Travelogue: Costa Rica

Trip date: Mar 6th to 13th
Route: Hanover – Boston – Miami – San Jose/Alajuela – Jaco – Playa Hermosa – Jaco – Alajuela – Miami – Boston – Hanover
Commentary:
Officially the winter term ended on March 11th, but we were tired of the cold and the stress of final year MBA. So we decided to head [...]

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Power of networking

I am amazed. This week i have contacted 25 alums in senior positions across multiple companies and 3 CEOs who were not alums. I have heard back from almost all of them including all the CEOs. While i am recruiting in this pathetic economy, it is heartening to hear back from these people and gives [...]

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Car Troubles

So. I had bought a Honda Accord 1998 from an outgoing member of the the class of 2008. It was cool, it was manual transmission. Sweet. Now apart from correct driving side issues, i can drive any car anywhere in the world. That’s what i wanted. But then things happened.
The car failed state inspection test [...]

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Insights for Search

This new service by Google is uber-good! You can check how a particular key-word is behaving in popularity over a period of time, across countries and different regions within countries. The data is scaled to 100 for some reference point – usually the top searched item/location depending on context. Hence, if I were to search [...]

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Phishing the Winter term

Starting today the race to the finish has begun. It is a race to get a great internship as soon as possible and start having fun. In that quest, and for need of better planning, i am spending time studying global economics. It is an interesting subject and while the theory covered so far is previously familiar, [...]

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Wish list

So.
Finally. I have decided to make a wish list. In the year of 2008 CE, I have attained maturity to desire toys. Here is my wishlist:

Canon 350 D (aka Rebel XT) with a Quantaray 55-200 MM lens. I know the lens is a cheap, but with my student budget, this is all I can afford. Lens ideas [...]

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Exams

End of Fall term is here.
There are exams starting from tomorrow and i don’t want to study! I want a break, i need rest! Arghhhh!!
Seeker!
~*~

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Tuck

Been a while since i updated. But this one couldn’t have been not said. Where but at Tuck, would you have the CEO of a major sports channel playing beer-pong with the first year students!
Yup. A major CEO who is also a tuck ‘94 graduate is playing his second game of beer pong right now [...]

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