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Steve Jobs - innovative and inspiring entrepreneur

I am now a few weeks into my last year of undergraduate studies at Stirling University and must say that I am very busy at the moment with academic and extracurricular committments. Still, I thought it would be a good idea to take just a little time to talk about a few things. Firstly, I am going to...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 09-Oct-2011
Filed under: Filed under: USA, Accounting, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling

From Caledonia to California

Nine weeks ago I departed from rainy Edinburgh and landed more than half a day later in sunny San Jose. Now, I would like to reflect on this time and my experience. The weather here has been just amazing and it often took me by surprise, when I walked out of Building G of the National Campus where I...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 08-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, employment, America, USA, rain, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, sightseeing, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Scotland, San Diego, last week, L.A., Palo Alto

The penultimate week

This has been my penultimate working week at National and a busy one. My manager has been out in the last few days to Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX to meet some of the managers there for the upcoming closing deal between National and TI. Everybody now is just waiting for it to close and it is hoped...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 02-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling, San Diego, Week 9, Palo Alto, Stanford

"Get ready for the photo shoot"

Today's working day started off with a photo shoot in the morning in front of the National sign at Building C. Everybody working in Finance came together to have a photo taken in front of the sign that maybe soon will bear a different company's name on it after the deal with TI is closed. It...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 17-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, America, Accounting, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, 2011, University of Stirling, San Francisco

Past the halfway point

It is hard to believe that I am already more than halfway through my internship. Well, I guess time flies when you are having fun. In my last blog, I mentioned that I will be involved in more projects and the last week has been steadily busy. This week started off with a lot of work too and I think that...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 09-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, Accounting, national semiconductor, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling

“Oh, the calculator you are using is made by Texas Instruments...”

Another amazing week of my internship has passed and I really feel integrated well within National. I continue to work with many different people and on interesting and diverse projects. Yesterday, for instance, I went to work early because I had a deadline to meet. I had been put in charge of preparing...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 03-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, finance, USA, Management Accounting, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Dallas

What’s not to like?

I would like to start off this week's blog with a conversation I had with my manager Mark recently who is from Scotland. I told him that after our hike last week, we had lunch at the golf course and that I was talking to another Scottish guy, Cameron, who has also been living in California working...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 26-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 3, America, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, 2011, University of Stirling

The end of one chapter and the beginning of another...

14.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Sitting here thinking of the summer ahead, my exams now seemingly a distant memory and my part time job a thing of the past, I cannot help thinking of how I felt this time last year. How many others can say that they spent two months living and working...

Posted to Undergraduates by Graeme Sharpe on 19-May-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Boston, finance, America, New York, morgan stanley, Florida, Banking, Accounting, california, U.S.A, atlantic city, Career Choices, Hymans Robertson, Actuary

Mao in Mong Kok

So, continuing the blog-opening theme of time flying etc., it hit me today that I now only have six working days remaining, definitely the harshest reminder yet that there is not long to go! At work, things are still going to plan. The main body of work for my project is now complete, so it's just...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 24-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: China, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Asia, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup, Market, Chairman Mao, Mao Zedong, Microsoft Office, Mong Kok, Brass Animal, Disneyland, antiques, Antique

75%

Or, 3/4, 6 weeks of 8, however you want to look at it. That's how long I've been here and as I find myself saying every time, I cannot even begin to explain how quickly the time has went. Seems to be a recurring theme in most blogs I've read. Work is still going well, my project is reaching...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 20-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, week 6, Asia, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup, University of Glasgow, Citi, Ngong Ping 360, Giant Buddha, Tian Tan

Halfway there...

Or a little more than halfway, and it's hard to believe that this time in three weeks I'll be back in sunny Glasgow. Reading the other blogs this feeling seems to be universal and it really is difficult to comprehend where the time has went. Having now been here five weeks, life in Hong Kong...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 15-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup, University of Glasgow, Citi, HSBC

We Need Queen Money

Approaching the end of Week 3 and it's safe to say that the time is flying by. Work is going well and I'm growing more adjusted to the vastness of Hong Kong. Even after 8 weeks I doubt I'll have scratched the surface of the place. Despite being over 5000 miles and eight time zones away, Hong...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 30-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup, University of Glasgow, Citi

Hong Kong Calling

One week on and I'm pleased to say that I'm doing well in the "Fragrant Harbour." I now feel well settled and in a city which has been so welcoming and negotiable so far, it would be difficult not to. My journey began last Saturday afternoon with my departure from Glasgow to Hong Kong...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 18-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Banking, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup

The Hong Kong dollar is the 9th most traded currency in the world

-With land mass of 1,104 km 2 (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. -There are 7,650 skyscrapers in Hong Kong, putting the city at the top of world rankings. -Over 90% of daily travels (11 million) in Hong Kong are on...

Posted to Undergraduates by George Black on 03-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, China, Hong Kong, Asia, Banking, Management Accounting, Expense Management, Citibank, Accounting, Citigroup