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| So my 4th annual CFC Youth Conference will be at Rider University in New Jersey, not Florida. Sa'll good. We leave at 8 AM. I'll let you know how it goes.
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| So this is my fourth week at Quiksilver and all I can say is that its been a great experience so far. Despite the long 8 1/2 hour shifts and 2 AM closing nights, almost everything else about the job has been pretty cool. My co-workers are a big reason for that - I think what I love most about working at Quik is the diversity of personalities that is pretty clearly shown once anyone steps foot into the store. When I first applied, I didn't realize how competitive the process was. Basically we get AT LEAST 25 people requesting applications per day, with only about a fourth of those people being asked for an interview. Since Quik is right in the heart of NYC in Times Square, so many different people apply, coming from all different backgrounds and nationalities. From the top of my head, our staff is made up of people from the Philippines, Korea, China, Northern Ireland, Italy, Papa New Guinea, Haiti, Peru, Ecuador, Taiwan, and all over the United States just to name a few.
It's been pretty crazy! In my first few weeks working at the store, I've met famous people (including Damion Easley from the New York Mets!), I've experienced a bomb scare - a "suspicious" red backpack full of clothing that resulted in the evacuation of the 42nd St and 7th Ave vicinity, witnessed almost first hand the explosion of the steampipe by the Grand Central Station, and met so many people from all over the world.
The funniest thing about working at Quiksilver is that I don't wear any of their clothing (other than the two free shirts they give you when you first start out). Management is so lenient that we can basically wear whatever we want as long as we're not rocking hard core brand names. But working there and learning all about the brands really makes me want to pick up a surf board and hit the beach... and I don't even know how to!
Although I only have a few more weeks to go, I'm excited for whats to come. If you're ever in the area, stop by and say hello!
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| Leftcoast bound: You can find me in sunny San Francisco August 14-19th!!
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| Looking back on it now, I really miss writing in these online journals. Back in 2001, I would write in my old LiveJournal about every single detail about my life, who I was with, and what I was doing. At the very least, I can look back on it and realize how stupid I was back then. Nowadays, sites like Xanga have become a thing of the past and have been replaced by the likes of endless picture uploads, wall posting, and our own inabilities to read a blog for five minutes. I'm also a victim of the Facebook revolution, but it doesn't hurt to go back to the old school method of finding out about people's lives. "Congratulations! You have been a member of Xanga for a million days!" Props to the old faithful who still take the time to read what I have to say! I lead a busy, busy life. I feel like this summer is so much different from the summers of the past because I've thrown a huge crapload of responsibility onto my plate. I'm interning at Filipino American Human Services, Inc. in Jamaica, Queens for 15 hours a week, take Tagalog classes at the Philippine Consulate in NYC two days a week, and I'm currently logging in 45 hours at Quiksilver in Times Square. But I'm not gonna lie - I love being on the move. There's just something about Manhatten that makes you think about all different things. On the F train from the 179th St. Station in Jamaica, I had a 40 minute long conversation with a random dude about sneakers. It turns out hes actually a manager at the Foot Locker right across from Quik. Before work, I got to check out the new 7-11 - turned Kwik-E-Mart down 42nd Street. During my 8 1/2 hour shift I got to meet people from all over the world. I actually met a Filipino dude from Kazakhstan - I didn't even know that country was a real place! My ride home was actually both interesting in sad. Interesting because I ran into a few guys from high school who all look COMPLETELY different than they did only three years ago. Its amazing how time flies. The sad part was this fight that was about to go down on the ride home in the LIRR. There was one caucasian dude who was obviously really drunk and was eating popcorn and getting it all over himself and this African American guy who was sitting directly across from him (the LIRR trains have seats facing each other). The African American dude politely said, "excuse me," but the popcorn eating drunkie threw back all these hateful and racial remarks at him. Disgusting. Its almost sickening how people are capable of saying and doing such hurtful things to other people for no reason. Anyways, after some pretty crappy luck, I found myself stuck at the Jamaica station. Luckily Drea came to save me! After spending my Friday night at Quik with some crazy people, I stopped by Deandra's for an even more interesting night. Hahaha, but of course I'm too tired to go into details. Until next time! Gotta wake up in 3 hours! | | |
| After 21 years of experience, I've come to realize the bitter sweetness of life. Basically, to gain anything, you pretty much need to lose everything first. Before we can learn or even grow... we need to feel pain and we need to struggle. Before we can ever be happy (or at least appreciate the beauty of happiness), we need to experience what it feels like to be at the bottom of the pit. Before we can truly appreciate honesty and good character, we need to be cheated on, lied to, and deceived. Before we can ever value true friendship, we need to be let down and disappointed by people who we think are our friends. Sometimes... things happen to us that we don't understand and the way things play out end up being exactly what we were looking for in the beginning. Oh, the irony. Life can be so confusing at times.
Life has been especially painful lately... but you live and you learn... and then you keep on living.
Don't lose faith.
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