Pics from Safari

Jet lag is setting in now, so this post will be quick. These are the highlights of the pics I took on safari in the Masai Mara last weekend with my new camera!


















Giraffe up close.














A pack of elephants.














We visited a Masai village and made this human MIT with our guide.


















Two cheetahs, a very rare sighting!














We found a fully grown male lion on the very first day. He was right outside of our vehicle's window which is how I got such a clear shot!














And just to prove I didn't pull these pics off of google, here is me with an elephant in the background!

Forum with the PM of Kenya

Just got back from Africa and there is a ton to blog about. But in the meantime, here is a news video clip of when we sat on a panel at the University of Nairobi. It was an intense session, but of course the one time they show me I am looking down at my fake watch!

flight to kenya!

My flight to Kenya is tonight! We leave out of Logan around 7:20PM and arrive in London tomorrow.

I had to start taking my anti-Malarial pills today and they make me feel like I have constant heartburn. Plus, I have to take these for a month after I get back!

Relax drank

Here is an interesting drink I got from the corner shop. I like the
tagline "slow your roll." I must admit though that I am scared to
drink this because it has melatonin in it!

CEO dinner

Tomorrow I will be having dinner with CEO of Dunkin' Brands Nigel Travis. This is part of the CEO class I am taking where CEO's from all industries come in and have dinner with some students and then speak to a group of 100 or so other students. I'm hoping he brings gooodies!

They tell us about their career paths and the tough decisions they've had to make. So far, being a CEO sounds really lonely, but hey, you don't get paid to make friends! Will blog more later.

Book Signed!

As many of you may remember, I posted a pic of the b-day present that John and April sent me last year: http://kr8z8.blogspot.com/2009/04/bday-present.html

To my surprise, the author who is an MIT professor in the Media Lab came to give a talk at Sloan on behalf of the Marketing Club and the Isreali Club. So I brought my book and went and got it signed! The talk was pretty cool discussing how peoples' behavior is quite counter intuitive to how you would think people would behave. One such example he gave was research he was doing that would be applied to outrageous Wall Street CEO bonuses, and how this could possibly hinder performance. Of course, none of the companies wanted to do any experiments or even studies with him because they rationalized that their CEO's were extra special and above these kinds of compensation studies.

But then he spoke about healthcare applications and how physician compensation must really change from the a reward per service model, which will only promote the most expensive procedures and treatments.

The inscription above reads "Dear Kim, Irrationally yours, Dan Ariely"

Cool stuff!