Some Update

AMF Final Group Project: BDO Ops Risk
Last Friday, November 19, we finally got to meet with the company we're going to work with, Banco de Oro's Operational Risk Group. Jman, Toni and I were tasked to come-up with different models from different approaches given a set of data on operational risk of BDO.

Since Operational Risk is the last topic in our Risk Management course, we had to read in advance certain books and readings. We need to read Basel II (specifically the sections on Operational Risk), Operational Risk by Fabozzi et.al., and Operational Risk by Panjer et.al. So far, I have read one, and is halfway with the second one.

Perhaps the only startling thing about this project is that we're going to have to finish this in a matter of weeks (two to three weeks to be exact). We have to work doubly hard for this project.

Busy Schedule and Movie
Perhaps due to my busy schedule in school, and having weekly Saturday sessions in MTG - Makati Center, and add to that my new duties for MTG - DEECO Center, I haven't had much time to watch movies.

From my last blog post, I have only watched the movie, United 93. This movie features the 9/11 tragedy, specifically, United Airlines flight 93, wherein passengers of the said plane fought and tried to control the plane in order for it not to hit the remaining target, the White House, after three passenger planes each hit the North and South towers of the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon.

During the tragedy, I was at home, watching TV. I remember it was 10 PM, when we were surfing through the channels. I saw something in CNN, and asked my dad to go back to it, and there we saw one of the twin towers with tons of smoke emanating from it. And all of a sudden, the second plane just hit the other tower. We saw the exact moment the second plane hit, up until the towers crumbled down.

Television:
Glee:
Episode 7: The Substitute
Gwyneth Paltrow was awesome! I didn't know she has a great voice! Although story-wise, there wasn't any much of an added-value. It simply was an episode of song numbers. And I must admit, that among the episodes with this kind of light-story, heavy-song numbers, this is the best one so far.

Episode 8: Furt
There wasn't any song number until the 16th minute of the show, when Sue's mom sang her number. The story was heavy, and it tackled something which other shows just try to evade: bullying.

Bullying is a known fact in High School. It happens all the time, to people perceived as weak, by people who find a weakness in themselves which they try to fight by putting-down others.

I'm glad that Glee tackled the topic in a very realistic manner. Sue, the principal, expelled Karofsky, but the Board of Trustees decided to revert it. It's a simple reality, that there's always no easy way out. There's no fair game in life. We saw Kurt leaving for Dalton Academy, where he feels safe.

The question now is: Will he come back?

The Amazing Race:
Go Nat and Kat! They may not be the strongest team, they had their dumb moments, getting lost all the time, but they surely have shown us that they are good racers.

BTW, I'm not liking the non-12 hour pitstops, and changing departure times to make them leave 5 minutes apart.

The Amazing Race Asia:
I hope we get BOTH Jess and Lani and Richard and Richard in the Finale. And hopefully, one of those two PH teams will win.

Episode tomorrow in South Korea, and it surely will be a Non-Elimination Episode. Hoping for the best.