Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Summer, Sun, Fun and the Internship in Lisbon

I can't really explain how happy I'm feeling these days. I'm working and having so much fun at the same time. This is probably the best job I have ever had. The internship is in Business Development and I'm working on two projects: the first one is finding new strategic products to be introduced next year the second one is product manager for a new service to be launched at the culmination of my internship.

Work is good and life it's beautiful. I am in Lisbon and I love it here. The weather is nice and the sun comes out every day!! Nothing like Portland!! The weekends are all mine to go to the beach and enjoy the summer! Nothing like Barcelona!! But as everything in life, the situation is not perfect as Rafael is working in Barça over the summer so we only spend time together over the weekends. I guess I will choose to be optimistic about it and say: "it could have been worse".

This year has treated me very nicely... After the second trimester at IESE things started to get better. In the third term I actually started to relax a bit, went out more and gave myself time to get to know my classmates. I've made wonderful friends from which I've learned something new everyday. I’ve learned that I have limits and there will always be someone better then me in a particular subject but that there are subjects in which I excel. I've learning that breaks are good and life can be better enjoyed when one slows down a bit. I've learned that a good discussion with a friend matters more than being prepared for next day's classes. Besides learning all this good stuff I discovered that I had more time to sleep and even started to enjoy a full night sleep every now and then. It’s amazing what a good night sleep can do to your life!! Now I'm back to 8 hrs of sleep and loving it!

I traveled this year too, which is one of my favorite things to do. We went to Andorra, France, Portugal and Morocco... plus the added bonus the trip to China for innovateChina 2008 Challenge!! That was awesome. I will add pictures from my travel later but you can always check out Wei Yin's blog for up to date information, photos and videos of our adventures in Shanghai.

So, things are going well and hope they will continue like this. Let the adventures continue!