So I think the Holidays are officially upon us here in Milano! While we didn't get a chance to celebrate Thanksgiving thursday with our friends and family back in the US, us Americans here in Milan will be gathering with our new non American friends to teach them the meaning of Thanksgiving this saturday. It is really cool that there were so many people anxious to figure out what the meaning of Thanksgiving is.
Besides that event on Saturday, Milano has become extremely cold in the past couple days. This morning I woke up to snow! (pictures to come). It was pretty cool. I didn't know whether I should go out and play in it or go back to bed, so I went back to bed.
Anyway, things are good. Very busy, another exam on monday followed by several projects that will take a lot of time to complete. I cannot wait till dec 3. I get to go snowboarding in the alps for the first of what will be many trips this year.
Until next time.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
SKI!!!
Today is the last day before my first exam... That means it will be a day filled with cramming semi-useless info into my head. Organizational behavior was one of the worst classes I have ever had. There where 4 lectures on negotiation, and those ones were much better. The problem is that org behavior is all common sense stuff. What is a team? When are teams good? And it is hard to take anything from it because every team is different and you need to be able to tailor your strategy to each team...
But anyway,I am loving life in Milano. It is great that in a 1.5 hour drive I can be in the Alps or on the Beach. In a 1.5 flight I can basically be anywhere in Europe. I am planning to work really hard during the week so I can enjoy my weekends skiing, snowshoeing, or kite skiing! I am planning a lot of these events for the ski club, so its nice that I will be able to get a lot of people involved. Well, just wanted to give you a quick update.
Till next time
But anyway,I am loving life in Milano. It is great that in a 1.5 hour drive I can be in the Alps or on the Beach. In a 1.5 flight I can basically be anywhere in Europe. I am planning to work really hard during the week so I can enjoy my weekends skiing, snowshoeing, or kite skiing! I am planning a lot of these events for the ski club, so its nice that I will be able to get a lot of people involved. Well, just wanted to give you a quick update.
Till next time
Saturday, November 13, 2010
CV, CV, CV!
After five weeks of struggling to stay awake in classes and having difficulties focusing on studying, I have finally transformed into my study mode. This past week I began seriously studying every night for at least two or three hours. I think this is pretty good considering all the other projects that I have going on. Which reminds me, AT Kearny is finally over for me.
My AT Kearny management consulting project group made it to the Italian finals along with three other teams. Making it there was an accomplishment in itself. I learned a lot through this consulting project and I am really happy I did. Plus, now I have something cool to add to my resume.
The AT Kearny challenge will look great on my resume. I am happy to add it on there, and in fact I was suggested to hurry up and add it by the career coach the school hired for me. The career coach is really nice. I spoke with her on Thursday and she gave me tons of suggestions to help realize my goal of working in the fine food/beverage industry. I was a little disappointed to hear that I should keep my geographical location desires flexible, but besides that I was quite happy with the session.
But back to the studying… I think overall, I have at least a decent grasp of all the topics we are covering in school, except for the class Firm and It’s Environments. I really dislike the organization and topics covered in this class. I think the class is far too broad to have any kind of logical final. Luckily we are graded on a curve!
While I am studying a lot, I am also trying to keep one night a week open for fun. Last night I got to go to the Gambero Rosso Bere Bene Low Cost 2011 wine event. I loved it. Basically Gambero Rosso is a wine and restaurant guide here in Italy, and this event was focused on Italian wine that costs under 8 Euros. We spoke to the person who wrote the guide and who had the difficult job of testing 6,000 wines in 4 months (how do I get that job??). The man was telling me that this is one of his favorite cultural wine events because these wines presented here were what real Italians drank. Italians are not looking to buy 30 or 40 euro bottles of wine to serve with dinner every night, instead they keep good tasting economically priced wine around the house to drink. I like this strategy and discovered a few new wines that I like.
Well, that’s it for now. I will update again early next week!
My AT Kearny management consulting project group made it to the Italian finals along with three other teams. Making it there was an accomplishment in itself. I learned a lot through this consulting project and I am really happy I did. Plus, now I have something cool to add to my resume.
The AT Kearny challenge will look great on my resume. I am happy to add it on there, and in fact I was suggested to hurry up and add it by the career coach the school hired for me. The career coach is really nice. I spoke with her on Thursday and she gave me tons of suggestions to help realize my goal of working in the fine food/beverage industry. I was a little disappointed to hear that I should keep my geographical location desires flexible, but besides that I was quite happy with the session.
But back to the studying… I think overall, I have at least a decent grasp of all the topics we are covering in school, except for the class Firm and It’s Environments. I really dislike the organization and topics covered in this class. I think the class is far too broad to have any kind of logical final. Luckily we are graded on a curve!
While I am studying a lot, I am also trying to keep one night a week open for fun. Last night I got to go to the Gambero Rosso Bere Bene Low Cost 2011 wine event. I loved it. Basically Gambero Rosso is a wine and restaurant guide here in Italy, and this event was focused on Italian wine that costs under 8 Euros. We spoke to the person who wrote the guide and who had the difficult job of testing 6,000 wines in 4 months (how do I get that job??). The man was telling me that this is one of his favorite cultural wine events because these wines presented here were what real Italians drank. Italians are not looking to buy 30 or 40 euro bottles of wine to serve with dinner every night, instead they keep good tasting economically priced wine around the house to drink. I like this strategy and discovered a few new wines that I like.
Well, that’s it for now. I will update again early next week!
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