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[Jul 06] 远方世界

Crown Wine Cellar 品酒 - 参加过一些品酒会，昨天的是比较登峰造极的一次。波尔多的5款first growth 齐齐登场 1996 的 Mouton Rothschild: (RP: 94): 这支酒的特点是中国艺术家第一次为Mouton设计酒的包装，是写意的中文‘心’字艺术家叫古干(Gu Gan)，我之前也没有听说过。酒香非常丰富...
12 hours ago
[Jul 08] Res I(p)sa

Forever a J - The good thing about exponentially increasing the number of hours one stays awake, is one has lots of time to make lots of plans. Especially if one is a pl...
1 day ago
[Jul 07] Apres l'Insead

ボジョレー０９、キタァーーーーッ！　（Beaujolais Vin de Primeur 2009） - 来ました。年に１度の収穫祭。^^ 今年はフィリップ・パカレのボジョレーを２本、確保。５０年に１度（？）というのはよく分かりませんが、昨年同様、美味い・・・あぁ、幸せ・・・（笑）今週末は久しぶりの普通のお休み。何しましょうか。 --------- Have got two bottles of win...
2 days ago
[Jul 06] The Life of Guy

I need a photographer - For 4 on-location commercial portraits in Austin, Nashville and Oklahoma City this week. Can anyone help?
4 days ago
[Dec 09] Rant & Ramble at INSEAD

Grad Trip Prediction Market - Per MDMS leave me a comment with your own predictions for our grad trip!
4 days ago
[Jul 10] NamrataInk's Weblog

the endlessness … - Only at INSEAD can you literally say this word (if this is a word at all) … P2 definitely started off with a bang and before you know it we have had 3 majo...
6 days ago
[Jul 08] The N Files

Two funerals and a wedding - Saturday we went shopping with my grandmother for her outfit for the wedding. Wednesday morning she quietly passed away in her sleep. We took the adress li...
1 week ago
[Jul 07] C'est combien?

"Hiking" in Spain - You just have imagine Sarah wiggling her fingers saying "Hiking" in Spain because it wasn't really the hiking trip that we originally planned. We were goin...
1 week ago
[Jul 09] INSEAD insight

INSEAD Meeting in Asia 2009 - Every year, INSEAD alumni are invited to a Meeting in Asia where they are updated on what’s happening with the school, ask questions and network. I surreptit...
1 week ago
[Dec 09] Moving on....to INSEAD !

Till I collapse. - Years ago I read an economic theory which talked about growth in emerging markets. I dont remember much of it, but it went something like emerging markets,...
1 week ago
[Jul 08] Laura in Singapore

Back to Burma - There is little information online about what to do on your second trip to Myanmar. I'm here to change that; let me provide some ideas. Perhaps surfing the...
2 weeks ago
[Dec 10] OutOfMyJeans

Mediocre But Arrogant - I was having coffee yesterday with my friend. Till 8 months ago we were pursuing some entrepreneurial ideas. My friend is a successful entrepreneur and in ...
3 weeks ago
[Jul 07] [Min] - (Tal) * 0 ™

Olympics Beijing - Size matter, especially when it's huge. [View from the Forbidden City] I had the privilege to see in my life very large architecture in many different pl...
3 weeks ago
[Dec 09] From Yangtze to The Hudson

The Smell of Singapore - The facebook updates of my INSEAD classmates in Singapore got me a bit nostalgic about the summer I just spent in Singapore for my internship, especially k...
3 weeks ago
[Dec 10] The BS Applicant

So you want to know how to write a good essay? - Finally, I am going to share a meaningful piece of advice on application essays. This is something I noticed only now, after the scholarship results, but I...
1 month ago
[Dec 10] The Swat Analysis

Too much passion? - I met a friend the other day who is currently in the thick of things with the MBA application process and he asked for my input as he kickstarts the same t...
2 months ago
[Dec 10] INSEAD Tango

Who am I? - .....Broccoli? Only in soup.....
2 months ago
[Jul 09] INSEAD 商學院台灣學生一枚

INSEAD 近期活動 2009/9 - 幫忙廣告一下9/9-11號INSEAD在台北的活動:9月9日週三傍晚– QS World MBA Tour在六福皇宮有個MBA Fair.台北市南京東路三段133號INSEAD會有個攤子,應該會有校友在場回答疑問9月10日週四晚上7:00 PM- 9:00 PM - Women in Business (僅限女生...
2 months ago
[Dec 06] Tricky Wondalund

Run, Jog, Limp — All that matters is I did it :) - I started running as way to feel close to a person that I didn’t want to forget. It seemed like as good a reason as any to start running, fitness aside. Mo...
3 months ago
[Dec 06] l'optimiste

Some of the drives we / I had taken - As we were going through the pages of http://www.greatdrivingchallenge.com/ we were reminded of one thing that should have been here on this blog – a little ...
4 months ago
[Jul 06] APOLOGOI

Poincaré - Only silence accompanying your footfall on the stone bridge Dimpled with age and become soft with water As the shadows narrow and extend acros...
4 months ago
[Jul 08] Yariv Hammer

HBS Wharton and Stanford Published 2009-2010 Applications - Harvard Business School, Wharton, Stanford, MIT Sloan, Northwestern Kellogg, and Chicago Booth published their application deadlines. As expected Round 1 w...
5 months ago
[Jul 09] The Forest of Fontainebleau

Reflections - It’s been quite a year. While I haven’t graduated quite yet, I am now officially finished with my coursework here at INSEAD. It is a good feeling to be w...
5 months ago
[Jul 07] Nick and Amy

Stinky ToFu (and other brief Taiwan tales) - So this is one of those things I really should have blogged about after the Taipei trip. After years (literally!) of talking about 'Stinky ToFu' we found s...
5 months ago
[Jul 09] Ahtrap

Signing out - It's been a pleasure dumping all my thoughts/concerns/learnings over the last 9 months or so. Hopefully, this has been of some use to some of you. I will n...
7 months ago
[Dec 09] Inseader

Invest in an INSEAD MBA or a DREAM HOUSE? - Well, I know few people who were afraid of investing lot of money in an MBA. They did their MBA from an average school, got an average job and, then, decid...
7 months ago
[Jul 07] Milan

India v/s NZ ODI series...my prediction - A throwback to my old programming days! if(Umpire != Bucknor) { if(weather != rain) { India = max(0, # of scheduled matches) NZ = min(0, # of scheduled matc...
8 months ago
[Dec 09] What's an MBA all about?

Learning at INSEAD - Each of us came here to INSEAD with different priorities. Some lucky guys have been sponsored by their company, and for them it is simply a to-do step for ...
9 months ago
[Dec 09] Manish's Weblog

Living on the edge – INSEAD Housing.. - It was a very difficult decision to go to business school with a 3 month old baby. To add to it, it was difficult to decide whether to live in Fontaineblea...
9 months ago
[Dec 06] Drop in the Ocean

The audacity of hope - So, finally he has been sworn in. Barack Obama has taken over as President of America. It must be a special feeling for the African American community – af...
9 months ago
[Dec 08] Flying along on a current of hot air

INSEAD Singapore Review P2 - Thinking back this was a strange 8 weeks. I was disappointed with the academic experience – see below – but in terms of getting to know both the section in...
11 months ago
[Dec 08] Phathu

MBA Completed... and some tips for those starting in Singapore - Today I officially attend my last class of the MBA and submitted my last 2 assignments. This has been an AMAZING year. I simply can not put across the impa...
11 months ago
[Dec 08] Alex & Lili

November 28th - INSEAD Cabaret - Yaouh! We just had an amazing Cabaret at INSEAD where we realized how much students here can be creative. Alex of course with his Lipdub, George Bles with ...
11 months ago
[Jul 08] Wim dB

MBA admissions consulting service - A friend of mine, Yariv, started up an MBA admissions consulting service, he knows all the tips and tricks, used to be our academic representative too, so ...
1 year ago
[Dec 08] A Nomad's Journey

The American dream lives on - This is why America is America and this is why the rest of the world will stay the rest of the world. Where can a African (in this case African American) w...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Hugo

Post de encerramento - Chegou a altura de fechar este blog. Ele aqui ficará como uma fonte de informação sobre o antes, durante e depois de um MBA no INSEAD. Muito raramente fa...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Guns & Butter

In the Land of Nod, to the East of Eden - Napalm is an area support weapon. Graduation day came and went, and although I had really already moved out of Le Vivier on June 25th (happy birthday, Lord...
1 year ago
[Jul 07] Zanat0s

Looking over Tokyo, the world in my hands - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Zani is back. DO not ask why but now that I will have more time(it is called recession) I will have more time to devote to my loved...
1 year ago
[Jul 07] INSEAD Blog by Zanat0s

Looking over Tokyo, the world in my hands - Ladies and Gentlemen, The Zani is back. DO not ask why but now that I will have more time(it is called recession) I will have more time to devote to my loved...
1 year ago
[Jul 09] Life@INSEAD

British Irish national week - High school Club
1 year ago
[Dec 06] Auris

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1 year ago
[Jul 06] Scribbles

The Idle Mind… - Hmm… suburban life in the greater LA area is soooooo slow. The two most exciting activities of the week have been a) going to the gym and b) catching a new...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Million Dollar Spatula

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1 year ago
[Dec 08] The Sunslinger ...

Kicking into high gear - P4's just started and now I'm in the senior promotion and the July 09 promotion has just started. Wow. The months just fly by in a blink of an eye. Recrui...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] FutureFusion

China trip -
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Bharath Devanathan

Warsaw - Have you ever known a kid who was sandwiched between two bullies when he was growing up? He would hardly have escaped the torture inflicted upon him by one...
1 year ago
[Jul 06] Running ragged

Slowly reconnecting, but not really sure how to mend the broken heart - Wow, it's really been a while since I last wrote in this thing, but I guess when the mood strikes you, you write. Last weekend was a little insane. It was ...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Necromonger

Just one more time - Somewhere, in one my previous posts, I mentioned that I would do something else on the Internet, not exactly a blog. And here it is. It's a departure, and ...
1 year ago
[Dec 08] Worldly Whys

Asia. France. America. - *This posting is not much about INSEAD and may offend you if you are French. Please trust that it is not my intention to offend anyone.* I'm now one of per...
1 year ago
[Jul 09] Power Leveling at INSEAD

Pre-reading - INSEAD expects incoming students to be familiar with the basics of economics, finance, and accounting. For this purpose, we are expected to buy and familiari...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Le blog Hog

Goodbye P4 - I'm forced to say goodbye to P4, I wouldn't if it were only possible to hold on. I'm such a nostalgic. Singapore was good fun in P4...I can only guess the ...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] D.T.L.F.

Wedesday April 2, 2008 - 23:25 94 days left. “Live At Trance Energy 04-20-00″ set – Ferry Corsten I’m sitting here decompressing from another west wing extravaganza, so hungry that...
1 year ago
[Dec 08] Bluey Road To MBA

P2 - We received our P1 examination results today. Attached to our original examination answer booklets, INSEAD provides a summary of how we fare against the re...
1 year ago
[Dec 07] Ms. Traveler

Personalized evening news - Random thought of the day: I see my family come home each night to watch the evening news on television while I sit on the couch with my laptop reading all...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Around the world in an MBA

Doing a survey for SPSD - QuestionPro Online Survey Software and ContactPro Email Marketing employs an easy to use Wizard interface to author and deploy Web Based and Email Survey...
1 year ago
[Dec 08] Sedian

Sympathy for Jerome Kerviel - A lot of things have been happening lately - banking recruitment, gargantuan write offs, American elections, FT MBA rankings, where both INSEAD and LBS g...
1 year ago
[Dec 08] Dorothy

5 weeks in already! - I wonder what was going through the Dean's mind yesterday when my fellow P1's were drinking champagne in class before his presentation on the grading syste...
1 year ago
[Dec 06] Peter Bakker

to Glubble or not to Glubble….. is really no question - I must say, I’m proud….very proud. Since a bit more then 4 months I’m working my but of for one of the greatest startups in this new era in the web and now...
1 year ago
[Dec 06] Greyscalefuzz

Atonement isn't about atoning at all - I was fortunate today: a friend of mine (who works not far from where I work) had a couple of tickets to Atonement last night. She wasn't able to make it: ...
1 year ago
[Jul 07] DomoDomo

The First 100 Days... - Ok this really is going to be the final addition to this blog. I figured out talking about the post-INSEAD experience was part of the actual deal, and that ...
1 year ago
[Jul 08] Strawberrytints

choices and changes - I should be doing a hundred other things but I also have a hundred things to write about so I'm playing hokey on strategy & finance to write this post. Its...
1 year ago
[Dec 07] Where is Manolo?

Intrigue Bankers, a report from the future - by Johnny Debacle (from http://longorshortcapital.com/intrigue-bankers-a-report-from-the-future.htm) From the future, as of January 10th, 2008: A brief his...
2 years ago
[Jul 04] Finance Monkey

Fertility Preservation and Cancer - It looks like I have gone from an extremely big to an extremely small opponent as I was diagnosed with cancer over a year ago now - and my encounter with the...
2 years ago
[Jul 07] The Career Casino

Tombstones - I recently got told off by some readers for leaving the full sentence that has been this blog without a full stop. Or so to speak. Truth be told, I have be...
2 years ago
[Jul 07] NYFrog's

Epilogue - This is officially the last post in this blog. From now on I'll write from my regular blog here. The year at INSEAD has been, as promised, a roller coaster...
2 years ago
[Jul 08] Don Panza

One more week @ work Yippeeee - Just another week to go and I am a free bird ( provided I don't die of the workload my employer has piled upon me first).. Yippeee!!!! And then home to a m...
2 years ago
[Jul 07] Hallonman

Done! - My last project report was handed in on Friday. My last exam was this morning. We'll have our last Dinner @ Palais Barret tonight. Tomorrow, we leave for o...
2 years ago
[Dec 07] Where is Small?

End of P2 Holidays: Cambodia and Thailand - It has been really quite a long time since I wrote anything here but my recent trip around Asia has given me a little free time to put some thoughts toget...
2 years ago
[Jul 07] Joe and Caroline

- *What I like about Singapore* 1) INSEAD - not specific to Singapore, but an amazing place all the same. I've really enjoyed my time here. 2) The weather. I...
2 years ago
[Jul 06] si si ay be el oh ji

- FAREWELL Dear dear readers, I am afraid I am putting an end to this blog of mine. It no longer serves the need that spawned it (or perhaps that need no lo...
2 years ago
[Dec 07] Invisible Ink

In Between P1 and P2 - Period 1 is over. I am sitting in the back of an A310 flying home to visit my parents. Listening to Paolo Nutini, feeling the sun on my face, dreaming of t...
2 years ago
[Jul 07] Le Blog

Geneva - Author: Megan (with Christian watching me type and scowling for making fun of him) Last night we got back from a weekend in Geneva. What a beautiful city! I ...
2 years ago
[Dec 06] Life in Eurasia

Au Revoir France - Four months have flown by, and they are amongst the best and in some ways also redefining for us.As part of the farewell festivities especially for those gra...
2 years ago
[Dec 06] Jax's Babble

Familiar faces - It's 10 days into P5 but my weekend course in Entrepreneurship made it more like 3 weeks into the term. It's so nice to see another set of familiar faces ...
3 years ago
[Jul 06] Death Spiral

- Life Spiral - A new life post INSEAD ! There are a lot of stereotypes about Top MBA programs. MBAs are perceived as relatively self-aware, ambitious, goal-o...
3 years ago
[Jul 06] Olivier Mineau

Pictures from Montmelian party - This is what the Chateau looks like when there's no party...
3 years ago
[Jul 06] Paawan

Economic success - a victory won at too great a cost? - My friend Chris wrote such an excellent piece on the cost of economic success that I feel compelled to share it with everyone here. Chris writes: Every on...
3 years ago
[Jul 06] Gaurav Batti

Being 40% an MBA !!! - Time flies when you are at INSEAD. Life has never been as much a roller coaster as its been here. We just finished our Period 2 - so that qualifies me to b...
3 years ago
[Jul 06] INSEAD 06

INSEAD gets a new Dean - http://news.insead.edu/press_releases.cfm *INSEAD APPOINTS J. FRANK BROWN DEAN* December 16, 2005 *Global Business Executive to Head Leading International ...
3 years ago
[Jul 04] Tinbus

- INSEAD Period 5 – The End! Prior to coming to INSEAD I contemplated starting the program in January as opposed to September. When I asked those alumni who h...
5 years ago
[Jul 07] Rorro y Ale

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[Dec 03] Lucky Goldstar

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[Dec 06] -JBlog-

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[Dec 06] Le coq sportif

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[Dec 04] Willy Nilly

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[Dec 07] Chega de Saudade

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[Jul 08] Pre-participation Bliss

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[Jul 06] Nick Gray

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[Jul 08] Lea Cameron

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[Dec 06] Lindsay Watt's Story

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Dec 10

INSEAD Tango
OutOfMyJeans
The BS Applicant
The Swat Analysis

Jul 10

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Dec 09

From Yangtze to The Hudson
Inseader
Manish's Weblog
Moving on....to INSEAD !
Rant & Ramble at INSEAD
What's an MBA all about?

Alumni

Jul 09

Ahtrap
INSEAD insight
INSEAD 商學院台灣學生一枚
Life@INSEAD
Power Leveling at INSEAD
The Forest of Fontainebleau

Dec 08

A Nomad's Journey to INSEAD
Accipiter Nisus
Alex & Lili
Bluey Road to MBA
Cugwmui
Dorothy
Pathu
Sedian
The Sunslinger
Worldly Whys

Jul 08

Around the world in an MBA
Bharath’s Blog
D.L.T.F.
Don Panza
Future Fusion
Guns & Butter
Hugo
Laura in Singapore
Le Hog
Lea Cameron
Million Dollar Spatula
Necromonger
Pre-participation Bliss
Res I(p)sa
Strawberrytints
The N Files
Wim dB
Yariv Hammer

Dec 07

Chega de Saudade
Invisible Ink@Insead
Ms Traveller
Where is Manolo?
Where is Small?

Jul 07

[Min] - (Tal) 0 ™
Apres l'INSEAD
C'est Combien?
Domo Domo
Hallonman
Joe and Caroline
Le Blog
Milan
Nick and Amy
Rorro y Ale
Sarah
Sarah the NY Frog
The Career Casino
Zanat0s, after INSEAD
Zanat0s, INSEAD Blog

Dec 06

Drop in the Ocean
Greyscalefuzz
Jackie Tso
Jia Jih
L'Optimiste
Le Coq Sportif
Life in Eurasia
Lindsay Watt
Michael Ohr
Pauline Chong
Peter Bakker

Jul 06

APOLOGOI
Death Spiral
Gaurav Batti
INSEAD 06
MBA Blog fra INSEAD
Nick Gray
Olivier Mineau
Paawan
Peter Bakker
Running Ragged
Scribbles
si si ay be el oh ji
The Life of Guy
远方世界

Jul 05

Mike Rogero

Dec 04

Willi Nilly

Jul 04

Finance Monkey
Tinbus

Dec 03

Lucky Goldstar

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