The Pursuit of Happiness

This weekend I watched 'The Pursuit of Happiness' and I loved it! Amazing story of how far you can reach when you really believe in yourself and work for it. [Of course, this is easiest to do if you live in a developed country, and I would even dare to say more, in the US. I've realized that I've had more opportunities in two years here than I would've had in my whole life in Spain]. Anyway, that's not the point today!

The point is that this movie is really worth seeing. It's hard as life, close, inspiring, motivating... and on top of everything it's a real story! It's the story of Chris Gardner, who really made every possible effort in his life to pursue and achieve his own happiness and his son's one. Here are they in the cover of his biography.

Will Smith and his son make an amazing and touching performance. So, if you have the chance to watch it... do it!

First Week at Work & Miscellaneous

Summer Internship

Unbelievable! My summer internship has already began. So far, it's being great! I was assigned two very interesting projects, my managers and director are amazing (I am actually going to learn a lot from them), the place is great (we are in the World Financial Center, by the Hudson river, so we get to go out for a quick lunch and enjoy the river and the sun), the schedule (so far) is pretty good (I'm out around 6:30pm-7pm). So, so far, very happy with my decision!

Students Blog at Stern Website

I was appointed to be one of the Students featured in Stern Website. They select a total of four students, among first and second year and part-time MBA classes (900+), to write about their experience in the MBA, at Stern, in NYC, in our summer internships… So, I am very happy and honoured to have been invited to be one of them.

The idea is that we write a post every other week (during the summer) and every week (during fall and spring), and it gets published in Stern website (you can see the former students' post in this website http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/admissions/fulltime/exceptionalstudents.cfm?doc_id=4896 to get a better idea).

I wrote my first post this week and it'll probably be up by the end of this week or beginning of the next one. Check it out if you're interested in having a more formal and detailed information about how my summer internship goes, how my life is during my summer internship and during the MBA. Please note that my blog will be more formal than this one.

Travel to South-East Asia

One of my goals for this year was to travel more, and I'll sure do it. After my summer internship we'll go to Galicia for my brother's wedding and then we'll travel around SE Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand). Juyu!!

Stern in Africa

I recently became Vice-President of Career Development of a newly founded Students Club at Stern: 'Stern in Africa' (SiA). SIA is an all-inclusive club dedicated to educating the Stern community and beyond about opportunities for business, investment and voluntarism in Africa.

Our main objetive is to provide:

• Access to information about African business and career opportunities
• A forum for discussing African events and issues
• A better awareness of Africa as a viable business and leisure destination
• Greater visibility of Stern among Africans in the Diaspora
• Support to the Admissions Office in recruiting African Students
• Opportunities for Stern MBAs to explore Africa through social and cultural events
• A support network to African students at Stern
• Networking events for SIA members interested in building careers in or related to Africa

Long time, no talk!

Unbelievable, but true! The first year of the MBA is gone! I can't belive time went by so fast... The last semester was kind of stressful, but I managed to accomplished quite a few things. Actually, I was awarded the "Paul Friedman Small Acts of Kindness Memorial Fellowship" for outstanding performance during the consulting project I did over the semester. :-)

Now, it feels surreal! I can't even absorve that I'll be joining my summer internship in 1 week!

This week my hubby's graduation ceremony will take place! Amazing! It seems yesterday when we moved to New York! and we've been here for two years!

Well, this was just a head-up! I'll try to post more frequently over the summer.