Early days
16 days into life at Fuqua, I'm beginning to get the gist of what my life is going to be like over the next 2 years. I see a lot of alchohol, a lot of Franklin Street and late night cab rides home, a lot of high stress, a lot of group dynamics and a ton of memories (good and bad) coming up. This an exciting time for me. I've already started discovering things about myself that I would never have without this experience. Some of them are flattering and enhance my sense of self, while some of them are plain depressing. Either way, it all adds up towards my cherished goal of "self awareness".
Orientation week is a bit of a haze already. I know there were a lot of speakers talking about a lot of great things but that's as far as my memory serves me. I do remember all the bars we hit during the evenings though :). One of the highlights of O week for me was the scavenger hunt. I think that was an excellent way of throwing people into a fast paced, intense but fun situation that led to instant bonding. My team got lucky as we got a double Dukie who knew almost all the on campus locations. My contribution to the team in the spirit of team Fuqua was to shave my back and paint my face blue (paint) and white (with lotion. that's right). I decided not to go as far as getting a Mohawk. Not with official picture day the next day. My teammate C was a trooper though and took one for the team. A quick trip to Target, a cheap set of clippers, and one dirty bathroom later, he was sporting what was one of only 3 mohawks in the entire first year.
To cap off orientation week, the 2nd years organized a kickass 80s party! It was the first 80s party for a lot of people and people got totally into it! My personal wardrobe consisted of items from Wal-mart, Target, the salvation army center and the local thrift store. I thought I had a great outfit, so did the guy dressed up as Magnum PI, so did the guy dressed up as "maverick" from Top Gun....until the Ghost Busters arrived!! All four of them! Those guys were awesome. Needless to say, they picked up the "best dressed" prize.
This week is dedicated to the Integrated Leadership Experience which is essentially all about ethics, leadership, multi-culturalism and bonding with your classmates and study teams. I'm looking forward to the rock climbing thing tomorrow!
In between all the fun, I did get some studying done. Survived my first test at Fuqua, made my first team presentation and did some assignments with N.
ps: I just realized I didn't talk about the section olympics! So much to talk about, so little time!
Orientation week is a bit of a haze already. I know there were a lot of speakers talking about a lot of great things but that's as far as my memory serves me. I do remember all the bars we hit during the evenings though :). One of the highlights of O week for me was the scavenger hunt. I think that was an excellent way of throwing people into a fast paced, intense but fun situation that led to instant bonding. My team got lucky as we got a double Dukie who knew almost all the on campus locations. My contribution to the team in the spirit of team Fuqua was to shave my back and paint my face blue (paint) and white (with lotion. that's right). I decided not to go as far as getting a Mohawk. Not with official picture day the next day. My teammate C was a trooper though and took one for the team. A quick trip to Target, a cheap set of clippers, and one dirty bathroom later, he was sporting what was one of only 3 mohawks in the entire first year.
To cap off orientation week, the 2nd years organized a kickass 80s party! It was the first 80s party for a lot of people and people got totally into it! My personal wardrobe consisted of items from Wal-mart, Target, the salvation army center and the local thrift store. I thought I had a great outfit, so did the guy dressed up as Magnum PI, so did the guy dressed up as "maverick" from Top Gun....until the Ghost Busters arrived!! All four of them! Those guys were awesome. Needless to say, they picked up the "best dressed" prize.
This week is dedicated to the Integrated Leadership Experience which is essentially all about ethics, leadership, multi-culturalism and bonding with your classmates and study teams. I'm looking forward to the rock climbing thing tomorrow!
In between all the fun, I did get some studying done. Survived my first test at Fuqua, made my first team presentation and did some assignments with N.
ps: I just realized I didn't talk about the section olympics! So much to talk about, so little time!
posted by MJ at Tuesday, August 22, 2006
1 Comments:
that sounds like a lot of fun. keep posting.
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