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Must Do in Queensland Australia!

Alexander Hold — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:36:32 +0000

I have been traveling a bit in what I am calling my second home. That is what has inspired me to do this little overview of a few Must-Dos in Queensland, Australia. If you fly into Brisbane get out of the city as quickly as possible. This is the first on the list. 1. Brisbane [...]

University of the Sunshine Coast

Alexander Hold — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:26:16 +0000

University of the Sunshine Coast – 2011 to 2012 I have for a period of 12 months been doing my Double Degree for Aarhus University and University of the Sunshine Coast. I have lived in Australia for one year, in an international community of international students from all over the world. This experience has taught [...]

A future economic prediction

Alexander Hold — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:20:57 +0000

This article is not academically referenced, and should not be seen as more than a thought of the world’s current financial situation. The world is in the shitter. I am sorry to be pessimistic, but having eyes and ears makes it impossible not to notice that something is fundamentally wrong. I would like to make [...]

A Favour returning in another Favour

Alexander Hold — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:03:53 +0000

Today I did something good for somebody else. An acquaintance of mine sadly missed her hired bus out of town and felt a little lost in the situation. I advised her to catch a public bus going to the central station where from she could catch another bus heading to her destination. As a favour [...]

Was it worth the money?

Alexander Hold — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:58:29 +0000

Happy New Year Everyone! This year I spend my New Year’s Eve 2012 in Sydney, witnessing the spectacular Sydney Harbour fireworks. It was a truly amazing experience, despite the 12 hours wait for a good spot of the show. After arriving home yesterday, I had a funny incident with my landlord commenting on the fact [...]

A Total Makeover

Alexander Hold — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:09:24 +0000

If you are a loyal visitor of the site, then you might already notice the difference. I felt like it was time for a little makeover, and this is the new layout you see. One of the main ideas behind the facelift is for new visitors to be more aware of who Alexander Hold is? [...]

Latest new from Australia!

Alexander Hold — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:23:00 +0000

Time is flying by and remembering for how long I have been in Australia has become a challenge. However it must have been a while, since roommates and friends are preparing to head home. The last assignments of the semester have been done, and it has become time to study for the exams, which will [...]

Is it ever too late to reply a message?

Alexander Hold — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:02:14 +0000

Today one year later, I received a reply for a message that I wrote the 19th of October 2010. At first I got a bit surprised; however I remembered very well that I send the message a year earlier, but as I did not hear anything for a couple of days, I was in the [...]

A Noticeable Cultural Difference

Alexander Hold — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:58:42 +0000

Being a guest and a student in another country with a different culture, sometimes gives room for some interesting discussions. On many aspects Denmark and Australia are very similar towards the perception of the world; however I have discovered a difference that applies to a large amount of the citizens living in the subtropical Queensland [...]

Why you do not just Hire based on Paper

Alexander Hold — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:30:31 +0000

This article evolves out of a university community, where students sit in large auditoriums and listen to professors or other forms of lecturers. The main goal for students to attend these lectures is to be enlightened and inspired on a particular subject of their own interest. However, even though it is the intention to inspire [...]

Lesson Learned at Mount Warning

Alexander Hold — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:42:17 +0000

We live in a world where information is not further away than a search on Google, which have made our civilization to be rather knowledgeable. You can search for anything and everything. You can find videos, images, explanations, maps, games, forums, ect. Literally you can become knowledgeable by the click of a button and a [...]

Byron Bay; are you kidding me!

Alexander Hold — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:29:23 +0000

Australia keeps surprising me! It is currently winter, 25 degree Celsius, and sunny every day long. This weekend I were heading three hours down the coast, to the popular spot for adventure seeking youngsters from all over the world looking for a great beach, beautiful nature and a good night life. The spot is Byron [...]

Fraser Island or Paradise on Earth

Alexander Hold — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:05:18 +0000

Someone might call it paradise on earth; others call it the world largest sand island. The name is Fraser Island and I had the unique opportunity to experience it up on first hand. Fraser Island is the world largest sand island and it spans 120 km from the furthest point to the other. There is [...]

Danish music without limitations

Alexander Hold — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:47:17 +0000

As I thought Danish music had a limited reach, I was surprised this evening. I was attending some evening gathering in what is called the pavilion, a common area for the students to hang out. I got to meet a lot of international students from Germany, France, Norway, America, Australia etc. However I seem to [...]

Safely Arrived Down Under

Alexander Hold — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:53:29 +0000

After 32 hours on the go and several delays and a lot of running, I have finally arrived at the Sunshine Coast of Australia. It is a little ironic that the place is called the Sunshine Coast as it is raining pretty extreme in this very moment. However I have been check-in to my apartment [...]

3 minutes is all it takes

Alexander Hold — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:25:30 +0000

I just stumbled upon this video on TED. The truth is that I stumbled upon it a long time ago, but found it again yesterday evening. The video is a 3 minute lecture about how to create a movement, held by Derek Sivers who is most famous for founding the company CD baby in 1998. [...]

You are Vulnerable

Alexander Hold — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:35:03 +0000

You might have noticed that AlexanderHold.com have been offline for the past days due to the flooding’s in Copenhagen. AlexanderHold.com is hosted by a Danish web operator and the servers are not at my disposal. For websites of this kind, it is very normal to outsource the hosting as it simply makes no sense moneywise [...]

Time to Thank and say Goodbye

Alexander Hold — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:40:25 +0000

Today was a good day. Yesterday I finished my last exam for the 4th semester at Aarhus University and now I am officially ready for my two semesters abroad, as an exchange student in Queensland, Australia. Yesterday after I finished my exam I ran in to one of my friends from the University and he [...]

Appreciate Volunteers

Alexander Hold — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:42:14 +0000

Have you ever considered the value of voluntary work? A lot of events and arrangements depend on voluntary work, especially in Scandinavian countries where the cost of labour is extremely expensive. These events can simply not be a reality without the work power of volunteers that put in hard work to keep the wheels running. [...]

Watch out for the Assumptions

Alexander Hold — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:43:26 +0000

Assumptions are widely use in our daily present and is in many situation replacing facts due to ignorance. Often assumptions are very important in the process of discovering a state of truth in connection to some kind of research matter, but we do also state assumptions every time we are presented with a challenge. There [...]

Thought-Leader Series

Alexander Hold — Tue, 03 May 2011 21:36:31 +0000

During my time at Aarhus University Institute of Business and Technology I founded and hosted a range of popular guest lectures under the name of the Thought Leader Series. The concept of the guest lecture series was to invite CEO’s from the business community around the University to speak for the students about their way [...]

Freedom is Priceless

Alexander Hold — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:33:55 +0000

I just watched a show on the popular TV channel Nation Geographic, which inspired me to do this article. The show was about a real life story of four American guys, making the worst decision of their lives, when they get involved in drug trafficking. The four guys are stopped in the airport in Brazil [...]

Georg Soerensen CEO of MCH

Alexander Hold — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:22:46 +0000

Before I am beginning this article, I must admit that retelling the message and giving the energy of Georg Soerensen’s guest lecture at Aarhus University Institute of Business and Technology is close to mission impossible. However as Tom Cruise is making it in the movies, I will do my best to make it today. Yesterday [...]

Global Management Challenge 2011

Alexander Hold — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:45:05 +0000

I participated in Global Management Challenge (GMC) the world’s largest Strategy and Management Competition, where more than 450,000 university students compete worldwide. Global Management Challenge is the largest international business simulation event and has a history going back to 1980 when if for the first time emerged in Portugal by SDG – Simuladores e Modelos [...]

Lotte Littau CEO of Creativ Company

Alexander Hold — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:56:38 +0000

Wednesday 9. of march, Lotte Littau the CEO of the successful Danish company: Creativ Company visited me in the Though-Leader Series. Creativ Company is a 125 employee’s large company producing and selling hobby items for use in public institutions, as well as private companies with focus on creativity. Creativ Company has been rewarded the honour [...]