It’s 1:15 in the morning an d everyone is fast asleep. I just can’t get to sleep. Tonight, I just can’t shake this feeling that there’s something more to life than this. Perhaps with school on hiatus for the summer I can figure it out. I haven’t been at home much, had to miss church [...]

After all these years, the eatery is still here. Still blasting the 80s music (The Cure) through black speakers hidden between paper mache statues of astroboy and octopi. Gone are the walls full of pen graffiti, but the dad’s root beer candle stick holders remain. They still serve okonomiyaki: the main (only) reason why I [...]

When I first started this blog, I entitled it, “The Red Onion – the adventures of a second-try student. The title still applies. On Wednesday, October 7th, I was interviewed by a member of the UBC MBA admissions committee. Considering how much of our future was riding on this final interview, I was somewhat calm. [...]

I know I haven’t blogged much about my educational pursuits lately but I thought I would mention that I have been selected to be interviewed by the UBC Admissions Committee as part of the admissions process. I haven’t been admitted… yet. If the fit is right, for UBC, me and my family, hopefully there will [...]

I went to the UBC Part-time MBA program today. Three days of classes every three weeks, doesn’t interfere with work, less expensive and is one of the top 5% of the MBAs out there… it sure is compelling. Just two blocks away from work, and a great core program. It looks promising. With a  network [...]