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Blog 6: The Circle of Life

The Beginning of a new routine After my exhausting week I had a very relaxing weekend and starting a bit of a weekend routine. On Saturday I had a long lie then got up and went shopping in the mall, very American I thought. I also looked into doing to...

Published 12-Sep-2011 12:37 by Flora Wright

Filed under: New York, Strathclyde University, Janey, EME, Flora, circle of life, love story, near death experience

A Saltire Foundation billboard in Times Square!

It has been said that ‘the most valuable billboard real estate space in New York City is in Times Square." Times Square is one of the world's busiest intersections with an average of 500,000 people passing through it every day. Many say...

Published 06-Sep-2011 15:36 by Jane Manson

Filed under: New York, t-shirt, billboard, Times Square, Jane Manson

Blog 5: Long Lies and Free Dinners

This has been one long week; the reason for the very late blogs, sorry. After our lovely lunch last Friday, I left work on early for a road trip to Boston. In Boston I spent the weekend with the Saltire interns there, unfortunately or luckily, Stuart...

Published 31-Aug-2011 21:55 by Flora Wright

Filed under: Boston, New York, Strathclyde University, GE, Janey, EME, Wright, Flora, free dinners, long lies, Ryan Gosling, long lies and free dinners

Blog 4 – A kettle is………… a kettle. (Not a Kestle or Casserole?? )

This week I had a lovely call from my landlady, Harline, making sure I was all settled in and had everything I needed. In our chat I mentioned that a kettle might be a nice idea along with a few other bits and bobs for the apartment. When Harline dropped...

Published 31-Aug-2011 21:47 by Flora Wright

Filed under: New York, Strathclyde University, GE, Janey, EME, kettle, kestle, Wright, Flora, farmers market, shopping

So...how was your Summer?

This blog is combining week eight and nine of my internship as I have been so busy I don’t know whether it’s New York or New Year! Compiling my last few projects has been both challenging and rewarding. The biggest task I was given was to...

Published 27-Aug-2011 23:25 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: week 8, New York, farewell, 2011, MaeVona, UWS, Alana Mathers, Week 9

Living the dream!

A quick introduction... I am Jane and my internship is with the Trump Organization at Trump Tower in New York. Monday 9 am, standing on 5 th Avenue, New York, just about to enter Trump Tower for the first time, was a totally surreal moment! Trump Tower...

Published 09-Aug-2011 19:19 by Jane Manson

Filed under: New York, University of Strathclyde, Dream, Trump

Blog 1: Luck My Luck…

Hello, I’m Flora and I have … FLORA LUCK. Having your own brand of luck may sound like I have a breezy life. However in reality it’s more like an exciting adventure, sometimes a seemly impossible adventure. My Saltire summer so far...

Published 09-Aug-2011 2:32 by Flora Wright

Filed under: New York, Strathclyde University, GE, Janey, EME, Flora Wright, Flora Luck, Flora Jane, Flora

Lucky Number Seven

Week Seven! This week involved filming for numerous projects, so editing them all is a bit of a challenge! Making sure all the footage is in the right place is making my eyes square, but it’s worth it! I went to one of the Manhattan jewellers who...

Published 08-Aug-2011 3:52 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: week 7, New York, Global Scot, MaeVona, Alana Mathers

She's beauty and she's grace, she's Miss United States...

Week six accomplished! Another week in the Big Apple has once again proven to be good’un! My main task at work this week was to plan a Training Video for MaeVona to send out to their retailers all across the US and Canada to ensure the sales staff...

Published 31-Jul-2011 4:41 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: week 6, New York, 2011, MaeVona, Alana Mathers

"Feeling at home has little to do with your location"

Week five and I am melting. The heat in NYC is quite ridonkulous and my poor Scottish skin canny take it! Thank goodness for air conditioning! This week at work has included quite a lot of location filming, trying to find suitable spots in the City to...

Published 23-Jul-2011 18:28 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: week 5, New York, 2011, MaeVona, Alana Mathers

Pinkberry

This week seems to have been one busy week! I was invited out to dinner this week by my Boss/GlobalScot, Maeve, and her American business partner, and his partner this week. I was more nervous for this than I was on my first...

Published 15-Jul-2011 21:23 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: New York, Global Scot, 2011, MaeVona, Alana Mathers

Week Three?! Ah canny believe it!

Another week in the Big Apple is flying by. This week has been a day short anyway as Monday was Independence Day providing a long weekend! I went out on Monday, but unless you had looked at the calendar before you left the house, you wouldn’t have...

Published 07-Jul-2011 23:21 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: New York, 2011, MaeVona, UWS, Alana Mathers

The next stop is....hopefully the right one!

Hello once again from the Big Apple! Well I’m nearly at the end of week two of my internship! Time definitely does fly when you’re having fun!! This week has been full of brainstorming film ideas, more research, getting to grips with my fancy...

Published 01-Jul-2011 0:13 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: New York, 2011, MaeVona, UWS, Alana Mathers

Day Four in the Big Apple Office.

Hello Hello from New York City!! Quick introduction before we get this blog on the road! I’m Alana, and I am currently an intern at Scottish jewelry company MaeVona in the heart of Manhattan! During my internship, I will be working with the sales...

Published 23-Jun-2011 16:38 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: New York, 2011, MaeVona, UWS

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...

Published 19-May-2011 14:41 by Graeme Sharpe

Filed under: Boston, finance, America, New York, morgan stanley, Florida, Banking, Accounting, california, U.S.A, atlantic city, Career Choices, Hymans Robertson, Actuary

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