the past weeks have been pretty busy for all of us here at Telfer School. We are 3 weeks away from our final exams and this means that a lot of papers and cases are due (some still have midterms like me yesterday^^).
Today, I had my first of three upcoming presentations. Me and my group had to analyze cross-cultural management issues of the communications industry in India. Giving a presentation here at Ottawa U is definitely different from the ones I had to do so far in Tilburg. We had more meetings to talk about the presentation itself (normally it is related to a term paper) than I am used to have in Tilburg. We don´t just discuss about the topics that will be covered, but we also practice it in front of our team members, and give each other feedback. Though, the biggest difference is that we are supposed to dress up for a presentation.
Even though not all the profs demand a dress code for the presentation, students still dress up. I was honestly surprised when I heard it for he first time because as you all might know, presentations are more casual in Tilburg. However, once you get used to it, it doesn´t seem that wrong. I mean, we are at the university and speaches in class are supposed to prepare us for future presentations etc. Dressing up adds a certain meaning and value to this little in-class presentations and I think that this professional atmosphere is appropriate for 3rd year students.
On the other hand, I start to miss Tilburg because these million assignments here are driving all the exchange students crazy :) The difficuty at the University of Ottawa is not harder than the one in Tilburg. I might even say that due to this high amout of assignments, it is easier to collect enough points to pass a course (this is an impression that other Tilburg students coming to Canada had as well). Studying abroad makes one reflect upon his own education at home, and after these three months here at UOttawa I can confirm that Tilburg prepares its students very well to success in a different learning environment.
Let me switch to some other non-academic topics:
The big cold is about to come :( The past couple of days it has been around -5° and it is supposed to get colder. I am pretty sure I wouldn´t survive the months of January and February when it is constantly about -20° to -30° haha.Yesterday, it was surprisingly warm compared to the last days and this was exactly what I told to a friend of mine when we walked out of residence: "It is surprisingly WARM COMPARED to the last days". When getting into the library, two girls where about to leave the building and as soon as they stepped outside I heard one of them saying: "Oh my god, it is soooooo incredibly hot today". She was definitely a real Canadian :D
Assuming that it is already Thursday: I leave for Toronto in 2 days :) A couple of guys and me (basically the same of the road trip +1) are going for some site-seeing and to watch a NBA game. I can´t wait since I am a huge basketball fan! My friends from Tilburg actually made the gift for my birthday and are "sponsoring" my entrance. If one of you guys is reading: THANKS AGAIN! ;) The game we picked is Toronto Raptors vs. Atlanta Hawks, and I really wish that we get to see an amazing game!!
On top of that, I finally decided what I am going to do after finishing my semester (I won´t spend Christmas and NYE at home), but I think....I will tell you more about this when I am back from Toronto ;)
I will end this post with a picture of the Air Canada Center, home of the Raptors! Talk to you soon.
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