Thanks for the kind words…

and thanks to all of you who helped me get through the year. It was tough and I leaned on some of you but I really appreciated your support. I think the nadir was some time in June (it may or may not have involved the famous words “I refuse to submit…”). The MBA was a great learning experience. I learned just as much from my classmates as I did from the profs. In fact I might have learned more. Anyways, special thanks to my MBA classmates who I worked with and got to know throughout the course of the year. It was a blast.

A couple of people have asked what’s next? Well, first thing is some rest and relaxation for the next couple of weeks, as I am on vacation next Thursday and fly to the Phillipines and then Hong Kong for my girlfriend’s wedding. I will be using this time to workout and read. Then the plan is to write the three licensing exams, host a poker tournament in February, host a MTG draft or Pro Tour tourney in Feb/March (exam dependant), write CMT level 1 in April, Prepare for CMA entrance in the fall and potentially write CMT level II in October and maybe the FRM in November (aka the Ivory Tower/Land Tax/Armageddon Combo).

My new position does not leave my much time during the week so I plan on trying a new hobby for destressing, painting. We’ll see how that plays itself out!

P.S. Apparantly the gauntlet has been thrown down and some Street Fighter II has been added to the mix for Sunday. I rate my odds as very good with Ryu or Ken and crappy with everyone else.