Microfinance, Gynaecologists, Mozart

What do those three things have in common? Not much other than they appear in today's update.

Yesterday, the LSE Microfinance Society of which I am the treasurer, organized a very successful event on microinsurance, microsavings and remittances. We had over 48 in attendance and took some pictures of the event.

Today, I had 2 lectures, one for my AC430 course on Corporate Finance and one for my AC421 course on Applied Corporate Finance. In between, Nataly and I went to hear a free concert in the Shaw Library by Mitra Tham. I was amazing. We heard some Bach, Mozart, Grieg and Rachmaninoff. Very relaxing way to spend our lunch hour and cleared my head for the remainder of the day.

Here are some fun facts for you:

• My sister will be making a surprise visit from February 26th to March 3rd, then visiting Austria, Eastern Europe and returning on March 17th
• My mother, my aunt (godmother) and my cousin (godchild) will be visiting from March 3rd to March 12th
• I am leaving for Ottawa, Canada on March 18th in order to spend my study period prior to my exams (scheduled to start sometime in mid-May).
• Jessica received an appointment to see the gynaecologist today and will hopefully be able to schedule a surgery time to remove the teratoma.
• I was accepted into the IMBA program at Schulich, 10 days after I applied (always a good sign when they make their decisions quickly!). Schulich was just ranked best MBA program in Canada by Financial Times and 18th worldwide. Similarly, it was ranked best MBA in Canada by the Economist Intelligence Unit and 27th worldwide.