Friday...

finally, I have submitted the full business plan for the Wharton Business Plan competition for judging to the finals...months of extreme hard work has culminated into 65 pages of detailed market research, carefully devised strategies and financial projections that we have submitted to the judging committee....
it has been reali reali hard work....and the onli other time in my life which can match up to tis level of activity is perhaps the penultimate sem to my arrival here in the US....
still, adding in the other commitments of school, clubs and especially my work here....this is still many times more tiring than before....

Yes XM, sometimes I get really tired, especially this past 1-2 wks....I'm literally working 15hrs or more a dae....and it gets reali tough because when I go to work, I require high levels of concentration....I'm seated in at least 2 meetings a day in the office now because of the project which I'm directly involved in....and it gets very analytical because we are doing financial planning....
When I get home, I only have an hour to cook dinner, eat dinner and wash the dishes....after that, it is right back to work; either school work, my other commitments, but more often than not in the recent weeks, the business plan....
At lunch, in the office, there is no real break too....I only take an average of 30-45 mins total for lunch, and during that time, my colleagues will sometimes be discussing work with me verbally, or I'll be doing some research for the business plan, the very most relaxing work I'll be doing during lunch time is checking and reading my emails...which is very impt, cos when i don check it for a day, it can accumulate to more than 50....and that is just gmail alone....factor in nus email, upenn email and i'm totally flooded....

aniwaiz, dat's enuff of dat....
i feel so light-hearted todae....like as if a heavy rock has been lifted off my shoulders now that the full business plan has been submitted...
whether or not we get to the finals, i hav no control over that now....it is very very stiff competition, and i'm juz hoping for the best...to get in....
nevertheless, i've reali put in a lot of hard work oredi....and so, there'll be no regrets whatsoever....cos within the time, resource and energy constraints i was subjected to...this was almost close to the best which i could have done oredi....

moving forward, i'll be back in Singapore in less than 2 months oredi.....i'll be taking this coming week off completely from the business plan before coming together with my teammate to prepare the business plan for the Startup@Singapore National Business Plan competition the week after....and to prepare ourselves for the presentation too.....

so, i wanna take a short break tonite before i embark on my other commitments, which i have neglected a little over this past week....my busy schedule is far from over....i have 2 major deadlines at the end of march.....don wanna talk abt them now...
i oso hav major deadlines approaching at the beginning of april....schoolwork.....

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yupz, aniwaiz, don worry ppl, i'm still as energetic as before, i'm still as passionate abt entrepreneurship, i'm still as eager to contribute back to Singapore as much as I can as before....i'm still very confident I can do all the above very well, i'm still generating new ideas, i'm still tinkin of how I can improve even further, i'm still learning more each day by reading my business books, i'm still identifying global trends...etc etc....

Confidence.....yes.... =)

Next friday, i'll be flying off for a short weekend getaway....to Puerto Rico!!!
i gathered that i deserve this treat....so yah.....i'm looking forward to it....flying off on Friday and coming back on Monday....

hmmm...i've said quite a bit todae....wanna say alot more....but i gotta go back to clear my emails and finish up some admin stuff tonite.....but i don tink i'll be doing any serious brain wrecking work tonite....

more tmr....
i reali am looking forward to going back to Singapore....
miss everyone lots!
=)

i sTilL believe in tis...
The tougher the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it...
=)