"Love your momma"

This post is a looong time coming and now, sitting in my international management class - there is nothing else I'd rather do.

The title of this post comes from my Strategic Management professor and it means, "a statement that is so general that it is true for everyone (ie. we all love our mommas!)."

I've finally gotten into a routine here in CPH. It has been tough because my class schedule changes every week. One week I'll have class T,W,Th and the next will be M,W,F. Also, the classroom for each class changes EVERY TIME. It's insane! Definitely a sign of the mediocre organizational systems over here.

Thursday will be my last day of Strategic Management class! It has been a three week sprint where we had class 5hrs a day for either 2 or 3 days a week - pretty intense. The professor, Ron Sanchez, is great though, he has a ton of experience and some great stories. I will have the exam for this class when I get back from Berlin in two weeks!

We leave for Berlin this Sunday. We will be there for 5 days visiting various firms and organizations. Should be a pretty interesting experience; however I only have one suit to wear! Haha. Here is our schedule for the week:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=globe0809%40hotmail.com&ctz=Europe/Copenhagen&pvttk=8ec1e5797765d135b3e01061f06804c5

Two weekends ago, a few students from HK invited me to come celebrate their Mid-Autumn Festival with them. The context of this celebration is the fullest moon of the year. If you want to know more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival. So 5 or 6 HK guys and then 4 of us Americans, and 1 Dane all congregated at one of the dorms. We all helped out in cooking a HUGE meal of 5-6 chinese dishes. The focus of the party seemed to be on the dessert: mooncake (not to be confused with moonpie). It is a little cake that has a cooked egg yolk in the middle. It good, but I think I could only eat it in small pieces.

The Chefs and I

Outside of the dorm

Inside courtyard of the dorm

My dad came to visit me two weekends ago too! It was a great visit for us, 1 because I got a suitcase full of American goodies, and 2 because we had such a great time! We spent most of Saturday together eating, talking, touring the school. Saturday night we went to a great Blues Bar - Mojo. It was fantastic!

One of the school buildings: "The Wedge"

The band at Mojo

Before I sign off I want to give a shout out to all you ECU fans that ya'll played a great game this past Saturday and to beat some butt for the rest of the season!

And of course, get well soon TJ Yates, GO TARHEELS!