Archive for December, 2004

Snowing in Texas

by Hella ~ December 22nd, 2004

Though it snowed briefly the other night in Philadelphia, it’s really coming down here in Texas. Leave it to the weather to let me come all the way here and then dump it on me.
Yesterday’s flight was much better than I expected, particularly since we had the cats travelling with us on the plane. The [...]

Beau Monde

by Hella ~ December 20th, 2004

Sunday brunch is always fun to do so two friends and I headed down to the South Street area to catch some eats. The weather was a bit nasty but not too much of an obstacle since we jumped on the subway at City Hall and rode to 5th Street. From 5th we made the [...]

Anjou

by Hella ~ December 20th, 2004

I was walking around Old City this past week and looking for late dinner. It was cold and I wasn’t finding many places that looked appetizing that I hadn’t yet tried. When I stopped the browse the menu, the host came outside and mentioned that they had a buy 1 get 1 half-off special going [...]

Put a Fork in It

by Hella ~ December 17th, 2004

I am officially through with work for the first semester of classes. I wrapped it up today by turning in my Ethics paper and Customer Behavior group project. For the rest of the day, I think I’ll just sit around. Maybe I’ll take a nap without having to worry about waking up and finishing something. [...]

Cohort Holiday Party

by Hella ~ December 16th, 2004

Sunday night was our Cohort Holiday Party and it was hosted right here in my apartment building. We were having trouble finding a spot and I knew I could reserve our party room, so after nailing down the details, we jumped on it.
It started about 7pm but only a few people showed up in the [...]

2 Down 2 To Go

by Hella ~ December 15th, 2004

Finals that is. I already finished one final paper on Monday that was submitted for my Competitive Strategy and Industrial Structure course. Accounting was today and boy am I glad that one is over. I studied quite intensely for a couple of days before the exam. I really wanted to learn the material and I [...]

In the Midst

by Hella ~ December 14th, 2004

We’re in the middle of finals now. Though yesterday and today are reading days, I had a final paper due yesterday afternoon so it already feels like thing are in high gear. It’s a bit overwhelming right now because I’ve got two big exams back-to-back on Wednesday and Thursday and then a final paper for [...]

CareerTrak

by Hella ~ December 8th, 2004

I am now intimately (for the better I’d say) with Wharton’s career bulletin board system called CareerTrak. I just finished submitting my materials to my target companies and it’s been a long past 4 hours. These submissions aren’t technically due for another 46 hours but in business school I’ve found it never ever hurts to [...]

Light at the End of the Funnel

by Hella ~ December 6th, 2004

Welcome to madness. An entire weekend of it. I should have seen my sign on Friday night around midnight when one of the Finance Club officers emailed asking for help for Saturday morning’s valuation class. None of the other officers had yet volunteered to help out with passing out booklets, administering breakfast, and various other [...]

Cuba Libre

by Hella ~ December 3rd, 2004

Last night I headed out and walked about 15 blocks or so over to Cuba Libre down on 2nd Street. I had been a few weeks back for a recruiting event but only for cocktails. I wanted to check out the food and see if it was as good as the drinks. At 8:00pm, there [...]