Carnegie Mellon, Day One

This is a good beginning.

You know its a special day when falling snow greets you from out of your window for the first time here. Counting Boxing Day in London 2005, this is my second time waking up and seeing nice fluffy snow swirling outside in the wind. Pretty. The cold in the air could not match the warmth from my heart. At least for today?

Today, is the day of days - my first day of school at Carnegie Mellon. On our way to class (i crashed Jamorn's MIS class) we met Silvant (?), our neighbour and exchange student from France and we sat through a pretty boring lecture on Information System Management.

My second class was definitely more exciting. The Rise of the Asian Economies where my classmates was a good mix of students from undergraduate and graduate levels, mostly from the Public Policy Program at Heinz. There was good diversity of backgrounds as well - from Japan, Singapore, Thailand, the US, India, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Thailand and even Kazakhstan. I thought Professor Lee was really good and provided great insight and perspective on the Asian Economic dream story. I think i'd like all this.

Oh did i mention the course pack is USD141? Ouch ouch. But the course seems awesome. It better!