Just thought I'd update you with some of the people and places I've been hanging out with at Stanford. In short, I am extremely popular and constantly have to fend off potential "friends" (particularly women). Yesterday I was voted "Mr Popularity" by a panel of Social Experts, and awarded an undisclosed cash prize ...
... ok, I'm just kidding (who would've thought!).
Okay, so there are 378 of us in a year at the Graduate School of Business. 378 sounds like a lot of people - and it is! - but it's actually a really cool size: by December, I'm told, I'll probably know well over 200 people by name; and end up meeting/hanging out with just about everyone before I'm halfway through my degree.
There's plenty of opportunities to hang with and get to know everyone:
- We are divided into 6 sections of about 60-70, which take most of the early classes together ... it's been really cool, like being back in my 4 unit maths class again!
- Most of us (200+) live in this one huge apartment block, full of only first year MBAs
- All our classes are in the business building, which has a great sunny courtyard which everyone passes through, and a cool dining area
- There are clubs galore which you can join, which have heaps of social events
- We all have no classes from 11:45-1:15 everyday, so it's all pretty social for lunch
- I've met lots of different people through other classes, random dinners, coffee, waiting in queues for textbooks, breakdancing, etc ...
Now of that 378, there are quite a few (but not heaps of) Asians. I've managed to get myself attached to that group (at least for eating purposes), and today we went to Yum Cha/China-town type area close by. Ah, it reminded me of home - well, at least Chatswood anyway ...
... There was lots of bubble tea shops (with Asian-esque snacks) ...
... stingy Chinese shopkeepers (note the $6 charge for bringing in "outside food and drinks" ... remember these are US dollars too! =)
Here are two of my friends, Pandu from Indonesia, and Kit from Thailand/Hong Kong, at the bubble tea shop ...!
Now, being in a Chinese town again, I couldn't resist going into the Chinese video store and having a browse around ...
Romantic comedies with guys blowing bubble gum, pirated movies of pirated movies ("New" Crouching Tiger!), and "She Shoots Straight" ... man, it's just like being home again!
Blessings
john
1 comment:
Kit looks so fly... I mean.. not many guys can wear a Chang Beer shirt and pull it off!
Sounds like you're having a hugely international experience..
And no suprise about the asians! Shocking isn't it?
Eat something interesting for me!
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