Undergraduate Blog / Author: S Yakubjanov

Babsonians Unite!

As I’m sitting in a four-star hotel in Bangkok (thanks to the Babson connection Santi Srichawla for finding the enormous discount that made it possible) I’m still a little bit stunned by the sudden change of scenery. Just three days ago I was living in a triple and had to bike to work in a…

You will forever be in my heart Ayutthaya!

I’ve been in Ayutthaya teaching English to the kids of Big Elephant Temple School for a whole week now. It’s such a shame it has to end so suddenly. A week maybe a very short period, but within this time I got quite attached to this friendly little town. Every morning the three other volunteers…

And so it begins…

So finally I am in Thailand. It was really a good thing that I made a few backup plans because 2 of the three original plans didn’t quite work out (let’s not badmouth these organization). Luckily the third organization IFRE helped me out and connected me with a project to teach English in primary temple…

Pumped and ready to change lives!

Cheers friends, As you remember from our last Weissman meeting Jake, So Yoon and I were planning to embark on a journey across South East Asia to make a difference, experience the raw culture of South East Asia and undertake an experience that will serve as an abiding influence within our minds as we make…

Not the typical entrepreneurs

When most people think of the word entrepreneurship the definition that typically comes to mind is starting and running your own business. That’s true for Babson as well, but only partially. At Babson College the word “entrepreneurship” engulfs so much more. The standard answer for a request to define the word “entrepreneurship” here would be…

Time flies when you’re loving life!

Cheers friends! You’ll be seeing quite a few of my blog entries here so I thought I that I’ll start off by introducing myself. My name is Shoney Yakubjanov and I am a proud member of Babson College’s class of 2012. I come from the sunny and very welcoming post-soviet nation of Uzbekistan and am…

“YOU WOULD get a bike that generates electricity!”

Hey Gang! I really hope everyone is having the awesomest of awesome experiences right now. Looks like Amy and Jason already are. As it goes for me I’m having a pretty jolly summer as well. I was quite fortunate at acquiring a marketing strategy internship at GreenerU. If you’re wondering what GreenerU does, a one…