Why do you want to work for XXX Bank?
It's fairly obvious I haven't blogged for a while, so I thought I'll update all my fans on what's going on in my life. Erm, yeah, right.Increasingly, I'm becoming more and more blase to school and school work. In some ways it's getting easier to cope (I've more time to play Football Manager) but the amount of effort I'm putting in is fairly minimal. I know this is all going to boil over, particularly with regards to my modules for Investment Banking & Economic Development in Asia (i.e. the projects are going to drive me nuts) but I can't seem to find a way to care. Which, really, isn't good.
So right now, my concerns go back to finding one of those coveted internships, preferably with an Investment Bank of some sort. In fact, I've an interview with one this Tuesday, so instead of blogging, I really should be revising my interview skills and my knowledge of accounting and finance. Gah. I am so looking forward to that.
I spend a lot of time these days thinking about a career. I could probably live with working in an Investment Bank for now but somehow the lack of balance does worry me. I don't particularly like the idea of being married to your job (or looking 45 at the age of 25) and sure, the money's good, but that I can live without. Consulting always seems so much more of a better fit but most of the big and powerful consulting firms don't believe in hiring local graduates. Elsewhere, there are the usual MNCs but frankly the nature of the work don't seem that exciting (or financially gratifying). After all, I still want to go to graduate school and where's that money going to come from?
Quite frankly, I haven't had my life sorted out. But that's been the case for the last 23 years, so I don't perceive a change anytime soon (Good Lord, I'm 24 already! In the prime of youth! Gah).
Elsewhere, I also seem to have lost a little bit of that passion for debating. I think it boils down a lot to not being challenged consistently - I'm debating with two of the better speakers in my squad and the next best team lacks the experience to compete with us effectively. Sessions become a chore/bore that way - I don't think I'm learning or growing that much as a debater. Hmmm.
Got a haircut, fell sick over the weekend - what else is new? Let's see, a trip to Paris. Probably should start taking orders soon for souvenirs. Currently the list is at 2 French hombres and 1 set of French gloves. Some asked for chocolates, I forgot who. I'll probably forget to bring anything and just buy stuff from DFS at the end. Hah.
That's all folks, I've got an interview to prepare for, remember?
posted by Song @ 6:53 PM
3 Comments:
I think the monotony of work gets to us every once in awhile. Well of cos yours truly has to worry about cost of living in SG too $$. But this rat race for internships scare me sometimes; it's like even though we've already fulfilled the requisite 10 weeks, everyone wants to make their CV flashier (altho I think yours is fairly flahy already). But even when you ARE working, the monotony of work gets to me all the time. I always ask myself if I can imagine myself doing the same kind of work day in and out. Maybe it's not always about the money, but in SG, it's mostly about the money. Financial gratification ahead of passion. And that's how we are brought up to believe. Sad, yes.
- mr anderson
The Western tradition of argument insists that we try to move forward by means of position-taking and argument. "A" has a point of view and "B" disagrees. The ensuing argument is supposed to give adequate exploration of the subject. Too often the protagonists get locked into their positions and become more interested in winning or losing the argument rather than in exploring the subject.
The six hats method allows us to get right away from argument in order to get more productive discussions. Instead of adversarial thinking there is cooperative exploration.
- mr anderson
that's by edward de bono. Not me obviously
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