Some people have suggested that I might have bled to death, since nothing has happend on this blog for over a month.
Bear with me. I'm not dead yet, although I did catch a sexy James Bond (or Harry Potter)-like scar on my forehead.
The reason it's been quiet is simple: I had two very busy weeks and I piled up a lot of things to write. Then I got visited by Ursula and I spent every single free minute touring the city with her. At the same time we played an Operations Management simulation which run 24x7 for a week, so I was busy managing my virtual factory. And now I got visited by Roli and Herby, so I spend the days in school and the nights in clubs, which simply leaves me neither time nor energy to write.
And yes, I hate blogger for its clumsy interface without real WYSIWYG preview! Since its so buggy and doesn't let me add pictures to articles I've written in the past, I have to do the stuff first-time-right, so I'm not exactly incentivised to quickly type something and then revise it later on. I know it's lame to blame someone else, but I want to make this place look nice, with loads of pics, not just text.
Next week, I'll catch up on the past. Promised.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
My head is bleeding like hell
Honestly, you didn't think that the "peace and love" theme of the last post would last for a long time, did you?
Tonight I slipped and hit my head exactly on the edge of some furniture, resulting in an ugly cut just above my left eye. At first I thought I had just hit my head, but then I started to wonder why my hand felt suddenly so sticky, and what the trickle from my head was all about...
It really was big enough a cut to warrant stitching, but scared of a potentially ugly scar from stitching gone awry, I decided to avoid the hospital at all cost. Instead I patched myself up with band aids tightly closing the gaping wound.
Well, I guess there will be a scar left, but at least it will be a thin line without stitching marks. And this at least leaves a lot of room for interesting stories, such as how the guy attacked me when I chatted up his girlfriend, what the rabid soldier had done to me in Vietnam, how I could barely escape the sabletooth tiger while hiking in the Amazon, etc.
And yes, various girls on campus have already comforted me by telling me that the scar actually looks rather sexy...
Tonight I slipped and hit my head exactly on the edge of some furniture, resulting in an ugly cut just above my left eye. At first I thought I had just hit my head, but then I started to wonder why my hand felt suddenly so sticky, and what the trickle from my head was all about...
It really was big enough a cut to warrant stitching, but scared of a potentially ugly scar from stitching gone awry, I decided to avoid the hospital at all cost. Instead I patched myself up with band aids tightly closing the gaping wound.
Well, I guess there will be a scar left, but at least it will be a thin line without stitching marks. And this at least leaves a lot of room for interesting stories, such as how the guy attacked me when I chatted up his girlfriend, what the rabid soldier had done to me in Vietnam, how I could barely escape the sabletooth tiger while hiking in the Amazon, etc.
And yes, various girls on campus have already comforted me by telling me that the scar actually looks rather sexy...
Monday, March 3, 2008
Two thumbs up!
I just fetched my laptop, and it works like a charm!
Surprise: The problem was the connector! The computer hospital resoldered the connector to the main PCB. Apparently some of the solderings that been broken which explaines the intermittent failures. I paid about CHF 50.- for the repair, one fourth of what is usually charged in good ol' Switzerland to simply have a look and then tell you that "it's not worth to repair it - go buy a new one". So the backoffice did indeed know what they were doing.
Surprise: The problem was the connector! The computer hospital resoldered the connector to the main PCB. Apparently some of the solderings that been broken which explaines the intermittent failures. I paid about CHF 50.- for the repair, one fourth of what is usually charged in good ol' Switzerland to simply have a look and then tell you that "it's not worth to repair it - go buy a new one". So the backoffice did indeed know what they were doing.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
diànnǎo yīyuàn
Careful analysis had finally revealed that it wasn't the memory that was faulty, but the connector that the memory was plugged into.
So today I went to the diànnǎo yīyuàn, the "computer hospital", which is about an hour away at the other side of town. After some unsuccessful trials I finally found myself talking to a yellow-shirted guy who spoke about three standard deviations (99.7%) Chinese and 0.03% English. "Memory hen hao, kashe zhege donxi bu hao", etc, etc.
After a few interactions I finally decided that this was leading nowhere and I called a Chinese classmate for remote translation assistance. What then followed was the ususal humiliation by an IT service desk that doesn't distinguish between computer professionals and stupid users.
NO, it's NOT a VIRUS, it's the CONNECTOR that's faulty. What do you mean, how can I know? It also hangs in the boot menu. NO, the MEMORY is FINE! I swapped it with another laptop and it works perfectly there, I SAID IT'S THE CONNECTOR! NO it's NOT the wrong type of memory, it has been working fine for more than a year! IT'S THE CONNECTOR! YES, I know that viruses cause sudden crashes, but THIS IS NOT A VIRUS, goddammit!
The whole thing then culminated in the guy trying to pull out the memory of my laptop while still in sleep mode (i.e. the memory fully powered on). Reluctantly I finally left my treasured device at the place for further analysis, sincerely hoping that the actual engineers would know what they were doing as much as the front office guy didn't.
So today I went to the diànnǎo yīyuàn, the "computer hospital", which is about an hour away at the other side of town. After some unsuccessful trials I finally found myself talking to a yellow-shirted guy who spoke about three standard deviations (99.7%) Chinese and 0.03% English. "Memory hen hao, kashe zhege donxi bu hao", etc, etc.
After a few interactions I finally decided that this was leading nowhere and I called a Chinese classmate for remote translation assistance. What then followed was the ususal humiliation by an IT service desk that doesn't distinguish between computer professionals and stupid users.
NO, it's NOT a VIRUS, it's the CONNECTOR that's faulty. What do you mean, how can I know? It also hangs in the boot menu. NO, the MEMORY is FINE! I swapped it with another laptop and it works perfectly there, I SAID IT'S THE CONNECTOR! NO it's NOT the wrong type of memory, it has been working fine for more than a year! IT'S THE CONNECTOR! YES, I know that viruses cause sudden crashes, but THIS IS NOT A VIRUS, goddammit!
The whole thing then culminated in the guy trying to pull out the memory of my laptop while still in sleep mode (i.e. the memory fully powered on). Reluctantly I finally left my treasured device at the place for further analysis, sincerely hoping that the actual engineers would know what they were doing as much as the front office guy didn't.
Monday, February 25, 2008
My laptop is dying
SHIT!
My laptop started randomly crashing a few days ago. It seems that the memory DIMM is broken. I promptly took it out of the machine, and now I'm writing this from a system that runs on Windows XP and has only 128MB of RAM.
If you think you know the meaning of slow, think again. It has just been redefined!
Let's hope I get this sorted out ASAP.
My laptop started randomly crashing a few days ago. It seems that the memory DIMM is broken. I promptly took it out of the machine, and now I'm writing this from a system that runs on Windows XP and has only 128MB of RAM.
If you think you know the meaning of slow, think again. It has just been redefined!
Let's hope I get this sorted out ASAP.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Snow in Shanghai
The picture says it all. Especially if you compare it to the one here. Courtesy of Roy Cheung, CEIBS Photography Club.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The wait is over...
Hi there
I'm back from Switzerland, and jetlag once again makes me write blog entries in the middle of the night. What a pain. For someone like me, who normally falls asleep within 45 seconds or less, lying in bed unable snooze off is a pretty weird experience.
Let's just hope that the snoozing won't delay itself until tomorrow's Corporate Governance and Business Ethics class. That would just be plain unethical.
My three week vacation in Switzerland was a nice experience, although a bit weird, too. Ever felt like an alien in your own country? Somehow it felt familiar, but it wasn't really home anymore. At least for the first week. Also, meeting old friends kind of deteriorated into some kind of marathon. Beer simply doesn't taste the same on a scheduled basis rather than spontaneously after work.
And price levels - oh boy - let me tell you, this place is expensive! CHF 8.50 for a 2dl Perrier in a bar? That's just plain ridiculous! Thanks God Richi volunteered to pay the bill... It would have simply blown my budget!
I'm back from Switzerland, and jetlag once again makes me write blog entries in the middle of the night. What a pain. For someone like me, who normally falls asleep within 45 seconds or less, lying in bed unable snooze off is a pretty weird experience.
Let's just hope that the snoozing won't delay itself until tomorrow's Corporate Governance and Business Ethics class. That would just be plain unethical.
My three week vacation in Switzerland was a nice experience, although a bit weird, too. Ever felt like an alien in your own country? Somehow it felt familiar, but it wasn't really home anymore. At least for the first week. Also, meeting old friends kind of deteriorated into some kind of marathon. Beer simply doesn't taste the same on a scheduled basis rather than spontaneously after work.
And price levels - oh boy - let me tell you, this place is expensive! CHF 8.50 for a 2dl Perrier in a bar? That's just plain ridiculous! Thanks God Richi volunteered to pay the bill... It would have simply blown my budget!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Ambassador President
I've been elected president of the student ambassadors for section 2. People keep congratulating me, although nobody's got a clue yet what this position is all about. Let's hope it doesn't involve too much work ;-)
The reason I volunteered was basically that I wanted to ensure that the information Wiki I had kickstarted will find its way into the regular information/application process and not die a premature death.
The reason I volunteered was basically that I wanted to ensure that the information Wiki I had kickstarted will find its way into the regular information/application process and not die a premature death.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Code of conduct
Last Friday, the entire student body of the 2007 intake has formulated its own unique code of conduct.
CEIBS CODE OF CONDUCT
1. Every student is a CEIBS ambassador and has the obligation to proudly represent the CEIBS community.
2. Show initiative and actively participate in CEIBS community by cooperating, helping and sharing.
3. Make learning enriching through healthy and constructive competition.
4. Be ethical and act with integrity at all times.
5. Be socially responsible and contribute to your community.
6. Respect students, teachers and school, accepting differences and promoting mutual understanding.
7. STUDY HARD, PARTY HARDER.
The comittee had actually aimed for eight items, as eight is the lucky number in Asia. However, they somehow got stuck after the seventh and my suggestion 8. Under all conditions always remember item 7 was not received with much enthusiasm...
CEIBS CODE OF CONDUCT
1. Every student is a CEIBS ambassador and has the obligation to proudly represent the CEIBS community.
2. Show initiative and actively participate in CEIBS community by cooperating, helping and sharing.
3. Make learning enriching through healthy and constructive competition.
4. Be ethical and act with integrity at all times.
5. Be socially responsible and contribute to your community.
6. Respect students, teachers and school, accepting differences and promoting mutual understanding.
7. STUDY HARD, PARTY HARDER.
The comittee had actually aimed for eight items, as eight is the lucky number in Asia. However, they somehow got stuck after the seventh and my suggestion 8. Under all conditions always remember item 7 was not received with much enthusiasm...
Saturday, September 1, 2007
I'm feeling guilty
I'm feeling sooo guilty as I'm badly lagging behind with my posts. So much has happened the last few days that I barely had the time to unload photos from my camera, much less to comment on them. But I promise I'll catch up on it this weekend and I'll backdate all the articles, so the blog will appear in order. Hence, make sure to check some of the older posts too or you'll miss out on some seriously cool stuff...
Friday, August 31, 2007
Marketing blurb
I just got this from the CEIBS newsletter:
CEIBS Welcomes MBA Class of 2007
August 23, 2007. Shanghai campus -- The CEIBS MBA program, ranked 11th in the world by the Financial Times, held a grand Opening Ceremony on the Shanghai campus today to welcome the incoming Class of 2007. The new students mark CEIBS largest-ever MBA class, with 194 new students. As a group, the new students also represent the most internationally diverse class in CEIBS' 13-year history - hailing from 26 countries -- as well as being top caliber in terms of prior work experience and academic background.
Needless to say that I kind-a like the "top caliber" part ;-)
Source: http://www.ceibs.edu/media/newsletter/21444.shtml
CEIBS Welcomes MBA Class of 2007
August 23, 2007. Shanghai campus -- The CEIBS MBA program, ranked 11th in the world by the Financial Times, held a grand Opening Ceremony on the Shanghai campus today to welcome the incoming Class of 2007. The new students mark CEIBS largest-ever MBA class, with 194 new students. As a group, the new students also represent the most internationally diverse class in CEIBS' 13-year history - hailing from 26 countries -- as well as being top caliber in terms of prior work experience and academic background.
Needless to say that I kind-a like the "top caliber" part ;-)
Source: http://www.ceibs.edu/media/newsletter/21444.shtml
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