{"id":19,"date":"2011-03-26T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2011-03-26T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T14:15:53","slug":"casual-fridays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/?p=19","title":{"rendered":"Casual Fridays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I finished my second full week of work. \u00c2\u00a0Phew!<\/p>\n

I was in training four of the five days and it was pretty intense. \u00c2\u00a0I really liked it though. \u00c2\u00a0I especially \u00c2\u00a0liked all the food they gave us throughout each day.<\/p>\n

Apparently this was the biggest training week that my company has had in a long time. \u00c2\u00a0They tightened their belt quite a bit during the recession. \u00c2\u00a0They tried really hard to not let people go and just trimmed the fat a bit through salary cuts and furlough days, from what I hear and see (on their financial statements, etc.), which is a big reason why I really like my company so much.<\/p>\n

So, back to the free food. \u00c2\u00a0Breakfast, lunch, and snack. \u00c2\u00a0Every single day. \u00c2\u00a0All the recent hires in my group (many women!) were in the training with me and they all love to eat like me, so we were constantly pigging out. \u00c2\u00a0After every meal or snack, we were thinking about what we were going to eat next. \u00c2\u00a0I got my fill of pastries, rice krispie treats, and coffee. \u00c2\u00a0I could have just had an IV of coffee put in — I drank it all day long. \u00c2\u00a0But the days were so long, you sort of needed to do that. \u00c2\u00a0It’s sort of a double-edged sword though. \u00c2\u00a0Eating a lot makes you really sleepy, too. \u00c2\u00a0I was constantly between two states: \u00c2\u00a0pig out —> sleepy —> pig out —> sleepy.<\/p>\n

Sometimes there was so much information and detailed \u00c2\u00a0and advanced technical things we were learning, some things flew over my head. \u00c2\u00a0At times, I wasn’t sure what was worse, having to sit through a Korean language church sermon where I understand 70% of it or having to sit through eight hours of highly technical product training. \u00c2\u00a0And I thought to myself, that I should have been an electrical or mechanical engineer. \u00c2\u00a0Who in the world thought it would be a good idea to stick college freshmen in calculus during their first semester of school?! \u00c2\u00a0Especially ones who were tasting freedom and the cultured world for the first time like a caged animal released into the wild? \u00c2\u00a0Not like that was me. \u00c2\u00a0Ok, it was. \u00c2\u00a0My parents were sort of strict with me in high school. \u00c2\u00a0So, what I’m trying to say is that I may have been misguided when I was younger. \u00c2\u00a0Electrical and mechanical engineering is where it’s at. \u00c2\u00a0Physics was my best science in college, anyway. \u00c2\u00a0Not to mention my GSI was pretty cute, which then motivated me to go to lab and do well. \u00c2\u00a0Man, that’s so silly!<\/p>\n

There were some sales people in our training classes with us. \u00c2\u00a0Ones that sell the product that I work on. \u00c2\u00a0One important thing I learned this week is that people in sales are a different breed of human. \u00c2\u00a0They will talk to anyone and anything with a pulse. \u00c2\u00a0They would probably even chat it up with. . . well, with. . . ok, I’m not going to write what I was thinking.<\/p>\n

Really, what is it? \u00c2\u00a0Were they just really attention deprived when they were children? \u00c2\u00a0I just wanted to take a piece of duct tape and slap it on over their mouths. \u00c2\u00a0A million questions and a million stories.<\/p>\n

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I got my first paycheck on Thursday! \u00c2\u00a0It was the 23rd. \u00c2\u00a0Yeah, I know that weird and they have some kind of off-cycle pay schedule. \u00c2\u00a0Regardless, I was really happy to finally have an income. \u00c2\u00a0It should have been cause for more celebration, but I came home and cooked Raul and Aaron dinner. \u00c2\u00a0Had some red wine, of course.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was casual Friday. \u00c2\u00a0I wasn’t sure what would be appropriate or not. \u00c2\u00a0Last week, I went with some trouser jeans and a more conservative sweater. \u00c2\u00a0This time around, I wore some tighter black jeans and I had to clear it my corporate fashion consultant, Raul. \u00c2\u00a0He gave it a thumbs up. \u00c2\u00a0He said as long as I don’t wear open toe shoes, it’s ok. \u00c2\u00a0I have to admit, I’ve conservat-ized the way I dress a bit. \u00c2\u00a0This ain’t no NYC.<\/p>\n

It’s Saturday and I was up before 9am. \u00c2\u00a0I love getting up early, especially when the sun is shining. \u00c2\u00a0Today, I’m going shopping for some things I need for my new apartment.<\/p>\n

It’s all coming together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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