Today, I officially received my Masters in Business Administration from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii. Though it took me four long years as a part time student, I’d like to thank everyone who made it possible. Thanks for all the late nighters, the fun times running student body, but most of all, thanks for the memories. Not to mention, thanks to everyone who came to see me graduate! Whee! Since I hadn’t participated in a graduation ceremony in a few years, it was quite exciting.
As some of you have noticed, I haven’t been blogging as much as I’d like to… it’s been quite a busy semester so I figured I’d fill people in with what’s been going on (and what will be going on) in my somewhat hectic life.
My second to last semester in the University of Hawai`i MBA program came to an end two weeks ago. One down, one more to go! This semester was quite interesting as Scott, Brad and myself helped investigate acquisition strategies for a local tech startup. All in all, I felt it was a very interesting experience. Thanks to everyone who helped fill out the survey!
I actually ended up winning an award during Business Night as the Outstanding MBA Student in Finance. I had a chance to eat dinner with the CEO of Bank of Hawaii, one of the largest banks here in Hawaii that donated my award. It was a very engaging experience. Considering I’m an engineer by schooling, the award was a pleasant surprise. CFA, here I come!
This summer, I’m currently enrolled in the Capstone Field Study which involves consulting for a local Hawaii business. Hopefully, our team ends up producing something realistic and viable for our client to implement.
I decided to run (again) to be on the Board of the Home Owner’s Association of the apartment complex I live in. Luckily, I was elected for a few more years!
As for exercise, I’m playing a basketball league out in Halawa on Sundays, Alumni league next month, and a YBA league in July. I’m also waking up earrrly on Sundays to attend the marathon clinic at Kapiolani park. It’s been a rough few weeks to say the least, but this year I’m going to train a little for the marathon (instead of just waking up and doing it).
In a few weeks, I’ll be in “HOTlanta” to watch a friend graduate from OCS school. Congratulations Sako! It’s been a while since I’ve been out East, but I can’t wait for some Waffle House!
From July 24-28, I’ll be in Portland, Oregon for the infamous O’Reilly Open Source Convention aka OSCON. I’ll be attending the Django session, two Ruby on Rails sessions, and of course, the Googs session. I’m hoping there’s a discussion about the distributed VCS’s ala Bzr and Hg. I’m also hoping I get to hang out and meet a few cool people in the open-source world.
Finally, I’m working hard, or is that hardly working on http://www.wegoeat.com. I know, I know. It’s ghetto. But, with the help of Mr. Harper, it’ll be pimpr.com And… if you’re one of the lucky few to get invited for the beta release…
Whew.
That’s about it. Once everything clears, I’ll add another tutorial or two about what I’ve been playing with in Django. Until next time!
Once upon a few blogs ago, I wrote about six excruciating hours as an extra on a relatively popular ABC television series. All my hard work finally came to fruition this past Wednesday as the second episode of this season’s Lost premiered.
And as much as I’d love to tell everyone of what a movie stud I am, my dad always told me, ‘honesty is the best policy‘. The result of six hours of filming, you ask? Well, put it this way – 6 hours of filming resulted in a 6 second clip in which you can barely make out the back of my head. So now that it’s cemented I’m an official movie stud dud, take a peek at my youtube to see what all the fuss is about.
Check out my youtube for clips of friends that were also extras!
Write it down in the record books folks, it’s official.
Today was my first official day as a 28 year old, and not surprisingly, it still sucked.
As a child, I can still vividly remember the utmost importance of a birthday. An upcoming birthday meant that you couldn’t sleep for the entire week leading up to the day; the suspense and anticipation were overwhelming.
What presents were you getting? Who was coming to your party? Would it be a large cake?
After all, a birthday was one of only two times in the entire year where you received free $hit from the relatively unknown, or as some might say, the unknown relative. And after the day had passed, the build-up for the next one had already begun.
Fast-forward 20-somewhat years to the present, and instead of finding that young, exuberant child, you’ll find an adult that despises birthdays. An adult exposed to a birthday’s real verities – the pessimistic, underlying fact that you’re now officially one year closer to death.
In the scheme of life, today might just seem like any other day; any other Friday, to be exact. Yet, what you don’t realize is that today holds great significance.
Why you ask?
Well, today was my first official golf outing since my infamous lost to the great Gordon. A day that will live in infamy, my previous and subsequently last golf outing ended in a loss via strokes to Gordo. My first ever loss, I didn’t even finish the round because I was so frustrated at the game.
In any case, Tom the shoemaster, Lance the golfmaster, and myself, decided to hit up Olomana for a round. First off, I’ll be honest, it I wasn’t pretty at all. Aside from the one or two birdie opportunities I had, I really felt like I was watching my 6-year-old niece play Tiger Woods Golf on the Playstation.
It was that bad.
Let me tell you, don’t ever play with a 10 and 15 handicapper your first-time playing in 2 years. You know that feeling – the feeling where you just got reamed with the high-hard one? Well, personally, I don’t. But after playing a round with these guys, I can imagine. Oh, I can just imagine.
Though it did cost me a few rounds of beer, all-in-all, it was a very fun time. Truthfully, more fun than I’ve had in a while. Stay tuned for future blogs as I plan to youtube our bi-monthly golf adventures.
