Month: February 2024

22 February 2024

Upon discussion of plans and outlook for the later half of this calendar year, it prompted me to consider the options. Up until this point, I had thought I would return to Canada immediately after the course completes. I’m trying to allow myself to consider the opportunities for spending more time in London, which perhaps would involve some sort of work, collaboration, or funding opportunity.

• The Graduate visa seems to be an amazing opportunity but I’m not sure how I would take advantage of it if I do.
• In terms of my business plans, perhaps it could be better to obtain funding in the UK? If I go forth with my new idea, I may benefit from working collaboratively with people or securing investors from the London fashion industry, as there are way more chances for that to happen as compared to the fashion lacking Toronto where I would return to.

12 February 2024

I have always questioned my learning in this program, sometimes I even felt that I wasn’t getting the learning I expected to get here, but I suddenly realized that I’ve gained an understanding into the industry. Although I may not be able to solve any problems still, but I have accumulated acumen. I have also learned to read to inform, as previously I was not reading. I used to find reading boring, but now I often consider reading up on subject matters that peculiar my interest, and want to develop my knowledge further.

12 February 2024

Upon being briefed on the Future Retail Challenge competition in Paris, I heavily debated on my participation. On one end, during my undergraduate days, I have always signed up for case competitions as I hoped to leverage those experiences to build on my resume. On the other hand, the conflict of schedules and overlapping work loads do cause a degree of concern over viability. An additional question I have is the success rate of participating; do I have what it takes to make it to Paris? Will I be in a strong enough team that will get us there? There is already no prizes to be won, so it’s been difficult to justify putting in free work, especially if even going to Paris wasn’t guaranteed.

In the end, I signed up anyway, after hearing that I could possibly join students from another program, since I was unable to gather momentum from our MBA classmates to form a team in house. I figured, since I’ve always done it in university, I could do it again. I don’t mind the potentially wasted efforts, even if I wasn’t looking for job opportunities to arise from this conference, simply trying for a chance to go witness this conference would be worth the while.