Sunday, March 06, 2005
Four updates
Things have been pretty busy around here... here are some of the recent events:
1) My official last day at IBM Tucson as a co-op was supposed to be last Thursday, but my car was in the body-shop so it will be Tuesday this week. It's sad to leave, but now I'll have more time to focus on graduating.
2) On Feb 26, I volunteered in a Tsunami Relief fundraiser put together by few people who happen to work at Tucson IBM. It raised $5,000 donated to Red Cross to help the orphaned children. The paint ball tournament event raised funds from tournament entry fees, revenue % from food stands sales, raffle sales, and donations.
3) On March 5, I participated in a 5-mile run call "Sundown at the Pass", which was another fundraiser for Roy P. Drachman Prevention Fund for Children. It was cold, rainy, and thunderous, but it was GREAT!! It's basically 2.5 miles up and then 2.5 miles down. I went a bit too easy on the way up because I had too much energy left for the way down. Oh well. I finished in about 45 minutes... roughly 9-minute mile.
4) Leaving for Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday March 11 and return on Saturday March 19. Yes, it's a week long trip - one of the few benefits of being a student: Spring Break. However, I am going for my International Management class, so it's not ALL play. I'll update you when I get back ;-)
1) My official last day at IBM Tucson as a co-op was supposed to be last Thursday, but my car was in the body-shop so it will be Tuesday this week. It's sad to leave, but now I'll have more time to focus on graduating.
2) On Feb 26, I volunteered in a Tsunami Relief fundraiser put together by few people who happen to work at Tucson IBM. It raised $5,000 donated to Red Cross to help the orphaned children. The paint ball tournament event raised funds from tournament entry fees, revenue % from food stands sales, raffle sales, and donations.
3) On March 5, I participated in a 5-mile run call "Sundown at the Pass", which was another fundraiser for Roy P. Drachman Prevention Fund for Children. It was cold, rainy, and thunderous, but it was GREAT!! It's basically 2.5 miles up and then 2.5 miles down. I went a bit too easy on the way up because I had too much energy left for the way down. Oh well. I finished in about 45 minutes... roughly 9-minute mile.
4) Leaving for Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday March 11 and return on Saturday March 19. Yes, it's a week long trip - one of the few benefits of being a student: Spring Break. However, I am going for my International Management class, so it's not ALL play. I'll update you when I get back ;-)
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Hotel Rwanda
I went to see the movie "Hotel Rwanda" after my International Management class last night. What a timing... we had just covered issues in Africa that night. It was an eye opening experience to see how little the international society did AND how people in Africa have developed mistrust of the West. There are still talks that it was for "National Security" and "Strategic" reasons that the West did not act. Here is a BBC page that highlights many sides of the issue:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/rwanda/default.stm
If you are interested to see the movie Hotel Rwanda, I definitely recommend it:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808592826
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/africa/2004/rwanda/default.stm
If you are interested to see the movie Hotel Rwanda, I definitely recommend it:
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf=info&id=1808592826
