As the last event ending the semester, I participated in a Business Plan competition. My group ended up with third place, winning a cash prize that bought a night of karaoke. I really didn't expect to win anything, so making it to the final round was a pleasant surprise. The winner will go on to the Asia Business Plan Competition, which, last year, was held in Thailand - I'm not sure about this year. The pictures in reverse order, are me speaking in the final round, our group standing in front of our showcase, our "CEO" giving his 60 second elevator speech, me looking bored in front of our showcase, and then us receiving our finalist award. Altogether, it was a fun experience.
In celebration of the Chinese New Year, there are streets full of vendors selling flowers, decorations, and a bunch of trinkets you don't really need. They even pass garden decorations (see third picture) as toys that people hold while they're walking around because they spin. And because this is the year of the bull, everybody was wearing lighted bull horns - we personally thought they looked more like devil horns. There were also plenty of bull decorations - like the big gold bull statue in the second picture. It was fun, but there sure are a lot of people.
