Just A Short Update

Hey everyone, I'm doing just a short update as I get ready to head to the Q. Haha. I'll have worked four days this week, after today. And next week, I'm working five days. Sweet. I need money. I owe my mom and sister a lot. I'm going to open a Bank of America campus edge account. Yeah a little late, but I want a debit card thing.

So this weekend, I'm heading off to Bear Creek or Bass River. I don't know which one... I forgot. I think it's Bass River. But yeah, that's where I'm headed with the family. We're staying in lean-tos or however you spell it. So that's where I'll be Friday - Sunday.

Unfortunately, I'm working 4-close on the 4th of July. Oh well. I'll make my own fireworks in the oven toaster thing haha... yeah right, then I'll get fired. Haha. I'm pretty sure we'll be slow that day then. Everyone will be not here, especially visiting the Burlington Center Mall when there's fireworks going on everywhere and such. Damn, now I want to grill stuff. I'll have to wait for this weekend.

Okay I must go get ready for work. And by the way, I hate wearing the stupid visor for work. My head was not made for hats. If I had a regular hat, then maybe it would be better. But it's a visor. Ugh, how did I ever go through that visor phase back in 8th grade? 7th grade? Oh my god. I was such a big fatty then. More so than now. Okay I must go.

Bye.

An Awesome Weekend In NYC

I spent the weekend in NYC. Manhattan. New York. Whatever you want to call it. I looooooooooooove NY. I finally saw Wicked. SOO awesome! I loved that too! I ate at some great restaurants. Roxy Delicatessen (which was really expensive), La Masseria, and Pigalle. MMM great food. Love the street fairs - we got a plate with Starry Night on it. Got music books at Colony. Love it. Even though its overpriced. We stayed at the Mariott Marquis. 28th floor, awesome view. Had a mojito, tried amaretto sour, and bay breeze. Walked around a lot. Had Starbucks, street fair bubble tea, playbills, hot guys and gals. ;D haha.

I miss the city.

This weekend in NYC has refreshed me.

I need to lose weight and be pretty like all those city walkers. I hate being squishy.

Life Sucks!

Not totally. I just got back from my interview. And I was like a shoe-in to the lady, Louise. However, they were only looking for a local person to work in the pharmacy. Just like what happened to me with Deborah. Ugh. I understand though, they said it takes about 3 months to train.

My interview went well. She asked me situational questions which required me to bring up past situations where I exhibited those characteristics. Like "explain a situation where you had to work fast but still keep high quality," or "explain how you worked in a team," etc. That part went well.

But yeah, she kept saying it was a shame that I won't be here in the fall because she'd take me in a second.

Whhyyyyy does my life suck? AHHH.

So instead I updated my application to include Cashier and Cart Pusher/Greeter. Oh man.

Hopefully I'll get cashier so I can get that experience.

DAMN I would definitely have that pharm tech job if I wasn't leaving.

BLAH.

Just Living These Days As They Come

Quiznos is not that bad. I believe I've passed the most annoying part of the job at this certain Quiznos - the hovering. Yeah.

But anyway, I got to visit Caitlin again and got to see her not-bad-on-the-eyes boss up close. Haha. And when I was getting boba, he was down there and actually spoke to me, haha. Cute.

So yes I love bubble tea, boba, whatever you want to call me. And I love the 10% I get off there because I work at the mall. But I can't keep getting larges - they cost exactly 4 bucks after the discount. That's quite a lot. But the guy is nice, he gives me the extra overflow, instead of throwing it away. I give him a dollar tip. Schweet.

Walmart called me yesterday for an interview, but because I couldn't come in today, I'm going tomorrow morning at 9am. Yay! Hopefully I'll get a pharmacy tech position. Then I'll have two jobs. I feel like I'm catching up with everyone else, but yet I'm still behind. I still want to be waiter at some point in my life. Just to experience it. And to, you know, also have the experience. It never hurts to have that on your resume, right?

I got paid today, finally! And now I know how much I'm getting an hour there. $7.25. I think that's what I wrote on the application when it asked how much do you expect to get paid. Damn, I should have put down 8 dollars. Oh well. So I worked a little less than 39 hours. You do the math, minus the taxes and junk.

This weekend I'm going to see Wicked in NYC with my sister and her friend! Yay for going to NYC again after a long time. Port Authority does not count. We're staying overnight as well. I've never stayed overnight in NYC. This will be fun. Period.

Okay goodnight, I need my sleep! Wish me luck!

Why Hello There

This weekend was alright. I worked on Saturday and got to visit my Caitlin at Things Remembered. Too bad she was busy though. Hopefully we'll get to chat more next time I come visit. Hah. And mmm she had an almond bubble tea which was good (yeah I took a couple sips).

Then later on was the Two Hearts celebration at Sacred Heart. That was okay too. Some line dancing was done. Food. And yummy desserts. And I got to walk it out with Gretchen and Rachel, haha.

And I'm just done now.

I factory restored my computer again since last year because of the stupid things that I've installed/uninstalled and it messed my computer up. But now its fine and good for now. Yay. This time no more stupid things that I'm going to install. Like that FlyAKite program. Don't get it. I tried to make my comptuer look like a mac. Hah. Stupid.

Okay I'm done. I'm doing laundry and still putting all my files on my computer from my external hard drive. I love that little thing. 160GB of pure backup help. Lol. I'm such a dork.

BYE. I have work Tues, Wed, and Thurs this week, but at the end of the week, its NYC baby to see WICKED! HOORAH!

Oh Love...

Lordy Lord, I hate watching romantic movies but I do love them. I hate watching because then it only makes me wish I had that. I'm such a hopeless romantic. It's so sad. Yeah I just watched Adam & Steve. It was a good movie... I wish I had a guy.

Anyway, I can keep those sob stories and thoughts to myself. Let me tell you about what I've been doing.

So yesterday, I stayed over in Atlantic City with my family and Monette. It was good times. We mainly boardwalked it. Yup. Went to the new Pier Shops area or whatever it's called. Some nice stores in there... there's an Apple Store! How awesome?! Haha, I'm such a dork. Well yeah we came back today and such and then we picked up Mariel and then headed to the movies to watch an effed up movie, Mr. Brooks. Hah it was good, but seriously crazy. I recommend it if you like thrillers/suspense/WEIRD movies. Like me. Hah.

So tomorrow I work from 10-4 and then after it's the Two Hearts thing at Sacred Heart. Yeah. I have to wear red.

Which brings me to the "I HATE BEING FAT" point of the entry. Haha. You knew it was coming. Ugh I really wish I was skinny. Maybe then I'd have a better chance to find someone. Whatever, I just need to keep on at it and really commit. I need to change before I go back to Boston. There are some hot guys in the city, LOL.

So after the movies, I hung out with Jackie. We went to the Burl Co Lib to watch the Swan Lake performance in the ampitheater... except it was moved inside for some reason? I didn't catch the reason why. But it was nice. Lots of elderly enjoying the two hot young guys and three hot girls. Haha. Yeah.

Then we hit up the DVDs and I got some movies, including Adam & Steve. I was lucky to find it. I'm adding it to my collection, if you know what I mean. Yeah. ;D

And then we headed to the Burlington Center, walked around for a couple, then went to Wawa for some F'REAL! milkshakes. YUM.

Sweet.

Damn I wish I was skinny.

Anyway, just a quick update before I head off to bed, I need sleep...

And I just wanted to say, I'm glad I'm working. No more of these really late nights (i.e. 4am) doing absolutely nothing. I have reason to sleep, haha, which is good. Working at the Q! really isn't that bad. I just wish I knew how much I was being paid, and when I'll be getting my first paycheck. Maybe I'll ask tomorrow. Yeah. And I definitely think I like the morning shift better than nighttime/close shift. Mmhmm.

Goodnight, I'm going to try and clean my room before I head to bed.

And I have another unrealistic "want." Leopard comes out in October, so I want to try and get a Mac over winter break of next year. Yeah I know, it'll never happen. I just wish.

I also need to keep in mind that I need to find a job in Boston, preferably a PHARMACY TECH job so I can start doing my internship hours - which reminds me I need to register... Bleh.

I'll leave you with the John Lennon song...

"Love is real, real is love,
Love is feeling, feeling love,
Love is wanting to be loved.
Love is touch, touch is love,
Love is reaching, reaching love,
Love is asking to be loved."

Goodnight!

I'm Think I'm Doing Good (basically a job entry)

After only two days of working at the Q! (this is what I'm going to call Quizno's), I feel that I'm doing a good job so far. Except I made a boo-boo today. I was making a side salad, but it was my first time making a side salad... and I was told it was just like making a regular salad... so I made it like a regular salad - meat, red onions, tomatoes, and cheese, and the dressing on the side. Except in a side salad, there's no meat. Only in the flatbread chopped salad, do you put meat. So I made a boo-boo. Damn. Oh well, I'll do my best to not make a mistake ever again... but it is inevitable, right? But I'll make sure to not make another dumb mistake as such.

So, as I was saying, I do think I'm doing a good job. For just basically being thrown in there and put to work, I'm learning fast. I know how to do the salads (now I do), and I'm quickly learning the sandwich making. Except the wrapper part... I need to learn what sandwiches usually get lettuce, because then I need to ask them if they want salad. But I don't want to ask someone if they want lettuce on a sandwich and then they'll look at me funny because lettuce is usually not on that kind of sandwich... but I'm learning. The people there seem like good people, and they are helping me through. I met the two other people on Wednesday when I was leaving, and they seem cool, too. I just want to meet and be cool with everyone.

I don't want to seem like a fool, but there are some things that bother me. I guess the fact of me not knowing how much I'm actually getting paid bothers me. But I guess I'll find out when I get my first paycheck. And the reason I don't want to ask is because Dan is stressed... oh Filipinos. Ugh to that.

I'm opening tomorrow and I hope Francis is there to help me. Otherwise, I think it'll just be me and Dan, and I was only there at 8am on my first day so remembering everything that has to be done is not quite fresh in my mind. I mean, I've only done it once! We'll see how everything goes tomorrow...

Also, I just started to learn how to slice the meat. And doing everything involved with it, like checking the reserves and checking which meats need to be cut.

Man, where's this workbook that the lady in the video was talking about?! I've yet to see it!

Well, hope this entry was interesting to read, I have other things to rant about but I don't feel the need to put it in here. If you really want to know other stuff, just IM me.

Lates.

I'm working 8-2 tomorrow, so if you want to come visit, I'm sure I'll be in better shape than my first day - (sorry Heather and Rani!)

:)

So It's Monday Once Again

It's June 4th already! Wow has time flown by. My first day at Quizno's is tomorrow so wish me luck! I start at 8am because I have training. Hopefully whoever else is working tomorrow is cool. I met one girl today when I went in to give my papers. She was cool, I guess.

So I have to wear a hat see, but they ran out of hats and instead had visors... So I'm wearing a visor. And I took the visor thinking I'd look okay. However, I come home and yeah, my head is big... so the strap on the back of the hat is almost to the end! Haha. Plus my hair poofs up and is quite unflattering. Which leads me to...

Now I have a question: should I shave my head? I was thinking about it and maybe I should because I've always wanted to, just once in my life. However, I don't know what I'd look like so I never did. But now I'm thinking about doing it, possibly on Wednesday night. Any suggestions? Leave me a comment or message me.

Mmm, and now I just finished a great cup of hot cocoa but now I have to wash dishes. Hoorah. Not really.

Anyway I found another great artist on myspace. Her name is Priscilla Ahn and she is fab. Great indie folk music. Except I can't download her song Lullabye. It says you can download it but whatever I do the window doesn't open up so I can save it. Oh well. Go listen to her.

So tell me, should I shave my head? Because I think I'm really going to do it Wednesday.

Bye!

New Outlook on Life

So finally I got a job working at Quizno's Subs in Burlington Center. Of course it's not a pharmacy technician position, but at least it's something. At least I'll be making money and doing something with my summer besides staying at home being a bum.

I also got a car - my sister got a new car, so they were nice enough to give me her old one. Hooray :)

I may have gotten the job because I know the people running it. They're Filipinos so I've known them for a long time. Right now I don't know how much I'll be getting an hour - I'm guessing minimum? But at this point I don't really care. I'll be making money - which I WILL be saving. It's time to get my life in order.

I've also started to study my Med Terms. Combining forms, word roots, prefixes and suffixes. Hooray.

I've learned to stop feeling sorry for myself and to just do what you need to do. I may be scared doing this stuff but they are things that I have to do. I guess part of it is because I am the youngest of my family and I'm sort of used to everyone doing the "hard things" for me, that I've shunned away from doing those things. But now it's a slap in the face now that it's right in front of me with no one to deal with it - but me. And all I can do is just face all the things thrown at me and sure I'll take it slow at first as I learn things, but I believe that I'll get through it.

I have confidence in myself that I can be a success, in all aspects of life. I just need to learn and give all my effort to do what I want to do, to be who I want to be.