Life With No Borders

I have a new (and significantly more sophisticated) website that you can use to follow me and my experiences if you are interested. It is
Life With No Borders. If the link doesn't work for you, you can copy and paste:
http://www.lifewithnoborders.com
into your browser's address bar. I would LOVE to see comments and registrations from people, so if you have been trying to follow me through this blog, do not hesitate to register! Registering will give you the ability to comment on post as well as access to more pictures and additional information about me.

NOTE: Though Life With No Borders is "online", I am constantly working on improving it and adding new functionality, so bear with me!

It's been a while.

It's been a while, huh?

If anybody still reads this or any old friends want my contact info, please leave a comment saying so. Otherwise I'll probably take this offline soon...

Life Update

Okay, I am going to graduate in 2 weeks with a BS double major Asian Studies and Japanese Language. And this fall, I am going to go to Graduate School here in Madison. I was accepted to the GMAcc program, so I have been given that chance that I was hoping for; I will not let myself down.

This summer I am planning to work a lot and just stick around here in Madison, my home for at least two more years...

So, my current goal is to get into the business school's Graduate Master of Accountancy (GMAcc) program. It is a two year program to get a masters degree in accounting and it is actually aimed at people who do not have an undergraduate major in accounting. But, apparently it is one of the best accounting programs in the country. It seems like a perfect fit for me because I was just starting to feel relatively helpless about my current degree (BS with a double major in Japanese and East Asian Studies). With a graduate degree in accounting I would be able to get into the business world. I believe that the ensuing combination of hard work and my personality (and a graduate degree in accounting) would allow me to be very successful in business.

The problem is that until this point in my life I have slacked off. I haven't been doing what I should have been doing, and I just expected everything to fall into place. I wore myself out in high school so that when I got here to college I didn't feel like doing all the extra-curricular activities that I know I should have been doing. My grades aren't that bad (3.08), but they aren't good either--especially when applying for graduate school. My GMAT score (710, 92%ile) is the only thing that I have going for me on paper.

I have always felt like everything would work out because when I have actually set my mind to doing something, I have never met with failure. I feel like I just need to be given an opportunity to prove myself. In order to get that opportunity, I need to make myself appear better on paper, but I think it is too late to do that for my current application.

From this point on, I am stepping up my overall life effort. I guess this is growing up. (yes, like the song.)

One of the most offensive things ever:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?em

Has our society really come to this?

Bottled Water (and No Impact Man)

So, I'll do everything that I can do to spread the word about this, short of emailing people.

This is from No Impact Man.

you can see the main post here.

If you don't already know No Impact Man, his real name is Colin Beavan (I am friends with him on facebook!) and he recently finished a project of spending a year trying to live with no environmental impact. You can read more about the No Impact Project here.

--
Kyle Schulz

Back!

Okay, I'm back home in Madison. I have been ridiculously busy since my last post. Too much has happened for me to update the blog with my stories from Dublin, or the crazy 60 hour trip home. I think that there is a good probability that if you are reading this, you know me personally and can ask me about it if you are curious.

Overall though, the trip was amazing.

Anyway, I just finished moving into my new apartment. I live by myself in an efficiency. This is the first time that I have ever lived alone, but I think I like it. I am able to see people when I want to easily enough, but I still have my own place that is completely my own. It helps that Kuya lives right next door so I still see him often enough.

I get to relax for one more week before school starts...

Dublin, Ireland

So I have safely arrived here in Dublin. I don't have much time to write a detailed post, but I just wanted to let everybody know that I'm still alive.

My time in Germany was extraordinary. Many thanks to the people that let me stay with them (Anna, Phillip, Lisa, and their parents, lena, mary, and nao).

I will hopefully be able to catch up my blog on my recent (past 3 weeks) experiences soon.

Beer Garden

Yesterday, I met some people from New Zealand in my hostel and they invited me to go to a beer garden last night. The beer garden was huge and crowded. I decided that--similar to the japanese onsen--it must play a significant role in defining german (or in the case of the onsen japanese) culture. I am sure that the US has some similar things somewhere, but I have never seen one. I think that the beer garden encourages a different type of social interaction than a traditional bar.

Anyway, I need to get out of this internet cafe. I will go to the Englischer Garden at Mumu's suggestion, and then continue to walk around other parts of the city. I may take a brewery tour tonight!