Thorpe Park!

Went to Thorpe Park for a post-project whole day celebration. Good stuff!

Pictures for the Tired Eyes II

Kew Gardens with Olivia & Ana [April 9, 2007]

More of Zanzibar

Pictures for the Tired Eyes

Zanzibar [Spring Break]

Ira Visiting - Cambridge

Edinburgh [Mid Feb 2007]

Val Thorens [December 30, 2006 - January 6, 2007]

Where is Home?

I'm feeling a bit confused today and I'm beginning to wonder where exactly I belong.

It all started with a really simple question that's been floating around the school for the past week.

"Whatcha gonna do for the holidays?"

Question that usually follows with, "Are you going home?"

And oddly enough, my brain automatically assumes that my friends were asking if I was going back to the States.

Indonesia...is just not there anymore.

I was truly crushed when I realised this. I could never be an American. But now I'm not sure if I'm Indonesian either...

Peyote in My Tiramisu

This is not the effect of the Blue Man Group, but I do have to say that they are truly awesome, even though not quite environmentally friendly.

I'm blaming it on Stefano's tiramisu.

The 18th Birthday

So November 2nd is a big day for our own Mike Bowerman. And to celebrate, we had an impromptu itinerary, starting with a nice little Indian meal at La Kahore and a posh and chill nightcap at the Absolut Ice Bar.

La Kahore was totally understated with plain walls and cracked floorings. I actually felt like I was in a really-really bad student dining hall. The meal itself was actually quite nice (that is until we discovered this little newspaper clipping about a certain restaurant being charged with uh...mice infestation? I wonder what kind of kebab we got the other day...)







Look, Stefano and I actually look like we're friends here...

Since we got about an hour and a half till the ice bar, we visited this cute little place called Lounge Lovers, totally random with hippo and boar heads decorating the walls. Kind of fru-fru in a way. Even the drinks have names like Chocolate Mistress and Flower Power or some crap like that. I settled for a regular mojito. Sudha, of course had to get some weird ass shit that tasted totally like gasoline.



I didn't actually get to the icebar because we missed our timeslot. But part of the group did, so I got some cool pictures. So cute, every one looked like silver angels. But then we got kicked out because they closed and we had to move to the club nextdoor (Momo, I think?) that played electronic music all. night. long.







I left around 3, but our own Bowerman apparently wondered about till 630am. Good start for a great year!

Beauty of Bath

A couple of my favorite pictures from Bath are attached:

Simply Amazing

People say you learn something new everyday.

Today, I learned that on top of being totally smart, our Dutch Boy Lukas is also an amazing chef. And I mean AMAZING!

Ladies? I don't think he's taken...

Find the Tattoo!

So our school has this huge event every year. Basically it's an awesome version of LC's international fair, with semi-naked women and booze. What could be more fun than that, right?

Steph and I ate so much. And I mean SO MUCH, it was so painful. We ate food from 20 different countries, at least. And then there were sangrias, unlimited amount of beer, some random mojito, and other stuff that I don't even know what.

Then scantily clad women started running around campus with a band of mad Argentinians. It was hilarious! Good times!

Fluffy Bunnies

This event actually occured three weeks ago, but my lazy ass hasn't had a chance to put a little blurb for it, so here it goes...

Finally met with Steph! Went to the sculpture garden where the Frieze Art Fair was. It actually took us longer to find the damn spot than to look at the sculptures. But it was good fun in all. Cute fluffy bunnies! Woohoo!

The Yacht and Booze Club Inaugural River Crawl

Facts:
MiFs can throw an awesome party. Take that MBAs!
Booze makes everything fun.
Booze + boat = fun x 2
From there, I think the growth rate of fun is exponential.
Discounting the cash flow, the NPV is definitely positive.

Conclusion:
Partying on the Thames was a brilliant idea.
I had a great - great - great time.
I miss my kickball buddies, I know they would love this sort of thing.

Loku...nana...hachi...kyu!

(That means six...seven...eight...nine for anybody who's wondering)

Yeah, it's been a while. And I must say things have been going well. Really well.

I moved to London about a month ago. The flight of course was a pain in the ass. One because of the liquid/gel crapola. Two, because my actual flight was cancelled, cancelled after I waited around at the airport for three freakin' hours.

Packing wasn't the funnest experience either. I've said it before, but I'll say it again: it's just amazing how much junk you accumulate during your life. I boxed most of the remnants of my Richmond life away at Luke's, and packed the few things that I have left in three suitcases. So glad my mum was there with me, or I'm probably still packing away in Richmond right now.

London is as fantastic as I expected. During this one month period, I made more friends than I had in the eight years I've lived in the States. My fellow MiFs are just as awesome, nice, and friendly as they can be. The programme itself is ridiculously back-breaking. We're moving through two 1,000-page textbook in less than five weeks, with a valuation project and 10 assignments due during the same five weeks. Adding to the nice pile of shit we have is the milkround process. Company presentations are definitely not as grand as I thought they are, and cover letters are definitely pain in the arse X 2.

Still I love it. I couldn't have made a better decision.