Phercitement

I could not find an exact word in the Webster's Dictionary to portray my thoughts this week. So I made up my own word and I will make sure at the very least, that it gets a patent in urban-dictionary.com. :)

Phercitement. (adj; pronounced Fur-cite-ment):

A mixture of feelings of hope, fear, nervousness and excitement. Commonly felt by 1st year MBA students.

I attended "Beginning of a New School Year" mixer Thursday night hosted by MGBS at Makai in Santa Monica. I was thrilled to see my fellow classmates after a 3 month hiatus from lectures, group work, exams and (most missed) socials. We were able to catch up on all the "3-ships." (internships, relationships, friendships) Basically, who worked where, who's dating who, who's partied with who...

I also observed many new faces that night. Ahhhh.. the newbies, freshmen, aka 1st years; slowly trickling into Malibu for a week of orientation and HAPPY CAMP at Calamigous Ranch. I could definitely see the phercitement on all the 1st years faces. It was only a year ago that I was the newbie among the sea of unfamiliar faces, feeling the phercitement as to who I should approach and spark up a conversation with. Going down memory lane and realizing this unpleasant feeling that has once haunted me last summer, I excuse myself from my table of 2nd years. I approach a girl sitting alone in the corner table and spark up a conversation. Immediately, I could tell how relieved she is as her face changes expression of phercitement to relief as I answer her 101 questions about MBA-life.

So in conclusion, I have a better definition of phercitement...

Phercitement. (adj. Pronounced Fur-cite-ment)

A mixture of feelings of hope, fear, nervousness and excitement. Commonly felt by 1st year MBA students, often cured by 2nd year MBA students.