Since I last posted here on January 4th, not a whole lot has happened, and yet, those few events that did occur are highly significant.
I began a course entitled "Contrôle de gestion", which is more or less a mix of Managerial Accounting, Financial Management, and Business Ethics. The main teacher is nothing special, but I did get a class with Prof. Antonio Zulaica, who was my 2nd favourite guy from Sports Management (pictured below on the left).
Also, I found out I don't need to pre-purchase my visa for Turkey, and I will be planning this trip in the coming days. Yay! Now, I just need to find something to do in February, before I begin the English portion of my exchange.
The coming days will also include a short research paper on ethics, internal auditing, and risk management. I'm hoping my insight will be enough to give my group a decent mark, and my efforts will allow me to later concentrate on Friday (the 22nd)'s exam.
Lastly, I have seen some interesting movies in the past 10 days. I have divided them into 3 categories: "Must-sees" for everyone, "Good movies but there's better", and "whoever paid to make/see this movie must have been pissed afterward - I was".
In category 1: Pulp Fiction ; Invictus ; The Boat That Rocked ; Fight Club ; Forrest Gump .
In category 2: Precious ; It Might Get Loud (I hesitated to put that in 2 rather than 1, however I think it only appeals to a certain audience. Jimmy Page deserves category 1 but The Edge demotes the film to 2. Sorry.) ; Men in Black 1 & 2 ; He's Just Not That Into You (which wasn't that bad, hence making this category) ; Unbreakable (again I hesitate to not put this into category 1, but M. Night Shyamalan is a shit director...) ; Lakeview Terrace (if not for S.L.J. this would be a 3) ; Death Race (for sheer entertainment value, this should get a 1. Jason Statham, however, along with the rest of the "actors" in this movie, cost it greatly on the "must-see" front).
In category 3: The Fast & The Furious .
Uncategorizable: Ichi the Killer . This was a Japanese film (I can see some of you saying "well duh" already, but hear me out) about a young man who enjoys watching women get raped [citation needed] then killing the man who did it. There is a whole lot of violence, gore, sexual content, etc. I was deeply disturbed by this film. I urge anyone with a warped and desensitized mind and who also loves laughing at the sheer hilarity of Asian sterotype after Asian stereotype to see this film. If you would not describe yourself this way, DO NOT see this movie.
[Note: for more detailed reviews or reasoning as to my choice of category, feel free to ask. Though I'm pretty sure you don't care. That list, folks, is what we call filler.]
Up for the coming weeks: The Watchmen ; the Die Hard Quadrilogy ; the Lethal Weapon Quadrilogy ; Rain Man ; probably some others I haven't seen recently.
Hope you all have a good weekend. My next post will likely come after my exam, so at least 8 days from now. I apologize for any inconvenience this causes. Peace.
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