Preparation rumble

So what does one need to do when one decides to dramatically change one's life for a year...

At work it's easy, since with 3 or so weeks left to go, everything revolves around handovers to successors. 

Then there's the other aspects...
- Insurance (Med, Travel, Legal, other?)
- Financing
- Bank and Creditcard accounts
- Car sale
- Shipping stuff to France and Singa
- Pre-reading of study books
- Participation in 2nd life events?
- Housing
- CV preparation
- Ending subscriptions
- Cocktails & Recruiting events
- New gadget selection
- Priorities & choices...

Sorting out our insurance needs is boring, yet very important. It's just not easy to figure out what exactly we need, it's costly, and in general also time consuming. Sounds like just the job for a rainy Sunday...

Luckily, we already found our place to live in Fonty (Fontainebleau.) We will share a great villa with many other students from around the world: very international, very INSEAD-ish. The great thing is that we will have our own privacy in the house, and at the same time spend time together with classmates. There will be many diners, parties, joint study time in the garden, and in general a lot of fun.

Housing in Singa is a different story. Prices are high, and it seems harder to find a good apartment as compared to France. Since most students look for the same type of accommodation, I don't see rental prices drop any time soon. I guess we'll just have to bite the bullet.

Now setting priorities is the tough bit. Yesterday, there was a great MotoGP race. The weather was good and Vale won the race after a fantastic chase from the 11th position. With many things to do, we decided to stay home and take care of business, rather than to jump on our bike and head down to the TT. I saw a fantastic race on tv, so I'm still smiling and happy! MotoGP is fantastic this year with many ace young riders like Stoner and Dani, and pros like Rossi, Hayden and Edwards. Good competition, good racing, much fun!!