It's been raining for the last few days. Fall has come. Fall here is gray and humid, the sky is about to fall on me. It's quite cold and humid. Night falls before 5pm, people have dinner before 6pm and campus is emptier than usual.

All this has made me feel some nostalgy, some homesickness. I miss the Indian Summer. I guess that's why he call it Indian Summer and not Chinese Summer. Music is helping me cope with my feelings. I had never appreciated so much listening to Serrat, Llach, Juan Luis Guerra or Celtas Cortos (yes, I am ecclectic).

I also miss my life. I am getting really tired of so much work at school. The main event in November is next eek, the final of the Shanghai Masters Cup next Sunday. The only day off in 2 weeks. Yes, I have class next Saturday. You can't imagine how fucked up I am by Nadal's injure (albeit, less than himself, of course). We purchased the tickets for the final expecting to see Rafa win the title. We already had the red and yellow t-shirts ready and we were preparing the show we would do so that people in Spain would see us on telly. And now, neither Nadal, nor Ferrer, Robredo, Feliciano, Almagro... nothing. I guess they'll have to see us only thru pay-tv.

I need Christmas break. 3 weeks not thinking on assignments, exams nor cases. Being able to have my own free time, meet people to talk about something else than the school, eat home-made food (mmm, I am looking forward all the smells in grandma's kitchen). I'll be there on the 17h!!!

In other sort of things, this school has impressive high-level political contacts. Besides an ex-dean that was a deputy minister of economy in Spain, I have caught up with the Dutch minister of foreign trade, tomorrow we have the mayor of Barcelona... After all, the school is a joint-venture beteen the EU and the Shanghai Municipal Government. In contacts with Spain the school is also quite impressive. One notices easily that the ICEX, the Basque Government, the one of Cantabria, the Port of Barcelona, la Caixa, BBVA, Santander, Telefónica, Gamesa, Banc Sabadell... each are sponsors of the school. As the ex-dean commented, this school is the area in China where Spain is most influential. All this thanks to Mr. Nueno, founder of this school and current executive president.

Now we have to translate that into even more corporate contacts. Let's see if tomorrow we can network a little bit with some of these 40 executives that come with Hereu.