… and a Happy New Year
January 7th, 2007 by MrLuxuryFashionGuruBelated new year greetings to everyone!
I’m now back in Cambridge, after some 30 hours of travelling and a solid twelve hours of sleeping off the jetlag.
Being home was good. On the final day I was home, the usual just-in-time swirl of events was particularly enjoyable. I drove my sister to school just after 7am, then went to the dentist with my mother. After that, a quick nap preceeded my hurried trip to town for a series of interviews. I was being interviewed for my dream summer internship, which I will almost certainly accept if they make a good offer. The interview cycle was pretty intense, particularly because I was there for a very compressed interview cycle, where each interviewer would decide whether I qualified to be seen by the next, more senior interviewer. So after every round I was left in the conference room to wait for the result as delivered by the coordinating HR officer. Quite the experience. I passed the time by reading “Le Probleme de l’Opium en Iran”, the bit of thesis-reading I’d brought with me. Thankfully I made it through to the final round, which was very pleasant, although I have yet to learn the final result. As I said during the interviews, I’m not worried regardless. I’m sure something will work out for the summer, whether it’s this internship or something else. After leaving the gleaming office tower, I headed to one of the newest (and largest) mall complexes to pick up a few things and also to meet Charles and Lynn for dinner. I’m glad I got to catch up with them (and also to more extensively explore Vivocity). From there, it was a quick ride home, an almost-quicker packing job and then off to the airport for the 30 hour journey back to my dorm.
And now I shall go unpack, in preparation for the next week of paper-writing and exam preparation.
PS: I’m so very happy for Flora and her engagement – congratulations!!
January 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Wow! Flora is engaged? Must send her my congratulations soon..
Sounds like you had a wonderful time back in Sg.. All the best for your final semester and thesis! =)
January 9th, 2007 at 7:49 am
Thanks guys! It was really wonderful meeting up with you Jason, the meal was great and the conversations refreshing and rewarding!
You take care, all the best and keep the good news coming *fingers crossed!*
And terence, thanx for the SMS! I’ll see ya in Singapore soon!!!
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