The Core is Over!

It's finally done. The second big step of the MBA is taken. The core is over. The last week was the appropriate finish of an intense time. Monday, we had to submit our last group report, a business plan about the implementation of a bakery retail chain in Vancouver - if you have a deja-vu about the German chains such as Baeckerei Kamps, Mueller or Wimmer - guess where the idea came from. Anyways, submission was 8:30 AM, we submitted 6:30 AM - after 21 hours non-stop working. Sounds like bad time management, and probably it was, but we were not alone: when we went to the copy shop we bumped into four other project groups. This alone was very funny. Apparently, 80% of all teams submitted sometime after 5AM.  

Yesterday, we had then the presentation of our business plan to the faculty and the other students. The grade is still pending, but we did well. I liked to work with my team mates Aliyah, Steve, Marco and Greg, an excellent team to work with. And after working for 21 hours in room I really need to say "thank you" to these guys!  

Now, at the end of the core I looking back with mixed feelings. It was a intense time with ups and downs. Ups like the project work, all the nice class mates and my improved english, but also downs as the academic content often did not fit to my expectations. Summarizing, it was a exciting time which I will never forget.

It remains the question, what's coming next. At the moment, it feels like a big hole, no assignments, exams, projects and pressure for the next three weeks. They call it holidays. So, a lot of time to do other exciting things. To use the time best, I will go skiing to Whistler next week and then Andrea will arrive in Vancouver.
I'll keep you posted.