Sunday, May 5, 1996

May 5, 1996: Food Marketing Institute Conference

Left at 5:30 a.m. from Muskegon to Kalamazoo to go with some other students to the Food Marketing Institute Conference at the McCormick Place in Chicago.    Each student worked as a student coordinator in a workshop or in publicity.   This place was 7 miles long.   Had some short rehearsals.  Found out that each of our tickets was $325 and we didn't have to pay.

The hotel was free to the students.   We stayed at the Ramada Congress on Michigan Avenue.
My roommate was Pauline from Malaysia.  We got along great. 
At night, Teak (aka Deyoung Yap), Shamsheila Ibrahim, Sieu Ping, Pauline, and I ate at the Hard Rock Cafe.  

McCormick Place seemed overwhelming at first, but I seemed to find my way around quite fast.

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