Another Week Begins

I was happy to see the Bears won when I woke up on Monday morning. I'm glad to hear that Jay Cutler might actually be good.

Monday was not very newsworthy. My classes went well, I read the newspaper, my meals weren't that bad. I did manage to run a little, although it was on a treadmill. I only ran for 40 minutes, as I fit in a run between class and a meeting. It was my friend's birthday, so we did go down by the water and hung around there last night. It was very hot, but it was a nice view. I got back and started my new book, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers. I think it should be pretty interesting. I guess I forgot to mention that I finished The Black Swan, but I did. It was an interesting read, with some very bright spots when the author wrote about finance and investing, but there was also a lot of stuff that could've been cut. I'm glad I read it, but I probably wouldn't give it my highest recommendation.

Today I woke up, showered, and went to my Financial Markets class. We continued to go over bond valuations, something I learned last year, so it wasn't an immensely interesting class. In Organizational Behavior we went over the concept of motivations. I still don't know why this class is part of a business curriculum, as it basically is a class on common sense (i.e. "Don't mistreat your employees; they won't work as hard and they will resent you." Excellent insight). After class I worked out for an hour, came back to my room, showered, and read the newspaper and New Yorker. I then went to dinner, where I had chicken with vegetables (some of which I had never seen before) and rice. It was pretty good. I ate with my friend Eric from BC; we talked a lot about next summer's internship opportunities. We also talked about travelling, and we are talking about going somewhere the weekend of Oct 2 (we have a few days off so I think it would be a good time.) Right now it looks like Vietnam is the front runner, but we shall see, as we need to get a visa before we go. I just did some reading for class tomorrow, and I think I'm now going to continue with my book. Good night. And Morning, I guess.