Term 2 and Marathon

Felt like a never ending week - first week of term 2. After 3 weeks of break the studies started full-force at the beginning of this week which finally ended with six back-to-back tutorials. No one cares for a slow start anymore, well that's the way it is then. Anyway Chrismas and New Year break was good, rested a lot, then Namita and I went to Italy over New year on a six-day trip. The sights of Rome, Venice, Pisa and Florence were enough to make me forget all about MBA blues for a while; didn't take long though to come back to reality.

We have to choose the electives this month for next term and I am still confused whether to choose Globalization or Managing Strategic Innovation. Both look interesting to me and Joe Nellis tells me that this is the confusion faced by many students every year. So what are the factors to keep in mind when finalizing electives - post-MBA career options, chosen industry, relative ease of learning yourself later on, Company preferences, managerial qualities or just plain personal interest? Its a good thing though that we can attend the lectures of those electives we have not chosen, provided we have time.

I made a commitment to running London Marathon in last term and have started to feel now the weight of the enormity of training and of finishing the Marathon (on 23rd April 2006) in a decent time. But I am up for it, I have made a promise to the charity - Whizz-kidz - and I have every intention to keep it. Raising charity on this scale is new for me but I am counting on the sponsorship of well-wishers. Well following is my weblink for fundraising, please donate generously to support me and the cause:
http://www.justgiving.com/sourabhjain