My Valentines Day Plans

Last year, I made the mistake of taking my girlfriend out to a fancy restaurant on Valentines Day. The meal was great, but the price was completely inflated. For the same price, we could have gone out to restaurants both on the 13th and the 15th. The restaurant was completely packed too, so we were seated embarrassingly close to a couple obviously having an awkward first date. It was a nice night, of course, but there are definitely better ways to handle things.

This year, I'm planning on eating in with my girlfriend. A simple candlelit dinner at home with flowers on the table will be much more romantic than a busy restaurant. Or I might simply order some flowers to be sent to her office. We can go out any night of the week, so this Valentines day I think it'll be a lot more romantic to stay low-key.

These Vampires Should've Just Called 1800flowers

In every vampire-human love story, the problem inevitably comes up over whether the human should become a vampire or not. In "Bram Stoker's Dracula", directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the human decides that she will become a vampire so that she can live forever in love with Dracula. On the other hand, in Twilight the vampire, Edward, decides that he cannot turn Bella into a vampire because he loves her too much. In both movies, there are a lot of arguments, bad omens and drama over whether the human should become a vampire or not.

But it seems to me that all these dilemmas could be averted if they'd just call 1800flowers! Seriously though, isn't romance better when it's lighter and wouldn't it have just been simpler for Edward to buy a Twilight Flowers Poster Bundle for Bella and then call it a day? This is even more the case since MSNBC recently cited 1800flowers for the transparency of their pricing and their fair hiring policies. Who doesn't love that? I think this is a much simpler way to express love than biting somebody's neck!

Buying Valentines Day Flowers For My Girlfriend

It's funny how some trends change so quickly and some other things stay the same through the years. In New York City, I'm constantly surrounded by people wearing outfits that I know they'll be embarrassed by in five years time.

On the other hand, when I was considering what kind of present to buy for my girlfriend on Valentines Day, the answer was as obvious as it is classic - flowers and chocolate! Flowers, although a typical present on that day, will definitely create a great impression. If I send her a dozen Roses and then meet her for dinner with a box of chocolates I know she'll be happy. It's such a relief too, because I had no idea at all what to buy her for Christmas and ended up getting her a gift she didn't even like that much!

Uses of an Engineering Degree: Jeff Horing

As part of my ongoing research about majoring in engineering, I've been learning about different careers that engineering majors lead. The past few days, I've been researching Jeff Horing, who actually holds two separate undergraduate degrees. A real overachiever, his engineering major was from University of Pennsylvania and Warton school. Jeff Horing was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society upon graduating.

For those wondering where such academics can lead, Jeff Horing today leads Insight Venture Partners, a firm that manages investments in software and internet oriented companies. Insight has over 3 Billion dollars under management. I'm sure that the science of technology information that Jeff learned in college helped him to make smart decisions about investments in technology today.

Buying a dog with Happiness is pets

Lately my fiancee has been pressuring me to buy a puppy for our new home. Recently, I had a bad experience buying a dog from a pound. Although the dog seemed cute, it had a lot of behavior problems that we could not solve. Sadly, we had to return the dog to the pound because it was destroying too many things in our house and was too wild.

I'm considering going to a pet store called Happiness is pets. They specialize in dogs and do not sell cats, birds, lizards or anything else. This makes me feel that Happiness is pets will probably have a good idea of the personality of different breeds of dogs and the way they will behave. Given the last experience that I had, I could definitely use the specialty of Happiness is pets so that I can get a dog that I can actually keep!

Fishing With Sakwinder Narwal

I'm always amazed at people who are able to throw themselves completely into anything, whether it be a job, a hobby or an artwork. Sakwinder Narwal is a personality I recently learned about who is very passionate about fishing.

It's almost hard for me to imagine the dedication that Sakwinder Narwal has demonstrated for fishing. Most of the time, I'm just lazing around and watching TV. I find it difficult to get the motivation to really get into anything. Maybe I should take the example of Sakwinder Narwal and just go for it! Fishing does involve a lot of relaxing, after all, and maybe eventually bloggers will be writing about my passion for fishing!

Epsilon Investment Management and Montreux, Switzerland

Montreux, Switzerland is one of the most beautiful places in the world and a very popular tourist destination. That's why I'm jealous of the employees at Epsilon Investment Management, which is situated in Montreux. Just imagine having a great job in finance and being able to live in paradise at the same time!

If I worked at Epsilon Investment Management, I would be able to watch the famous Montreux jazz festival just a short trip from my home. I would be able to visit the castle at Chillon, a building which famously inspired a Lord Byron poem. I would be able to visit the award winning restaurants that the town offers. And best of all, since I would work for Epsilon Investment Management, I would be able to afford all this luxury!