sem.

Well well, it's back to a new semester for me. This past Monday marked my 4th last semester with SIM-UB. As much as I wanted a few more days of holidays to just settle down and take things slowly, not to mention that I wanted to do a few more things like go fishing, take a day trip to Bintan/Batam, take a short trip to Genting etc., today was actually not too bad of a day in school. Oddly enough, my semester is broken down into two parts each 6 weeks long. For my first 6 weeks, I'm just focusing on one module which is GEO 330- Introduction to International Business. I thought it was a rather interesting class, talking about looking at international business from a more geographical viewpoint. It also looks at culture and government laws etc., so I thought that it can get really interesting.

We talked in class today about how McD's has finally been able to open up a market for fast food outlets in France, by also selling beer alongside their regular menus. Then there was a discussion about YUM and how they decided to open up shops in America with both TacoBell and KFC in one store, so families would not have to choose between which to go to when their kids can't agree on one. It really is innovative and interesting how businesses now have to go the extra mile to find out about their clientele and what appeals to them.

Besides that, things are pretty amazing. I'm enjoying taking each day at a time trying to improve myself slowly as time goes by. I've decided to focus the rest of the 'year' on myself and improving on specific areas of my life to make myself a better person and I promised myself I'd work hard at it and really come out on top of things. We'll see how that goes (: