Friday, May 23, 2008

First Entry - Friday after Second Round of Midterms

Relaxed. After completing a stressful week of midterms, I can finally take a step back from pondering over tacit collusion, cournot models with varying costs, product differentiation, asymmetric information, and standard deviations. Thus, I can begin my blog with a free mind and a lack of inhibitions regarding anything.

So, I am 3 weeks away from completing my second year at UCLA. I have to say that my mind captures the year in periods of 10 weeks each. This is because of the quarter system which results in me never knowing the exact date or month, just the week I am in (for example, this week is the end of week 8 spring quarter). Every quarter seems like a year in high school in itself due to the incredible number of experiences that happen. Every day seems like a week in high school. I rarely remember at the end of the day what I did in the morning. After every quarter, I write a reflection journal regarding what had happened in the quarter and sometimes a reflection for each week. I may post these reflections in future blogs.

So, why a blog? I've been thinking about making a blog for a long time, but I never took the initiative until Shalom told me today that a blog would be the best way for me to tell people of my adventures this summer. If you don't know, I will be traveling to Cambridge, United Kingdom at the end of June to participate in an education abroad program at King's College (alma mater to John Maynard Keynes). I am very excited because of the many opportunities available there, including my individual research supervision with a faculty member there in economics.

O, and a random comment I would like to add is that I broke my hand this quarter so it is kind of difficult to type and my hand is getting tired right now. So, I'll cut this entry short and hopefully post again soon.

Go Lakers!

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