For the lack a better explanation...

... my MBA adventure is now complete.

Final day, for real

Final presentation of our LNG project is about to happen within hours. Ergo, hours away from being MBA 09. Soon, several years of planning and preparing will come to an end, and it feels good.

Final day

Today, the fifth of july, 2009, I am taking the bus to my final day of ordinary MBA studies. It feels weird, but so good. The weather has also shifted heavily here in Oslo, from fantastic +32 centigrades to +15 and rain. Well, I have also decided that I in the end of next week will upload a couple of videos where I will describe my adventure in more detail and so on. A couple of minutes of video. I have also decided that those postings are going to be my last on my MBA blog. The reason for this is because I feel that when I get out of this bubble and start working, I dont think I have the energy nor the time to keep up with postings that are interesting and relevant, and since this blog has been about school and actually taking a MBA, Im closing it. This has been an incredible journey that I believe that a lot of more people should try. Over and out, on to the LNG propulsion.

3 more days

I now have 3 more days of studies, then this MBA-adventure is over. It feels f a n t a s t i c.

... the night

We are now concluding the night at Egils.. i didnt have any nice stuff to put on the grill, some really lame hot dogs and some potato sallad.. we also managed to conclude some interesting issues on the financial analysis today... which was nice. I cannot believe that Im going to move back to Stockholm in a couple of days. It also feels good that Bernie Madoff got 150 years in prison.

PBS Frontline has a great piece on Bernie here, and here is a story from AP.

BBQ at Bernies (Egil's place)

Today, we are going to have a BBQ at Egil's place. I have bought some sausages and we are currently sitting in Egils garden working on our LNG project.

Back in Oslo

I am now back in Oslo after a nice weekend in Stockholm; well deserved I think. What else? Finishing off my DCF model today.. Filipe has made some modeling to a route made by a ship and I will plug that information into our financial forecast. Will be very interesting - next monday; we're done

Back in Stockholm

The sun is shining and I am feeling a lot of emotions about the future.. the uncertainty is overwhelming, not only for me but for all my classmates. I think that some of them are sitting in school and doing their last piece of work. Mazel tov to Trond, Christian, Thomas B and Karthik wo presented for their company during last friday.

A pocket full of mixed emotions

Since I have one more week of studies left. Congratulations to Erlend, Kalle, Anders, Waldemar and Thomas L.O who turned in their final MBA-report today. The word "envy" cannot even start to describe how I feel.

Anyway.. I also have to say that I am feeling some separation anxiety of leaving the class.. It feels very weird to soon not be defined as a MBA-student anymore. I never thought that these feelings would be so strong though.

Working at Tavli's

Tavli's is a small bar/café located very close to the school. Since the school was closed today, Im sitting here and working together with Filipe.. going through some reports and trying to incorporating the data into my DCF model. Hopefully, i will only need three pieces of information to get done - going to look into that tomorrow.

Hope all the readers are having a great weekend.

News from the mark

Hello readers.. I guess there are some out there. I realize that I have not posted any messages on my blog for a very long time, so I think I have to do so. We are now definitely in the end of the program - feels like something that I have been thinking about for a long time, but now we are definitely there. Me - together with the group - are working on our final project/thesis which is slowly coming along. I also got this article about Ivy-league MBA's from David - who sent it to me. Quite interesting to read how the economic crisis has hit the US schools.

Well, what am I going to do today then? Well.. finish off my model, and then im going to work on something else I guess.. I have to send a couple of emails as well.

Back from Stockholm

I am now back in Oslo after spending the last couple of days in Stockholm doing interviews for a school project. It was very interesting. Now Im sitting in my small room in Slemdal and writing on negotiation project. We are going to hand it in tomorrow afternoon - I think.

Listening to some Chaka Khan gets me in the mood (listen here). I also managed to see the final at Roland Garros today - between Federer and Söderling. It was absolutely amazing for two reasons. (1) I never actually thought that Söderling had a chance, Federer is perhaps the best tennis player in the history of the sport, (2) the way the match went on, and how good Federer were - brilliant, stunning - a true champion. Well, now on to the hand-in.

Update from Christmas past

Well, he he.. im no Charles Dickens but i like to write meaningless shit on a blog.. I guess that qualifies me to become some kind of media focal point.. well, no. I came home after some beers with Christian, Ranajay and Rafa today. I had a very very productive day working with a finance assignment. Tomorrow, Ill be finishing it off, preparing for the trip and the interviews with our customers the following week.. but first, I have to see the game in the french open between Söderling and Davydenko.. what a match it will be. Saw that Federer was down with 0-2 sets against Haas, and then managed to fight his way back with 6-0, 6-2 in the two final sets. Huuuuh, he is scary.. But, tomorrow.. i hope for Söderling.
> Roland Garros

I cannot believe it

Robin Söderling managed to outplay Rafael Nadal (the worlds #1 tennis player) and is now on to the next stage in the French Open, I cannot believe it!
> The Times
> Svenska Dagbladet

Going to dinner at Anders place

I have been invited to Anders today - a friend from my years in Copenhagen. Its going to be a very nice to see him after bot being able to see him over the last couple of months. So, drink some beers and take it easy. I havent really been able to do some school work today, unfortunately. What I have done is that I have talked to my sister in Paris.

Going to Stockholm next week for market research purposes for our gas-project. Interesting to see how that will work out. Now i have to run to the metro.

The weather..

The weather is getting better and better in Oslo, and the program is slowly coming to an absolute end. It feels weird but good at the same time.. I handed in my last individual hand-in 30 minutes ago, which feels great. Hope that the grade i receive will be 'ok'. Over and out from Oslo.

Sunday evening.

I am currently in Stockholm taking it easy (well). I am writing on my final thesis on Management Control System and it is definitely a task not to underestimate. I have chosen to write about something called "RAMP UK", which basically is to assess the riskiness of a music festival. It feels as if the case has a lot of nice small "tricks" in it. The models that I am using are the following:

• Strategy map (example)
  
• Top 7 risk matrix
• Risk response matrix

And then I have write approx 5 pages of text regarding the risks.. I have read it.. but quite not finished with choosing the risks. Hopefully, Ill have a draft tomorrow.

A funny Dilbert

I got an email from a colleague of mine - Dilbert short.. i think its quite funny and i think you have to click on the picture to actually read it..

Wine tasting turns into MBA accident

We had a nice wine "tasting" event with the class.. after a glass of wine everyone turned (well, including your truly) into drunks.. so nice to let of some steam [Bennet]

The end is close

I went to bed at around 4 o clock, AM today.. finishing up an assignment in multinational finance. This is actually the final hand-in for this week, which really marks an end of an insane period in school.. we have had three weeks of constant hand-in's which has made life here very rough and hard. It is therefore nice to get a weekend where I dont have to be up until 2-3 in the morning hammering on cases. Im so so tired, and I need to do some nice laundry.