A second birthday party at my apartment! :)

Happy Birthday to Us! :)

Dearest friends, this was the most spectacular birthday party I have ever had! Hundreds of guests celebrated with all of us born in September on the sumptuous Moshulu ship which graces the Delaware River! In the pictures, you will notice Shelly, Patrick, and Jesus, who , like me, are Christmas-conceived babies :)

Cohort D Blog

Hello dearest friends, as I am continuously swamped in projects and social events :), I will let my talented cohort member Bradley take the lead and inform you on what goes on in our class. He has just been elected Historian, and therefore it is his cohortic duty to keep a journal of our activities. Here is his blog: http://cohortdrules.blogspot.com/

I will continue to post entries whenever my time permits and something 'extraordinaire' happens.

But before I leave you in the company of his epistoles, allow me to explain the cohort system at Wharton.

Size of admitted class: ~ 800

Number of cohorts per class: 12
Approximate number of people per cohort: 65
My cohort letter: D
*** Each cohort takes all core classes together

Learning teams per cohort: 12
Approximate number of people per learning team: 5-6
*** Each learning team works on all core projects together.
My learning team is composed of:
Itai - Israel
Raquel - USA
Ade - Nigeria
Anders - Denmark
and myself :)

I probably have one of the best learning teams out there, I am excited!!!!!! :D :D

Hugs and kisses and please read Bradley's blog!

I do not want to forget to mention the phenomenal 3-day seminar on "Negotiating in Times of Crisis", which is being taught by none other than Gilead Sher, Chief of Staff and Policy Coordinator for the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Mr. Sher was also the Chief Negotiator at the 2000 Camp David Summit! I sat 2 feet away from the man who under the burden of history, religion, myth, and violence, tried to bring an end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict! I am so humbled by the people with whom I come in contact here, and so inspired by their dedication to bring positive changes to our world.

Mr. Sher will host the third and final part of the seminar tomorrow. We will have the opportunity to practice our recently learned skills through a negotiation simulation which will highlight some of the current political conflicts confronting our world.

Darlings, life at Wharton is so exciting, that I do not have a minute to breathe :) I have overlapping events at every hour of the day! :) I am extremely happy, I feel like I am living life at its fullest! I have made new friends, including Naila from Pakistan and Ashley, Miss South Carolina 2004! Aside from extremely intelligent, they are both gorgeous!

Lost is Statistics :)

Hi everyone, sorry for not updating my blog in a while! My head is spinning trying to fit data in multiple regression models and figuring out whether it would be more advantageous for a company to sell individual products or bundles :) On the other hand, I must say that I am utterly surprised to find out that I love accounting - I never thought that could happen. It feels different studying accounts at 28 than at 18 - I understand concepts better ;) The class is highly interactive - we get cold called so everyone is studying like crazy. We have what is called the "battle of the cohorts", where everyone gets points for answering correctly. The pressure is on, because if we are not prepared, we lose points for the entire team.

Other than that, I have two waiver exams next week (Stats and Microeconomics), plus the Spanish evaluation test (our language level is tested periodically to ensure that we are improving.)

On Friday and Saturday I went to various parties and BBQs, and yesterday to a birthday dinner for MK (ladies only :)). It's fun, the group is gelling well :) My favorites remain the Lauderites, we are quite a gang! Jose, Matt, Brian, Jeff and Kirk are awesome - I could spend every minute of the day with them, and I would never get bored! They died laughing at me during our project meeting on Saturday, when they decided to order pizza in my apartment and I had to call to "make a modification to my order". They taught me (in colorful language) how I should have done that. hahahahaha

Hugs to everyone!

A nice, relaxing week filled with parties, city tours and school ceremonies. Over the weekend, I had dinner with Aryea, a Jewish New Yorker, and then lunch with about 50 other students - the majority Chinese! I am loving it :)