4 down, 2 to go!

Great job, Class 9! We are 2/3rds of the way done! This year has gone by so fast, and we've learned so much! I hope my brain's going to be able to handle for 2 more quarters. The 4th quarter had a lot of calculations and spreadsheets galore to figure out and analyze all kinds of stuff. One of my main concerns is that I won't remember this stuff long enough to use it when I need it. Too much information, not enough time...

Dinner: Chicken parmesan, penne pasta in marinara sauce, seared green beans, baby greens salad, breads. The chicken parmesan was okay. The pasta was a good pairing with the chicken. Oh, and that butter. I think I mentioned it before. I dono what kinda butter that is...some herby butter or something. It's pretty damn good! We need that butter everytime there's bread. =)

Our First Winter Freeze!

I believe this was our first Winter freeze. People were driving like ass in the morning cuz of the little snow on the roads. I had to truck it all the way over to the Seattle campus as this was our 1 Saturday a quarter on the main campus. I saw cars on the side of the road and people driving 30MPH on the highway. Come on, really?

Breakfast: breakfast burritos (& veggie version), fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. Hot breakfast burritos. You can't go wrong with that, baby! And, you gotta luv the coffee cake. I forgot what was in there...like raisins or something. It was goot!

Lunch: Chicken cordon blue, scalloped potatoes, brussel sprouts, green salad. Whoops! I totally forgot to take the picture when I got my food on this. The cordon blue was good. I got a second one. I guess I shoulda just taken a pic of that...hehe There was homemade (i think) lemonade as well, which I enjoyed. I also liked the room we ate at...like a commons/studying area with big wooden chairs and tables. It was a really pretty building as well. awwwwww

Long time no post!

Wow, I'm so behind on these posts. It's actually a pretty long, boring story.....so I'll tell it! I was originally going to do all these updates during our holiday break, but then my stupid phone service went out cuz i have at&t thru an employee acct, and now they're forcing everyone to switch to pay for their own accts, and i didn't pick an acct yet, so they just turned off my service....so then i had to find the service plan i wanted and then set that all up but i wasn't the employee, so i had to get someone else to call them, blah, blah, blah....finally got my service back! My phone service is important cuz my pics are all on my phone and I couldn't forward them to my blog site cuz I had didn't have no service. That wasn't so bad, right? =)

Dinner: Grilled salmon, caesar salad, roasted garlic potatoes, green beans, fresh fruit, dinner rolls. I don't really remember much since this was over a month ago. I do remember the sauce/salsa for the chicken, which was pretty good. Oh wait, it says salmon...hahaha, it looks like chicken, but i guess it was salmon. Hey, fish is always good...even if i don't remember it! lol. Also, i think this was one of the first time they had fruit for dinner. It was new/different, but i like it cuz it's like an alternative to dessert. luv pineapples!

Happy Turkey Day!

I know I've said it before, but this quarter has gone by fast. Actually, this whole year has gone by pretty fast for me. Time flies when you're having fun, right?.....riiiiight. This quarter's about to end. After this holiday break, we only have 3 more days of class and bam, finals time! I guess I'm ready for it. Midterms weren't that bad....even though I thought I did better....hahaha. Anyways, I hope everyone's enjoying their holiday and is ready to get back into it next week.

Dinner: Mediterranean: Chicken shishtawook, stuffed grape leaves, falafel, salad, hummus, pita. Vegetarian entree: Spanikopeta. The chicken whatevers were good. It's hard to see on my plate cuz they're covered with rice, but there's some chicken on there. The Mediterranean food is a nice change up for dinner. I think most people enjoyed it. I guess the only complaint I'd have is with the pita bread. It was out of a bag. Homemade woulda been great or at least heated would have been nice.

Anthony's Holiday Party

Free food and drinks....what!! The TMMBA threw a holiday get together for us at Anthony's in Kirkland with some apps and drinks. It's always great to catch up with everyone outside of the classroom. It was a nice break and much appreciated by our class. Just think, the next outing we'll be with Class 10, so we can all point and laugh at them!

The food was good. I was not able to take pics of all the plates, but you can see there were a variety. The calamari and clams were good! The vegetarians were happy about the bruschetta. There were also these sliders and salmon sliders. I didn't try the salmon sliders, but the hamburger sliders were a little dry....i wasn't that impressed with them. But the clams! YUM-O! I felt bad cuz there was a whole order/plate of clams leftover at the end that nobody touched. What a waste!!! I shoulda taken it togo =)

Coffe Cake and BBQ!

Coffee cake and BBQ sums up the food for the first part of our Saturday. There was much more the later part of that day, which will be covered more....oh....in the next post.

Breakfast: assorted muffins & breakfast breads, european style meat/cheese platters, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt, toast, rice cakes. Look at all that detail for food on the calendar! That pretty much covers everything, but they forgot to mention the best part....coffee cake!! It's yummy with the fruit jam or whatever in the middle. Wonderful in your mouth!

Lunch: Pulled pork, beef, and chicken sandwiches; vegetarian barbecue beans; tossed salad; Vegeterian Sandwich: veggie burgers. I felt bad for the vegeterians. We had a lot of meat and more meat for these BBQ sandwiches. I prolly should have gotten another set of sandwich breads since I wanted to try all the meats. It was good and I was careful to ration my breads =) I heard that the veggie burger wasn't that great. Veggie burger...pfffttt

Freakin Anagene Case!

This is where even reading the materials and books did not help for the last question for this Anagene case. It's those Corporate Finance flashbacks again with not learning the materials ahead of time and doing work or a case of them. I believe students would get more out of these materials, theories, tools, etc. if we were provided the information first, then were tested on them. Anyways, I think Dave said he actually changed the wording on the questions for this case as they were somewhat ambiguous. That's not exactly how I would have put it. Future classes can thank me later, and hopefully, they'll spend less than 2 hrs on the last question.

Dinner: Meat and vegetarian lasagna, caesar salad, broccoli, garlic breadsticks. I believe this is the first time we've had lasagna. I could be wrong though. It's been awhile if not. I think this is another good bread, but I didn't know they were garlic breadsticks. Mushrooms and bell peppers, yum! I think that's a brownie on my plate as well. It's always a treat to have dessert!

Beer Game it up!

I have to say that I looked at my syllabus to realized we did the Beer Game this day. I did not know what else to say for the title. haha I guess I coulda mentioned Veteran's Day. Yeah, our class got moved to Tuesday this week because it was Veteran's Day on Wed. Seriously, who recognizes Veteran's Day? I'm not saying it's not important...just that we prolly didn't have to move the class day. I still had to go to work as I believe most of my classmates did as well.

Dinner: Baked stuffed sole, wild rice, steamed veggies, baby greens salad, breads. I like fish, and it's always a nice touch to mix up the foods. As you can see, I usually just get the bell peppers and mushrooms for my veggies =) Oh, I think this is the good bread in the pic above as well. I don't know what it's called, but I've mentioned it before. It's good!

What's Decision Support Models?

Yes, DSM is one of the classes we are taking this quarter, but the last class was about a month before. Personally, I had forgotten most of the items taught in our first meeting (maybe it was just me), and if it wasn't for our review session, I'd prolly would not have been able to do the homework....maybe ;) It may have been better to schedule the classes more evenly. I know it's not always easy to do. Just my two pesos.

Breakfast: waffles, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. I wouldn't call them "waffles" per se. They were more like french toast. I still welcomed them as they were something new to the lineup. I would still prefer a little more protein choices other than the hard boiled eggs and the cold salami slices.

Lunch: Assorted soups from City Soups, sandwiches, salad, cookies. Ah, City Soups is what the vendor is called. I believe we've had them before. They have a good variety of soups and sandwiches. The tuna salad was good, but I thought the bacon turkey sandwich was very salty that I did not finish it. The salad was good as well. I like all the "stuff" in it. I think I got the butter squash soup or something like that. It was delicious! I wanted to try another soup but was kinda full by then. I know...that should not have stopped me...

Midterms are a startin'

This quarter is going by fast! Midterms are already upon us, and finals are just around the corner. Then, it'll be Quarter 5, and we'll be that much closer to graduating. Oh man, I can't wait!

Dinner: chicken dijon, wild rice pilaf, house green salad, mediterranean style vegetables, dinner rolls. The chicken was okay, and the sauce definately helped. The rice was nice. I liked the onions, carrots, and peas? or whatever veggies in there to spruce it up. The veggies, salad, and roll are similar to what we have had before.

So many numbers, not enough time...

There are many numbers and calculations in this quarter. I realized that we use Excel spreadsheet for every class! These quantitative classes are good since most of us have engineering and/or technical backgrounds, but it's a lot of numbers and calculations and it can be difficult to keep up sometimes.

No dinner menu on the calendar, bummer. We had this pork tenderloin with gravy, mash tatters, salad, grilled veggies, and sweet roll. The pork was good. I don't remember it being dry at all and with the gravy, it was nice. I like the grilled vegges. The pepper and mushrooms are my favs, and that sweet roll is one of my fav bread options too!

Learning About Our ABC's.

No, not the alphabet, it's activity-based costing. pffft, didn't you know that? Maybe it's just me, but I feel that all the classes we're learning this quarter are very applicable to our jobs and what we do. I am really enjoying the classes and learning so much. I just need to figure out how to apply them cuz my life isn't all layed out with even numbers like the cases and homework problems ;)

Breakfast: Our normal stuff with fruit, yogurt, hard-boiled eggs, cold meats & cheese plate, and the added bonus of coffee cake. nice! I like the coffee cake. It's great with the hot coffee or tea. Lunch: Sushi & Rolls, Teriyaki Chicken, Stir fried Beef & Vegetables, Vegetable Yaki-Udon ( for Vegetarians), Ocean Salad, Green Salad, Steamed Rice. The teriyaki chicken and stir fried beef with rice was good. The sushi rolls were okay. The "Ocean salad" was adventurous. The only complaint I had was that the hot foods weren't really hot.....more luke warm =\

What Queuing Model is this?

There is a queuing buffer and usually 2 lines. There is no jockeying or balking. However, there is a service time, but no servers since the customers serve themselves. It's the food buffet queuing model! =)

Dinner: Aged Washington Beef Tips in Rich House Burgundy Sauce, Stuff Your Own Baked Potatoes, Steamed Fall Vegetable Melange, Classic Caesar Salad, Rustic Breads. The steak/beef was really good and tender. The salad....look at all the bacon on it. Of course, it's good! The bread...I don't know which rustic bread but there's one that we've had before, it's really good. I think it's the one I picked on my plate. Overall, a very satisfying meal.

Go Teagen!

Teagen was the last student presentation we had, and I'm glad it was on a Wed. It would be bad to be cutting into our sleep time for Saturdays ;) Starting class at 8:45AM? How odd is that? Nobody wants that.

Dinner: Pasta bar with classic meat sauce and chicken alfredo sauce, garlic bread, spinach salad, roasted veggies. The pastas were okay. I like noodles so it wasn't too bad. I really liked the make-your-own-spinach-salad. Spinach salads are great, and being able to put your own toppings on it....excellent!

9AM start! Suh-weet!!

I don't think the staff understand how much that extra half an hour means to some of us on Saturday mornings. It's a great thing. I assume that we should be starting at 9AM on all Saturdays since we're done with our student presentation. No student presentation = 30 minutes saved = 30 minutes+ more of sleep, right?

Breakfast: Bagels, cold meats/cheese platter, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. It was the usual with bagels and the salami and cheese plate. I can't remember they had the baked brie this time. I noticed they have brought it back a few times. The baked brie is okay, but I'm not sure if everyone is eating them. Maybe it could be switched out with something......hot? maybe something protein-y? i'm just saying, hahaha ;)

Lunch: Assorted sandwiches, greek orzo, salad, fruit --grilled chicken & smoked mozzarella, grilled garden vegetable, thai veggie wrap, turkey pesto cranberry. These were just premade sandwiches, but no soup =( I believe I had the chicken mozzarella and turkey pesto cranberry sandwiches. The turkey pesto cranberry was nice and tasty.

Starting the 4th Quarter...

And a great start it was.....for the meal that is. I don't mean that class wasn't good cuz it was. It's always exciting to start a new class and learn a new topic. But the Indian dinner buffet was nice. I think we had Butter Chicken, Curry Beef, Naan, the fried potatoe thingy, and I think we had some lamb too...can't remember what that last meat was. Anyways, it was a great start for the meals to beging the quarter. =)

Someone couldn't get into a bar...

There were some people who had bigger nights than others. All in all, I think everyone who went out had a great time, but there was a situation where someone (not mentioning names again) wasn't allowed into a bar. It was a bummer, but in the end, everything worked out.

A quick comment about Pat and the Leadership Immersion. It was awesome! I think everyone enjoyed their classroom times and what we learned. We just wished it could have been longer since Pat had so many stories to tell us =)

Breakfast: hot food again! Man, I was stoked! We had scrambled eggs and sausage links. The eggs were okay, but they're eggs and they're hot. I can complain. The sausage links were good. For lunch, they ended strong with a roast beef station. I forgot what else we had since I didn't take a pic of my plate. However, I do remember having seconds of the roast beef, which I finished and only then remembered to take a pic of the serving station. haha

Nobody Died in the Desert!!

I believe we were one of the only groups that has played the Gold of the Desert Kings game without any team dying in the desert. Yes, there were some comments about my team having an unfair advantage, and I feel horrible about it. I'm glad we didn't get first place. I just thought we were making some great decisions. ;)

Breakfast! They went all out with our meals for this immersion. We had salmon eggs benedict for breakfast. It was delicious. I think I had a 3rd....maybe a 4th as well. You can't go wrong with eggs! =) The lunch was a make your own sandwich deal with salad, pasta salad, some other stuff, and brownie. I liked the pasta salad, and I remember the brownie being yummy!

A Nice Long Break...

Yes, it was a nice long break, especially for me as I was in the 2nd Leadership Immersion group. However, I heard that the 1st Leadership Immersion class had a lot of fun over their weekend. So much so, that someone (not mentioning names) couldn't make the last day, so they joined our class to finish up. I guess they're fortunately to have that backup plan. =)

For Breakfast, we had biscuits and gravy along with some of the normal breakfast foods we usually get. The gravy was good cuz it had bacon in it! The biscuits were a little dry, but it wasn't that bad cuz of the gravy. I was just happy that there was hot food for breakfast.

I totally forgot to take the picture for lunch. I think the break was too long, and I wasn't in the habit of taking pictures of my food again. But I do remember it was a catered sandwich and salad in a little box container. I forgot what I had too..... =\

3 down, 3 to go!

Yup, this was the last class day of our 3rd quarter. This was the big half way mark. The time has gone by fairly quickly, which I guess is good. I still feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose at times, but overall I've learned much and glad I'm in the program. I can't even imagine the stress I was in during this time since I'm stressed about our class now!

Dinner: Chicken, Beef, & Vegetarian Taco Bar with beans, rice, and corn muffins. Well, what can I say....tacos aren't my favorite food, but they were okay. Oh, I remember the corn muffins thought. Those were excellent! I belive I ate 3 of them. mmmmm....

The Chicken Dance?

Wow, it's been awhile since I've updated my posts here. I feel really bad for being so lazy about this, but it could be because of this particular day of class. I pretty much made of fool of myself (more than usual) by dancing like a chicken on top of my desk......just cuz Dan Turner asked me to.....and I didn't even get anything out of it. He gave me a dollar after class, but that made me feel even worse so I gave it back. lol. I thought at least he'd remember this sacrifice when he gave out grades, but I don't think he did.......unless I did that horrible bad in his class.

Don't even ask what's on my plate. I have no idea what that is. I thought taking a pic would help me recognize it. It looks like some egg casserole or something. Even the menu doesn't mention it: Breakfast: veggie strata, fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. Apparently, it was the normal Saturday breakfast except for the egg casserole thingy. I prolly liked it cuz I love eggs, and I'm guessing it's egg since i don't see the hardboiled eggs on my plate. haha

For Lunch: Soup bar with Creamy Asparagus Soup, Corn Chowder & Minestone Soup, Deli Meat & Cheese Platter, breads, veggie platter, watermelon. We've had a few of these make your own deli sandwich meals with soup. I'm pretty sure they have different vendors as the food and setup is different between them. I'm not a huge deli sandwich fan, but these typically work out okay as I just put whatever I want in the sandwich. And the soups are usually tasty.

Drawin' a blank.....

....i really can't remember much about this day. Ohhh, Leadership class. This was the first day of our group presentations. Ohhh man, now i remember. i was so freakin stressed during this time. it started the week before this from doing our LDPs. OMG, that was nutz! Then we had this group presentation and paper to finish, then we had finals. ugghh man, i'm gettin stressed just thinkin about it again. i'm kinda worried about this quarter now... =\

Dinner: Grilled bistro steak, baby red potatoes, green beans, baby greens salad, breads. This steak was good! Much better than the tough steak we had previously. it was more tender and tasty. the tomatoes went great with it. i actually got another piece afterwards =) oh, and that bread. i dono what it's called but we've had it a number of times during our course, and it's really good!

That second pic was the vegetarian option that one of my classmates got that night. It was some mixed veggies in a fried bowl thingy. He said it was good. I'm just glad that I'm not a vegetarian. lol

The Big Picture....

...that's about all i can remember from our Marketing class. hahaha, i know that's bad, but it also means that i'm having a great month break! Actually, the only reason that i know we had a marketing class this day was because it shows it on the student calendar, which i have to check for the menu. hahaha

Dinner: Fettuccine with Prosciutto, Shallots, Red Bell Peppers & Garlic sauteed in Pesto Sauce, Vegetarian Entrée, Caesar Salad, garlic bread, watermelon. Food wise....grrrrr, i can't remember haha, but i like noodles and pasta, so i'm sure i enjoyed it. hey, i see a pineapple upsidedown cake. that can't be bad. man, my food reviews are going down fast! Oh, I remember one thing. The watermelon! there was this plate of some watermelon slices in one of our classmates mailbox, which i noticed during our mid-class break. he swore he didn't put it there, but i remember seeing him really enjoy some watermelon. hahaha, jk i dono who did that. it was very odd to see watermelon in the little drop box.

Great Giveaways from Dan!

I actually do remember our very full day of Marketing on the main Seattle campus. I remember that I had to get up a little earlier since I had to drive all the way to Seattle. Yup, like half of the folks in class, I live on the Eastside. Also, you can't forget the nice giveaways....vodka and water filters. unfortunately, i wasn't lucky enough to get anything. i knew i shoulda volunteered...

Breakfast: Assorted muffins & breakfast breads, european style meat/cheese platters, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt, toast, rice cakes. Most of the regular breakfast items were setup outside the classroom. I remember I wasn't too impressed about the spread but was happy about the coffee cake (shown on my pic). It was yummy. The coffee setup was kinda weird since there wasn't much room and no trash can near by. I remember seeing this pile of empty sugar packets, empty creamers, and stir sticks on the table. I was also a little disappointed that we didn't have our ice cream cooler. Wow, are we spoiled...

Lunch: BBQ burgers, veggie burgers, potato salad, garden salad, fruit platter, chips. Lunch was great. They had the grill out cooking hamburgers and hot dogs/sausages. You can't really see it, but i actually put two patties in my hamburger. hahah, nice! I also got a second plate with a sausage, and had my jalapenos chips. it was allll gooood.

Wow, I suck!

I just totally forgot about updating this blog. I'm terrible. Well, it's been about a month and a half since my last post update. It may not seem like it cuz i set my post dates according to the date of the meals we have. Anyways, I feel bad, but I do want to keep our meals posted on this blog for at least the entire course. I've got alot of meals to cover, so without further ado...

Dinner: Thai Buffet: cashew chicken, pad thai tofu, tofu & chicken fried rices, red curry vegetable, red curry chicken, vegetables. To be honest, dude, i don't remember this meal. I mean...i like thai food and i like noodles, so i prolly enjoyed this meal. See all the hot sauce on top, that's just all goodness. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I liked this meal. I don't remember not liking it, so... hahaha

What's up with the Trojan ads on this page, Google? Dude!

Seriously, I was just looking at my blog, and I saw this huge Trojan ad on the side. I mean, I understand that you gotta sell ads, but Trojan? for a blog about foods at an MBA program? It just doesn't seem right. I feel kinda dirty now having this blog site host a Trojan ad. I mean, yeah, use condoms...less abortions and unwanted babies...good stuff....but I haven't said anything about sex on this site. How does this ad come up? Come on, Google! Microsoft wouldn't have done that! The only thing remotely close that I may have said was....meatballs? lol

Dinner Menu: Curry Chicken, Fire roasted vegetables, saffron rice, cucumber salad in citrus vinaigrette, pita bread with hummus. Pita bread and hummus - good, cucumber salad - good, veggies - good, saffron rice - good, curry chicken - mehhhh. The curry chicken wasn't very curry-y. Also, the chicken seemed tender, but it was also very light pinkish as if it should have been cooked like 5 more minutes. I don't know if it was supposed to be like that, but I would have liked it cooked a bit more. I liked the saffron rice....fragrantie goodness soft rice...mmmmm.

Hot Foods! Whuuut!

DOOOOOD!!!! H O T F O O D S ! ! ! That's all I gotta say. Breakfast burrito sweetness! I ended up eating 2 burrito. I love eggs! =) Oh, before I forget. The breakfast menu: Breakfast: breakfast burritos, fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. It's nice that the breakfast menus are posted regularly now. People were telling me like on Wednesday that we were having breakfast burritos for Saturday. I's like...WHUT!! SWEET!! Yeah, it was good. Eggs, bacon, ham...you can't go wrong with that! We should have breakfast burritos every Saturday. We're all good with that, right?

Lunch Menu: Pulled pork sandwiches; vegetarian entrée, macaroni salad with dill, chips, baked beans. The pulled pork sandwiches were okay. They weren't really all that BBQ-y, which I was hoping. They were more......just cooked with sauce. It seemed a little greesy, but it could've just been the sauce. The chips and macaroni salad were good. I skipped on the beans. Not much of a bean person....I'm just happy about the breakfast burritos. I mean....I'm still happy about it....like today.....as I'm typing..lol

Sunny Days!

It's always nice during the summers in Seattle where we can all enjoy the sun and weather. Some of us sat outside to get our daily dose of skin cancer. Not to get too personal, but my Vitamin D level is low since I came from sunnier area. Hence, I try to take advantage of the outside and sun whenever I can.....and feel like.

Dinner Menu: Steak Diane - steak simmered in white wine, apple brandy, and dijon mustard, fingerling potatoes, vegetarian dish, field greens salad with goat cheese, walnuts, and grapes in a raspberry vinaigrette, roasted vegetables, foccacia bread. Steak Diane my ass! I'm sorry, but you can't call this steak. It's a ground beef patty. Some of my classmates said it was Salisbury Steak, but I call it Mystery Meat! Actually, it didn't taste that bad, but it was a hamburger patty....slightly chewy. The salad was pretty good though.

I can't remember anything this long ago...

I do apologize for the long gap in posting to this blog. We have been pretty busy with our assignments for the past week or so. I've also been lazy =) Consequently, I can barely remember what was discussed on this day of class. Looking at the calendar, I know that it was Marketing class, so probably something to do with Market Objectives or Research. Okay, I had to look in the binder. Virgin Mobile, baby!! It's all about the pre-paid. Word.

Dinner Menu: Herb & Dill Brushed King Salmon, Balsamic Brushed & Fire Roasted Summer Vegetables, Wild Rice with Leeks & Currants, Caesar Salad, Rustic Breads. It's funny, but I do remember the meal. I'm a fan of seafood, and the tartar sauce that came with it was tasty. I also really like this rustic bread, which comes with a nice spread that's pretty good with....almost anything. =)

Education or Development?

This was the question and choice that was given to us by Bruce in our first Leadership class. Of course, we're gonna choose development since most of us want to get as much as possible out of the program. If we wanted to sit back, relax and just listen, we woulda stayed home and watched TV instead of paying to kill ourselves for 18 months through this intensive MBA program.

Breakfast menu: Assorted cereals (healthy/low-sugar) & non-fat or low-fat milk, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, yogurt, granola, toast, rice cakes. They forgot to mention the meat/cheese plate and the baked brie. The brie looked melted this time, so it may have been baked. However, it was still not warmed, so it was just ehh. I was still hungry after this plate, so I toasted a slice of bread and put crunchy peanut butter on it. YUM!

DOH! I apologize for the blank plate pic as I forgot to take a picture until it was too late =( I'm gonna blame it on Jerry since he sat down, and I started to talk to him and totally forgot about taking a picture. I think that's a run-on sentence, but I don't care =P Lunch menu: French Dip Sandwiches, potato salad, field greens salad with strawberries, goat cheese, and walnuts, chips, fresh fruit and cheese platter. That's a heck of a salad description, but it was pretty good. The "chips" were these oversized Fritos which you can still see on my plate. The French dip sandwich was okay. I'm not a French dip sandwich connoisseur, but the meat seemed slightly overcooked. Isn't the meat usually medium to medium rare for this?

Everything we do is a negotiation

I did not think of this much until Jerry pointed it out, but almost every time we communicate with others, it is some type of a negotiation. For meetings, emails, phone calls, at work, or at home, you are in some sort of negotiations with others. Wheather you realize it or not, there is always a give and take, favor, task, or whatever that needs to be completed.

Dinner menu: Penne Pasta w/ roasted vegetables, Stuffed Tortellini (vegetarian), Meatballs, baby greens salad, bread baskets. I remember that we've had this caterer previously, but last time, they had an linguine with alfredo sauce instead of the tortellini. I liked the tortellini more than the penne. The tortellini had a nutty favor with the cheese. A classmate said that he thought they put nutmeg in the tortellinis. I liked this meal as I'm a big fan of pasta and noodles. I know that Tom (my biggest and only fan of this blog) really enjoyed this meal as well.

BMW's are da suck

I forgot the exact phrase Dan used, but it was something about BMW's being the most suckage of all the sucks. Personally, I've never had a BMW (I'm not RRRICH!). Some close friends swear by them. One of my brother's friends only drives BMW's, and he has a few of them a.k.a rich. I believe BMW has a decent market share, so they're not doing too bad comparatively. However, Dan's story and experience showed an example of very poor responses and customer service from BMW, which most of this suckage resulted from. Oh BTW, I'm gonna love Marketing if we continue to watch commercials in every class!

Dinner menu: Chicken Breasts simmered in a Sweet Spicy Mole Sauce, Fiesta Green Salad, Corn with Diced Red Peppers, Spanish Rice, Beans. Vegetarian Entree. The chicken mole was okay. The sauce was good, but I thought the chicken was a little dry. I guess I'm not a big mole sauce person as I can't remember ever having a great mole dish or experience. Overall, the dinner was mediocre, but the pineapple upsidedown cake was great!

What? No Decision Support Models?

Yes, we had a switch-a-roo with our classes for Q3. Instead of the originally planned Decision Support Model class, we will be having Negotiations. Most see this as a good thing as Negotiations is a credit/no credit class. One the other hand, this could potentially make our future quarter that much harder. Only bad thing is that I was looking forward to working with Issariya again.

Breakfast. I was so hoping for a hot breakfast, but I ended up just settling for the microwave =( We had the typicaly breakfast setup with the yogurt, eggs, fruit, bread, etc. There were 2 new items that I noticed. One was a meat (ham/salami) and cheese (cheese/swiss/jack?) plate, and the other was the "baked" Brie. I made myself a ham,salami, and cheese sandwich with a bagel as shown in the pic above. I say "baked" brie because I think it was supposed to be baked, but it did not seem like it was. The cheese did not look melted. The bread around it was all cooked/baked, but it was not warm. I know it's difficult to keep things like this warm, so I was slightly disappointed with the baked brie.

Lunch menu: Sandwich buffet: Curried Chicken Salad, Grilled Garden Veggie, Turkey & Havarti, Thai Veggie Wrap; salad, fresh fruit, and mediterranean pasta salad. I did not have both of the plates pictured above. The first sandwich plate was mine as I got the curried chicken salad, which I thought was some mustard egg salad sandwich. It was good. I just wasn't in the mood to eat sandwiches. The second plate was from one of my classmates with the veggie wrap and pasta salad. I believe there was some confusion on which sandwiches had meat and which were vegetarian. Maybe it just wasn't properly labeled.