09.07.07
Back to School
Oh well, the summer is over and now its back to school. This summer was fulfilling, I took Finance 3000 and learned about common stock, preferred stock, bond valuations and many other introductory concepts to finance. Upon completion, I traveled to Japan. It was a lovely trip, the food was absolutely delicious, ふとつていました, (I got fat?). The country side was stunning, lush green lakes, evergreen bamboo trees, sort of reminded me of the good old samurai scenes. Most of all, I got to meet my extend family - like I said, it was definitely fulfilling. OK, I strayed off track from the title, “Back to School” - As I have changed my major from CIS to QMM and now Mathematical Finance, I am in a fix? This semester I am taking:
Intermediate Japanese 3001, Math 3020 (Calculus 3) and Corporate Finance.
Of the 3 courses noted above, I am a bit worried about Calculus 3, as I took Cal 2 about 3 years ago. I am kind of rusty on integration, derivatives, trig functions.. so I really need to work extra hard to get up to speed. To aid my catch up process, I have removed all elements of distraction. My Mac Book Pro is sitting in my closet, battery out - I am not bringing it out until I feel much more comfy with Cal. 3. I also decided to limit weekend entertainments and hired a part time tutor. I am on a strict schedule to ‘catch-up’ and get rolling or else, its going to be a long semester. がんばります