Author Archives: Matthew S. Atkinson, MBA Candidate 2009

About Matthew S. Atkinson, MBA Candidate 2009

Matthew is a Pepperdine International MBA student who is studying and blogging in Beijing, China for a semester.

The Laborious Life of Learning the Language

Ni hao! I would write a bunch of other stuff in Mandarin, but I think 95% of the people who read this (not that there are 95 people that read this blog) would not understand it and I would probably … Continue

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Qingdao Express

Qingdao is a city by a beach, a beach where overweight Chinese men run on the sand in bright blue Speedo’s on absolutely frigid days. I have never wanted to be blind, but during my walks on the Qingdao beaches … Continue

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Holiday Nonsense in The Orient

The “Three Amigos of the Orient” (the dumb American Matt, the polite Norwegian Oystein, and the crazy Korean JK). This would be us laughing uncontrollably as the Chinese acted out scenes from “Titanic”…priceless! [Read Matt's blog]

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Looking for an ENTOURAGE

So, I’m listening to the Doors, drinking a glass of red wine, thinking about Entourage as I type away on a random Sunday night. Not my Financial Statement Analysis Class. No, not even International Finance, not the ex-GF that kicked … Continue

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Bye Bye Barbara

So there are a few thing I haven’t really talked about on my blog I have begun to take bubble baths on a regular basis while listening to jazz music. I am deathly afraid of my physical therapist, and she … Continue

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