I hate my resume. I feel so lame when I look at it. I guess I have some good stuff on it but I always feel like I'm not good enough.
Anyway, I love Nik. He makes me feel good about myself. He loves me but I would never show him my crappily formatted resume.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Monday, July 25, 2005
Sunday, July 24, 2005
The Bus Entry
The Bus Entry
I’m on my way back to NYC from Philly. This was a travel-packed weekend, much like the weekend two weekends from now will be. On Saturday I left Chinatown headed toward Washington, D.C. Once there, I ran into Inyoung on the street and she lead me to the corner where Nik was waiting outside the Metro station. I’m glad I got to see Inyoung. She won’t be back in school this year but she is going back to Korea soon. She’s a sweet girl and it’s quite possible I will never see her again. Then again, I think I said that to myself last time I said bye to her too and look what happened.
Nik and I have concluded that DC is the most confusing place to drive in ever. I don’t get it. I think I just need to look at a map and take it in because driving around in it made no sense. The letter/number/state system doesn’t make sense to me. Grids make sense to me. Nik was crazy for having told me to go park his car while he took the ikea bed upstairs. He’s lucky I ever made it back…but I can’t say the same about me finding a parking space.
We got up way too early in the morning to get another bus from DC Chinatown to Philly Chinatown. That was a very interesting bus experience. I (again) am lucky to have gotten a seat on that bus. Not only did I not have my ticket (but I did have an email to show the confirmation number on my cell phone, thank goodness), but the bus was overpacked and everyone refused to give up their seats, even if they didn’t have tickets. There was a lot of back and forth in Chinese and I had to ask the guy behind me what was going on. Then the bus lady was yelling at this family of Mexican people to get off the bus because other people have already paid. They refused saying they would pay and they got here before everyone who was standing in the aisle, myself included. Eventually the bus lady demanded $60 for each ticket in order for them to stay on the bus. They refused and continued to insist that they deserved their seat. Eventually some stuff happened in Spanish and some woman mediated and 3 members of the family got off the bus and the father person stayed on due to some emergency in NYC. I got one of the seats they gave up.
I don’t know about this incoming freshmen class. They were a little off at today’s On the Road event in Philly. Normally these first-years and their parents are full of those typical college questions, but these weren’t. Frankly, this group was full of weirdos – unicycle girls and guys who lock themselves in their rooms to play whatever those weirdos play – in the making. Thanks a lot, admissions counselors.
I miss Nik.
Speaking of the rest of my life, I’ve recently come up with a few life goals that I suppose I should start working toward.
1) Learn to play guitar
2) Live/work in Europe and/or some other foreign country for a period in my life
3) Live for something greater than money
I’m on my way back to NYC from Philly. This was a travel-packed weekend, much like the weekend two weekends from now will be. On Saturday I left Chinatown headed toward Washington, D.C. Once there, I ran into Inyoung on the street and she lead me to the corner where Nik was waiting outside the Metro station. I’m glad I got to see Inyoung. She won’t be back in school this year but she is going back to Korea soon. She’s a sweet girl and it’s quite possible I will never see her again. Then again, I think I said that to myself last time I said bye to her too and look what happened.
Nik and I have concluded that DC is the most confusing place to drive in ever. I don’t get it. I think I just need to look at a map and take it in because driving around in it made no sense. The letter/number/state system doesn’t make sense to me. Grids make sense to me. Nik was crazy for having told me to go park his car while he took the ikea bed upstairs. He’s lucky I ever made it back…but I can’t say the same about me finding a parking space.
We got up way too early in the morning to get another bus from DC Chinatown to Philly Chinatown. That was a very interesting bus experience. I (again) am lucky to have gotten a seat on that bus. Not only did I not have my ticket (but I did have an email to show the confirmation number on my cell phone, thank goodness), but the bus was overpacked and everyone refused to give up their seats, even if they didn’t have tickets. There was a lot of back and forth in Chinese and I had to ask the guy behind me what was going on. Then the bus lady was yelling at this family of Mexican people to get off the bus because other people have already paid. They refused saying they would pay and they got here before everyone who was standing in the aisle, myself included. Eventually the bus lady demanded $60 for each ticket in order for them to stay on the bus. They refused and continued to insist that they deserved their seat. Eventually some stuff happened in Spanish and some woman mediated and 3 members of the family got off the bus and the father person stayed on due to some emergency in NYC. I got one of the seats they gave up.
I don’t know about this incoming freshmen class. They were a little off at today’s On the Road event in Philly. Normally these first-years and their parents are full of those typical college questions, but these weren’t. Frankly, this group was full of weirdos – unicycle girls and guys who lock themselves in their rooms to play whatever those weirdos play – in the making. Thanks a lot, admissions counselors.
I miss Nik.
Speaking of the rest of my life, I’ve recently come up with a few life goals that I suppose I should start working toward.
1) Learn to play guitar
2) Live/work in Europe and/or some other foreign country for a period in my life
3) Live for something greater than money
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Dream job out of college...
This is what I want to do!!!!!!!!! (From Google Jobs)
Usability Analyst
Positions available in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Help us find out about our users! Google is looking for Usability Analysts at all levels, to design and conduct user research studies throughout the product cycle. You will use a range of methods, working closely with UI designers and product teams to define new products, assess the usability of prototypes, and influence the future direction of existing products.
You will have the opportunity to work on products of all types: web sites like Google search and AdWords, web applications like Gmail and Google Maps, client applications like Picasa and Keyhole, and mobile services like Google SMS.
Usability Analyst
Positions available in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Help us find out about our users! Google is looking for Usability Analysts at all levels, to design and conduct user research studies throughout the product cycle. You will use a range of methods, working closely with UI designers and product teams to define new products, assess the usability of prototypes, and influence the future direction of existing products.
You will have the opportunity to work on products of all types: web sites like Google search and AdWords, web applications like Gmail and Google Maps, client applications like Picasa and Keyhole, and mobile services like Google SMS.
Surprise!
In case anyone needs to find me...
I don't think I'm going to take the apartment I looked at today. It was in a great neighborhood and I would love to live in that area sometime in my life but there was no internet or air conditioning - I was sweating like crazy just standing around and talking to the chick.
Basically, I'm not going to work an extra week at Merrill. The money would be nice but I have too much other stuff going on to do that. Besides, I realized that I need a vacation at some point.
Instead, I will spend the second week of August being all housewifey and helping Nik move into his new place. I look forward to it a lot.
Things I still need to do:
FMR planning
Dance Marathon planning
Greek Council planning
Circle K report
Buy Jess a wedding gift
Buy a plane ticket to Jess's wedding (waiting for more finalized plans to take care of that one)
Pay my parents $1000
Pay off my credit card
Read Harry Potter
Guess which one of the items on that list will get done first.
Anyway, this past weekend I had a very good time in Pittsburgh. Nik picked me up way way early in the morning and I felt bad for making him come get me. Actually, when i got off the bus I he wasn't waiting for me so I was half hoping he wasn't there so I could take a cab or something to his house and not bother him (though I'd give him a hard time about it later). It turns out he was just waiting for me outside so no Pittsburgh cab rides for me. Nik and I had several delicious meals at the Cheesecake Factory and Ginza. Nik ate Korean food for me...I was so proud...too bad I could've done a better job preparing our meal. Seriously...I'm not even 100% Korean and I would've made much yummier Korean food. I didn't get to see Nik's mom or grandma this time because I had to stay home and write part of my summer analyst research paper for ML. i saw McCue and I told him about the joys of writing a paper about software methodologies and the software development process at Merrill Lynch could be improved using methodologies.
I'm sleepy. Bed time.
I don't think I'm going to take the apartment I looked at today. It was in a great neighborhood and I would love to live in that area sometime in my life but there was no internet or air conditioning - I was sweating like crazy just standing around and talking to the chick.
Basically, I'm not going to work an extra week at Merrill. The money would be nice but I have too much other stuff going on to do that. Besides, I realized that I need a vacation at some point.
Instead, I will spend the second week of August being all housewifey and helping Nik move into his new place. I look forward to it a lot.
Things I still need to do:
FMR planning
Dance Marathon planning
Greek Council planning
Circle K report
Buy Jess a wedding gift
Buy a plane ticket to Jess's wedding (waiting for more finalized plans to take care of that one)
Pay my parents $1000
Pay off my credit card
Read Harry Potter
Guess which one of the items on that list will get done first.
Anyway, this past weekend I had a very good time in Pittsburgh. Nik picked me up way way early in the morning and I felt bad for making him come get me. Actually, when i got off the bus I he wasn't waiting for me so I was half hoping he wasn't there so I could take a cab or something to his house and not bother him (though I'd give him a hard time about it later). It turns out he was just waiting for me outside so no Pittsburgh cab rides for me. Nik and I had several delicious meals at the Cheesecake Factory and Ginza. Nik ate Korean food for me...I was so proud...too bad I could've done a better job preparing our meal. Seriously...I'm not even 100% Korean and I would've made much yummier Korean food. I didn't get to see Nik's mom or grandma this time because I had to stay home and write part of my summer analyst research paper for ML. i saw McCue and I told him about the joys of writing a paper about software methodologies and the software development process at Merrill Lynch could be improved using methodologies.
I'm sleepy. Bed time.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Monday, July 04, 2005
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