John Gunter

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Hilarious video and 5 reasons I love Georgia Tech (my alma-mater)

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I got this video in an email from Troy Coons this morning. As I watched it on my iPhone, stuck in beyond awful Asian rush hour traffic, as the audio boomed through the FM transmission and out of my cheap Chinese made car speakers, I almost drove off the road I was laughing so hard.

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For the remainder of today, I kept thinking about why I loved that video and my days as a student at Georgia Tech so much.

Here are five such reasons I love my alma-mater, the Georgia Institute of Technology:

  1. Lack of a “cool factor” – [Read more…]

The (not so) highlights of my LONG plane rides this summer

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This was JUST prior to our long delay. I had a full beard by the time I arrived in America (or so it felt). . .
This was JUST prior to our long delay. I had a full beard by the time I arrived in America (or so it felt). . .

This summer saw yet another series of LONG plane trips.  By my count, now I am up to 60+ flights of 9 or more hours in duration.  As I focused on both the people of LONG lights and tips to surviving long flights last summer, I am now going to focus on some of my lows in taking LONG flights.

Now don’t get me wrong, there are a few things I like about LONG flights.  However here I am going to focus on some of the more annoying aspects of these types of flights, as was the case this summer (and the flight I am currently on).

So, without further ado, here are the 8 (not so) highlights of my LONG plane trips from this summer. [Read more…]

Travels and such . . . highlights from this past month

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One of the highlights of the summer was with Sam, Young Mee, and Emmy Shin in Denver.
One of the highlights of the summer was with Sam, Young Mee, and Emmy Shin in Denver.

It’s good to be back! Though it was a needed break from writing, I am happy to be “back in the saddle” posting and checking in on this blog more regularly.

As I type this, I am back on a trans-pacific flight headed to my Asian home. In the past few weeks, I have crossed a total of 24 time zones and have slept in 11 different hotels and/or homes. There have been many very long days of work and very few times of rest and recreation. I did have some down time, but very little.

I have spent significant time in three Asian cities, as well as Los Angeles, Colorado, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. While my body is weary, my heart is full. Though I did work much, I also had significant time with a few friends and my direct family.

Here are some of my highlights from the past four weeks of travel:

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Airport hopping and summer plans for this blog

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A scene (taken today) which will be way too common for me during the next month.
A scene (taken today) which will be way too common for me during the next month.

As I sit here, I am in yet another Asian airport. I am currently THREE hours into a delay that looks like it might last until the winter solstice. They have already canceled several flights going to my destination city. Free lunch was just served, which is another bad sign. I expect to be stuck here for a while. And, this is JUST the beginning. . . [Read more…]

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