During Spring Break 2002, six students from IU, including myself, went for an Alternative Spring Break week where we volunteered at a small community of Ivanhoe, Virginia. I will tell you more about it sometimes, but there is this recipe that we copied from Phyllis – one of the coordinators at Ivanhoe – which I’d…
The first overhaul of my blog since I launched it three years ago. (Dang, it has been a while and my posts still count at fifty, no wonder my colleague made her comment) Well, there’s no major overhaul as far as content and layout go. I have changed the design, though, since there’s no point…
Wow… a lot of things happened to me this week, my third week (or was it second since there were several days off two weeks ago) as a junior analyst. While last week marked my first email contact with a client as an analyst and my first visit to a shareholders meeting (of a bank),…
Wow, it has been a year since I wrote anything online. Yeah, you read it right. I passed my Management Trainee program and got promoted as a Junior Analyst in the Equity Research Division. This will be a daunting adventure and possibly going to determine my future career path. I guess everything does happen for…
Yes, that’s right! I got a job! I just signed the contract this evening and will start next week. And what’s more, it’s actually in the field that I wanted, money management and capital market. The company is PT Danareksa, and the position is management trainee. The commitment is for one year as a management…
Yes, finally, I can get active again writing for my blog! My computer arrived in early February, and only about a month ago that I switched my dial-up connection to a broadband one (cable), so hopefully, things have settled now that I can start writing again consistently. Even though the cable is supposed to be…