Whirlwind Week

This week has been a week. Projects have definitely kicked into full gear. Currently I'm working on a video project about Islam, a project on how to market a Legoland in Macao and a project on marketing for Tui Cruises. The first is de before Easter Holiday which starts the 21st and the other two are due after break. My partner and I are attempting to finish the one about Legoland before break so that we can go to Guilin, China for a few days and not have to worry about anything. We'll see how that goes.

I also had my first midterm this week. It was in Travel Agency Operations which is said to be one of the most difficult course at IFT. The exam was hard, but part of it was because the problems are not written at all like the pracetice problems. The other reason was my own fault. We had to know all the countries and major cities locations. She told us she would give us a map of one continent on the exam. I figured maybe Africa or South America. I studied those two and of course the rest. I ran out of time though with Europe and just glanced over it once. Can you guess what continent was on the test? Oh yeah, it was Europe. I wanted to kick myself, but luckily I did know some and the rest I tried to make educated guesses.

Jatana and I also got a nice surprise this week in the form of some familiar and a few new faces from USC! Dr. Harrill along with Dr. Gillintine, Dean Mihalik and his wife Linda all came to visit IFT. We had a luncheon with them and a feww staff members from IFT. Then later it was a USC reunion dinner! We went out to Taipa and had dinner at a really good Portuguese restaurant. It was nice to talk to people from home and hear about what is going on in Columbia. The next day Linda and I met up so I could show her around Macao. Now, I found it kind of funny to be the tour guide in a city where I've only lived for two months and still haven't seen a fair bit myself! I think she had a good time though. We walked around and I took her to Lou Lik Lok garden, Ruins of St. Paul, the Monte Fortress, Kun Iam Temple and Senado Square.

Yesterday, I went with two of my friends, Lillian and Jackie, to Zhu Hai. Jackie is from Zhu Hai so we went to her house. SIDEBAR: Some of the best times I've had is visiting people's homes and meeting there families. They make me feel like I'm really not a tourist! SIDEBAR DONE After hanging out at Jackie's house we went to the marketplace. I wanted to buy some summer clothes, but really didn't have too much luck. One thing I learned...compared to Chinese girls I have hips. So funny to watch my friends try to politely explain that they didn't think the shorts would fit me because my hips were too big. In the end I bought one pair. You have to remember that very few places allow you to try things on. I tried them on when I got home, and they do fit, but they are a little snug. Oh well. Told Lillian if I didn't like them I'd give them to her.

That's all for now! Up this week: more projects! studying for more midterms! Getting ready for BEIJING!!!!!!!

Signing off until next time! Baii Baii!