehensive Exam is one option offered by my school to exit the MBA program. The other is to write a thesis. I chose the former because I think it's easier in lieu of writing a thesis. Well anywho, would like to share with you a bit of my experience taking this oral exam. I got to school about 4o mins before my schedule time to take the test. I saw one of my friends being tested in the room already and it was so obvious she was grilled by one of the panels (there were 3 panels of professors by the way). Then she got out of the room and not suprisingly passed the test. Then it was my turn. Sempet deg2an juga seeh abis ngeliat temen di tanyain macem2. But I managed to control my emotion when I entered the room. Got to the room, greeted the panels briefly. They were Dr. Weiss, Dr. Chandrasekar and Dr. Ozelli. I got the chance to pick which professor I wanted to start with. I chose Dr. Ozelli. It went pretty fast with him cuz I answered most of his questions straight forward. Then came Dr.Chandrasekar....this is when the problem started. He grilled me with killer questions. I'm actually a bit ashamed of myself because most of the questions he asked were in the field of economics and I did my undergrad in that field :( But, his questions were not pure conceptual economics per se...it was mostly related to the current global economic conditions. He knew that I tried to bullshit my way out when he asked me what the differences are in price structure between a cartel (OPEC) and and oligopoly (the automobile industry).He knew that I didnt know what I was talking about...heheheeh..:)well terus more killer questions from him....I tried my best to answer them..all in all pokoknya dia lah yang paling lama nanyain gua....but I was glad when it was over with him. Like with Dr.Ozelli, the session with Dr. Weiss went fast and straight forward. Abis itu baru di bilangin that I passed:)What a f***ing relief :)

Sekarang, I just earned myself a master's degree, an MBA to be exact, and as my friend slesta said when she got hers "it was a very expensive three letter word" It was indeed. Tuition doesn't get any cheaper by the year:( Graduation commencement is this Sunday on the 23rd but I have decided not to attend cuz males aja. Udah sering ngikutin graduation..dari Junior High sampe kelar Bachelor's degree two years ago gua selalu ngikutin the commencement. I'm gratefull that I finally finished my MBA after 1.5 year of somewhat hard work. Terima kasih "Yayasan AyahBunda" atas dorongan dan bantuan "scholarship"nya selama ini :) Thank God for making this process a smooth and un-interupted one. And also thanks to my family and friends atas dukungannya selama ini. :)

MERDEKA!!!

PS: I attended an end of semester bbq at my professor's place over the weekend. Took out his 17 year old daughter to a greek restaurant/lounge/club afterwards. HAD LOTS OF FUN :)Pictures are here

posted by lanternaon Wednesday, May 19, 2004