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The Final Count Down...

800x600 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The weekend passed so quickly, I met with the Rotaract group here in Houston (one of the many clubs that exists in the city) I wanted to see what it was like here since...

Published 04-Sep-2011 13:43 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, week 8, Zoo, Scotland, University of Abertay, Wood Group PSN, Cheesecake Factory, Blog 9, Nicola Thomson

How to get keen businessmen/women out of a networking event…

The weekend went past very quickly, it was a relaxing weekend that included; taking the guys to the airport so they could enjoy Vegas, sitting by the pool, going to the cinema, horse riding at Cyprus Trails and shopping. All of which provided some surprises...

Published 26-Aug-2011 16:20 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, week 7, Networking, Abertay University, Wood Group PSN, happy hour, babc, blog 8

"Hey Houston, we've had a problem here." James A. Lovell, Jr

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hello everyone, another late blog being posted (sorry Saltire). I moved to Human Resources in week 3 and was there for 2 weeks. I was excited at the task of re-designing the HR SharePoint site. I was...

Published 25-Aug-2011 21:30 by Kraig Martin

Filed under: Houston, wood group, Houston WoodGroup, San Antonio, University of Abertay, Wood Group PSN

Its fun to stay at the…Y.M.C.A!

Hello again. I must start off by adding in what I accidentally missed out from last weeks blog. We had another field trip this time to Transocean’s Training Centre. We got a tour of what their engineers would be trained on. I found it really exciting...

Published 19-Aug-2011 14:14 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Houston, week 6, Transocean, YMCA, Wood Group PSN, New Project.

Some like it HOT!!!

This week was my fourth and final week within the Corporate Communications department and it was sad to see it come to an end as I have met so many lovely people during my time within the Opus Building. The week consisted of wrapping up the Bingo event...

Published 09-Aug-2011 3:07 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, America, week 4, wood group, Baseball, Abertay University, blog5, HOT

!ATTENTION! Wolf Pack now recruiting..

Hey y’all. We are now into our third week of our Wood group internship, for me this is the final week of my rotation in Oracle finance. Where… (Prepare yourself for this, shot of espresso/mountain dew/ red bull WILL be needed) I have been...

Published 29-Jul-2011 15:12 by Jack Nicoll

Filed under: Houston, Texas, finance, week 2, wood group, University of Strathclyde, 2011, jack nicoll

"Your Kid Sucks"

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE It is needless to say that this last week has just flown by. It seems like it was only a few days ago that I posted my last blog. We have been so busy this last week; I guess the saying is true. Time really...

Published 25-Jul-2011 4:25 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, week 2, wood group, USA, Abertay University

Happy in Houston

I arrived in Houston on Friday 9 th July having been on two flights with KLM which were enjoyable with a great selection of movies and TV shows to keep me amused, although the early start allowed me to nap for a little bit on the flight, I was eager to...

Published 14-Jul-2011 21:04 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, week 1, wood group, USA, Abertay University, Dallas

A year on...

I can’t believe this time last year we were heading off to Houston, on what would turn out to be some of the best weeks of my life to date. I had the new and old Wood Group interns at my flat for dinner this week, as it’s become a tradition...

Published 07-Jul-2011 9:19 by Kirsty Nisbet

Filed under: Houston, Texas, wood group, USA, University of Strathclyde, Houston WoodGroup, Time

Before I leave

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE ‘That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and think how different its course would have been. Pause...

Published 17-Jun-2011 13:25 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Houston, wood group, Edinburgh, Visa, U.S.A, Journey, Abertay University

And so it ends

Well, after eight stupendously incredibly amazing weeks, a day and a half awake and almost 4500 miles, I’m finally home in cloudy, drizzly Scotland. At the minute I feel like someone has played a horrible joke on us, and later on today they’ll...

Published 07-Sep-2010 10:19 by William Scott Tyre

Filed under: Houston, week 8, wood group, LIT, NASA

A sky-dive? Are you crazy?

Hi everyone, This week I did one of the craziest things of my, admittedly rather risk free, life so far. Along with Anton, Jen, John, Valerie Mathieu and John Lee, I, William Scott Tyre, jumped out of a perfectly good aircraft at 14000 feet. It was one...

Published 25-Aug-2010 18:37 by William Scott Tyre

Filed under: Houston, wood group, LIT, Sky Dive

A Change of Pace

We're down to our last two weeks, I know we've all said it but time really has flown by! This past week has been really interesting for me, it was my first chance to work on a team with a few other interns and I got to help with a project close...

Published 25-Aug-2010 2:53 by Kirsty Nisbet

Filed under: Houston, Texas, week 7, wood group, corporate communications, MS 150

A Leap of Faith

Hello all once again it is time to fill you all in on the weeks events. This week at work has really heated up. I spent the week brain storming with two of my fellow interns on how to design a new Wood Group website for the BP MS 150. For all of you that...

Published 24-Aug-2010 15:53 by John McClelland

Filed under: Houston, Texas, wood group, Sky Dive, Free-falling, Team Building

Teambuilding at 14,000 ft!

Hi Everyone! You would think that by now I would find writing my blog an easy task, this is not the case. It is however only difficult as there is so much to write and I feel that I will end up typing for hours! So… week 5, its come by fast hasn’t...

Published 24-Aug-2010 14:46 by Jennifer Kemp

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Houston, week 5, week 6, U.S.A, Houston WoodGroup

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