Bence in the States: 11.07-11.13

This week started on Monday, what a surprise!:)

Ildi gave me a ride to Middletown to take part in a business luncheon. We spent a real effective meeting together. (I am still not used to the american style business luncheon.) The two hours session was about finalizing the details of the Trade Visit, organised by CEENET. It will be next Thursday and Friday (17th and 18th November, Hartford). The last Friday would have been the deadline to give the final version of the booklet, but Monday I got a lot of feedback how to improve a little bit the booklet => result: We extended it from 12 pages to 16 pages. After the meeting I started to make the changes and send around the members to double check. (I was really excited about it, this is a huge deal for me to make it sure that everything is going to be fine with the booklet) Anyway, I finished it and Tuesday I sent to the printer and we got it on Friday afternoon. Good quality printing, super price, customer is the king, these are the power of TYCO Printing:) (A little free ad for them.)

Tuesday was case study class day! We wrote the case, I printed it and handled over to the professor. One week after our presentation 80% of the presenting group's slides were poor. I got to tell you that in general the american students do not spend a lot of time to make interactive or interesting slides. No, bullet points, paragraphs, boring templates are almost every time. So if dear reader you are a Hungarian student, do not give up spending a lot of energy making PPT-s, it is worth! Believe me!

I was behind even to start writing the case study for Business Ethics. While I am making this post, I am confused about it. I haven't started now yet:) The reason is; Professor Adobor sent us an email cancelling the Wednesday night class!! I was so glad, when I got it! Yeah! During the whole day I helped Chris to work.

Wednesday night was time to hang out in the Wallingford Applebee's. That is another fast food chain, but with a little bit better food. We share a $20 offer with Andras and ate fried onion rings for appetizer and grilled riblets for me and steak for Andras. I was full after my meal, it was so delicious! Do you know that refilling your ordered beverage is free?? It is unbelievable in Hungary, isn't?:D

Thursday was marketing day, for sure! (In the USA, when you write anything you do not use ! (exclamation mark) almost at all!!!!!!! For me it is a big matter because I use it all the time!!!!!:D:D

So, back to the marketing class. The last case was a big challenge for me. The brief issue was how Centra (eLearning service provider company) should use its distribution channel to maximize its market share and revenue and minimize costs between field sales reps and telesales reps. But, somehow I solved it. It will not be above 85% I would bet...

Friday was the burden between fun and work. I got up at 6 to start making a foamboard for Szechenyi Chair, went to the office at 11 and left it at 5:16. And weekend time!

Jeffrey and Alley invited me to hunt for this weekend. They arrived to pick me up Friday 7 pm and then picked up Xiao (one of our chinese classmate).

Here is the schedule from Friday 7 pm. until Sunday 11am.

Friday night - eating Popeye's fried chicken with french fries, talking next to the fireplace and going to bed

Saturday - hunting, then breakfast then casino then hunting then talking around a big outdoor camp fire then watching movie and going to bed

Sunday - breakfast and coming back to the normal life

Some epic moments:

Saturday morning 5:10 I got up after less than four hours sleeping, got dressed and we went out to at 5:30. 6:00 Jeffrey got a call from Roger. Roger is one of his neighbor and an avid hunter! I mean seriously avid. He shot a 2,5 years old 7 points deer with a bow!!!! He shot more than 120 deer in his life. He is a deer hunting pro, told me the entire anatomy of a deer. Where you can shoot, where not, why not, what is happening of you do this or this, how to make a stand, how to carry a deer, what they eat, how they die, everything. He told the story of shooting that deer in 15 minutes. He is an immersive artist! If he talks to you, you cannot to listen! Incredible! We didn't shoot anything.

Casino. Mohegan Sun. Indian territory under Indian regulation and authority. That is a giant gambling place, not just a casino but a complex entertainment center. Casino, bars, restaurants, strip show, theater, hotel, spa, shops at one place. That was my first time in a casino ever! People have gaming addiction, gambling is not a fun for them, that is a serious stressful competition. The place is perfectly designed, everything is built by purpose how to trick gamblers and motivate them to spend more time and loose more money. I said there, OK guys, lets go to loose:) I didn't play but I want to try it. Peter, you have to teach me to gamble for sure! If you play there, alcohol will be free. One rule: you have to be older than 21.

I got a challenge at Big BUBBA's BBQ from a huge pork and beef burger, accepted it and terminated it! It was tough to win but I ate it wholly. You will see the fight below.

We did a lot of shit together and it was exquisite!

Here are some pictures: