Maine

So I've been home for almost a week, but thought I'd give an very short update on the Maine trip. It consisted mostly of (a) eating (b) eating (c) some walking (d) eating. Some pictures to enjoy:














This is an area called Prout's Neck where the Black Point Inn is located--a hotel that hasn't changed its style since the Great Gatsby era.





















The Portland Headlight















I spent the last day wandering around Portland in search of a fat whoopie pie (if you have never had the fortune to indulge in a whoopie pie, you are seriously missing out). Though I stopped in at least a dozen bakeries and cafes, Portland failed me miserably. However, the Lobster Shack at Two Lights pulled through with a whoopie pie the size of my head. I sat outside to enjoy it and the great view!














In other news, my brother did our senior prom on replay this past weekend...

Look how handsome he was!













Apparently nothing too crazy happened in Long Branch at post post prom, though Andrew Lavadera was there to "chaperon" and it sounds like he did more encouraging than supervising.

And now I'm off for a stroll around the neighborhood!

Later,
Danielle

Found This, Felt Like Reminiscing

Comment 1: Typical dress by all of us.... emo peter phase, blue/black for yas, me looking fly as usual ;)
Comment 2: Note the two Ryan's in the background
Comment 3: I think I tied better tie knots then than I do now.... which is sad

Brazil is going fine... I think I might be going out/partying tomorrow with one/some of the guys that I work with. scchweeet....

Colorado

Hello all! I'm sorry I haven't posted earlier, but nothing too exciting has happened yet in Colorado. I've done a lot of touring around Colorado Springs and Denver- but most of the time has been spent getting my brother ready for deployment tomorrow. I've seen a lot of Fort Carson, which is where he is stationed- not too interesting. 

This week has been fun spending time with my parents and brother, touring around the area and packing up his apartment. He has a ridiculous amount of stuff and not much of it has been moved yet because he's been helping out his friends get their stuff into storage areas. I can't believe how quickly this week went by- as we drop him off tomorrow at 9am for a year. Crazy. 

Anyway, after this, we head towards Iowa by car to visit my extended family for a week. That should be fun as usual, but it will be a bit of a haul getting there. We're stopping in parts of Nebraska, including Red Cloud, which is the hometown of author Willa Cather. So stoked. 

I hope all is well. My excursions aren't quite as exciting as Hong Kong or Brazil, but I figured that if Yas is posting about his stupid parking ticket, that I should say hello and try this out. Hope everyone is having fun at home (or wherever) and I will post later on in the week. 

-Em

Hong Kong

So I've been in Hong Kong for a week and a half now... sorry for not posting earlier

we're staying at the hyatt next to the chinese university of hong kong (CUHK). Its really nice here since the hotel just opened up to the public. i think we're the first ones in our suites. for 3 ppl we have a living room and 2 bedrooms, one with two twins and one with a queen. 3 bathrooms. really cool

we have class every morning from 8:30 - 11:30, and im taking 2 classes. comparative strategic management and international marketing. its a mix of expat professors and local-ish ones. It's been really interesting hearing the experiences and perspectives of the local ones. expat ones are kind of boring...

most days we also have business site visits, so we are going in to different companies and places to visit and they usually give us a presentation and we ask questions and stuff. we've been to some government stuff (like invest hk, icac (anticorruption)) and also places like the jockey club. Jockey club was really cool since they gave us a box after to watch the horse races and gamble. I did all right that day, i was only -$12 HK for the day. (which is less than $2) won most of it back on the last race. Other ppl were -$100+

among other things... we've been to LKF a couple times, which is the main bar district. its pretty fun. that and soho, which is a big expat area where there is all kinds of cuisine. i swear there are more white ppl there than asian ppl too... kind of weird at this point since you get used to seeing asian ppl everywhere...

ppl on the program have been pretty cool so far. some cooler than others. its just a bunch of gtown kids and we all take class together. so not much with the local students =/

for some of them, its their first time out of the US... and a couple are bone headed spoiled preppy white kids who are racist. (sorry not the biggest fan of them) but there are also a bunch of really cool ppl.

anyway... thats my first post

hope everyone is doing well

skype me @ peterylai

good talk

pete

Parking Ticket

My exciting summer starts with a parking ticket. woooot...........I parked on the side of the road at 12:50pm, it was no parking from 1pm-4pm on a Tuesday, and of course it was a Tuesday. Stupid town of Elizabeth.

-Yas

In Brazil!

Hey guys, hope you're all well.

I got into Brazil this morning and now I've settled in to my accomodations here. I'm living in a sort of dorm/house with about 14 other people, mostly students at the University here in Campinas. They're pretty nice so far, but only a few of them speak limited English. The Portuguese is definitely going to be challenging but overall I'm pretty excited about everything. I met my co-workers for the summer and my boss, and they seem pretty excited about having me. I just hope I can do all the stuff they want me to.

Alright, I'll check back in again soon!

-Rollin