texas

From left: Epili Sagar, Laura Chiu, Jane Ng and me.. I recalled Epili saying what a girlie frame this was... this was taken just after we presented the 1st time and was waiting for the results.. :) what memories.. I was on the same flight back with Epili and what a good company he was! slept throughout and we only talked during the waiting period... :)

I rem my first post on this webbie is about the texas trip... sigh how time has passed... if texas was on the exchange list, given what has happened there.. I would have gone to UT... I miss texas, just like how I will miss UNC (more!) when I leave on the 13th May... Sigh.. never saw much of Texas beyond the 5th ave and the courtyard hotel but it is a pleasant place to be in, large space, huge lands and nice buildings (not tooo tall one though, my hotel was the highest in the neighbourhood)

Little reminiscing cause I just received an email informing us the the NUS Mcgill team is 2nd place!! WE rock!! (1st place is difficult cause we won last year and there is an unwritten rule that the same school dont usually get 1st place 2 consecutive years) and one of the teammate from texas is on the team... I emailed to congrats him and he wrote back fast saying he " have been so lucky to be part of the two teams that performed the best this year in case competitions"( I am on one of that team!!)

told him of my plan to go for loreal next.. hopefully he will be interested as well? lol he is a great asset the case study, fast thinker, good debater and a great teammate to have, great fun, lots of jokes. I think we are a great team :) and as I told him, one thing that I always say about my texas trip is that I have good team mates.. it don't mean we see eye to eye all the time. but we dont waste time arguing, fighting among ourselves (heard some teams that collaborate well in practice did that in the real competition... what a waste~) we respect each other, make time for fun, joke around, didnt take offense and just soak in the moment and have lots of fun! We may not all know each other... the 2 girls knew each other (they went to UT together and was delighted to go back there~~ I know I would) but the rest are all new faces...

I remember being happy to be selected on the team and being so strange to the new faces.. took a few meeting and kinda overnight practices to get use to each other and start joking around...we were most comfortable during the actual competition~~ 60 crazy hours, 50+ on thinking about our idea, 2 hours(?) on the actual ppt slides

sigh hope to meet them soon.. the 2 girls are graduating soon~~ We dont talk much after the case but I hope to see them around.. It is fun while it last and like what the instructor said in his first practice.. Is it important that you have chemistry and click really well in a team? To which, I answered, as long as we all have our eyes on the goal (to do well after spending so much effort on practicing, spending a week before school close for the final exams, we need to go there and achieve something), we will get there...

We got there.