This past month has been somewhat of a challenge...
My poor car has been hit 3 times and it is no longer funny....resulting in a dent back mudguard and door, a scratched front bumper and a cracked wind screen.... I feel the pain just looking at my car and the hidden pain of an upcoming repair bill makes it worse....
I will be starting a new job and adventure soon and the remaining days of my current workplace has been wrought with never ending issues and ad hoc matters that seems almost comical that it should happen in such swift succession bar the fact that the pain and mental anguish reminds me it is neither comical or a dream. Compounded by the fact that the future endearvor will not be an easy one with alot of uncertainties but I feel I should be up for it. Quoting Prof Carlton, "Do not promote someone into a role of incompetency". I shall deny any incompetency of the future task, just alot of room for improvement.
Yesterday marked the first day back to school after a long hiatus.
It has been a long time target to enrol for a Masters of Business Admin or MBA for short. Dad had his done while working, and though back then I couldn't see the significance of it, it was through working life that I saw perhaps this could aid me in my long journey of a career path.
While being a once reverred certificate and title to have, the MBA has since taken a back seat perspective in the eyes of many as it has now been regarded as a misnomer Masters degree as it is a "Jack of all trades, but master of none" Masters programme. But heck, a Masters is a masters, and its better to be a jack of all trades than just a jack-ass i reckon.
So here begins a new chapter.... As dad puts it a general overview to business admin. the syllabus is rather interesting as it deals alot with day to day management issues and the perspective of different individuals from different industries provides an interesting learning sessions to see how one issue or problem can be tackled differently. Though a word of caution, that traditionally an MBA entrance requirement was between 5 to 7 years of working experience, which is good because it gives a person time to mature in a workplace before they bring their perspective into the class. These days with more lax entrance requirements, some opinions which may border between fun to hear to just down right annoying.
So here's to a course thats a misnomer Masters programme and journey on with the impression that the MBA is a wayfor professors and gurus to dispense "My Brotherly Advice" (sisterly too but then it would be MBSA or MSA....not cool)
Congratulation Aly on your additional scholastic or academic pursuit. At the end of 18 mths your will know more subject-specific jargon to confuse or impress people, and probably know where to look for infor should people try to waylaid you. It will be a worthwhile investment, I can assure you. And you get to expand your network of associates.
ReplyDeleteCars... last night I was sitting besides a successful businessman who just got a new BMW 5 Series. He was not too happy that some road at Pasir Mas has pot-hole that could more or less eat up four wheelers. He was also not too happy to hear of two recent stories of how 2 BMW owners had to fight off parang welding car- jackers. Nice cars attract robbers - Suggest you have the damage parts functional and rust- proofed, and leave it as it is - so it will be unattractive to those opportunists. Of cuz I practice what I preached... haha my NAH 619 has testimony of it.
New job... all the best...don't forget to tap on your gurus, past and present... whenever you are caught in a bind.