Monday, November 05, 2007
One down, three to go. It was weird going to the exam hall today. Not a feeling of fear, or anxiety because I knew there was nothing that they could ask that I did not know. It was an settling feeling of calmness, relaxed, chilled. I'm not saying it was bad, but it was new. Perhaps last semester was a bit more stressed because I did not know what to expect, or the whole procedure. Makes me wonder how next semesters exams will feel like. But that's still a long way away.
Finance filled my head today after econs. I was in town, and I walked past a HSBC bank, and the first thing that came to my mind was that this is a subsidiary of a foreign bank because there was an ATM, meaning that it dealt in the retail side of the financial market, accepting deposits and making loans as it's primary purpose, and not allowed to participate in the wholesale side of the market. Then I thought what if HSBC had a subsidiary and a branch set up in Australia. Of course being a foreign bank it won't be the largest participant in the market, but it would definitely help the companies image to be seen everywhere.
I miss being an innocent consumer.
Dan
9:03 pm
