Saturday, February 28, 2009

How to read a blog

I won't name names, but there happen to be a few people in my family that might not know how to read a blog. So below, please find a tutorial for the beginner blog-reader.

Elements of the blog:

Title bar- that's the thing up above that says "Lauren, meet Asia." That's the name of my blog.
About me- that's the square to the right that says my name and has my picture. It won't change much.
Blog archive- that's right below my profile. It's basically like a table of contents for the posts that I've written. You can sort through them and find a specific one.
Blog posts- that's what this is. Each time I post, it's like a little journal entry. Each post has a date, time, and title. The "labels" at the bottom of the post are like topics. You can click on them and see all posts under that topic.

Blog posts are in reverse chronological order, meaning that the newest post is at the top.  Each time I post, it will show up at the top and push everything else down on the page. If you want to start from the beginning, scroll to the bottom of the page.

If you'd like to comment on something, just click "comment". You can leave me messages, poke fun at me, or make suggestions.

Thanks for visiting!

 

Friday, February 27, 2009

Small island, big promises!


A classmate of mine sent us this slideshow, 36 Hours in Singapore (NY Times), in honor of the fact that we're leaving in fewer than 36 hours. There is so much for us to do on such a small island.

Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo
Clarke Quay
East Coast Lagoon Food Village
KBox Karaoke (thanks Billy)
No Signboard Seafood

I can't wait to have 3 breakfasts a day so that I can try all of the street food.

So a group of MBA students walks in to a bar...

... and decides they wanted to go to Southeast Asia. The result? SE Asia GATE (Global Academic Travel Experience).

I'm traveling to Asia for 14 days and believe it or not, I get course credit for it. We're traveling to Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand. T-minus 27 hours...