On our first day at Haas, we were assigned to our study groups. Each study group has 5 students, pre-assigned by the school, which try to achieve a mix of locations, backgrounds and interests within each group. I am (of course) part of the best group ever together with Gary, Bill, Jenny and Kazu.

Dinner
Last week, Kazu got summer internship offers from big investment banks and he and his wife, Mayu, invited our group along with other friends who helped him with his applications (Fiona, Anaal, Jesse and Anup) to a Japanese dinner at their house in the UC Village.

The food was awesome! It felt like an exclusive Japanese restaurant with top-quality ingredients, lovely looking dishes and high quality Sake which was bought on a tour to the local Saki factory that very same day. The table was full of goodies and people were not sure where to start although it didn’t take long for everyone to develop a silly smile of happiness. It was that good.

Entertainment
After dinner, Kazu and Mayu played on the Accordion (Kazu) and the Piano (Both). It was the first time I actually attended a party where there was formal musical entertainment, and it was such a great idea. Specially since both Kazu and Mayu are really top-class (and I mean, really…they can play!).

Naturally, all of us had to try the accordion too, which turned out to be
1. heavy and 2. pretty easy to learn.

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