Bear with me as I try to remember and explain the past few days in a nutshell. I've been absolutely crazy with my internship at NDD, building my final model, 30 page project report, powerpoint presentation + presentation poster. Whew!Where to begin?
On Tuesday, a group of us headed to Tainan to work at NDD [New Design Dimensions Firm] for two days. We were given our assignment, to research the target buyers for fitness equipment sold at Costcos in the US. The company selling these specific machines was SportsArt and they proposed that we use color as a way to make the machines sell better in stores. Many things were lost in translation, but in the end we did a ton of research on market trends/color. We also redesigned the interface display for one of their treadmills. They really just wanted to hear what we had to say about it as americans and get our thoughts/ideas. It was an awesome place, we even got to work with our shoes off.
Later that night, the four of us had a AMAZING dinner at TGI Fridays. I had a 10 ounce NY Strip with mashed potatoes. It cost about 34 American dollars for my meal. It was expensive but so entirely worth every penny spent! The hotel we stayed at was also incredible. With a separate tub and shower, flat screen tv, robes, and a huge king sized bed all to myself. It was so different from my lofted bunk bed and 2 inch thick matress....
When we arrived back to Shu-Te Wednesday night, our models needed to be finished and ready for the next morning. My group had been working for the two days I was gone and finished soon after I arrived back. It really turned out great! As I mentioned previously, our model is a structure for learning Tai Chi, the frame area will hold graphics/instructions to learn Tai Chi poses. There is a shaded bench area for relaxing. The objective was to make it look Taiwanese. Here are some pictures....
So we are in a different dorm room for the last few days... last night the auburn boys [down the hall] had the world's 8th most venemous snake in their room. It was touching my friend Dan's feet under his desk. Thank goodness they are okay! So far I have only seen a fairly large gecko in our new room, however snakes eat lizards... I pray no snake enters this room or there will be three screaming girls swiming back to the states!
Well I am finally done with all of my work. I plan on getting a hair cut and massage + doing all of my last minute shopping within the next few days. We leave on Tuesday from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong at 11:30am on DragonAir. Our flight from HK to San Fran is arriving at 11:35am Pacific time on Cathay Pacific.
