Samstag, Juni 23, 2007

Exam preparation

I have to admit that a "Mayball" lasting from 9 pm on friday until 6 am on saturday is not exactly the best preparation you can think of.
But still the afternoon today was quite efficient with preparations for International Management. One website I stumbled upon and I would like to share is businessballs.com. It sounds a bit obscene and the design is awkward and the usability poor. But it convinced me with a very likeable concept, neatly summarised and easy to understand content, no advertising, and a clear ethical purpose. Happy preparations.

Dienstag, Juni 19, 2007

Another take on global warming

To me it seems the most friendly attitude you can have towards those, who still are not conviced by scientific evidence of global warming and overwhelming indicators on its reasons.
The solution is to just avoid the question of "global warming becoming reality or not" and changing discussion to the level of possible outcomes of acting or not acting.

Have a look yourself...


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If you are still interested in solutions to pollution you may wanna read an interview with the sales manager of MDI. It's not our MDI in Delhi, but the French company, who invented the air driven car. You remember... the one which Guy Negre the former Formula 1 engineer as a founder. Quite interesting.

Montag, Juni 18, 2007

Historical Happenings...

Well... we did know, that Stefan, Nico, Jonas and Dave – advertising crew from Berlin and Hamburg and former classmates – read a planning blog from london. Russell, the author of the blog, now held a conference here and luckily the faithful readers gathered in London. But we did not know how much fun it should be in the end...
Late at night after the ESCP-Gala on friday night Stefan and Jonas arrived from Berlin. We had lost Nico already after getting too drunk to find to my place and sleeping at Felix's place and Dave, who stayed with Meike.
Stefan and Nico obviously very excited by the small talks on freaky food, porn, a singing saw and other boring things. But it got really funny in the evening...
After failing to find bloody shunt club at London bridge we went back to 1001 on brick lane, meeting up with felix, jakob, seb and his girlfriend as well as a crew from my college including Pieter, Piero and some more italians ;-)
As our lovely town of London closed its only free locations at around midnight we went on towards Hoxton and while standing and making plans for the rest of the night...
we got passed by a black guy running past, requesting us to be silent with a "shhhhst". We noticed 10 bobbies running behind him, wheezing and talking desperately on their walky-talkies. We joined the athletics not to loose touch with the latest happenings.
Only to be stopped by an off-licence offering pineapple to snaffle, which two of us did very skillfully. Just in front of the police car dealing with the loudly swearing and screaming runner. Departing from the stage we walked on. Nico – in the manner of a lion slaying his antelope – literally destroyed the pineapple with his very own teeth. Blame it on the absence of a knive.


After a quick snack (party bucket) of chicken pieces at Dixie we found wet slides in highbury fields and freaky house parties at horsell road... what a night.
It was great having you here.

Freitag, Juni 15, 2007

Gaaaala

Black tie event with many alumni, a large number of classmates and the majority of our faculty. It took place at Millienium Gloucester Hotel.
It claims to be a 5 star hotel... well the food wasnt bad, but nothing extraordinary. But the people were nice, funky pieter talking crap as usual, vinesh and fab and a whole bunch of italians!
After some average toasts, we heard a very entertaining speech of a former economic advisor of Tony Blair. About Europe's problems ;-)


By the way: I actually got the last tube at 20 to 1. Though my German crew came at 3:20 only...

India according to German news

A nice feature that they have put on the website of "Tagesschau" the most wellknown news programme in Germany. You are supposed to see all the news in e.g. the last week as small post-its on the map... but I have the impression that the Germans somehow lack news coverage of India. What a shame.

Donnerstag, Juni 14, 2007

Free thursday party in willesden

Thanks for the invitation, what a nice evening... A full fridge, Italians dressing up as girls and just a good time with great people. Cheers.

I just got a bit wet in the rain on the way back (by cycle) as the weather did not comply with the summer motto of the party.

Montag, Juni 11, 2007

Last minute defeat and relaxing at Stokefest

We have to admit that it wasnt the day of the MEBs. In our controversially announced match on the Vale pitch against the GMCs we fought for 45 minutes but lost it in the extra time... Bad luck.

I relaxed on a nice biketrip with Julia, passing by highgate to Clissold Park where was the Stokefest going on. Some nice views on London and beautiful flowers on the way and relaxed open-air music on a sunny sunday afternoon...

Donnerstag, Juni 07, 2007

Bikemania

Just when I came here I got a bike from Brick Lane. A wise decision as I am using it everyday and its a fast, healthy, cheap and green way of moving around London. I got a mascot for it from Teresa. Its a donkey but more beautiful than all jumping cats...

If you want to drive through London as well, you can order free maps and let the computer calculate you a route from one point to another. Though its not as good as the Berlin one, where even the condition of roads are incorporated: a good start. You will find more news about cycling in London at LCC.

Montag, Juni 04, 2007

Company Project

The design is done and some slides for tuesdays final presentation are ready... it got a bit late though. Still a lot of work on the content is left. Some statistical analysis as well. We have analysed more than 70 annual reports of the biggest European Companies in terms of the quality of their reporting and national differences.
Somehow glad that its almost done.