SEMTT

Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  I had hoped to make many posts by now, and there is really no excuses, so for those of you who have checked in time to time I extend my deepest apologies.  I have a lot to write about, so I’m going to start by giving a general update followed by some extra thoughts on my new found mental clarity about what to do next in life.  After this post, …

Manila was a very fun and refreshing cultural experience the other weekend, and I am very glad Rob and I decided to go.  There was a couple moments when we thought about bagging that whole part of the trip, but once we were there I ended up really happy we decided to go.  I originally went into the excursion thinking it would be a very shady, slightly dangerous, and uncomfortable experience, but it ended up anything but that.  Once there, …

Let me start by saying I had a great time last weekend in Shenzhen China with Rob and Ryan.  For those who don’t know Ryan, he is our good friend we met at Penn State who works as a project manager for a large factory an hour north of Shenzhen.  He has been there just over a year, and if not for his ability to speak the language so impressively, I am pretty sure Rob and I might have gotten …

Well here we sit, Rob and I, at 4-something AM when our bodies are telling us it’s 4pm and we are both wide awake.  The trip to get here was not terrible by traveling standards, my cool dad even got us a limo to get us to the airport, but it was physically and emotionally draining on levels I have never experienced before.  It is one thing to say goodbye to your loved ones when you go to college, take …