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		<title>Fail&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repost from: https://fisher.osu.edu/blogs/gradlife/2009/10/02/fail/
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you were born and doesn’t stop until you get called for oral recitation.”
I got the line, which is a George Jessel quotation with a twist, from my friend Kristine Malabanan. And it perfectly sums up what happened yesterday during MBA 812: Managerial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=556&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Photo journalist&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://erikray.wordpress.com/?p=549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About two weeks ago, I received an email from Schmap New York Guide. They said that one of my photos in flickr has been &#8220;shortlisted for inclusion&#8221; in the eight edition of their publication.
I tried to recall the photos I uploaded. No matter how hard I tried, I could not think of a photo which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=549&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>professional blogger</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/professional-blogger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fisher]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://erikray.wordpress.com/?p=544</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I never thought this could ever happen. I am now receiving compensation for blogging.  
Now, before I mislead you into thinking that this was bigger than it actually is, let me explain.
About 2 months ago, I received an email from the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University (my school) calling for applications for bloggers for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=544&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>feeling important</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/feeling-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admit. I was terrified!
During our program check in, I, along with my batchmates, received a whole bunch of documents (and a thumb drive with even more files). One of the documents was an assignment to be submitted next wednesday. The first question was the most horrifying sight. It asks &#8220;How would you describe your financial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=541&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>suit up</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/suit-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[barong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never was a great fan of dressing up.
If I had choice, I would rather just wear jeans and a shirt. But I wore a suit today. (I know, right???)
In my more than 23 years of existence, I have only worn the suit at most four times. The barong (Filipino national costume), which is also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=535&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>year 2</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/year-2/</link>
		<comments>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/year-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My blog turns 2 today &#8212; and the timing&#8217;s perfect.
The theme of this blog would be changing. In two days, I will be heading to Columbus, Ohio for the actual start of the new chapter I have been raving about weeks ago.
For the next two years, I will be a graduate student. And I would have  A LOT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=533&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>fun graphs with heart</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/fun-graphs-with-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[extra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AN1H1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graphs. I bet you never thought they can be fun. Graphs and charts are pretty much limited to work or school, right?
WRONG! For one, Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segal in How I Met Your Mother, CBS) has shown in the Right Place, Right Time episode (Ep 22, Season 4) how he uses these visual representation of data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=528&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">erikray</media:title>
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		<title>My bookshelf</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/my-bookshelf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://erikray.wordpress.com/?p=525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Accountancy. Mathematics. Economics.

I’m no accountant. I am neither a mathematician nor an economist. But for the moment, my nose has been buried on books on these fields of study.
Why?

I need to prepare.
September marks the start of another chapter of my life. It would be challenging. No, make that very, very, very challenging.
With limited, if any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=525&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>day at the museum</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/day-at-the-museum/</link>
		<comments>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/day-at-the-museum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[met museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metropolitan museum of art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michaelangelo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[art is the product of human creativity. so, art could mean anything. and i saw art in every form when we visited the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
van gogh, picasso, and boccioni are just some of the famous names whose works are under this one roof. they even had michaelangelo&#8217;s first painting on special exhibit. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=515&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>rollin&#8217; on the river: exploring new york (days 2 and 3)</title>
		<link>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/rollin-on-the-river-exploring-new-york-day-2-and-3/</link>
		<comments>http://erikray.wordpress.com/2009/07/19/rollin-on-the-river-exploring-new-york-day-2-and-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erikray</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[circle line tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ellis island]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberty island]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
what do sparklers (the fire cracker), xmen, and the titanic have in common?
the statue of liberty, of course.

liberty is the only brand of sparklers i know of. and it&#8217;s a regular in our new year&#8217;s celebration.
the statue was featured prominently in the xmen (1) movie. magneto installed his machine that could make ordinary humans into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=erikray.wordpress.com&blog=1579144&post=510&subd=erikray&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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