I had an awesome trip to Europe in the second half of March 2009. I went to Munich and Zurich on an MBA Study Tour. That partly explains why I love my MBA. I started by knowing very few people on the tour, and ended up making a couple of super great friends on the trip. I define that as success. I visited companies/organizations like BMW, UBS, Polaroid, ABB, Allianz Stadium, Ministry of Bavaria and such. I *LAUVE* Munich, and like Zurich. We visited the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. It is quite a heartbreaking and a grounding experience to visit the camp. Did you know that Hugo Boss was the first company to design Hitler's army's uniform? Did you know that water for 15 people could cost 120 CHF? Anyway, the climax of the trip was perfect with a visit to the Alps. The trip was above and beyond my expectations and I absolutely loved it.

Some thing that makes me wonder, other than life, is popularity of products such as Swiss bags, Timbuk2 bags, North Face jackets and some other things that are slipping my mind. I would love to study how they were marketed and what made them so successful.

There are two kinds of people in this world (talk about oversimplification): one kind that believes that everything happens for a reason and there is only so much you can control; and the other that believes that everything is in your control and it all depends on the choices you make. I am not sure which category I belong to. Probably the first. Although I would like to believe I belong in the second category.

I am toying with the idea of writing something, like a novel, or something. But I have been told my writing is pretty bad. So I may work on it a little bit before I take this toyed-idea seriously!

Oh btw, while I search for the meaning of life, I am also looking for a summer internship in my spare time!

Tags: germany, life, munich, random, study tour, switzerland, zurich