Last exam in my life (?)

As I haven't written on this page for a month or so, I will recap the last month:

Going home...
I went back to Haugesund for Easter after the final lecture. The original plan was that Elisabeth would arrive here the weekend before Easter, and we could have a weekend together in London before relaxing back home. As I was getting a bit fed up with the confined pigeon hole some might call a room here at Francis Rowley Court, along with wanting to see Elisabeth of course, I went back home ten days before Elisabeth would travel here to stay with me. That created a challenge. Who would Elisabeth go to visit? As the frequent flyer I am, I travelled with her.

Weekend in London
As Francis Rowley Court best can be described as a two star hotel (without room service), I was secretly toying with the idea to book a hotel room. However, Leif and Beates return to Bergen (and Porsgrunn) for Easter gave me another idea... I mean, it would be terrible of me to let their poor little apartment in Featherstone Street spend the weekend all by itself, now wouldn't it? When I close my eyes I can still picture Elisabeth's surprised face when I unlocked the front door there... :D We had a very nice weekend, watching Chicago and Ice Age II (Musical and cinema, respectively). At daytime, I read and she tried to find the ONE shop in Oxford street she still hadn't been to. After being absolutely certain our luggage was way too heavy not to cost us a small fortune, we checked in with 5 kilos to spare...

Easter in Haugesund
The best time of year to read a book is at Easter. I love crime novels, so sitting and reading about Shipping Finance Credit Analysis and International Commodity Trade was not that great. On Friday 14th we drove to Vågslid and visited Elisabeth's familiy in their amazing lodge. In fact, let's just call it the house. After a week with fantastic food I went back to read, read and maybe read a bit in the end.

Reading time
In only 6 days, Leif, Harald, Knut, Robert and myself increased our knowledge about various topics like Financial Markets (Swaps, Bonds, Futures, Forwards, Options etc.), International Commodity Trade (Tradeflows, supply/demand determinants and taxonomy of major commodity groups like Iron ore, copper, aluminium, grains, sugar, coffee, cocoa, rubber, oil and gas) and Corporate Finance (IPOs, WACC, DCF, APV, NAV and other funny letter combinations).

Hell week
Last week we had exams on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Pretty exhausting, but I think we all did a pretty good job. Of course I can only speak for myself, but it appears to me that the others are quite happy with their performances as well. After the exam on Friday we blowed some steam and had a couple of beers and Gin Tonics. It is always a great feeling to just relax after several exams, not feeling guilty for not reading.

The final one
It is now Monday, May 1st. As millions of people have demonstrated in London about free beer and a longer Premiership season (or maybe not) we are preparing for our last and final exam this semester. Next term consists of five small subjects, of which some may be concluded with small tests. Of the major exams though, the one we have on Wednesday may possibly be the last. Ever. I think the last four years as a student has been great, but I sincerely look forward to starting a working career. I have heard a lot of people saying that they miss the student years. I'm sure I will sometimes, but I suppose that will be due to the human defence mechanism to always remember the good days. And it has been many!
I think this exam will be the most demanding I have ever had, and it counts for 1/9 of my entire Master's Degree. I hope we all will be able to put in a good effort and feel we did our best.