Life: act 5

Welcome to my new blog and thank you for reading my first ever posting! I started this blog so that my family and friends can know what I'm up to during the next two years. I also hope that writing in here will improve my writing and grammar skills since they have been disintegrating over the past several years :o/. Oh, and as the months go on, I hope to become more humorous in my writing. My first few blogs might be a little dry, but that should change as I get back into the swing of writing.

Anyway, I arrived in Chicago a few days ago and am ready to start stage five in my life. "Stage five" you may wonder? Well, let me give you a quick rundown on the first four. See which stage you entered my life in:

Stage 1 - April 26, 1979: I was born in S. Jersey and lived there for 10 years where I attended St. Mary's Hall located on the riverbank of the Delaware River in Burlington NJ. Those were happy times.

Stage 2 - August 1990: This was the month my mom and I moved to Japan and lived there for five years. I made a lot of friends while living there, many of whom I still talk with today. I also ate a lot of Japanese food. Weird thing is, when people I know visit Japan now, they tell me about these really odd dishes they ate, and I’m all “Who took you out for dinner? Next time, go to Yoshinoya and call it a day” In 1995, we moved back to New Jersey where I completed high school. Those two years weren’t very significant, so maybe we should call them state 2.5

Stage 3 - August 1997: During this time I moved to Pittsburgh, PA, and started classes at Duquesne University. I was involved in many things – The basketball band, a sorority, and a couple of clubs in the business school, among others. When I was putting my MBA apps together, I would look at my activities, then look at the number of courses I took each semester, and wonder how I did it all without having a mental breakdown!! .College was a blast; but, had to end at some point, which leads me to...

Stage 4 - May 2001: I made a move by myself to Raleigh where I worked for IBM. I didn't care for either of my jobs that much, I shouldn’t have been an IT person. Seriously, if I could back to my freshman year of college, I would have studied dentistry… or economics. Overall I liked working for IBM, and made long lasting friendships with people I met within and outside of work.

Stage 5 - August 1, 2006: I made the semi-cross country move to Chicago, IL, where I will become a full time MBA student at the University of Chicago. Throughout the next two years, I will use this blog to let everyone know how school is going, and how other parts of my life are going as well. Like wise, let me know how you are doing. My blog's email address is listed on this page so feel free to drop me a line....