Showing face against bullying

Just posting a picture for a campaign in Norway, to show face against bullying. The goal is 10000 faces apparently, and their main concern is bullying that happens online. This kind of bullying has a huge effect, as it can happen more hidden and make the victim feel anonymus, so I decided it is a good cause. Here we go :)

(the text basicly says: "I am against bullying!")

Losing focus

So today was my personal best on time spendt at school this semester so far: 10 hours. Sadly I wasn't that effective though. I met with my group as usual and we worked on the presentation for IM round 4. We found a lot of things we felt as if we had to look into all over again though and it will take some time to finish it all, really demotivating. We agreed on who will be saying what and stuff as well, so thats good at least. Im just sick and tired of having to stay at school for hours and hours studying all the time, have to remain focused but it was really quite hard today. Wasn't all bad though....School was apparently celebrating 5000 likes on facebook, so they gave out cupcakes to everyone - they were really good too, hehe.
Now Im really tired and Im considering to just.. go to sleep really, at 21.30 thats just sad.

Iman Irenes birthday

Yesterday was my future room mate Iman Irene and her friend Shirleys birthday party, as you can see from the pictures it was pretty great. Tons of really good food, including the two awesome birthday cakes (for Iman Irene and Shirley ), marinated chicken and taco :D
I was kind of tired because of the long long week and Cathrines birthday the day before, but once I got to the party it was great fun. I only really knew Cathrine and Iman Irene there, but I have met a couple of the others before as well and they were all really open and social so it wasn't a big problem. We went out as well, to Stravinsky - they had ordered a table so we got in for free :) Eventually I simply got too tired to stay though, guess everything just caught up to me so I went home. I considered to go to school and study today, but I think Im just going to try and relax a bit at home, possibly check out the case we will be discussing in International Marketing round 3. Next week will be almost as stressfull as this one by the looks of it. Looking forward to finishing the last two parts of the final in IM though, and we are going out to dinner when we're done :)

Stupid stupid stupid!

I am simply furious with myself right now. I have been stressing with my assignment in consumer behaviour for days now, neglecting group discussions in International Marketing and everything.. I left Cathrines party early yesterday as well, so I would be able to go to school and write the rest of the case in the library. It was still real hard to get up and force myself to come here.. then I open the case text once more, to see that the deadline is MAY 11th, not april as I though! I double checked the student web.. and the deadline is indeed may 11th. So now Im here at school and Im not sure if I want to just go home again and get some sleep, or work a bit on the paper anyways. While Im deciding why not blog a little bit? Here's my happy morning face (sarcasm):
So let's talk about something a little less fail. Yesterday was the second round of International Marketing - and also Cathrines birthday. Me, Yong, Irene and a few others just dressed up semicasual before the final (as it was an evening final) and went directly to the party. I felt kind of weird sitting there in the discussion with a dress, but luckily this is Business School - so I don't think anyone even realised I had dressed up at all. It was a pretty messy discussion compared to the first one, and the teacher didnt want to give anyone an A. Considering this I am really happy with my own grade (a B).
So like I said a few of us went directly to Cathrines place after the final, Cathrine had bought pizza for all of us so we didnt even have to buy food - after the long day at school and all the stress this week with 3 days of finals it was like heaven to go to a party. Quite a few of the guests were from the International Marketing class and I got to know a few new classmates as well (yes it is possible to not know all your classmates.. my class consists of about 120 students). We went out as well, to Fugazi. We were on the guest list so we got in for free :) Didn't stay for that long though as I thought I had to finish that paper today. It was also fun to hang out with my friends from the IM-group in another setting than just school for a change - they are all great :)
So I think I just made up my mind, Im going home.. after all there is a party today as well to get ready for, and the deadline IS more than a month from now :) At least this way I made it to the Wine Monopoly before it closed, on saturdays thats quite the achievment :P Laters!

Time to juggle

So this weekend looks pretty filled up! Today I got the second round of International Marketing, from there Im going directly to Cathrines birthday party. Tomorrow I want to finish my paper in Consumer Behaviour then Irene is celebrating her birthday as well. Sunday will be the least filled up day, but I might end up having to work on Consumer Behaviour then as well, and the International Marketing group want to meet up as well to prepare for round 3 and 4. I guess I will just have to try and take this one day at the time, try to think of smart ways to make time for everything I want to do without neglecting all the stuff I have to do. Problem 1: what can I wear both to school and to a birthday party? Decided on this dress.. its kind of casual, but it is a dress so that means I at least dressed up a little bit for the party. I can wear a jacket as well at scool so it will all look really normal :P Oh and look its my first "look at me I can take a picture of myself with my cellphone in the mirror" picture! I am becoming a real blogger at last.. hehe. So to focus on today, I will just wear this, bring only a few notes to school (and not my laptop) and study the text book for a few hours before the final. Then after the final I won't have to go home, meaning I can still get to the party at least as early as the birthday girl (she has the same final so ^^). Then I will just take it easy tonight so I have at least some energy to work on the paper in Consumer Behaviour. There thats one day solved :D

International Marketing round 1

Im not sure if people really want to hear about my final in International Marketing today, but I think it was a pretty special type of final, so I want to tell you guys a little bit about it :)
The final consists of 4 seminars - and it's actually all a big Role Play. In each big group, there's 4 smaller groups, every time there is one group that plays the part of a consultant team - presenting a solution to a problem the company is having. The rest of us play the parts of board members. Today I was a board member, and it was actually almost a little fun. I thought I would get really nervous and not say enough - or possibly just raise my hand and then still don't get to talk. I had way way way too much cofee while preparing for this case though, so I was still on a caffeine rush. I constantly raised my hand, and got to say a whole lot - I dont think even half of it was relevant to the curriculum, etc.. but Im still actually pretty happy with the result :D Now that I know more about this type of final, I will be able to make an even better case tomorrow and maybe use more theory from the text book.

Light at the end of the tunnel

As whoever has read my blog lately know, this week has been pretty stressfull for me. I had a final monday, I got a paper that has to be done by next monday, I also have a final today and one tomorrow.. and to add to things, a bill caught me by surprise so Im pretty broke as well. Next week will be slightly better, but I have two finals then as well, so Im pretty stressed out. I am now, however, trying to think positive. This weekend should be pretty fun, both Cahtrine and Irene are celebrating their birthdays, and even if I can't really afford to go out I am definitely going to the before parties :) Then april 15th is the last final for a few weeks (the next one after that is may 5th) and also the day my next student loan gets in. The 4 finals I have now are all really just 1 subject (International Marketing), and we are 5 of us that have been working together on it, so we are all going out to dinner to celebrate when we're done. Not to mention, april 22nd Im going to London with my friends from UiO - I have tons of good things coming up as well, and while I naturally have to keep focused on the final - Im trying to keep in mind that this hard period of tons of studying and having to save money won't last forever, it's actually over (at least for a little while) soon :D Anyways back to studying, my final is this evening (of all things) - wish me luck! :)