This was the first time I was stung by a bee. Every morning, I get up late because I studied too late last night.  Then I rush to change clothes and I go to bus stop. This morning, everything was the same except that a bee flew into my room. After flying around my lamp for a while the bee stopped on my neck and I swatted it by instinct.  At that point the bee showed me its instinct. Continue reading →

Leaves turn red. This is the first time I realize how breathtaking the campus is. It was like yesterday I just got here in State College and time flees, before I knew it, I have survived Mod One.

Sometimes when you rush through your days trying to get things done, you miss the opportunity to appreciate the nice stuff and people along the way. MBA life is crazy—so demanding and full of challenges, and I struggled to catch up with all the demands and finish the to-dos on my calendar, desperately. Sometimes I gobbled things down and got choked….but I still moved on without looking back. There seems no break in life for me except for the time I cooked some home dishes for myself or went for grocery shopping. Continue reading →

By Xiaobo Cao, MBA Class of 2012

Earlier this semester, when I saw the new first year MBA students, I suddenly realized that I had completed half of the MBA program. I’m a second year now. I looked at their faces and smiled. They were cautious, curious, and some even frustrated. Now I know what my class looked like one year ago. Continue reading →