Twins VS Yankees 王建民首勝

In Twins and Yankees series, TC has already won two games in the last two days. Today, Yankees' starter is Cheng-Min Wang. He is from Taiwan. TSA organized a 61 people group to support him, even though we had to be against Twins this time.

The game started at 3:30. We hoped to get his autograph but in vain.


Pilot group.


Warm up. 英文好像不太溜的感覺


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Matsui 身材比例怪怪的松井秀喜


Posada 柔軟度驚人的波沙達




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Go

Final score is 9:3. Our starter had 8K and 1 earned run. Yankees won the last game in this series. This is also the first win of Cheng-Min Wang this season. Due to new game schedule, it is the only time that Yankees plays against Twins in MN this year.



Guess who wear business suit to watch a baseball game?

International Environment of Business

The instructor is from Colombia and has a double PhD degree in Harvard. I admired his knowledge of everything from culture, religion, politics, and international issues. He gave some useful perspectives and broad approaches to analyze complicated situations. However, most of time, if you are not very concentrated, it is easily to get lost and never come back.

There is a 10 pages analysis report and a class simulation need to be done. Moreover, a final exam is required too. From grade perspective, it is not a bad class. But, it depends largely on instructor style. Maybe different professor has different ways to teach this topic.

The alternative is 4 credits World Economy. So...

Venture Enterprise

Compared with the other 3 Enterprises, Venture seems to have less pressure in the first semester. Recently, we have just completed team assignment. Most of classes now are panel and professor lecture.
This Thursday, we had panel from project partner, BestBuy and Boston Scientific Group. The most impressed points to me was they both encourage us that we should push ourself. The more we do, the more focus we will be. It sounds contradictive, but once a person has a lot of interesting things to do in his life, he will be more creative of utilizing his time. One panelis has 6 children. It should be rare that in these days, someone still wants to raise so many children. Back to the key point--Discipline yourself!

Regarding enterprise in Carlson, we have four enterprises, Venture, Consulting, Fund, and Brand Management. Students could have two choices when they apply at A term of 2nd semester. You need to prepare your statement of interest, resume, transcript of 1st semester, and courses which you will take in the future. Not everyone would be accepted, but almost 95% will be fine. Regarding Venture, there are two tracks, E-track and C-track. Enterpreneur track cooperates with business developement center of U or M. Majority projects are medical related. Corporate track cooperates with companies, now we have Best Buy and BSG. In the future, maybe more companies will join. As for Fund enterprise, it has growth and fixed income. Growth is about stock, students need to write investment report for selected stock in the market. English writing and speaking skill is very important. Fixed income is about bond. Still, students choose one bond in the market and decide when to sell or buy.

Sublease

Sublease— May to August 2006
2-Bed Room Apartment with 2 Bathrooms, total 727 sq ft
Furnished: TV table, Bed, mattress, Study Desk
High-speed Internet Available
All utilities included: Heat, water, electricity ($15 allowance per person)
Independent laundry room
Floor plan and more details on http://www.ucmn.com/stage/unit_floorplan_details.html?floorplan_id=552

Near U of M campus and bus stops.
Rent is $715 per month per person all utilities include, prefer subleased to two people at the same time.
Sublease period: May 2006 to August 2006. You can renew contract afterward.
More detail of University Commons on http://www.ucmn.com/

University Commons Apartments609 Huron Boulevard SEMinneapolis, MN 55414
Please mail to Kambric at tyin@csom.umn.edu for more information

Class introduction--MKTG 6088 Strategic Marketing

In order to creat VALUE of my blog, I am going to summarize MBA courses I took before.

Professor Ken Roering teaches Strategic Marketing class in A term. He uses Markstrat simulation program in class. Class aroud 32 students will be divided into two industries, and 4 groups in one industry. Each group competes with the other 3 groups. Every week, each team has to make two decisions on Markstrat. The decisions include production volume, price, Ad expenses, allocation on segments, RD, sales forces, and channels. You are able to see the impact of your decisions, the changes of your stock price, market share, ROI, etc. At the end of class, you need to present your decision making process, strategies, and what you learned from this simulation.

Professor also invited guest speakers, we had CEO fo Caribou coffee, and one motorcycle market department. Overall, the discussion is very time-consuming, and a lot of data need to read and make decisions. It would be a good marketing class for summarizing those marketing principles.

If everything remains the same, you will have to do two group presentations, one is about case, the other is about this simulation. You will spend lots of time to evaluate data and make decisions. Finally, being a winner is always a happy thing.

Daylight saving activated

Today we lost one hour sleep time because daylight saving is activated. So there is 13 hours gap between MN and Taiwan. But you guys could always find me on MSN or Skype, otherwise, leaving message on this blog.

Recently, we are working on moving to new apartment, finding internship, and maybe buying a car after intern confirmed. Once we confirm the new availability of seven corner, we will publish a sublease post of current 2 bed room apartment in University Commons. Please help forward the leasing information then. Even though seven corner is a little old, but it is close to Carlson and cheaper than University Commons.

Regarding car, feel free to give us suggestions. Prefer fuel efficient brand and maybe 3-5 years old. However, the prerequisite is find an intern.

Tonight's recipe - chicken with tomato sauce 茄汁雞丁