Well, it is the day before our trip and I'm getting packed. The furry creature clinging to the sides of my face is about to go down the drain. I think I'm pretty much all set; now it's just a matter of pulling everything together. I called Lufthansa and they said that I can check my guitar case as a piece of luggage with no extra fees. Let's hope that that information is correct... Whatever, though, an extra $40 or something is worth not having to go a whole month without my guitar. We leave for Germany tomorrow out of Atlanta. [View Full Entry]

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Tonight, since it was a nice day and the rain had finally stopped, my roommate Sarah and I went out walking to Columbia Hall to check on my car, over to the State House a few blocks away, around the Horseshoe, down by a little coffee and catering shop to snag a pic of Ingrid and Bogie, up to the building where we work, across to the library, and back to Rutledge Hall where we live (also on the horse shoe). I think the pictures kind of speak for themselves of the beauty of the South, but one that stood out [View Full Entry]

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Finally, I have internet again (full-time now) and I can add some of the pictures from the last adventure of my roadtrip/my first full day in Columbia, SC. It's been about four days since I said goodbye to my sister and headed back to the university to meet the rest of my roommates and spend my first night in Rutledge Hall. I have to say that it has been four of the best days of my life. The day (Sunday) started though with my sister and I getting up and checking out of our ghetto hotel (it was ghetto because of [View Full Entry]

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Wow...five days, 2800 miles, nine tanks of gas, 7 lemonades, three nights of camping, 2 hotel check-ins, and 1 stop asking for directions later and my sister and I are finally in Columbia, SC. These past five days have gone by insanely fast, but we have seen so many new things. Day three started off with us jetting to see the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. It was such an amazing building that was built entirely of ears of corn and grains freshly grown from South Dakota. Each year, they rebuild the Corn Palace to a new theme and it has [View Full Entry]

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A three hour driving from Atlanta to Columbia in neighboring state of South Carolina is considered as a very close proximity travel in the Deep South. And as a gift to myself and to attend my fraternity’s Charge of Rho Proteron’s installation at University of South Carolina - Columbia, I spend this year’s leap day on the road and visit South Carolina once again. ‘Columbia’ is derived from the poetic name of the famous Spanish Explorer Christopher Columbus, who claimed to ‘discover’ the new land of America. Located in approximate center of State of [View Full Entry]

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Hey again. So the other travel blog was way more complicated than I need or wanted. So I am back writing here. This has been a wierd but good summer. Brief update for those who don't know I did not go back to China. I have been living at home. I am now working at Portrait Innovations in Columbia which I like. Taking portrait pictures is a lot different then the photography I was doing but I enjoy it. I bought my first car which i am happy about. hmmmm what else. Nothing, my life consists of waking up , go [View Full Entry]

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A trip on Greyhound makes you think allot about where your at. I spent most of the time modding a hat and listening to music. It funny how when you still long enough the mind clears. The trip got interesting around South Carolina we picked up a drunk had the bus drive stopping twice on the highway. He was pretty bad and sitting on the isle sleep didn't help his balance much. Sunglasses on help to avoid his need to talk to people. I'm wonder what the conference will bring and if it will have problems like last year. Either way [View Full Entry]

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I successfully made it through the first segment of my internship assignment in New York. I spent the 3 weeks collecting and organizing demographic information for Laerdal's major market segments (Healthcare, Pre-Hospital, Professional Education, Government, and National Accounts). I used information from existing marketing plans, databases the company had purchased, previously collected demographic information from other Laerdal departments/employees, and LOTS of Google searches!! I combined all the information into Excel spreadsheets for each market segment to show comparisons across variou [View Full Entry]

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Well, I'm back home now for a few days. Finished up Madrid on Friday and flew back to the States on Saturday. I made a quick swing through Charleston to visit family on my mom's side and to go to a 25th anniversary party before really getting back home to Columbia on Sunday night. I've been chilling out, recuperating, and trying to finish up class papers for the past couple of days. I drive out on Friday morning for the first leg of my internship and will be spending the weekend visiting some more family on my dad's side. I [View Full Entry]

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I'll be keeping this blog during my travels around the world as part of my International MBA program. My journey begins with a 3-week class in Europe (1 week each in Ireland, Portugal, and Spain.) After the class, I start a marketing internship with Laerdal Medical (a privately-held Norwegian company) and will be working in their US and Australian offices. I will spend May in Wappingers Falls, NY (1.5-2 hours outside of NYC), and then I get to spend June through mid-August in Melbourne, Australia!! I thought this would be a good way to keep friends and family updated with my [View Full Entry]

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