LFM Infosession

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to the LFM Infosession on Monday night. I felt that it was a great success! I know that I had a great time meeting everyone and it seemed that everyone I talked to had a good time and learned a lot about the program. If you can think of any way that we could have made your experience better, please let me know. Also, if you have any follow up questions that you need/want answered, please don't hesitate to e-mail me and I can do my best to answer them or get you in touch with those who can.


Other than the Infosession, the stress has already started again. The first week back to full classes and already I am feeling swamped with work. Can't believe how quickly that refreshed from a light week feeling goes away. I'm trying to get my stuff in order for a light weekend as some friends are coming in to town, but it looks as though it is going to be another long, work-filled weekend.

So just an update on classes, it seems that the first half of System Dynamics is the most popular part. We had our first class of the second half today and there were roughly as many visiting/listening students as there were students taking the second half and the total number of people in the room was under half! Wow. I'm still excited about the rest of the class though, even though it is a lot of work. For some reason, the current homework assignment isn't making all that much sense to me, but maybe that is because it is 1:10 am and I can't seem to think or sleep right now.

Well, I guess I should give it another go.
Good night and more later....

She said "Yes!"

I just wanted to share with everyone the fantastic news that Alicia and I are now engaged! Sat night/ Sunday morning I proposed to Alicia and she said "Yes!" We are both very excited about this development and most of our friends and family feel that it is way overdue (we've been together for 4 years as of the 10th of Oct!). It was fun (but taxing) calling everyone to let them know the good news. My mom and dad's response was great - my mom screamed in joy and my dad screamed "Goal!" as the Patriots had just scored again against the Dolphins. Oh well, we both know that they are excited. Alicia's step-mom had a funny one too. We just bought our friends old flat screen TV as they were upgrading to a larger model. Alicia's step-mom, when told about the engagement, asked how the TV looked on Alicia's finger. You may have to be there for that one, but we had a good time with that.
So, just wanted to pass on the news!
Take care and more later...

Finally, some pictures from the El Salvador trip (Part 1)

Pictures from the trip, starting from the top:
1) A giant mosaic in front of the Museum of Art
2) A photo of a stature inside the museum
3) A park in front of the Dell building
4) Our sponsor's HQ in El Salvador

Finally some pictures of the El Salvador Trip (Part 2)

Pictures from the top down:
1) Flying into San Salvador, a shot of the countryside.
2&3) Two artifacts from the anthropology museum.
4) The facade of the Metropolitan Cathedral that was designed by Fernando Llort.

Head of the Charles

Pictures from the Head of the Charles Regatta:
Pictures from top to bottom:
1) View of the BU Boathouse with Boston in the distance
2) The BU train bridge with an 8 racing away (notice all the dots in the water, these are all the teams waiting to race).
3) Upstream from the BU bridge, women's fours going on (again notice all the dots).
4) Alicia and fellow LFM, Dave, enjoying the day from the BU train bridge.

Great day in all, beautiful weather, interesting sport and what a unique event!

Rememberances...

36th Floor of the Bank of America Building -
Meeting old friends and saying my goodbyes
A sad and dreary day.

Whew!

What a long week it has been! So this past week has been mid-terms and it has been an awful lot of stress. Not just school related for me, unfortunately, but even so it has been a rough week for us LFM's. Projects, exams, etc, all due before SIP (Sloan Innovation Period) week. SIP is a mini-break for Sloanies. It is a week during which they take mini-classes to help relieve stress and break up the semester a little bit. Engineering classes still go on (bad news for LFM's) but it is pretty manageable for me as currently I am only taking one engineering class. So hopefully I will get a lot of those things accomplished that I have been meaning to, as well as spend some quality time with Alicia - who has been wonderful this semester with the amazingly hectic schedule we lead. We are planning on watching the Head of the Charles on Saturday and then possibly take a drive up to Mt. Monadnock for a little hiking. Should be a great trip and the weather is perfect for some hiking. Just to get away for a little while will be great.

Some good news is that my G-lab team finally has our company selected. The company is KORRES and here is a little bit about them from their site www.korres.com:

From homeopathic remedies to natural products
Korres Natural Products is a Greek company with roots in Athens’ first ever Homeopathic Pharmacy. Set up in 1996 with the aim to utilise its extensive scientific resources for the creation of beneficial and safe products, the company today offers a complete skin and hair care range, make-up, sun care products and herbal preparations. A team of experienced scientists worked closely to make this happen, sharing common goals and values.

We aren't sure of the full project scope yet, but I will keep you updated as I learn more.

That's all I have for you now. Have a great weekend and hope to see some of you at the LFM Infosession on Oct. 29th on the MIT campus. If you are going to be in the area and wish to join us, please go to http://lfm.mit.edu/?fileName=events/lfminfoevening_2007.html to learn more and to register for the event. The earlier the better as we still need to let the caterers know how much food to prepare!
See you there!