Category: It was long when it lasted and but felt like a breeze when it got over – that summarizes the first term. Accounting grades are out and the term 1 is in the bag. All I can remember from the whole term 1 is “Beer”; seems to stick to everything that I remember about it.
It all started during the pre-reading “A History of World in 6 glasses” by Tom Standage – and guess what was the first chapter on – Beer! The oldest drink known to man – with almost 3000 years of history; made to avoid drinking contaminated water those days. If that isn’t an excuse to drink, I don’t know what is.
We reached London on August 14, 2009 – the land of the pub where the first day was spent in drinking – what else – Beer at a (curiously named) local pub called “Horniman at the hay”, overlooking the Thames River.
Classes started and one of the first cases we were assigned in GMI to analyze was “Botswana: Diamond in the rough”. This was a case about how the tiny nation of Botswana prospered in trading Diamonds by partnering with – you won’t believe this – De Beers.
For the CCL of course, we had Tom Standage come to us and discuss his book – a recurring theme about the importance of Beer in the early days of civilization.
Managerial Effectiveness classes started and one the early cases we were given to analyze was a case about - this is becoming a pattern now – Charlotte Beers at O&M.
Then, of course, Financial accounting started and along came misery and distress. It maybe just me but I was silently screaming inside – I don’t get a freaking thing of what is going on. It started getting very tense but I noticed a whole bunch of guys were really chilling out at the Xi Bar in the hotel we were staying. That’s when I decided enough is enough and joined the others in drinking beer.
And in the end, it just may be that Beer saved me in accounting finals.
Hahaha, awesome! We shall have to continue the theme as feasible in Dubai…