So I have about one week of sanity left before my hair lights on fire and I become incommunicado for a little while. To celebrate the ½ way mark of my internship, I will be spending my week writing my paper. Yay! Ok, not so exciting. But what is remotely more exciting that its coming along well and hope to finish soon.
The last couple of weeks have been pretty interesting as I have been attending the International Studies Association conference, providing a pretty amazing opportunity to network with practitioners and academics in my field, and trying to narrow down a few career options (perhaps one of my weaknesses). I’ve also been getting out for some ulti including some pick-up games and to training with the local ladies teams. One of the down-sides to life in NYC is that all the decent fields are backed by major highways and auto-routes. But great people, and its really good to be playing again, especially with all the tourneys coming up. I am known as the Canadian refugee…
One of the girls I met works for the Stanford Group. Apparently in their Florida offices, regulators have been storming the offices and shutting them down as part of the investigation. She seems to think that her Investment Banking branch is legit, but is nonetheless working on her CV at the moment, and is a little stuck with what to write. To help her out, we suggested a few bullet points: Thinking outside the (legal) box; flexible and adaptable to new situations (and applying ethical values); networking and resolving disputes with challenging transnational partners (such as Mexican drug lords), etc.
And of course the financial world just keeps on keeping on… imploding, that is, with UBS recently admitting to conspiring to defraud the US government and planning to disclose its US account holders, all possibly marking the end of road for off-shore banking… interesting times indeed.
But back to fun stuff before I sign off. So this week, I have managed to get tickets to the filming of the Daily Show (not an easy task, to be sure). Look for me in the audience on Thursday night! Also, Deb and Clara have now both booked to come visit me here which is quite exciting!
Ok, that’s all for now. I will do my best to keep up the blog as my travels begin. Wish me luck! Missing everyone at home! Hope you’re all well.
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