ME 15, Birthday and celebrations

The past two weeks energized me ALOT! I started to go to grad school and met this whole bunch of new people to hang out with. Imagine i'm back to my dermatographs, reynold's black ballpen, corona 100 sheets notebook and clipboards:) Reading cases that doesn't involve any policy or political, philosophical or theological know hows of college. I'm now dealing with management, accounting, financial statements, income statements mixed with intuition, self mastery, micro analysis, levels of internal assessments and a whole lot more of self to enterprise mastery ....in other words entrepreneurship.

Being in the business for two years, i can not explain what the hell i was doing, and my masters right now finally gave a frame on that scattered photograph of what i was doing in this whole cafe business.

So what did i do for my birthday? Instead of having my usual birthday self pity i was too distracted by my classmates especially cheeny, kate and inigo (thanks for the gift! MWAAAH) and my CAN group (Case ANalysis group) and perhaps with the whole ME15 scandalizing bunch batch! (photos on my multiply!) After our 9th day at boot camp (5th for me though), i had a family dinner at brazil brazil and of course a dessert dinner date with pi (Thanks to the Tan Family for that forever favorite estrells' cake!)..(ALL photos on multiply..)

But, my, my, my.. who would have thought that i would spend turnign 24 with my father as my professor, yep you read it right, my pop's my prof! Not that i'm getting all melancholy but i guess birthdays are an indication of that timeline. As i read from one of my friend's blog (hi haydee!) "Age reveals much more than that however; it's a tell-tale sign that a person has been through a myriad of experiences and that try as another person might, he will never EVER be able to know exactly what kind life the other person has lived."

Having my father as a teacher is sort of a surprise continuoum for me. How can i live with someone at home for 24 years in my life that i didnt even this side of him. Indeed, a new found respect for him and for his chosen career. But this doesnt take away all the complaints, fights and all that head banging arguments 24 years back till now, but at some point this new mask of his has given me a better perspective of how to understand him better and how to deal with him-- to perhaps, avoid arguments? nah, dont think so. But, there, it is really an amazing feeling --- and perhaps one of the best birthday gifts received on the eve of my quarter life.

:)