»October 25, 2007: Blog11 Wharton Lauder - Blog September – Wake me up before September ends (and I miss out on everything).
All Lauder got together before class for our summer project presentations. As part of our summer immersion each Language track did a small consulting project (or inside analysis) on a company around the world.Here is a list of this year projects.French Track - Senegalese Food Exporter, French Insurance Company and Citilog (vehicle detection & traffic control system).Spanish Track - Organic ... ... (MORE)
Current mood: Always Busy
Current mood: Always Busy
)»September 12, 2007: Blog 10 - Wharton Lauder - Blog weeks 10-14 – Preterm Mayhem and Rocky Steps
Welcome to the first days of preterm at Wharton where you are thrown into a pool of 800 unknown people (your future classmates).Nevertheless, if you are a Lauder Student, on your first day you already know 65 people. This saves you the embarrassment of introducing someone whose name you just learnt (and forgot) to someone you met 15 minutes ago (and whose name you also forgot). As long as you ... ... (MORE)
Current mood:
Happy
Current mood:
Happy
»August 15, 2007: Wharton Lauder Blog week 9- Back to Phily
When people used to ask me where I lives I used to say Philadelphia even though I spent only one month there in which I was changing places like most people every two weeks in our sublets. Brazil felt sort of like home and we were moving as much. Returning to Philly implied finally settling in, getting utilities, installing blinds, going to IKEA, Wal-Mart, etc.After the getting settled in hyste... ... (MORE)
Current mood: Moving in
Current mood: Moving in
»August 8, 2007: Lauder Portuguese - Blog week 8 – Saudades de Você, ate logo
Air traffic in Brazil has been really messy lately after the plane crash in Sao Paulo. We spent almost half a day waiting in the airport to finally board our plane to Brasilia. Brazil s capital is impressively planned and includes several buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer, which make it a city of imaginative building design that appeals even to those who do not count architecture among their... ... (MORE)
Current mood:
Big-Smiley
Current mood:
Big-Smiley
»July 25, 2007: Lauder Portuguese - Blog week 7 – Tubarões e Nordestinhos
A tragic event happened this week, a TAM flight failed to land in Sao Paulo and all its passengers died. This was the worst accident in the Brazilian aeronautical history. Different commissions have been appointed to investigate what happened and flights around the country have been delayed. We have used that airport a couple of times, therefore people called home to say they were ok. We hope t... ... (MORE)
Current mood:
Sad
Current mood:
Sad
