March 2011
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February 2011
1 post
Transatlanticsm
Love is very naïve.
You always fall in love with that certain individual, and promise that you’ll be by their side for the rest of their lives… but then things change. The future ends up entirely different that what you expected. And you never love again.
Until a few years later, where a different individual comes along. And they’re something different. And everything starts to...
January 2011
2 posts
Unpredictability of Mr. Chopin
Just when I thought I had it all figured out.
Life has its way of introducing new characters to your life at suspiciously perfect times. At the same time, it has the mysterious capability of shining a new light at others, in a way that makes you look at them in an entirely different perspective.
And at this current moment in time, it’s all too familiar yet so unknown. Normally, past...
A New Year
Often, a new year brings forth many resolutions and hopes for the next 12 months. However, it’s extremely common to see many of those resolutions and hopes forgotten and broken within the first few weeks, if not days.
And it’s a shame. A new year can bring the fresh start needed for success. And that’s exactly what I’m hoping it does for me. Usually, I do tend to stick...
November 2010
1 post
The Irony of Life: Black Swans
Months ago, I was sure I would not be in the position I am right now. Months ago, I discarded the possibility of ever even being in this position. Months ago, I was so sure I knew exactly where my future would lead me. Months ago… I never wanted to work in an office. I never wanted to work in a bank. The internship at TD Bank Financial Group helped me realize that I love being on the...
September 2010
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Journey
Relationships are very interesting. Back when I was a freshman in high school, I had very narrow (and naive) opinions of relationships. I had found them rather futile and completely useless. However, upon being in a serious relationship a few months after, and going through a serious break-up, it certainly made an impact on both my views, and who I was and am as a person. I learned that...
August 2010
1 post
Global Equity Derivatives
Global Equity Derivatives (GEDs) is just one example of the complicated economic jargon that’s been thrown around the office space at work recently. Do I know what it is? Not really. Do I have a clue? …I wish. From PnL to VaR, there are an abundance of terms that I’ve came across in conversation with my manager; however, I commonly dismiss them with a façade; a slight nod of my...
June 2010
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Isolation of a Light Source
In a world that never sleeps, where newspapers are being printed every minute of every hour of every day, where it seems like there are more cars on the road than parking spaces in downtown, it’s really hard to escape.
Social networking sites such as Facebook continually surround us every day of the week. We’re attracted by the constant notifications of any minute action that any of...
May 2010
2 posts
Forever Young
It’s over;
high school is over.
Done. Ended. Finished.
I just can’t believe it. The very experience and emotions seem rather surreal, for to this day, I still remember my first day of high school. Heck, I even remember my first day of junior kindergarten. And now, within a little over one hundred days, I’ll have my first day of university.
But alas, where has it all gone?...
Nobel Prize in Economics
Skyscrapers full of analysts, auditors, and executives—is this where I want to be?
After having my interview with TD Financial Bank; my eyes were definitely opened up to a world of chance, luck and hard-work also known as business.
Never have I felt the confidence, power or authority that I did as I walked through the streets of downtown Toronto in my suit. The sheer amount of self-worth I...