Choices and Opportunities

Life is unusual. I find it strange that some get so many opportunities and blessings while so many get so few. The moral I've learned is you take what life will give you because you don't know what tomorrow will offer. For many, life is a long path with only the occasional fork to choose from. My life forks regularly. And when I mean regularly, I mean monthly, biweekly, even weekly. I'll offer one recent tidbit that happened today

Today I interviewed for and was accepted into the exclusive Asia Business study abroad. You can learn about it here. This spring, if I accept my acceptance, I will be going with 21 other students and 4 faculty and staff from BYU. For three weeks we will visit various cities in China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong (I know that's China, but not really), and potentially Malaysia and Cambodia. We'll be meeting with business leaders like the CEO of BMW China daily to learn how they do business. I still am reticent to go because of the cost (with grants and scholarships I hope to get the cost down to about $1,700) and the fact that May is the ideal time during the next year and a half to study and take the GMAT and LSAT.

But alas, not all of life is rose colored glasses. My computer is on the ultimate fritz. No longer do I bat an eye when "the frost" comes. A swift series of hooks, whacking my computer screen shakes it from the "sickness" as Thamina called it. The screen goes still and a frosty glow starts crystalizing in from the sides of the screen until it frosts everything in a dirty colored mist. But along with the keyboard falling off, the wireless internet card being fickle, and more, I fear a new computer might be in the immediate future. We shall see. I hope Dell will fix it all because it should be under warranty. Stay tuned.

Christmas Greetings!

Ah, the traditional Christmas Card. Well, my roommates and I got our creative and witty juices flowing, and in an attempt to reconnect with all of those we only send Christmas Cards to, behold, our apartment's Christmas card in all of its glory. Merry Christmas!

Our updates:

Andrew has been mourning recently after his failed coup of a small South American country. No worries, however, as he recently brokered a deal uniting the Somali pirates. In return for his protection, he gets 10% of their booty.

Steve got engaged this past October. His fiancée should be coming to Provo in the next couple weeks (mail order: Russia). Steve and Anita plan to open a business in Salt Lake selling small American flags and other patriotic memorabilia made overseas.

Dave wanted to give back to the community so he decided to switch majors this semester to Non-profit management. He leaves the apartment everyday with a smile and a bell in hand headed towards the Smith’s front parking lot.

Joseph decided to skip school this year and gather a bunch of capital. In the spring he will launch his new company creating internet pop up ads for the visually impaired.

Michael has been having a hard time lately because of the election. No longer being able to campaign for Barack Obama, he has no purpose in life. For the past 3 weeks he has been sitting in his room with the lights off, wearing the same old, stained Obama t-shirt, muttering the phrase “…Obama…change…now?”

Brady continues to surprise the apartment with his literary attainments. Although he restricts his reading to grade school books, he has recently won his second Pulitzer Prize for a probing psychological analysis of fifteenth century proto-feminism.

Richelle has spent countless hours dancing this past year. She has become such a sensational dancer that she has decided to take on new challenges. Her new routine includes somersaulting through a ring of fire and tango on a bed of nails.