On to Taipei

We arrived at our hotel in Taipei yesterday after a weather delayed flight from Shanghai. I had an interview scheduled for 4:00 pm so I had to rush to get settled and changed. Since we had been at this same hotel last year I was confident that I could find a comfortable corner to do the interview. Little did I know that the hotel is under renovation – so the lobby I remember no longer exists. In fact there is no lobby. Just a very small desk for registration. I was able to find Janice, my 4:00 interview with no trouble, and we were able to find a corner on the fair floor to talk.
Luckily the weather had no effect on the World MBA fair here in Taipei. A steady stream of prospective MBA students flowed through the venue throughout the evening. I was able to speak with a good number of prospects and hope to see at least a few at Baruch in the next year or so.
I ended the evening with a final interview at 9:30 pm. We found a quiet little place on the 3rd floor of the hotel to sit and talk. One hour went by very quickly as we spoke about Baruch and New York City, and Lai Sin’s plans for her future career.
I have one final interview in Taipei tomorrow, so today we had some time to explore. It has been raining quite heavily since we got here – with no hopes of a let up – so anything that involved walking outside was out of the question. Many of the people I met recommended that we visit Taipei 101 – the tallest building in Taipei and home of 3 floors of high end shops. From what I understand – on a clear day ‘you can see forever’ from the top … but not today. We walked around the shops for a few hours anyway – not exactly my idea of what to do when visiting a foreign country – but at least we stayed dry. Hopefully we’ll see some sun before we leave Taipei on Sunday morning.