Before I talk about the trips, I gotta tell this story about how weird and crazy this small world is. To preface, I am trying to work a visit with some companies I may be interested in working for (in Hong Kong) after MBA school. So, I was studying pretty hard last night and so didn’t end up having dinner until like 9:30 PM. I dropped by a little noodle house on campus where you can normally pay either with a student meal card or cash. But b/c it was so late, there was no cashier there so you had to ask a student to use their card and pay them the cash. So I ask the dude in front of me in line and we end up chatting it up because he was a business major in undergrad/working on masters in econ, and we are both big basketball fans. So we sit and as we are eating as it ends up his very good friend/classmate from Beijing University works in Investment Banking at – lo and behold, the ONE top bank that I do not have a good contact with in Hong Kong (not going to name names)!!!! So just like that, a late, last minute dinner ends up being another contact. Crazy how the world works – let’s say I end up working for that bank after school as a result of his friend? Then it would totally be like “what if this guy had not been in line with me at the noodle house?” Anywho, that’s my interesting story. I think my Hong Kong trip is now set, and really really packed with some great companies. I’m very fortunate.
So, had a great (but incredibly hot!) visit to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. See the pics above (perhaps one day i will take the time to learn how to integrate the pics within the text?). It was a cool visit, but too bad the place to see Chairman’s Mao’s body is under renovation. The Forbidden City, while cool, was sort of like the Temple of Heaven in that it had an odd, artificial Disney world feel to it. The fact that there is a Starbucks in there did not help a thing. I had a bunch of other stuff written about this, and got as far as posting, but i've been told to get rid of it so thats why the entry aobut this is so short...
Tomorrow we are seeing Transformers!!! It opens tonight at midnight here in China (although believe it or not I have already seen bootleg copies on the street for the last week). We contemplated being super nerdy and going to see the midnight show, but thought it would be too much of a cost to our sleep. So we are catching the 1:30 tomorrow, the first show after class. Maybe we will dress up as Transformers? Yes, we are that nerdy….
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You should go see it at midnight just like Star Wars!!! Speaking of small world, I do have some friends from Natchez in China so let me know if you go to Wuhan and there is another guy that I think may be in Beijing, but I will find out.
How excited was I to see the pic of you!
Just heard on the TV, they've closed the Starbucks in the Forbidden City. Starbucks decided to pull out after more protests over it and how it detracts from the history and atmosphere of the place.
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