Good afternoon, Kuala Lumpur! My flight was delayed in Phuket, and Chance and I just now checked into our hotel. We are on our own now, so I splurged a little by booking my own room at the Park Royal Hotel. We are going to freshen up a bit (or take a nap more like it), and will go visit the Petronas Twin Towers tonight. Kuala Lumpur is one hour ahead of Bangkok. It's a … [Read more...] about Selamat tengahari, Kuala Lumpur!
As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And so it will...today. We conclude our program in Phuket at the Deevana Resort today, and everybody is packed ready to leave this lovely island. In fact, two of our participants left last night due to their departure flight schedules. We have been very lucky (we'll chalk it up as luck rather than global … [Read more...] about Sawadee, Thailand!
Sawadee (hello, bye, have a good day in Thai) Thailand is often called "The Land of Smiles" because of its friendly people and fascinating culture. Thai language is not too difficult to learn for Easterners with Asianic background. It's tonal and does not have tenses or plurals. You learn a verb and that's it! The complicated parts are the five different tones and the … [Read more...] about The Land of Smiles
A late entry, but nonetheless important. We had a minor deviation from our provisional schedule. Rather than going to the Reunification Palace in the morning, the students opted to take the morning to relax and to prepare their PP Presentation. I had assigned them a team project using the information provided by the MBA Office, and modifying it in terms of their perspective. … [Read more...] about A visit to the US ConGen (May 22)
We finally landed in Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) after enduring four legs of flight. Everybody flew into San Francisco, and from there, our group split into two separate flights: China Airlines with a layover in Taipei, Taiwan, and Cathay Pacific Airlines with a layover in Hong Kong, China. The reason we did so was to avoid having my Chinese students applying for … [Read more...] about The eagle has landed!