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[JURY INTERVIEW] MAD STARS, WHAT AN EXPERIENCE

MAD STARS attracts attendees from every corner of the Asia-Pacific region as well as jury members from places as far-flung as Mexico and Sub-Saharan Africa.

We wanted to know what they thought of last year’s festival, so we asked juries from countries near and far.

Kapil Bhimekar, creative director, Leo Burnett

MAD STARS was a highly inspiring and enriching experience. I was pleasingly surprised in so many ways, be it the quality of work, the venue, or even the whole organization of the event itself, it was so well done.

The thing that especially stood out for me was the people of Busan. I have never felt such warmth. The people from the organizing committee, as well as the locals around the town, were extremely helpful. The city overall has a beautiful welcoming vibe to it.

James Keng Lim, director of creative strategy, GCI Health

From a purpose and their entries model point of view, MAD STARS deserves all the credit. It embodies the ethos that the maddest ideas can change the world, independent of the size of the proverbial purse strings. I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate and commend the organizers and the relentless work done by the staff.

The festival ran like clockwork. It was well-organized and thoughtfully put together. I think I speak for all the juries when I say it is a festival all of us want to be a part of. That’s a huge compliment and validation of the great work done to put this festival together.

Rimantas Stanevičius, creative director, Milk

This was my first time at MAD STARS. While the festival typically doesn't extend invitations to preliminary jurors, my enthusiasm for a complete experience led me to secure a grant from the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. This allowed me to travel to Busan and represent our local Art Directors Club through podcasting.

I had the privilege of meeting tons of amazing people from the industry, forging new connections, and rekindling old ones. For example, I had a chance to reconnect with fellow alumni from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. I’d say my time there was well-spent, producing over two hours of interviews talking to Rey Kim of Mad Stars, Gabriel Lora, Jesse Wong, Becky McOwen Banks, and Mohammad Akrum Hossain among others.

Nurlan Satarov, creative director & creative group director, Cheil Worldwide

This was my third time as a juror since 2019, and I've noticed that the festival's scale and influence keep growing with each passing year. What sets MAD STARS apart from other awards shows is that it’s free to enter. And guess what? They've got a ton of entries that have won big awards at Cannes Lions, One Show, Spikes, and D&AD (the toughest festival to win, in my opinion). It's awesome spotting hidden little gems amidst the massive cases. Making it onto the list of award-winning works alongside those giants is a sweet deal, even if you land on the shortlist.

I genuinely enjoy heading to Busan and connecting with fantastic folks at Mad Stars. It's such a cozy and welcoming event. Returning to the festival in person after the pandemic was especially wonderful. There's just something special about being able to participate in person and connect with people face to face again. There's no denying it, festivals by the sea have this magical vibe that's hard to replicate elsewhere.

Speaking of the judging process, the system got a major upgrade. All the necessary information and materials were delivered promptly and without any hiccups, making the whole experience smooth and convenient. With over 20,000 entries last year, Mad Stars has certainly become a big fish in the global awards scene. Winning any type of award at Mad Stars amid such fierce competition is a remarkable achievement and a testament to the outstanding quality of the work. It's no small feat to stand out among the world's top-notch entries. A big shoutout to the folks in the jury support division – they made a difference and helped make the whole process even better.

MAD STARS are like ROCK STARS. It's hard not to love what they are doing.

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MAD STARS 2023 was filled with so many diverse experiences and warm memories!

What kind of juries will be joining MAD STARS this year?

We are looking forward to welcoming global experts who will evaluate various creative solutions with a fresh perspective at MAD STARS!

Don't miss out on the opportunity to evaluate outstanding entries from all over the world and make memories in the hot summer in the beautiful city of Busan by the sea!

Want to be a jury member for MAD STARS 2024?!

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Wednesday

Here are some thoughts on Wednesday.

Though I should say first that I remember watching some family Addams show, but I vaguely recall it, like I don’t really know which one it was. It was in Spanish too, so I didn’t really know her name was Wednesday till I’m not sure when.

Ok, here it all goes. Spoilers follow:

Episode 1

Jenna Ortega has been a fave since You (plus the whole rollercoaster video with Jen Garner). Then come the credits and there are Catherine, Christina and Gwendolyn. I love these women, I’m in for a treat.

I literally thought the opening was a dream sequence. Not the whole thing, just the piranhas part. But it isn’t. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Also, Wed said the school was underfunded and then they had that HUGE indoor pool... I was really confused at that.

I don’t remember Wednesday having any powers, so I’m guessing that’s new. Or maybe I really don’t remember anything at all.

I love that Christina’s such a ray of sunlight here, and that she got Wed’s plant right.

I think one of the ~boys is the homicidal monster, I’m pretty sure I read something about it in passing here, but I don’t recall which one of them it is, I’m thinking it’s probably the sheriff’s son, since it’d be the most extra. So that’s kinda spoiled for me, which is a bummer.

I love the callbacks to the family’s time in the school, and I’m also pretty sure Gomez isn’t a murderer, so that’s something for Wed to figure out.

I love seeing her smile at the end, so cute!

Episode 2

I was wondering what Weems’s thing was. I’m guessing, since she can shapeshift, that she might be responsible for the accusations against Gomez. I wonder why she’s hiding what happened to Rowan, what’s her connection to the monster/murders. Or is it just to keep the school safe?

I kinda like that Christina is a normie. She said the conservatory is always open... I’m sure that’ll come into play.

So Xavier’s powers are to turn drawn things into alive things?

I love that Enid and Wed won against Bianca. Definitely got Wed into the school spirit.

I also wonder about what happened to the sheriff’s wife.

I love that Poe’s an alumni and that the double snap opens the secret passage door.

I’ve realized that I’m pretty sure Christina played Wednesday in some Addams movie, but I never watched that.

Episode 3

Gotta love it when colonizers burn.

So much going on! I can’t believe Ajax is dead! I’m guessing that’s what he is, yes? I didn’t get what his power or outcast-quality was till that moment.

Marilyn’s got secrets, I like it!

Weems obviously hates Morticia, that much was obvious in the first episode. I wonder what her deal with the mayor is.

I love that Wed got herself a little brother at school. I don’t get how Eugene’s retainers could still be useful after Wed opened the door with them.

Love the visions into the past. That had to be where the answers were, so I’m excited to see more.

Xavier’s dad’s like Morticia and Wed... interesting. Those marks at the end...

At least the sheriff’s got proof that there’s a monster roaming around.

Tyler looked rather conflicted... so sussss.

Episode 4

A school dance, yay! Wed and Enid looked so pretty.

And also, apparently, Ajax is alive and didn’t turn into stone, he just froze for a little bit... I’m glad about that. Specially cause Enid deserved a good smooch.

BUT EUGENE!!!!!! I can’t believe he still went alone, so stupid!!!!

Xavier’s breaking my heart, IDEK. And Bianca too.

So Tyler went to a ~rehab camp, or whatever it was he called it, after he was the biggest asshole to Xavier, and I’m guessing that’s why he has to attend therapy sessions or is it his mom stuff?

Weems was in love with Gomez, maybe I was right and she accused him of killing a normie way back cause he turned her down for Morticia?

Episode 5

Finally a bit of answers! Gomez truly never looked like he had murder in him, and the twist wasn’t particularly twisty at that point, but I’m glad it was dealt with.

Eugene!!! I’m sure he’ll get better cause he has to, it’s law! The moment with his mothers and Wed got me emotional.

I knew the coroner was gonna die cause all that mention of retirement plans had only one way to go. I wonder who did it, why now. I’m thinking its’ something to do with Gates’s sister, that whole recap of the family’s tragic story read like Henry’s in Stranger Things to me.

Feeling even worse about Bianca’s situation after meeting her mother. I hope she won’t have to use her powers to scam people.

Enid took a stance, yay for her!

I wonder when we’ll meet Xavier’s dad, since we have to at some point.

I’m glad Wed figured out that it was Weems pretending to be Rowan. And she said it was for the school, so maybe that’s all there is to it.

The Addams eating potpourri was hilarious, as was the fishing technique.

Episode 6

The actor who plays Lucas radiates charm, it’s insane.

So Wed turned 16... how old is Tyler supposed to be? I was thinking about this when she met him while he was at work, but to find out she’s only 15 then seems to make it even worse. I’m guessing him and his friends might be going to a normal school in Jericho but it still doesn’t look good to me.

Thornhill was being suspicious... She showed up right after the Mayor was hit. Is she somehow related to the Gates? I don’t know, her whole being a normie thing, maybe it wasn’t true. She also gives Wed a Frankenstein copy, and then we see all the body parts... Sounds like whoever’s behind the murders wants to build their own version of it.

I’m so sad for Enid, she really does try so very much to be Wed’s friend.

Oh, look, Tyler was never around while the monster showed up... sussss.

Wed channeling Encanto with the whole prophecy that might look to be something but it’s actually the opposite. It’s honestly what first came to mind when she first saw the drawing but now she basically spelled it out in those terms so it was funny to me.

Episode 7

Okay, so even before she was killed, I figured therapist was innocent and Thornhill’s actually Laurel and her normie act was just that, an act.

The traumatic event that brought out the Hyde in Tyler was probably his mom’s death, however it happened... or maybe he killed her?

And I thought it was interesting that Fester mentioned that Hydes are artistic or something like that, when we saw Tyler doing the whole birthday message on the coffee.

I’m so glad Thing’s okay and Enid’s back!

It’s hilarious that Fester’s the black sheep in the opposite way those usually work... tho he did rob a bank and a vehicle.

Episode 8

Okay, so it all developed pretty much as I thought it would. I was so glad Enid wolfed out, old Crackstone was defeated... but the best part was the hug for sure! Wed and Enid are friends who hug, lovely!

I’m sad for Weems but it also made sense seeing as it’s Gwen playing her.

I’m happy that Xavier and Wed said goodbye on friendly terms, tho it’s funny that she got a stalker as soon as she joined the 21st century.

Yay for Eugene recovering and using his power as well as for Bianca helping out!

I wonder if we’ll see more of Laurel. I’m guessing that depends on Christina but I’m sure we’ll see more of Tyler... I honestly never trusted his face, but I kinda wish I hadn’t been spoiled. I read something in passing like “x turned out to be y”. It didn’t register much then, but I put the pieces together once I started watching the episodes. Would I have picked up on all the hints the way I did or been totally clueless without it? We’ll never know, which I hate (spoilers are seriously the worst thing ever), so now I gotta read opinions and watch reactions to experience it through unspoiled eyes now.

All in all

I thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was funny, it had mystery, it had lovely people and relationships and it entertained me fully.

It had high school drama mixed in with Harry Potter style crimes and competitions, with a bit of Veronica Mars (sans technology) teenage investigation and supernatural stuff of all kinds.

I can see why it’s a hit and I’m glad I finally caught up to it. I just hope TPTB know what they’re doing and have a great season 2 in store.

ETA: I just read the show was filmed in Romania and I’m so happy about it. I blame Seb.

#Wednesday #Manu watches #Wednesday Addams #Enid Sinclair #Xavier Thorpe #Bianca Barclay #Morticia Addams #Gomez Addams #Eugene Ottinger #tbtl

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mavstudentvoice · 2 years

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College Internship

Spring Internship

At the beginning of my 2022 spring semester, I started my internship as a social media marketing assistant for Minnesota State University, Mankato’s social media. For this internship, my focus was on the University’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Within these platforms, some of my duties included brainstorming and creating content for our social media that was relevant to current students, prospective students, alumni, staff, parents, supporters, and fans of the University. I also responded to messages from students, shared and reposted stories or posts related to the University, collected and logged data from all of our platforms, and wrote captions for articles that were posted on our social media.

Overcoming Challenges

There were a few things that I found to be a challenge during this internship.

The first thing was data collection and using Excel. I had never used Excel previously so I was very inexperienced and unknowledgeable when it came to using this application. I am also not very good at math and numbers, which is one of the main reasons I pick mass media communications as my major, so doing something that was completely out of my comfort zone was scary and intimidating. But over time with help from my boss, and through trial and error, I started to become more comfortable with using Excel and reading a lot of data without getting overwhelmed or anxious.

Another challenge I had was more of a personal one, it was feeling confident in my work and my skills as a communications student. At the beginning of this job, I often questioned my skills, and I often worried that I was out of my league when it came to this job. But over time I was able to build my confidence and started to become proud of the work I was creating while in this internship. I also must give huge credit to Lindsey (my boss) for encouraging me along the way and having her along with my team members show support for me and my contribution to the team.

Prepared for the Future

One of the main ways this internship will be valuable for me and my future endeavors is the experience. Before I started this internship my knowledge and experience in the marketing world was little to none. The only knowledge I had was basically what I had experienced in class. Even that was minimal due to the pandemic starting at the beginning of my second year at Minnesota State Mankato. Although I learned a lot from my classes and the teachers within my major, this internship provided me with real-world experience in marketing, social media, brand standards, and mass media communication. I also got experience working with a team of members with different majors, experiences, knowledge, and ideas. It provided me with better skills for a career outside of college and has given me confidence and comfort in my graduation.

This internship has equipped me with the skills, experience, and knowledge that will greatly benefit me in my future jobs. I am elated that I was able to take so much from this internship and grow as a mass media communications major. Now that I have officially graduated I find myself feeling optimistic and eager to move on from school and start a career in a field that I enjoy and have grown a passion for.

Signing off

This is my last week as a social media assistant, and I look forward to my next venture in marketing at my assistant living job that I currently work. They have a marketing team there that also runs the social media for their business. It’s a work in progress and nothing is officially set in stone, but after working at this company for over 5 years I’ve grown to love the residents that live there along with the community they have, so I want to be able to continue working there and spending time with the residents, but in a setting that is better suited for my major. Plus my grandma lives at this assistant living home, and I know she would love to see her ‘favorite’ grandchild more often.

Since this is my final blog post for the University, I want to thank all the teachers, family, and friends who encouraged, empowered, and educated me throughout my time at Minnesota State Mankato. It definitely was a roller coaster of an experience, but now that the ride is over I feel that I have grown as a student, an individual, a writer, and a designer. I’m optimistic about my future, and I’m excited to see what lies ahead.

-Maddie

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A look at the problems with evaluating the size of college football fanbases.

I have been absolutely fascinated by the estimation of fanbase numbers put together by TJ Altimore. The numbers are compilations based off several similar analyses done by people who are good at crunching numbers like Jake Silver’s 538 (yes, they do sports as well as politics.)

I think in general ALL of these analyses suffer from the same failings as breakdowns of who are the best teams in college basketball.

The trouble with that is that 2/3 of the college basketball season is spent playing “peer” schools in your conference. What that means is that if you are in one of the top 8 or so conferences, your strength of schedule is soars once you reach conference play. If you aren’t, your SOS plummets. That is 2/3 of the season.

With that in play, the top 8 or 9 conferences dominate NCAA tournament invites. No one brings up how inherently unfair that makes the tournament selection process as talented teams that underperform all year long and never find their feet from big conferences make the tourney and teams with game changing finishers from small conferences miss out.

This is why NBA all star Steph Curry missed the NCAA tournament after torching a path through the tourney his sophomore year. Bad for competition. Bad for the fans. Bad for the TV product, but no one complains because the big conferences get most of the money.

These stats are like that for football.

They are misleading at best, but not worthy of being totally dismissed as a lot of really sound statisticians weighed in on this.

The trouble is they are weighing a very amorphous idea. What is a fan? When do you qualify as one? Obviously humans are creatures given to a mob mentality. When you follow a school that draws 90,000 per game it is socially easier to identify your self as a fan that if you are an alumni of a huge school that draws 20,000 a game.

To his credit Mr. Altimore at least dances around the criticism I am trying to bring into focus when he writes, “ACC schools have all six of the highest rates of fans beyond their alumni bases. The “Cali 4″ along with NW, Army, Navy, TCU, Rice, SMU, and Rutgers have potential to better capitalize on larger “potential” fan bases.

If you take a look at Mr. Altimore’s resume you will see that his credentials are impeccable. He LOOKS like an expert. He is an expert.

But you cannot read that sentence without seeing the problem. He’s basically saying there is fandom not shown in these numbers. These numbers tell you unequivocally that Ohio State has 11.26 M fans and the University of Houston has only 470,000 fans. They tell you that the University of Nevada Reno has 370,000 fans. I am going to go to my grave telling you that Houston is not just 25% bigger than Nevada’s and they aren’t 1/24 the size of Ohio State’s fan base.

I probably seized on Houston as I am in Texas and know their fanbase well. Also because I saw one of the reports likely used for this report that said a couple years ago that they saw houston’s fanbase at about 100,000. Now has Houston been winning more lately and capturing more fans? Absolutely. Is there any universe where Houston’s total fans registered as 100,000 in the last 3 decades? No.

Cincinnati’s fanbase is allegedly only the size of Nevada’s. Does anyone really believe that? Would the Big 12 media partners truly pay for that small of a fan base?

Does it feel correct to assume Ohio State’s fanbase is twice the size of Michigan’s or Penn State’s? I kind of doubt it. Likewise I am not prepared to say they are double Alabama or triple the size of Georgia’s fanbase, but maybe that is accurate. Maybe the reason an SEC matchup of those two schools in the playoffs draws the numbers it does is a combination of people who just love football tuning in and the fans of 10 SEC schools who will never win a title tuning in to chant “SEC. SEC.”

Maybe the SEC’s value is cumulative while the Big Ten school’s fans are a lot more like traditional fans, shutting off the TV when their team is out.

I still doubt that Ohio State has double the fans of Penn State or Michigan. I think its just a matter that Ohio State has won more over the last decade. Maybe its just words. I suspect that all three schools have a similar number of fans, but for a decade of the 3 Ohio State has been capturing the casual front running fans in the shared region.

Are they “real” fans?

And maybe that is just how fanbases were defined in this analysis. Maybe you had to buy a jersey to qualify. I don’t know.

Clearly something is off and it may be something that cannot be measured accurately from school to school.

That is the only reason that kind of line makes it into an article like that. It is an acknowledgement that the numbers we have from these sources SHOULD be reputable because the people generating these numbers are reputable and know their craft, but I am calling bullshit on some of this and suggesting that I have media insights to correct some schools’ poor showings, or have data that I can argue suggests more fans beyond what is being presented here.

He sees it just like I do.

This is a photo taken out the rear window of a car. It’s a decent picture which shows a clear view of the value of those at the top and very fuzzy images of those in the distance.

He talks about schools in the smaller conferences not registering large numbers of “committed fans”. That’s kind of it in a nutshell. There are reasons schools go from being crap FBS members to schools that draw 35-45K fans. UCF, Liberty.... those schools have a couple breakthrough years where their fans become “committed fans”. The American football conference is based upon taking emerging programs and advancing them.

Anyway... I just wanted to voice my thoughts on all of this. It is no criticism for the author, he has done great work in presenting this data as well as one can.

I hope this gives him the opportunity to try to talk Georgetown into playing football. Sincerely. I love that stuff. :)

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memorylang · 3 years

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Easter: Redwoods, Light | #52 | April 2021

I write from Vegas, having returned after spending most of this spring in Reno. Life has been well. I feel adjusted to being back in the States a year. Every so often, objects and settings still remind me of last year’s evacuation from Mongolia. I still have the interest I’d had in trying to improve the lives of those around me. I still plan to return to Mongolia as soon as pandemic conditions permit.

This month’s blog story reminds me of cycles. Attending a virtual Open Mic Night at the conclusion to this month's “Culture of Creativity Workshops” featuring overseas alumni, I felt called to tell our folks there about this very blog story that I hadn't yet finished. A fellow participant suggested my theme of cycles. I'd spoken of how events that happen throughout time, how our feelings come and go. So here it is—My Easter 2O2I tales of cycles, light and renewal!

Back to Vegas

I returned to Vegas tasked by my father to continue to sort my belongings, tend to the yard and help my older brother and his girlfriend clean the kitchen since their recent move back to the house. Early in March, I’d visited the house with my siblings, and I’d intended originally to spend Holy Week here, too. But my college parish had many functions, including a friend’s baptism, Knights’ service events and opportunities for me to continue to help with the recordings of Sunday Proclamations of the Word. Palm Sunday’s and Good Friday’s were special highlights. Anyway, I'd opted to stay in Reno for Lent’s remainder into Easter’s first weeks.

Easter in Reno

Being in Reno for most of this April instead of in Vegas like last year, I enjoyed seeing trees blossom. A highlight of this Easter season has been its many serendipitous moments. This is also noteworthy because I'd listened to the "Tao of Pooh,” which noted spontaneity as among the good spiritual life’s fruits. A spiritual director had told me something similar not long before I'd graduated college.

Days before Easter Sunday itself (U.S. Year 2, Week 5; April 2–8, 2O2I), I enjoyed getting the opportunity to lector at that Mass. It was a small Mass, but I felt glad to be in person for the greatest celebration of the Christian year since all had shut down last year. Later this Easter Octave, I’d gotten to both lector and serve at a family's confirmation Mass. That too felt lovely.

Serendipity hadn’t stopped there! I’d caught up with an ol’ friend at Rancho San Rafael Park not far from the Uni and later biked with another friend at North Valleys Regional. My bike itself I’d bought from a rummage sale the day before on an unexpected adventure in a U-Haul truck to help our student coordinators collect furniture in the morning after they’d asked whoever could help. Thus, that Wednesday night they’d requested help, Thursday morning I’d joined them to Gardnerville and the rectory, and Friday night I was biking with a friend. The last time I recall riding in a U-Haul was over a dozen years ago when I was 11, my family moved from Indiana to Vegas.

My youngest sister has also been encouraging me to practice my licensed driving by borrowing her vehicle to and from our parish. I’d visited so often that staff offered me a key to simplify visits to my "home away from home away from home." I’d felt touched because I could go on walks around our pretty campus without worrying about getting locked out when I was alone. The flexibility gave me peace recently on my U.S. Year 2, Week 8 (April 23–29, 2O2I), when midday I’d needed to drop by my Honors College alma mater’s office to help print a letter I’d written to graduating seniors for our Honors Alumni Task Force.

Also at church, I’d gotten to participate in a few of our Alpha sessions hosted by a diaconate candidate whom I’d interviewed back in 2OI8 on my diocesan public relations internship. I'd heard about Alpha first back in Mongolia from a kind Evangelical Mongol. Anyway, the diaconate candidate, student coordinators and Alpha participants have been great conversation partners.

Beyond these, our pastor had driven me to my first Pfizer vaccine dose, lent me films and advised my reading! On one occasion, he even let me bring Holy Communion to a friend of mine. Such activities have kept me from feeling too distressed amid research writing and revisions. Parish support has made my “happy contentment” quest kinder.

Redwoods National and State Parks

This year’s Easter Octave concluded for me with another trip with my national parks friends (U.S. Year 2, Week 6; April 9–I5, 2O2I). This trip, I’d anticipated especially. As a young lad in Indiana, I’d felt mesmerized by the photos of massively tall California trees noted in our science textbooks. Thus, from an early age, Redwoods imprinted themselves in me.

At these national and state parks, epic scenery of old-growth forests, mountainous hills and valleys beside the coast astounded me. I hadn’t seen the Pacific Ocean since January 2O2O when I’d flown back to Mongolia from Vegas via San Francisco. I felt surprised by how many months had passed since my last overseas adventure.

At the loop completing the Tall Trees Grove trail, I found a special place. My peers had gone ahead while I stayed behind to take photos, record videos and capture audio. I hadn’t expected to find at the trail’s end a creek filled with still other trees—vast ones, like those that I’d seen in subtropical Asia but different.

I basked in these trees. While taking photos, I also discovered my phone has a virtual reality setting. I tried it out, remembering undergrad extra credit VR photography projects. I’d wanted to journal at least something.

“Daniel!” my peers called from some distance down the path. I couldn’t see them, but their voices echoed well enough. I called back something to the effect of, “I’m here!” I still wanted to get a good fill of this park. Here’s what I journaled:

[11:45 a.m.] Redwood, National Park, end of Tall Tree Grove along the creek zone is this phenomenal section of mossy trees with winding branches. Here I discovered my VR. [A woman paused, passing me, “You must be Daniel.”] 19IO–I96O, so many of these trees that used to be across Humboldt, Eureka, Arcata were cut down. The smells… the scents, the mosses, the ferns, the light. Beyond.

Mid-journaling, I paused because a mid-aged woman who was passing by smiled and acknowledged that I must be the "Daniel" she'd overheard about. I smiled yes and reveled in the gorgeousness that surrounded us. She affirmed and mused how this park’s name should be changed like, “Redwoods and Other Trees and Lose-Your-Brother-in-the-Forest National Park.” She added how in the early half of last century, these very types of trees once blanketed far more Northern California, across the very counties through which my friends and I traveled to get here.

I later journaled again after sprinting much of the uphill trail back to my friends. We then saw the “Lady Bird” Johnson trail, then a confluence of the Klamath River and Pacific Ocean (where there were seals!) and finally Trillium Falls. I’d written this about the final hike:

So hypnotic. [...] Dodona’s Grove* vibes from the Trillium hike after the Falls. Whispers from God. Endlessness.

*The Grove of Dodona is a prophetic forest from “The Hidden Oracle,” a book to which I’d listened amid the pandemic by an author I used to read in junior high and high school, Rick Riordan. While I wasn’t a huge fan of where he’d taken “The Heroes of Olympus” series’ finale, I'd often admired his picturesque locales.

My peers and I left the park by 6:45 p.m. The view from the road on which we departed reminded me of the bamboo forest in 安吉 Ānjí near 杭州 Hángzhōu. I’d seen it in 2OI7 during my first summer overseas and have rarely found comparable places.

Of Redwoods, I journaled too of how gleeful I’d felt to have hugged so many trees. A friend had complimented my writing when he mentioned that I don’t need to take so many photos. I added how photos help me remember what to write. I'll probably share my Redwoods photoset in May.

A carpet of moist, fallen leaves along the paved trails had reminded me of a Sunday morning path that my dad would take my siblings and me through for years at Spring Mill State Park in Mitchell, Ind.

Spring Retreat: Recognizing God’s Light

Beyond Redwoods, I'd stayed behind in Reno chiefly to participate in my college parish's Spring Retreat. This spring the student coordinators held it in Gardnerville, the same location where I'd enjoyed it my senior spring. However, I'd had to leave early from it that year. It was my first and only of the eight semesterly retreats from which I'd left early.

That year, I'd left in order to co-emcee the Diocesan Youth Rally 2OI9. To my surprise, the youngest member on this year’s student coordinator team was likely at that same event when she was a high school student. Similarities like these gladdened me.

I felt renewed. This year’s theme, "Light in the Darkness" (Spring 2O2I), reminded me of "Ignite the Light," (Spring 2OI8), the year after my mother died. This time, however, I’d had more years to reflect and feel greater peace. Similarly, I've felt more peace being back in the States even though I'd prefer to be abroad. God’s light shines every day, in every moment of every person. I can see it.

Writing of seeing things, I’d also seen "WandaVision" and "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" while up in Reno. I’d reconnected too with a Disney-loving college friend to get more Disney+ watchlist ideas. I’d seriously enjoyed the “Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II” docuseries. Both she and my college pastor led me to witness iconic performances by Julie Andrews in both "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins."

Justice

April felt refreshing for a more challenging reason as well. Much of the month had featured on many channels coverage from the trial over the killing of George Floyd. I imagined that this would be a trial that my generation remembers for years.

I’d watched live various testimonies and even the closing arguments. Then, on that Tuesday, April 2O, 2O2I, afternoon, our nation heard the verdict—My pastor called it among the fastest traveling news.

I've been on the Social Justice Task Force of the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality since last summer. Our Task Force had come together in response to the killing of George Floyd and subsequent renewed pushes across our nation for social justice.

Our task force has been meeting every other Tuesday night, after weekly fed Zoom fatigue. Our meeting that Tuesday fell on the night of the guilty verdict. But, this justice felt cathartic only somewhat. More shootings filled the media. Our task was far from over.

Still, I’d another reason to celebrate. That Tuesday marked my last advocacy meeting on behalf of the National Peace Corps Association to offices of Nevada’s lawmakers this March–April. All told, I’d coordinated and met virtually with offices of the U.S. Congresspeople Horsford, Titus and Lee as well as Senator Rosen. And Representative Titus herself attended our meeting! She was very kind. So, I felt relieved to have finished those duties for now.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Next month (May) begins Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I've decided to tell a #StopAsianHate story. Given America's centuries of racism toward Asians, I don't enjoy the subject. But, I’d had an experience on my Week 5I (Feb. 19–25, 2O2I). It reminded me the importance of continuing to tell stories so that we can promote diversity and inclusion.

I was on one of my Reno walks that cold winter. As usual, I'd pass by the local elementary school. I'd paused to check my phone. The time was while children were at recess. They played opposite a chain-link fence a few yards down a hill from where I stood.

At first, I didn't think that the kids were talking to me. So, I paid them little attention. Then their voices sounded closer, in greater numbers.

I hadn't decided whether to acknowledge the children but decided to finish my walk. My walk brought me along the fence. From my right periphery, I saw a clump of children gathering, following. They certainly addressed me.

I heard what sounded like slurs against Asians that I won't repeat here but also questions that I will repeat here.

The kids asked if I was homeless, whether I'm an orphan, whether I speak English. I reflected on these. I was wearing a big scarf from Mongolia, a hefty hand-me-down winter coat and wide, secondhand jeans, frayed at my ankles. But I hadn't spoken a word to the kids.

Their questions themselves weren't offensive. Yet, the children’s tones reminded me of the mocking ones I'd heard in middle school when boys made fun of me for caring more about good grades than getting girlfriends. (Little did the boys know, girls I liked tended toward good grades.)

Anyway, these kids seemed to have negative implications behind positive responses to their questions. This upset me. After all, homelessness, being an orphan and not knowing English are not inherently bad things. For, often, people do not choose to go without a home, parents or American English. So why might these children ask these degradingly?

I felt perturbed by the realization that these children would find pleasure in mocking people who they suspect are without homes, parents or English skills. Yet, from this, I felt a glimmer of solidarity. I'd heard directed toward me what seemed unkind speech. This may help me relate to Asians who hear slurs, to those without homes, to those without parents and to those perhaps struggling with English.

My parents tend to insist too that I buy new clothes, though. Given our world's rampant consumerism, I find second-hand ones quite fine. "Form follows function." I wish that more folks would appreciate hand-me-downs and thrifting.

Nuance

Curiously, as I continued past this chain-link fence, a somewhat pudgy boy of color asked with a wide grin for money for Taco Bell. Truthfully, I didn't have money on me. I calmly answered the questions, not pausing from my walk. I guessed the kids dismissed the homeless guess/joke. I noticed thankfully that they wore face masks. We’re still in a pandemic, after all.

The boy's questions made me wonder about his family life. True, he could have been joking. But I remembered, many of the boys who'd picked on me in middle school had been living in a neighborhood that many people called not a “good” part of town.

In light of the visibility that Black Lives Matter has had in the past year, I've tried to grow more aware of how cruel predominantly White societies can be toward Black, indigenous and other peoples of color. I recalled learning when I was little that, often those who bully had been bullied themselves. Sociology interests me.

Thus, when these playground children said potentially questionable things to me, I wasn't sure whether to intervene about the slurs or micro-aggressions or what I'd say.

As I neared the fence’s edge to complete my pass by the school, I overheard a girl's or maybe a woman's voice call the kids to stop wasting their free time. I'm glad that someone spoke up. Compassion is the answer, especially in light of hurtful things.

I’m still unsure whether my general silence was helpful or problematic. But the experience caused me to think. For, children learn fast. Innocence is invaluable. My generation's problems and those of that above ours replicate in youths the longer we fail to act.

I’m glad that folks are speaking up these days in hopes to #StopAsianHate. Social justice mustn't sleep.

Language Six

On April 2O2I’s last day, I hit my 365-day streak on Duolingo!

Over the past year, I’d focused on Latin, Spanish and Chinese. Having finished every lesson and level Duolingo had for Latin, I started dabbling in German. While I’ve no intention to extensively pursue German (yet, at least), I’ve enjoyed how its lessons help me see from where many non-Latin roots reach English.

I’ve been dipping into my Germanic heritage on Dad’s side again lately. This began about when I’d seen “The Sound of Music” then reconnected with my distant relative who’s researched more of our shared Austrian and Volga German forefathers and mothers. Turns out that my relative had personally written to and received a postcard from the real Maria von Trapp!

I've grown to like more German language. "The Sound of Music" and how Spotify has Disney soundtracks in German help. Besides listening to vocalists like Namika, I’ve also gotten into LEA, Manuel Straube, Julia Scheeser and even Willemijn Verkaik! This is probably just a phase, but it’s certainly fun.

Every language I’ve sought to learn has at least one Spotify playlist. For recent films I’ve seen, like "Mary Poppins" and "Mary Poppins Returns," I’ve cherry-picked tracks in German, Spanish and English. Though I don’t catch most words, I like to consider translators’ decision-making.

Summer Fun

I get my second Pfizer dose on Cinco de Mayo. By then, I hope to have channeled my Julie Andrews-inspired service of making things better than how I've found them. Later that vaccine week, on Mother’s Day, I’ll return to Reno with Tita and Papa.

May 14 will celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass of lovely student coordinators and friends from undergrad. Then comes the 2Ist birthday of my youngest sister and will also mark when I’m fully inoculated, May 19! Pentecost comes May 23. Then will be May 3O, the wedding of two of my undergrad coworkers, including a fraternity brother. We'll have a mini staff and fraternal reunion!

After that, I look forward most to a Seattle trip at my 24th birthday. National parks friends and I are flying up to see Olympic National Park. It’ll be my first time to see further into the Pacific Northwest than Ashland, Ore. My younger (not youngest) sister got a job in Seattle, so I’ll be surfing her couch for part of my visit. Super stoked to reconnect with friends from high school, college and Peace Corps in the city! Even my married friends with whom I'd spent New Year's Eve the past couple years plan to visit me there.

This April my siblings and I reviewed our first scholarship applications for a Foundation that we’d founded to honor our late mother, who was Chinese. So, with next month and the fourth anniversary of her passing, I’ll share Foundation experiences, I think. Along with those, graduations and celebrations await!

You can read more from me here at DanielLang.me :)

#Peace Corps #Mongolia #redwoods #WithMe #Easter #memoir #story #Catholic #God #memoryLang #USA #Coronavirus #COVID-19 #Nevada #California #travel #spring #church #UNR #StopAsianHate

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Carrier Choice after twelfth Commerce

With the CBSE just declared the Class twelfth outcomes, a great deal of understudies like you with Commerce foundation are searching for Career Guidance for Courses after twelfth Commerce stream.

I, at the end of the day, did my twelfth in Commerce and can identify with your current vulnerability and uncertainty as a main priority.

Wherever you should head, you would be asked a similar inquiry, "Such a huge number… .?"

A few understudies are away from what they need to seek after as a Career decision by beauty of God they have had the option to make sure about the imprints for it as well and are somewhat arranged.

In any case, where dominant part of the understudies lie is with vagueness about what should they pick after Class twelfth and what choices are really accessible dependent on their imprints in Class 12!!!!

I'm composing this article to help understudies like you to have the option to settle on the correct profession decision…

"Aspiration is the initial step to progress, second is ACTION!!!"

All in all, as a Commerce understudy, you need to assess what is your desire, what energizes you personally, where do you see yourself in a long time from now?

Pick your AMBITION astutely, at that point make a move to emerge your desire!

If we pick a profession that coordinates our inclination and our capacity, we have just made the main right stride!

So how to settle on the correct decision?

How to discover what energizes you?

The most ideal approach to do so is to do a great deal of HOMEWORK-do great measure of research and afterward choose where to head!!!

Just to help you, I have gathered a couple of vocation alternatives that you can investigate!

1.B.Com ( Bachelor of Commerce)

Most Commerce understudies need to seek after this course basically in light of the high worth this capability holds when done from a rumored University/school.

Under BCom, there are three most mainstream courses, specifically BCom or BCom-General, BCom (Honors) and BCom LLB. The BCom or BCom-General is additionally alluded to as BCom-Pass by numerous colleges.

In the BCom course, up-and-comers are encouraged center subjects identified with business and money. In the three-year span, the applicants are offered choices to browse a couple of elective subjects as well. The program is typically spread more than six semesters during which the understudy is instructed points like monetary bookkeeping, corporate expense, financial aspects, organization law, reviewing, business the executives, and so forth The course likewise opens up the road to go in for additional higher courses like M.B.A( Master of Business Administration) or potentially other Vocational courses.

Numerous Universities offer this course and getting a passage relies upon you being shortlisted by the school. It is for the most part a long term program.

2.B.B.A (Bachelor of Business Administration)

It is a 3 years in length Degree course offered by numerous Private universities.

BBA can be sought after in full-time just as correspondence mode. There are different BBA specializations one can look over like Human Resource Management, Finance, Sales and Marketing and Information Technology.

The value of the Qualification again relies on from where the course has been finished. Post finish, one may likewise follow it up with a M.B.A. (Expert of Business Administration) Degree as well!

3.B.M.S.( Bachelor of Management Science)

It is a long term long degree course including a high level investigation of the administration rehearses utilized in business/corporate firms, as likewise fundamental ideas in human asset training, for example, worker maintenance, work relations, and comparable critical thinking.

The program is spread more than 6 semesters, enduring more than a half year each, and concerning least qualification, hopeful applicants need to achieve the Higher Secondary (10+2) capability with a base total score of half, for applying to the course.

Admission to the course is offered based on the competitor's exhibition in a pertinent passage test.

Effective alumni of the course in the nation can investigate rewarding work openings in driving public and private area associations as Bankers, Budget Planners, Quality Specialists.

4.LAW

Customarily just Graduates were permitted to seek after L.L.B. Yet, presently a few universities are offering a 5 Year Integrated Law course combined with different Qualifications for Law to be taken up by understudy's privilege after twelfth norm.

These Integrated courses are blend of a Degree course and customary L.L.B. course. For instance B.Com.& L.L.B./B.A.& L.L.B. and so on

There are many open positions in the wake of taking up Law starting from work in any law office at or to fire up on one own private practice, start a counseling firm or even beginning an own law office!

5.CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT( C.A)

C.A. represents Chartered Accountant, quite possibly the most rumored courses in India.

To turn into a C.A., one needs to effectively finish CA Exams alongside Internship needed under the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India).

twelfth Commerce pass understudies may begin by applying for CPT (Common Proficiency Test) led by ICAI.

Contemplating associated with turning out to be C.A. is extreme. It requires a great deal of tirelessness from the understudy. And yet, the vocation possibilities are bounty!

In the wake of turning into a C.A, open positions open up in Finance divisions in Private organizations just as Government Enterprises or even beginning working freely, offering conference benefits just as working as a private examiner who might be employed by organizations and organizations!

6.CMA( Cost Management Accounting)

At present ICWA course has been renamed to CMA which represents Cost Management Accounting. This course gives you an inside and out information to oversee business inside the accessible assets. As a cost bookkeeper, you need to gather and examine the monetary data from all the territories of an organization.

This course contains three phases, for example CMA Foundation, CMA Intermediate and CMA Final. You can seek after this course through correspondence or through online from a licensed college.

7.C.S. (Organization SECRETARY) COURSE

For Statutory Compliance, an organization secretary is required! Furthermore, to turn into a C.S., one needs to show up for Company Secretary Course run by ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India) The ICSI gives preparing and training to lakhs of hopeful Company Secretaries.

If there should be an occurrence of twelfth Commerce passed understudies, to get chosen for the C.S. course offered by ICSI, they should experience a 3 phase program. The three projects are-

Establishment Program

Chief Program

Proficient Program

Discussing open positions, undoubtedly, private area gives plenty of open positions under Compliance office.

Global QUALIFICATIONS

With the present GLOBAL open doors accessible to understudies, it would be inadequate in the event that I don't discuss International Qualifications which are currently accessible in India !!!

1. CPA US (Certified Public Accountants)

Much the same as Chartered Accountants (CA's) are allowed a permit to rehearse the calling of Accountancy and Taxation in India, also Certified Public Accountants (CPA) are conceded the permit to rehearse in US. In certain nations, these certified bookkeepers are called Chartered Accountants (CA's) and in certain nations these are called as Certified Public Accountants.

This Accounting capability is called Certified Public Accountant in the US and to turn into a CPA, a Candidate is needed to satisfy the 3E's for example

1.Education

2.Examination

3.Experience

To turn into a Certified Public Accountant, an applicant needs to effectively clear all the tests led by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This is a uniform test led by the AICPA and is the equivalent across all the 55 states in the US.

Nonetheless, the qualification prerequisite and the experience needed to turn into a Certified Public Accountant changes from state to state and various states have commanded distinctive qualification necessities as controlled by their particular state sheets of bookkeeper and is just legitimate in US.

2. CPA Canada

Like the states in the US, Canada has areas, and every region has its own provincial bookkeeping body. Canada has taken a strong move by combining its bookkeeping capabilities (CA, CMA and CGA) into one major "CPA "assignment. The cycle has been finished with much achievement.

To begin, applicants ought to adhere to the principles appropriate to their status.

Essential for CPA PEP( Professional Education Program)

•Complete a four year college education in applicable fixation, for example B.Comm with a bookkeeping major

•Complete the essential learning characterized in The CPA Competency Map

•Complete at any rate 120 credit hours or likeness instruction

Nonetheless, similar to CPA US, CPA Canada is likewise Province savvy and is substantial just in Canada !!!

3.CIMA(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)

Much the same as CMA in India, CIMA is an International expert assemblage of the executives bookkeepers situated in UK.

CIMA is an administration bookkeeping capability which zeros in additional on costing, money bookkeeping, and key business abilities it is a global capability in numerous nations.

CIMA centers around the general achievement which incorporates Corporate Strategy, monetary administration, hierarchical administration, and so forth

Notwithstanding, CIMA can be an extra and might help on the off chance that you are working with a British organization in zone of Accounting or Controlling. In any case putting time in CIMA first without seeking after any Indian Qualifications won't help a lot.

4.ACCA (ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS)

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is a UK Based Accountancy body which is perceived in 181 nations.

It is the worldwide body for Professional Accountants.

In layman's language, it is known as a GLOBAL CA!

It gloats of a Global Reputation which is over 100 years of age and spread across 181 nations across the globe with more than 7,110 affirmed businesses across

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My journey beyond MBA into Canada (Blog#10)

After graduation we went to Orlando to see Disney/Universal. That trip burned a hole in my pocket. Washington DC was the last leg and luckily the museums in DC are free to public unlike New York. We survived on McDonald's for couple of days as I simply ran out of money.

Signing bonus was a new concept. I had assumed that I would get that money the moment I accept the offer letter. Only to realize that I would actually get it 45 days after joining. I was running dangerously low on cash so I requested Cartesian to give me 50% of my signing bonus upfront which they trustingly did.

Location: Cartesian also gave me options for my location. Boston was too far up north and cold. Philadelphia was tough. New York was costly. Washington DC has nice summer and I was familiar with Northern Virginia due to its proximity to Williamsburg. So I selected DC.

My friend Vipul helped me get a lease at his apartment complex in Herndon, VA. My wife joined me in US to join me while rest of my family left for India. Doing grocery was a problem. Walking to the store and carrying big bags was too laborious. Ever since I drove Chris’s car I wanted to buy a Subaru Forester but as I had no credit history and my income hasn’t come yet no one was ready to give me auto loan. I approached Bank of America but they declined – even though I showed my offer letter with salary information they wouldn’t lend me a single cent unless I agree for 20% APR.

Once again, Vipul introduced me to Digital Federal Credit Union (DCU). DCU gave me the full $20,000 at competitive 2.29% APR. I searched online to shortlist few cars. Hilariously changed 3 buses and a Metro with my wife and traveled to Manassas, VA to buy my Forester. Now I could reach places within minutes – such a big relief!

2015: Luckily my first project was with Time Warner Cable and their office was a mile away from my apartment. I would come back home to have lunch or walk to office.

Life was good.

It became better as I got news from Larry that USCIS cleared my RFE and my H1-B was approved. Huge sigh of relief! The H1-B came into effect in October. I noticed that my take home pay decreased as now I had to pay into Social Security and Medicare.

I felt that this system was unfair. As foreign national working in US I was a non-resident alien but for tax purposes I was a resident alien. I could not benefit from SSN or Medicare but I had to contribute into those programs. Additionally, every time I exit US, I had to get my passport stamped and answer lot of questions at port of entry. Cartesian also had to file paperwork to USCIS whenever I changed apartments as my address of residence was listed in my petition.

2016: Having money felt great but my wife couldn’t work in US. We thought of starting a family but I wanted her to earn and be financially independent. I thought “If I can come to US and get work after US education, my wife and sister can do that as well”. We put our family plans on hold. Raising kids would mean a gap of 5+ years for my wife which could prove insurmountable in rejoining workforce.

She liked William & Mary’s Masters of Accounting. She enrolled in Northern Virginia Community College to get prerequisite credits. My wife and sister took the GMAT/TOEFL and applied to schools.

My wife got admits from George Mason, American University and W&M. My sister got admits from CUNY Baruch, Fordham, Johns Hopkins, American and Bentley for Masters in Marketing Analytics. Even though CUNY was 1/3rd the cost of Fordham and Johns Hopkins is a huge brand name, I advised my sister to enroll in Fordham as it is STEM certified. STEM allows international students to be eligible for 2 years of extended OPT in addition to the initial 1. This provides 3 years to find an employer who would file for H-1B.

For obvious reasons, my wife selected W&M. Since I could work from home, I decided to move back to Williamsburg to lower our living cost and be together. I did not have sufficient money for my wife’s education. Luckily I learned about Mpower Finance. They provided $25,000 without collateral at 11.99% APR both to my wife and my sister. This was a game changer. I took a personal loan from DCU for the remainder amount. I paid my sister’s monthly rent in NYC. By fall both enrolled in their respective schools. I asked Cartesian to apply for my Green Card (GC) but they asked to revisit in 2017

2017: I visited India in Oct and that’s when my mother fell and broke her shoulder. It became clear to me that I need to live together with my parents. I asked Cartesian again for GC but they refused to apply. To be fair I still had another year on my H-1B and could renew it for 3 more years. Usually companies exhaust 6 years of H-1B before sponsoring for GC. The problem is that USCIS puts a cap on number of GC applications per country. Which means that India with a population of 1.3 Billion gets the same number of GC slots as Lithuania – a country of 3 million. This cap puts a wait time of 10 to 15 years for Indians and Chinese to get GC in best case estimate. Worst case puts the waiting period at 45 years!

Even if I received GC, I still couldn’t stay with my parents. I started exploring other options and learned about Canadian Permanent Residency. My wife and I applied to Canada’s point based PR. During application I got to know another Indian applicant. He was 38 years old, had two kids. Worked in US on H-1B for 7 years. (2 renewals + 1 extended year) His company exploited him and gave him $138,000 while his American coworkers made $200,000+ He couldn’t leave his job as his company was filing for his GC, because of his age he scored less points in the Canadian PR process. He was in a pickle.

I decided I didn’t want to be in his shoes after 5 years. By mid-2017, my wife faced rejections at interviews due to companies unwilling to sponsor H-1B. Luckily she contacted Tim who owns La Tienda at Toano, VA and is a W&M Alumni. They hired her for a yearlong internship during the course of her OPT. My sister also found a job at NYC but the hours were killing her. Rampant racism existed in her company. English Hons fresh out of school American citizens are fast tracked into Managers while Indian employees who had considerable experience in SPSS, SAS etc. and had a MS in Marketing / Analytics were made to work at grassroots. I decided to leave US when my wife’s internship and her OPT would conclude in July 2018. By December we had received our Canadian PR.

I owed my parents $80,000 for my MBA. I had little money saved. So I decided to buy a property in India. I would pay the mortgage on it and my parents would rent it out. The rent would provide them additional income to support cost of living.

2018: I was bleeding money from all ends – rent, auto loan, mortgage, education loan and taxes. Additionally, I couldn’t plan for retirement or invest in a property while in US.

Since both of us were earning and our cost of living was low. I decided to use snowball effect. First, paid off my wife’s education loan by making lump sum payments every month. That freed up the money going towards that loan. We used that additional money and attacked the next – auto loan was now repaid. Only mortgage remained as we moved to Canada in July 2018.

In September my H-1B expired. I resigned from Cartesian as a full-time employee and rejoined as independent contractor. This worked in my favour as I was able to get a 20% hike. I was promoted to Manager. I did not miss forgoing benefits like medical etc. as those are provided in Canada under universal healthcare.

We setup base in Toronto and my wife landed a job soon. We used the snowball effect once more to pay off my mortgage in India. After 4 years or so I recouped my Return on Investment on my MBA.

2019/2020: I was debt free and started saving money. Paying rent in the Greater Toronto Area was expensive and paying the same amount in mortgage made more sense. We bought a house and started a family. My sister also applied for her PR and joined us. I applied for my parent’s Super Visa – which allowed them to stay up to 2 years in Canada at each entry. After 6 long years we all were together again.

In conclusion, I feel lucky that I was able to successfully use my MBA to transition into consulting, change geography and attain higher purchasing power.

#find-mba #mpower #dcu #digital credit union #h-1b visa #canada #h-1b #beyond mba

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Hi! I really admire you as an artist!! Every time I see your stuff on insta or on my dash it really makes my day

Thank you very much, I’m happy to hear my art brightens your day!

You have a really good memory; I did start college when I was 16!

I’m not sure how it works everywhere else, but I’m from WA, and there’s a program here called Running Start. Basically when you’re in your Junior year of HS you have the option to take classes at a community college if you want. You can do it part time OR full time; I wasn’t a very happy highschooler (I changed highschools three times before Running Start) so I opted for full time and LOVED IT.

In short, my last two years of highschool where in a community college where I took classes that counted as high school credits as well as college ones. Almost none of these classes were art related though, they were all academic excluding the one figure drawing class.

My journey as an artist is pretty boring. It’s like anyone elses; I drew a lot as a kid and just kept with it! I found out about the animation industry/that you could actually make a living off of drawing some time in middle school and then got Serious. And by serious I mean I just ignored all my other school work and really focused on drawing every day lol. I did a lot of research + studied artists I really liked and noticed several of them were alumni of the school Art Center College of Design. So, I started building a portfolio for said college and I got in! I’m going to be starting my third year this fall! Being exposed to people who actually work in the field has been hugely educational to me and I think it’s helped my art change for the better.

Hope some of that was interesting lol!

#just boring stuff about my life under the cut #trashtalk #dukeofmeows

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Interview series - What after B.Arch? #16

Interviewee: Ar. Valentin Gheorghian Post-graduation: Masters in Architecture | Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Romania

What prompted you to take up Architecture? I wanted to become an Architect ever since we had a school assignment in 4th grade at a subject called “technology” when we had to draw our “ideal house” for us and our family. I loved that assignment so much, took a long time to do it properly, and with excellent results – that then and there I decided this is what I would like to do for a living and started to buy architecture magazines/ magazines with houses.

Tell us about studying Master of Architecture at TUIASI. In Romania architecture studies comprise of 6 years and result in gaining both degrees: Bachelor’s and Master’s. One cannot do just the first one – the first one is meaningless. You are not considered a graduate before you finish year 6, pass all your exams and pass the Graduation/ Degree project (final project, 6 month long).

After graduating Year 4, you continue with Year 5 – which is – in theory – already “Master” level – but nothing changes – it’s a continuous 6 year study cycle, no interruptions, same school, same teachers, same colleagues – only different subjects (more advanced), more projects and more complex projects.

Tell us about the application process. There is no “application process” in the way it’s understood in the UK – one has to pass a gruelling admission exam at one of only 6 universities in the country that have Architecture departments. For that 5-6 hour exam, students train – via private tutoring – for at least a year – because the examination requires excellent hand drafting skills, technical drafting skills and advance descriptive geometry – none of which is being taught in high-schools; in that lies the need to take on private tutoring.

One should start with the application process for 2 years in advance.

What preparation did you do before starting the program? There were 10 days of intensive drawing courses – both technical and hand drafting – organised by the university just before the admission’s exam. These were good and useful for someone who already knew what they were doing – but pointless for someone who didn’t have a clue. Students take a minimum of 1 year of difficult private tutoring (with a lot of homework) to get to the drawing (both technical and freehand) skill level required to pass the admission examination.

In terms of pre-reading for the program– I’ve always enjoyed reading about architecture and buildings – but especially about historical buildings/ cities and the history of architecture.

Did you speak to any alumni/professors of the program? I hadn’t met any architecture students or young architects before joining the program – and it would have been extremely useful to gain some insights and tips & tricks and the subtleties of the university. Had only met old architects/ teachers – the ones with whom I did private tutoring to prepare for my admission exam.

Did you have to give any entrance tests? How did you plan for them? The 6 years integrated study program has a 5/6h entry examination testing freehand drawing, technical drawing and mathematical/ geometry skills. One trains in private for at least 1 year for these.

How long was your program? 6 years – October 1st 2007 – October 2013. There is no flexibility regarding fall/spring semesters.

Did you have post-study plans in mind when you took it up? Just went with the flow. Now, however, I am planning to do a PhD in a related field and go into teaching at an Architecture University - because I am astonished about the low wages in the Architecture field - as opposed to other skilled careers - and I would do this as a way to supplement my income. I love teaching as well and I think it would be an excellent for for me - but the main reason is the financial one.

Did you have to apply for a visa? Non-applicable – neither in my home country of Romania (where the bulk of the program took place) – nor during the time spent abroad – which was all spent inside the EU – thus not requiring visa.

How was the experience at the school? Very difficult yet very rewarding at the same time. Longer hours, more courses, more seminars, more projects and more time spent on projects – than any other university that I know of. Less time for socializing and leisure activities than any other students. Longer academic year: from the 1st of October – start of the academic year – until mid-July (end of “practical training” week/ weeks)

How was the teaching and learning environment at your school? Every class (year of study) had their own classroom - 6 years of study – 6 classrooms. There were roughly 50 people per year of study/ class – but never would everyone show up (except perhaps some exams) – so everyone could fit in. Apart from these 6 classrooms – there were 2 multi-function rooms/ projection rooms, amphitheatre type (although not sloped) for projections and special presentations, and an IT lab with computers. That’s it – those were all the available spaces (small school, intimate, student-oriented).

Classical style of teaching – you go in class – just like during high-school – and the teacher teaches for 2h their subject – with either a 10min break between classes, or a small 5min cigarette break mid-way. Most difficult or practical subjects also had “seminars” same duration, same location – during which we would do exercises and problem solving

The frequency of the classes depended on the year of study. The busiest teaching schedule was in year 1 – and decreased progressively towards year 6 – when there are no taught classes at all (only non-supervised individual work on the final project, “degree project” and on the Dissertation – at the same time). Year 1: 6-8hours of classes per day, every day. Year 5: about 3-4hours per day. Year 6: 0. The decrease in number of taught hours was compensated by an increase in number of projects (like “homework”): in year 1 students only had to work on projects in the main school subject, “architectural design” (counting for half of all study credits). This grew up to year 5 – when there were projects to be worked on at home for at least 10 school subjects, such as: urban planning, interior design, special structures, construction materials, and so on.

There was no time for other things – not even a shade of social life. Architecture life occupies ALL your time, at least during uni.

Tell us more about the mentors. One would meet mentors/ teachers/ assistants whenever one could find them around the school or in their office – in years 1-5. There was no formality in the method used to meet with them, no “appointments”, nothing like that. In year 6 – final year – it would be even easier – one would have personal contacts for one’s degree/ final project mentor, as well as a few others with whom one would have a close collaboration for their final project – such as a structural engineer/ structures professor. These meetings would either take place somewhere in the university – or at that teacher’s private practice – most if not all of them also had their private practices and would be project architects on their own. Despite this ease in meeting and approaching – there was and is a much higher degree of formality in addressing/ interacting with teachers – as compared to the

UK or the west. One would NEVER address a teacher/ tutor/ assistant by their first name, for example; that would be a sign of huge disrespect.

Did your institute have any support system for international students? Any incoming international students would come through the Erasmus program, and would stay for half a year, usually in years 3 or 4. There were very few of these – maybe 2-3 per academic year – due to the fact that Romanian architecture and architecture education is completely unknown internationally.

As a general rule – these internationals would live like princes – would enjoy a much easier life than locals/ regulars. The teachers were way more lenient towards them – on one hand – so they would get high marks regardless of their academic performance, and on the other hand – they always had money. Erasmus scholarships barely cover half of one’s living costs in a country such as France (where I had studied as an Erasmus student) – but are way more than needed in a cheap country such as Romania – so sweet life!

Were you involved in research projects while studying? I was involved in all research projects, volunteering activities, publications, work camps and anything related to the subject, both internally and abroad – as visible from my CV. Those abroad were taking place in either English or French. I’ve never seen/met any students from the UK taking part in any of these – thus gaining the impression that UK students are very inward-looking – as opposed to EU students who are very open-minded and open and international and love foreign exchange programs and so on.

Tell us about your time abroad? My 6 month Erasmus program was spent in ENSAP [École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage] Lille, France - and I lived on campus through the duration of the exchange.

It was a brutally difficult program - not because of the academic level, which wasn’t any higher than back in Romania - but because of the density of classes, amount of project work outside of hours spent in uni, and the (lack of) dedication of my teammates (all projects were done in teams). I regret not having more fun and a social life during my Eramsus - such as most of my friends had - those who went to different countries and destinations - but there was nothing I could do about it.

Could you tell us in brief what your thesis/dissertation/final project was about? My thesis/ dissertation was about gentrification and urban regeneration – with case studies of several post-industrial global cities: Paris, Brussels, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Detroit; contemporary urban challenges – in very different political/ social/ economical contexts. Differences, similarities, solutions. My final project was an Immigrants Integration Centre in central Paris – combining urban regeneration of a brownfield (urban planning part) with architectural design of 9 individual buildings – a small “city within a city”

The dialogue with my supervisor went smooth and on friendly terms – one chooses their supervisor based on one’s previous grades – and as I finished years 1-5 3rd in my generation (3rd highest score) I could obviously choose whichever tutor I wanted – and chose the one that I had the best relationship with.

What were the frequency, duration and structure of the meetings with supervisor?

All of this was flexible and down to our own (me and the tutor’s) preferences, schedules and available times. Usually we would meet either in my tutor’s practice or at university, for a couple of hours, every 2 weeks or so, and go through the work. Sometimes I would send the latest over email the day before – just to give them the chance to take a look and make some notes – but this wasn’t always possible.

What challenges did you encounter?

The scale of my project and complexity and limited time. I practically managed to finish a volume of work 5 times greater than most of my peers. Practically in 6 months’ time, I did my urban planning dissertation project (a 65-page theoretical analysis, on the subject mentioned above), the urban design of my site, and the full architectural design of 9 large buildings, plus the presentations and graphics of all the aforementioned.

How did you manage the finances? There is NO tuition fee – Education is completely free in Romania – for all levels all the way up to PhD. One only needs to cover for living expenses. My parents covered my living expenses – which – in Iasi, Romania – amounted to less than 200GBP/ month. For example: monthly rent in student dorm: about 50 GBP- all expenses included (heating, electricity, broadband, and so on); local transport card – unlimited travel – 1 month – about 5GBP (yes, five, I am not missing a zero or two J). Some people worked part time/ full time to cover for some/ all of their living expenses. Given the fact that school work required at least 70 hours per week (total - both “home” and “in class”) meant that those who worked were not very good students, and usually missed/ skipped class.

Did you volunteer/work part-time job/intern while studying?

I did only a short stint just before year 6 in a small architectural practice in a small city. It is compulsory to work for 3 months in a supervised way in a practice – and submit reports of what exactly you have been doing there – to be accepted to begin your final/ graduation project and dissertation. I got the job through an older friend’s recommendation – she had already been working there.

How did you choose your accommodation?

I chose a student residence on the university campus. In year 1 nobody is allowed to choose – one is simply allocated a place in a student residence in the campus – if one doesn’t wish to live elsewhere (rent out) – but after graduating year 1 – places are given based on the student’s past performance and grades – and one is allowed to choose. Based on my marks – I always finished among the top 5 people from my class – I always chose what I wanted….though there wasn’t much difference between residences. The ”commute” was a 20min walk – from campus to the Architecture School (all classes and exams took place in the same building – the architecture school building – up to year 5; in years 5 and 6 one might have to do some assignments in a few other buildings – all actually closer than the architecture building)

I considered several factors such as campus student life, proximity and contact with colleagues, proximity to the university, proximity to the shopping mall (there was 1 shopping mall in the city – right there next to campus), social contacts, costs – much lower than renting out while choosing my accommodation.

Did you travel while studying? I had never visited another country before university. By the end of university, I had travelled to over 20 European countries, mostly for studying their culture, architecture and history. Did a 6 month long Erasmus exchange program in France (at ENSAP Lille), an international volunteer restoration work camp in St. Tropez (France) as well as summer universities and specialization courses every summer during my studies – such as at the Bauhaus Architecture school in Dessau, Germany.

How do you think the Master’s degree helped you? By allowing me to be a registered Architect in the UK, EU and RO. Without it I could have only worked as a “draftsperson”

Did the city you studied in play a major role during your study? Yes it did – Iași is a great city to study in – perfect size for a university city (a third of the city is student-population), cheap, interesting, cultural, laid-back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ia%C8%99i

Could you tell us about your current work and future plans? I’m working as an Architect and BIM specialist in central London. Depending on the economic prospects in Britain after Brexit – I might move back to France. It was a gamble moving here – having to choose between Paris and London – between the Euro and the Pound Stirling – and the balance tipped in favour of the UK because the GBP was a more valuable currency at the time. Right after the Brexit vote, the Pound dropped by 20% in value – on international markets. What can I say? Very bad timing…my reasons for being here (and not elsewhere) keep disappearing.

Looking back was there anything you would have done differently? I really wish I had worked less and had more fun. I could have had a similar result by working smarter but less – and having more fun. I’d always been afraid to not be a workaholic and go above and beyond. Too bad.

What message would you like to give those planning their post-graduate studies? Think about actual job prospects and the career you want to pursue – and study the market; plan accordingly. Work smart, don’t work more! Have fun – in a smart way – these years are never coming back! Social interaction will never be as easy and with so many opportunities ever again – take full advantage of this! It’s all downhill after graduation – in terms of social life ☺ Seriously, no kidding…

Presenting our team's project at EBEC [European Best Engineering Competition] Romania & Republic of Moldova - National Stage

Presenting our team's project - and winning first place - at SUC 12 [Summer University Carinthia] - Villach, Austria

Architect's chat at Bauhaus Summer University, Dessau, Germany

Presenting a school project in front of the Dean of Harvard Universty - Graduate School of Architecture and Design

Specialization course in Kosice, Slovakia - international team

Year 1 - working in the studio - hand drafting

Year 1 or 2: working in the university student dorm

With colleagues from uni

Exploring Luxembourg's contemporary architecture - European Quarter

Study trip in Venice for the Architecture Biennale

#Architecture #architecture students #romania #masters in architecture #iași #whatafterbarch #architect #Architects

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At a CEO Summit many years ago, my all-time hero, Bill Gates, was on stage. Someone asked him how he dealt with failing to capture so much value? Microsoft was huge, sure, but tiny compared to the total impact it has had on the world and on humanity. Bill’s answer: sure, but that’s true with all companies, right? They create some value and succeed in capturing a very small percentage of it. Similarly, I am now more focused more on creating value than capturing it. I still want to have as large an impact as possible, but I don’t need to create it directly, or capture it in the form of our revenue or our valuation. For example, Austen Allred, who’s raised $48M for his startup Lambda School, got his start selling a book on Gumroad. Startups have been founded by former Gumroad employees, and dozens more companies have been massively improved by recruiting our alumni. On top of that, our product ideas, like our credit card form and inline-checkout experience, have proliferated the web, making it a better place for everyone–including those that have never used Gumroad. While Gumroad, Inc may be small, our impact is large. There is, of course, the $178,000,000 we have sent to creators. But then there’s the impact of the impact, the opportunities that those creators have taken to create new opportunities for others.

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

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Introducing | Meet NYFA’s New Development Team

Katherine Delaney, Kimberly Goodis, and Hannah Berry are equal parts artist and non-profit professional.

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) takes pride in supporting artists of all disciplines and career stages. Many of our staff are artists who bring a unique understanding and approach to their nonprofit work on behalf of artists everywhere. As such, we’re thrilled to introduce you to NYFA’s new development team: Katherine Delaney, Director; Kimberly Goodis, Senior Officer of Individual Giving and Special Events; and Hannah Berry, Development Officer of Individual Giving and Foundations. Equal parts artist and non-profit professional, their backgrounds and experiences make a great contribution to NYFA. Take a moment to learn more about the team and why NYFA’s mission matters to them.

In January 2019, Katherine Delaney joined NYFA as Director of Development, bringing with her over 19 years of fundraising experience, particularly in the areas of Board Development, Major Gifts, Annual Fund Development, and Foundation and Corporate Giving. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Delaney immigrated to Canada at the age of four. Her mother was a painter, and her arts immersion began at a young age. As she puts it, “The arts have been my passion ever since I sat down at my first piano when I was five years old, and performed my first dance on stage when I was eight.” She carried this passion with her, later attaining a Bachelor of Music degree and a Master of Arts degree in Musicology while working professionally as an accompanist for choirs and singers. In her development experience, Delaney has been responsible for initiating a new major donor campaign at the Canadian Opera Company and conceiving of the Alumni Arts membership at The School of the Arts at Columbia University. Prior to NYFA, she served as Director for the Major Gifts Department at the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was responsible for increasing Board and Individual Giving by 85%. When asked why Delaney chose to join NYFA, she said: “After I graduated with a music degree, I had very few resources to help me navigate a career as a working musician. Something like NYFA didn’t exist where I lived.” Delaney recognizes the vital role NYFA plays in the cultural community, and as Director of Development she hopes to underscore the importance of this work and help to inspire engagement from donors, NYFA-affiliated artists, and art-lovers alike. Her dedication to fundraising is motivated by an appreciation for “being around people who are philanthropic, who truly give of themselves.” As she says: “Year after year, my interactions with donors fill me with joy and love for humanity – thank you to all of you who give!” Delaney currently resides in Montclair, NJ with her husband and three children.

Though both Delaney and Kimberly Goodis are new to NYFA, they’ve worked with each other for the past five years, and bring with them a strong sense of camaraderie. Before joining NYFA in March as Senior Officer for Individual Giving & Special Events, Goodis spent over a decade at Lincoln Center, serving as Assistant Company Manager and Manager of Audience Development at New York City Opera, and most recently as the Manager of Public Programs at the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She holds a Bachelor’s in Music Business degree from Rutgers University and a Masters in Arts Administration degree from New York University, and developed her nonprofit administrative skills at the American Repertory Ballet, George Street Playhouse, and Westminster Choir College. Goodis’ career path is inspired by her personal experiences. “The arts have played such a huge part in shaping who I am as a person, and I’m passionate about its ability to positively impact people’s lives,” said Goodis. She is enthusiastic about her new role at NYFA as she has “seen first-hand how groundbreaking the right funding and support can be.” She is looking forward to building up initiatives and creating systems that will increase NYFA’s impact and success. Beyond her professional experience, Goodis is also a trained clarinetist, and has played for nearly 15 years. In addition, she loves musical theater and feels strongly connected to classical ballet and orchestral music: “New York has always been the place where I go to experience art – I love that NYFA supports that artistic community!”

While Hannah Berry has taken on the new title of Development Officer of Individual Giving and Foundations, she’s been a part of the NYFA staff since August of 2017. Berry previously worked in the NYFA Grants department, assisting in the administration of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship. She says: “My experience at NYFA has really helped me grow professionally, and I’m proud to now be able to serve such a vital role in the development of the organization.” Originally from Alaska, Berry was raised by a family of artists including her late grandfather, the esteemed wildlife artist William “Bill” Berry. She moved from remote Alaska to bustling New York City in 2015 to pursue a graduate education, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting & Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2017. After graduating, she participated in the Trestle Artist Residency in Brooklyn, NY. Her recent group exhibition history includes Brooklyn-based galleries such as La Bodega Gallery, Trestle Gallery, NYFA Gallery, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, and The Boiler | Pierogi. Berry confesses that her life as an artist is complemented by her work at NYFA: “In my nearly two years here, I’ve witnessed first-hand how important our services are for the arts community, and have received so much praise on behalf of NYFA. This experience has infiltrated so much of my own artistic life, and I find myself inspired almost daily by the the artists we support.”

Meet Delaney, Goodis, and Berry at The New York Foundation for the Arts’ 2019 Hall of Fame Benefit honoring Sanford Biggers, Karl Kellner, and Min Jin Lee. Taking place on April 11 at Capitale in Manhattan, the event will feature cocktails, dinner, a live/silent auction of art, and much more!

You can purchase tickets to the benefit here. For more information about NYFA’s Hall of Fame Benefit, please contact Kimberly Goodis at [email protected] or 212.366.6900 x 207.

All tickets to NYFA’s 2019 Hall of Fame Benefit come with a limited-edition signed print by Sanford Biggers. Learn more about NYFA’s Hall of Benefit here. Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Images: Hannah Berry, Katherine Delaney, and Kimberly Goodis, Image Credit: Amy Aronoff for NYFA; and NYFA’s 2018 Hall of Fame Benefit, Image Credit: Jay Brady Photography

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