A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
Yes…I did make it back to the US safely
I know it's been a while since I've written an entry, so I've got a lot to update y'all on. It's been so busy lately that I just haven't had time to write.I probably should have made an entry right after I got back to the US to let folks know that I made it safely,...
How I almost caught a case in Hanoi
I'm in the lobby of my hotel in Bangkok readying myself to head back to SFO and I remembered a story that I didn't write an entry about...how I was daggone close to getting myself arrested in Hanoi. Here it goes...A couple of nights ago, I was in Hanoi with my peoples...
Lemme give a quick plug for one of my classmates’ new company…
One more thing for today, I want to put a plug in for one of my classmates, Seth S., who has just launched a start-up with some friends of his called Meebo.com. In a nutshell, their site hosts a custom-developed application that allowed you to access AIM, Yahoo...
I’m finally diggin’ Vietnam
I am officially a fan of Vietnam after the past day or so. I'm just getting back to Hanoi after taking a 2-day/1-night cruise in Halong Bay. That place is absolutely gorgeous. It was literally something out of a movie. Just nothing but clear blue skies, calm waters...
"Gooooooooooooooooooood morning, Vietnam!!!"
I just spent the last 30 minutes writing a really long entry and this daggone public computer lost it when I tried to submit it, so I've got to write a shorter replacement.We arrived in Hanoi last night and are in the middle of sightseeing now. We've seen a bunch of...
Wow, Thailand is a gorgeous place…
What's up, y'all. I'm writing this entry from an internet cafe in Chiang Mai, which is in the northern part of Thailand. We got here yesterday and got the hookup to be staying in yet another really nice hotel...Travis is doing it up so big on the lodging coordination...
"You are not PIMPIN’!!!!!!"
OK, by now, many of you may have heard Ludacris' song "Pimpin' all over the world". Toward the end of the CD version, a movie character named Money Mike has a part where he describes non-pimpin' characteristics...after a night on the town in Ko Samui, I think I've...
Hello from Ko Samui
I can't believe that this is only Day 3 of the trip because my peoples and I have done a ton out here in Thailand so far. Right now, I'm writing from an email terminal in a resort that my man Travis picked out for us in Ko Samui (a Thai island about 1.5 hrs by plane...
‘Bout to be ballin’ in Bangkok
I've only got 5 minutes before this computer logs me off, but I wanted to drop a quick note to let y'all know that I made it safelyto my hotel in Bangkok. And, good lawd, my man Travis hooked it up for real, for real. This hotel is SO pimpalicious and it's only $130...
"The fancy cars…"
"...The women and the caviar/They know who we are/'Cuz we're pimpin' all over the world!!!"What's up, y'all. I'm writing this entry from an email terminal in the Hong Kong airport, where I'm having my first layover on the way to Bangkok. I meant to write something up...