Live and Learn

It is hard to imagine that the second run of fall exams have already come to a close. After spending many days hiding from my furry roommate during the last two exam seasons, I have visited quite a few libraries on campus (and there ARE quite a few on campus!). I know that some people [...]

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Above: Fufu, as he tried to yank my camera’s wrist strap - you can see the sparkle in his eyes.
My life has been in topsy-turvy for the past few months. The main reason is that I now have a furry and unruly roommate in the little studio apartment where I live. I adopted a kitten from [...]

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The first week of classes has come and gone. Honestly, since I have been taking summer classes both sessions, I really did not feel the anxiety of starting classes again in the fall. The only aspect of the new semester that I still need some getting used to is not seeing some of familiar MPAs’ [...]

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April 26/27, I am on a Continental flight to Tokyo’s Narita Airport right now. But Tokyo isn’t my final destination; in eight hours or so, I should be landing in Taipei Taoyuan International Airport. This is my treat to myself, in celebration of the successful completion of my tax internship at The Big 4 Firm in Houston. In [...]

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I hope everyone has enjoyed the first Lunch Series post. After the first week of training in Dallas, all the interns flew back to their respective home offices and began the first official week of work. PwC gave all the interns the opportunity to rotate between two groups during the ten-week internship, and I was [...]

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I cannot believe that the last time I updated was well over a month ago–I apologize for my long absence from the MPA blog scene! I am currently in my fifth week of tax internship at the Houston PricewaterhouseCoopers and, believe it or not, just getting a bit more used to a full workday schedule. [...]

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When I was moving back to Texas, many of my friends from Boston asked me about the availability of Asian cuisines in Austin. Honestly, I knew that Austin is famous for Tex-Mex, but I had never tried any Asian food in this mid-size city. Unfortunately, I truly survive on noodles and rice, and I can [...]

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I have recently picked up golfing as one of my weekend activities. I am reluctant to call it a hobby because I have only gone to the driving range about twice in the past month. However, I have every intention of keeping this weekly activity alive. The truth is, I am not very athletic, and [...]

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I wholeheartedly second, third, and fourth Darrin’s earlier post (“Wanted: Sherlock Homes WannaBe”). I had a similar week last week. Thus, after I turned in my Tax Research case on Saturday (thank you, Prof. Zvinakis, for the extension!), you guessed it! I rushed to San Marcos with a friend for some retail therapy. San Marcos [...]

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Guess where I am? I am at a boutique hotel in downtown Houston. And, no, I am not playing hooky. Quite to the contrary, I am here on important business. I am here, by invitation of a public accounting firm, for my second-round interview at the office where I will potentially be working. Luckily, since I [...]

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