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Sunday, April 30, 2006
IE "Whee..."
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Nintendo Wii?!
I don't understand why people start to name everything with "ii". Intel got "Viiv" and now we have "Wii". It just confusion people a lot. I finally understand their reasoning of it after reading the description. However, shouldn't they name the system so people know what it means immediately, without a long explaination??
Nevertheless, I am going to get the system when it comes out. I will get used to the strange name soon.
Friday, April 21, 2006
My Final MBA School Decision
I am going to accept the offer from HKUST for the Dual-Degree program. Going to different interviews was an interesting experience.
I really want to thank everyone who support me during this application period. Thanks my mom, my brother, my best friend Pazu. Thanks Jim and Howan for their help in writing the reference letter. Also thanks Chris, Lewis and other colleagues for supporting my decision as well. And special thanks to my wife, who gave her 110% support and encouragement to me in my quest for MBA study.
Three years of hard work(or, challenges :> ) is coming....
HKUST Offer!
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Dear Joel
Greetings from XXXXX taking care of admissions from HKUST MBA
program. Thank you for joining us for the interview,
On behalf of our admissions committee, I am most pleased to
inform you that you are admitted to our part-time
Dual Degree MBA & MScISM program starting August 2006.
As per our schedule, we shall send out the admissions offer package to
you in April 2006. If you accept the admission offer, you are requested
to return the signed acceptance of offer with a deposit of HK$XX,XXX
to us.
The program fees for August 2006 intake is proposed to be around
HKDXXX,XXX for completing the part-time MBA & MScISM program. The proposed
fee is subject to university's approval. You will find more detailed
information from the admissions package.
Congratulations! We are glad to have you joining us! In the meantime if
you have any questions or anything I could help, please let me know.
I look forward to seeing you in coming summer!
Thanks and Regards
MBA Program Office
HKUST Business School
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
7pm and no reply....
CUHK....I am coming soon la.....!!
ok HKUST...I will give you half more day tmr.
HKUST interview session.
Interestingly, one of the feeling I got when I reached the campus is that it reminds me of University of Macau. Yes, I know they are totally different, but there is a view that just looks familiar to me....the red circle area is the library and there is a big opening in the middle that I could look outside. And I haven't been to UofM for, I believe, more than ten years lu.
So what about the interview? It is a face-to-face interview, no group discussion. Two ladies interviewed me for about a little bit more than 30 minutes. It asked some questions about my current position, my plan, etc. They also asked some difficult questions, like "We already have a lot of IT applicants, why do we need to take another one?". I could come up with many good answers to this question now, but at that time, my brain went dead for a second. I think I showed them my motivation and I am committed to the study. However, I don't think I got a really high mark that they will take me immediately. Afterall, they will think that "he already got the CU offer, it doesn't hurt him if we reject him".
I am glad that I could at least have a chance to talk to them. It lets me re-evaluate my more after the interview.
Let's see whether I will hear anything from them today. Otherwise, I will have to act quickly and complete the CU registration (and pay them immediately :< )
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Sir/Madam....you need to take a rest...
Due to my eye condition, my wife is asking me to install software that could force me to take a break from the computer and rest my eyes and my arms.
There are many softwares that does this, and I love this FREE one called Workwave. Basically, it will lock your keyboard and mouse from time to time to force you to take a rest.
Install it! Try it and save your eyes/body. Sorry, no Mac Version yet.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
About "How to create the $1,000,000 software idea"
I am searching for my own $1,000,000 software idea too. Any cool ideas?
Thanks for your comments!
T H A N K S A M I L L I O N !!!
Thursday, April 13, 2006
HKUST Interview soon...
This good news also leads to a headache. CUHK's deadline is April 21th and it is saying that if I don't pay the non-refundable money on that day, it will withdraw the admission.
Headache!!! I should have applied UST in the 2nd batch. Now I am facing this uncentainty. :(
Suggestion anyone???
Saturday, April 08, 2006
CUHK Offer!
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Dear Mr. Yen,
Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you are offered admission to Weekend MBA Programme in the academic year of 2006-07.
We will send you the official acceptance pack in due course. If you wish to accept this offer of admission, kindly pay the fees of HKDXXXXX by April 21, 2006. Please also follow the procedures stipulated in the acceptance pack. The Pre-term course is scheduled to begin on Friday, August 11, 2006.
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I should have applied HKUST earlier. I still haven't received any interview information from it yet. Because of the CUHK offer, I will turn down HKU offer. I like HKU, but everybody I talked to said that its MBA program is not as good as CU and UST.
All of those schools keep asking people to put money in their account in April. Isn't it a bit early for a class that will not started until August. I believe it is their technique to lock you in.
HKUST....when will you give me your reply?
Friday, April 07, 2006
How Bill Gates Work.
Monday, April 03, 2006
My eyes are recovering
CU MBA Interview
Cross my fingers...