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Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Joys of Domesticating in a New Land

I’ve lived a somewhat sheltered life. I was never trained to do house chores, simply because our family always had one to do them. If there’s one chore that I sometimes do at home, it would have to be washing the dishes. I wake up to a dining table full of breakfast fare every morning, [...]

The Joys of Domesticating in a New Land

I’ve lived a somewhat sheltered life. I was never trained to do house chores, simply because our family always had one to do them. If there’s one chore that I sometimes do at home, it would have to be washing the dishes. I wake up to a dining table full of breakfast fare every morning, [...]

About Us

Why start a Blog? Thank you for visiting the UK Intern and Graduate Blog, my name is Lillian Hiscox and I am responsible for launching and driving the Blog. The idea began when I joined Microsoft and I instantly became overwhelmed by the amount of responsibility and opportunity that was given to me on beginning [...]

In Search of the Perfect Crab in Singapore

One of the best things about going on an internship in the APAC RHQ here in  Singapore is you’d get to explore a new city with your fellow-interns. One slow Saturday evening, I set out to go to an obscure, but very popular, seafood restaurant called Mellben Seafood (233 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, 560233). [...]

WW Intern Profile Thailand: Chaiwat Lertcumpeesil- National Technology Officer

Hey Everyone! I’m Chaiwat, but you can call me Boat. That’s my nick! (My mom gave that to me, pretty common in Thailand to have these kinds of nickname thought ^^”) I’m one of the four interns from Thailand this year.  I don’t know if you have already met them in this blog or not, [...]

So you want us to tell you how to Market Office 2010? No problem!

What’s something big happen on 4th of July? Maybe You’ll say it’s the independence day of United States. But for me and all of the interns to MACH from South East Asia, today is a big day as we are having a final presentation on a competition called Microsoft Protégé. Basically, Microsoft Protégé is a [...]

WW Intern Profile Indonesia: Taruna Tarachandani- Marketing & Operations

Hi, my name is TarunaTarachandani and I am currently doing an internship at Microsoft Asia Pacific as a Management trainee at Marketing and Operations Department. Let me share with you a little thing about what I do here. I am doing market research which will be then translated to a marketing campaign aimed to students. [...]

“Know it , Use it, Love it”

Internship in Microsoft Regional Head Quarter Singapore is a very precious and priceless opportunity.  In intern to MACH program each of us was given the unique project and team project. The team project is about to set up the marketing plan for Microsoft Office Ultimate 2010 for the students. We all were challenged to work [...]

Trip back home

As my project progressed, I know I was bound to personally talk to my subsidiary. I was initially offered by HR to go back to my sub in the Philippines and get to know the other guys there. But now, with the double  objective of getting to know them and learning more about the business, I [...]