Weird - I'm now down to single digit work days left. 9. And 19 more days here total . How fast its going by...
The day was just kind of filled with little odd jobs here and there. I created and sent some package for Ceci to Hong Kong, then called the courier company and gave them the addresses to two packages that Rose and HeeSeung needed picked up and delivered. Laura was downstairs helping Winston with something for a bit this morning, so I was running the front.
A couple people came in saying they had meetings with people, and of course each had super super strong accents. I can never ever understand them. Haha. I'm always calling up whoever they want to talk to and struggling to relay who it is and what company they're from because I couldn't catch it in the first three tries.
After lunch, me and Laura spent about an hour preparing this SUPER expensive Lalique glass sample to be shipped to Canada. It was worth somewhere between $400-600. Scary. I must have bubbled wrapped that thing a million times. We found a perfectly shaped box for it and lined that with paper and bubble wrap as well and then taped the words FRAGILE - GLASS in red ink on every side of the box. It needed to stay in one piece! It's worth so much too...
HeeSeung needed it sent out before our mercury shipping guy comes at the standard time of 5:55 in the evening, so Laura walked over to FedEx to mail it, while I ran the front.
Later Christine came up and asked me to order all these samples. Which ended up being pretty easy because it was only two different kinds of fabric that we needed samples of - we just needed one of every color they had in each of those fabrics. And one of the styles must have had about 30 colors. But I emailed our rep about it and they should be coming on Friday.
Christine also is having me look through out library to try and find a comparable silk wallcovering fabric to one we already have. She just wants to find one with more colors ways. The one she has already comes in 20 different colors... but I guess that's not enough. So I spent the rest of the time looking through Holland & Sherry, Phillip Jeffries, and many many many other companies we have in the library trying to find a comparable silk wallcovering that comes in over 20 colors. 99% of them you can't tell just by seeing the one swatch we have in the library so I was constantly walking back to my desk to research it online and/or call the company to ask them. Needless to say I'm not done yet, and I'll be finishing the other half of christine's assignments tomorrow.
Oh and mother and Emily went back to Logan today! They left while I was at work - around 3:45 or so. Back to being on my own before my next batch of visitors come!
Monday, July 9, 2012
Going to the family ward with a family for once.
So today was the first time going to the family ward here with an actual family. Which was funny because 2 people instantly came up to us and introduced themselves and asked where we were from and stuff like that. But whenever I'd come here alone - no one would say a thing to me. Even when I was with Lindsay and Dani. No one said anything. But as soon as I came with Emily and mother - BAM. Introductions. Just weird. And something even weirder - one of the girls that gave a talk during sacrament graduated from USU. Same with her husband. WHAT? Small small world. They had just move up here after he was offered a job.
Anyways, on the way home we stopped at Serendipity's and put our name on the list. It was an hour wait, so we went home to change and stuff while we waited. I ordered mother a ticket to the airport with the shuttle service and we went back. As soon as we arrived there, we were seated. Delightful! And upstairs too which as great because last time I was here we sat downstairs and I always wondered what the second floor looked like. We got two frozen hot chocolates of course and then split a tortellini primavera.
The Frozen Hot Chocolates are so so so so good. I just love them. Mother and Emily did too. We ended up buying a mix that they sell there to take home for father. It makes around 30 ounces or so. I hope it will taste as good or close to as good as the ones they make in the restaurant.
We took a quick break at the apartment and then went on the tram that crosses over the east river that runs across the street from my apartment. We just rode it down and back, it's a really neat, smooth, ride with an awesome view. Then we headed down to Washington Square park and guess who was there?? The amazing piano playing man!! Yay! We love him. He really is quite amazing.
listening to him for a bit, we briefly wandered around the park and then took the subway down towards the brooklyn bridge. We actually foolishly started walking west thinking it was towards the bridge for some reason even though I know it's east. Oh well. I realized it when we were 1 block away from the end of the west side. Ha. So on our way back we stopped at a Barnes and Noble to cool off for a bit, even though it wasn't that hot, and to take a break. We browsed books for a while and then left. There's a book I do want to get though that I found at a Barnes and Noble earlier in my stay - it's called Columbine and it's all about the shootings in Columbine high in Colorado. It looks so so interesting. I need it.
We finally made it to the brooklyn bridge and walked out onto it. What a good view of the city! So glad it wasn't super hot today either! On our way back home we stopped at the whole foods mart in Union Square and got a quick snack and then went back to my apartment. We decided since it was only nine we should do something else instead of just sitting around for the rest of the night. Much to Emily's dismay however because all she ever wants to do is just sit on the bed and do nothing. :)
We went out to Times Square. Mother got 15 postcards for a $1. Sheeeesh. And we sat on the red steps for a while. Emily walked into some pole and told us she thought she had broken her pelvis. Hahaha. Loser.
So sad the weekends over. :(
10 days of work left though!
Anyways, on the way home we stopped at Serendipity's and put our name on the list. It was an hour wait, so we went home to change and stuff while we waited. I ordered mother a ticket to the airport with the shuttle service and we went back. As soon as we arrived there, we were seated. Delightful! And upstairs too which as great because last time I was here we sat downstairs and I always wondered what the second floor looked like. We got two frozen hot chocolates of course and then split a tortellini primavera.
The Frozen Hot Chocolates are so so so so good. I just love them. Mother and Emily did too. We ended up buying a mix that they sell there to take home for father. It makes around 30 ounces or so. I hope it will taste as good or close to as good as the ones they make in the restaurant.
We took a quick break at the apartment and then went on the tram that crosses over the east river that runs across the street from my apartment. We just rode it down and back, it's a really neat, smooth, ride with an awesome view. Then we headed down to Washington Square park and guess who was there?? The amazing piano playing man!! Yay! We love him. He really is quite amazing.
listening to him for a bit, we briefly wandered around the park and then took the subway down towards the brooklyn bridge. We actually foolishly started walking west thinking it was towards the bridge for some reason even though I know it's east. Oh well. I realized it when we were 1 block away from the end of the west side. Ha. So on our way back we stopped at a Barnes and Noble to cool off for a bit, even though it wasn't that hot, and to take a break. We browsed books for a while and then left. There's a book I do want to get though that I found at a Barnes and Noble earlier in my stay - it's called Columbine and it's all about the shootings in Columbine high in Colorado. It looks so so interesting. I need it.
We finally made it to the brooklyn bridge and walked out onto it. What a good view of the city! So glad it wasn't super hot today either! On our way back home we stopped at the whole foods mart in Union Square and got a quick snack and then went back to my apartment. We decided since it was only nine we should do something else instead of just sitting around for the rest of the night. Much to Emily's dismay however because all she ever wants to do is just sit on the bed and do nothing. :)
We went out to Times Square. Mother got 15 postcards for a $1. Sheeeesh. And we sat on the red steps for a while. Emily walked into some pole and told us she thought she had broken her pelvis. Hahaha. Loser.
So sad the weekends over. :(
10 days of work left though!
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| Inside Serendipity's! Fun chandelier. |
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| FROHOCHO'S. Yummmmmmmy. |
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| Here's my courtyard. I thought I'd post a picture.. we walked through it a few times today. :) |
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| The amazing piano man and his baby grand! |
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| Agreeeeeed. |
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| Far away... |
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| Getting closer.... |
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| Closest. |
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| Looking back at the city. |
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| These were all over the first main stone support. |
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| Neat building! It's wavy. |
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| Funny. |
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| FUNNIEST!!!! Me and mother loved his hair. |
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| Excuse me? What was that name? |
The dreaded hot Saturday.
Today was supposed to be one of the last days of this big heat wave back here and we weren't looking forward to the heat/humidity. I think it was supposed to be 103 or 104 with the humidity or something like that. So yucky. We planned ahead that today was basically going to be an inside day because we really didn't want to just wander around new york getting really sweaty and gross. It's not fun at all.
So after sleeping in till 10 we slowly started getting ready for the day. We started off by going to H&M because mother was a being a dear and bought me my favorite shirt there. :) Thanks mother! Then we headed down to Union Square again so Emily could get even more pants at forever 21. Shopaholic on this trip. We also went down to the theatre to pick up our tickets for tonight for a 9:16 showing of The Amazing Spiderman! Yay!
After going back to the apartment quickly just to drop off our clothes, we headed off to Madame Tussauds! What a fun wax museum! I really enjoyed going here! It was so fun to see all these famous people, historical and present, in wax form. And boy did they look super super real. It was almost weird standing next to some for a picture because it seemed like they'd just spring to life at any moment. And there was even a fun 4d movie as part of the museum! Neat!
Afterwards we were all hungry so we went to Carnegie Deli for two slices of cheesecake which were delicious! Mother took a bite of one of the pickles they give you as sort of an appetizer, decided it was gross, and then put the rest on the plate of someone who had just left the table next to her. Hahaha.
But Carnegie Deli was pricey for a whole meal, so we went down to Union Square so mother and Emily could try Cosi. They have catered for us at work many times so I knew they were really yummy and I thought Emily and Mother would like. And they did! They split a margherita pizza which they loved. Interestingly enough, the dreaded hott saturday, didn't seem as bad. It was overcast for part of the day which helped. The direct sun can be so hott.
We then went back to the apartment again to drop off the leftover cheesecake and just relaxed a bit before leaving to the movie down at Union Square. It was such a big theatre! I have never before gone up 2 escalators just to get the theatre. There was already a huuuuge line out the door when we got there, but luckily we were able to sit together. And we loved the movie! So good!
When we got outside afterwards, it was lightly lightly raining and you could tell it had been pouring earlier. But when we got off at our stop on 59th street, it was POURING. We got absolutely soaked. Mother had one umbrella, but it was no match at all. There was lots of thunder and lighting and it was blowing. We were so soaked, but it was fun too - what an adventure it was coming back at midnight in the rain.
Yay for a dreaded saturday that turned out rainy!
And I think I took a million pictures at the wax museum, but here's only a few. :)
So after sleeping in till 10 we slowly started getting ready for the day. We started off by going to H&M because mother was a being a dear and bought me my favorite shirt there. :) Thanks mother! Then we headed down to Union Square again so Emily could get even more pants at forever 21. Shopaholic on this trip. We also went down to the theatre to pick up our tickets for tonight for a 9:16 showing of The Amazing Spiderman! Yay!
After going back to the apartment quickly just to drop off our clothes, we headed off to Madame Tussauds! What a fun wax museum! I really enjoyed going here! It was so fun to see all these famous people, historical and present, in wax form. And boy did they look super super real. It was almost weird standing next to some for a picture because it seemed like they'd just spring to life at any moment. And there was even a fun 4d movie as part of the museum! Neat!
Afterwards we were all hungry so we went to Carnegie Deli for two slices of cheesecake which were delicious! Mother took a bite of one of the pickles they give you as sort of an appetizer, decided it was gross, and then put the rest on the plate of someone who had just left the table next to her. Hahaha.
But Carnegie Deli was pricey for a whole meal, so we went down to Union Square so mother and Emily could try Cosi. They have catered for us at work many times so I knew they were really yummy and I thought Emily and Mother would like. And they did! They split a margherita pizza which they loved. Interestingly enough, the dreaded hott saturday, didn't seem as bad. It was overcast for part of the day which helped. The direct sun can be so hott.
We then went back to the apartment again to drop off the leftover cheesecake and just relaxed a bit before leaving to the movie down at Union Square. It was such a big theatre! I have never before gone up 2 escalators just to get the theatre. There was already a huuuuge line out the door when we got there, but luckily we were able to sit together. And we loved the movie! So good!
When we got outside afterwards, it was lightly lightly raining and you could tell it had been pouring earlier. But when we got off at our stop on 59th street, it was POURING. We got absolutely soaked. Mother had one umbrella, but it was no match at all. There was lots of thunder and lighting and it was blowing. We were so soaked, but it was fun too - what an adventure it was coming back at midnight in the rain.
Yay for a dreaded saturday that turned out rainy!
And I think I took a million pictures at the wax museum, but here's only a few. :)
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| The outside! I loved the hand holding the sign. |
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| The actual people. Kidding. But maybe not... |
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| Mrs. Doubtfire man! My favorite character ever. |
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| The Kennedy's!! |
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| Aww... William and Kate. And me and emily. |
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| Ghandi! |
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| Who I was waiting throughout the whole museum to see. |
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| Union Square after the movie. Pretty! |
Saturday, July 7, 2012
What a joke of a day.
I did not want to go to work today. But alas, I had to. I dropped off those samples at that Comos lighting place. They weren't there, but the elevator worked and I was able to just leave them outside the door. Praise the heavens.
So I arrived a few minutes late to work and Laura and Alia were already at the front desk so I moved to the library today. And Anna's dog was there!! She has an ADORABLE Australian shepherd named Hudson. He liked me. He would just sleep right behind my chair or under my legs under the desk. HE was such a cutie. But I basically did nothing until lunch time. Really, nothing.
I met mother and Emily for lunch and we went to Medina's cafe. It was really really good. They went shopping at forever 21 afterward but I had to leave early to go back to work. However at this time it was almost 3:30 so I only had about 2 and a half hours left. HOORAY.
Laura said that Esther might have some paper for us to fold to put in a spec binder and that she'd let us know when she needed us. But about a half hour later Laura emailed me from across the room saying that it was already done because there really wasn't a lot of papers and if I needed help with anything. I suggested to go through the last remaining colored fabric bins and just organize them.
So she came in and we worked on that. Alia came in after a while too and the three of us just went through fabric until close. Laura left about 15 minutes early to meet her sister somewhere so me and Alia closed. The last 20 minutes couldn't have lasted any longer. I think 20 people were gone today and few people had even left earlier today. SO SO SO BORING.
Finally I could leave. I went home and had a snack and then me, mother, and emily went off to times square to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. SO GOOD. It was so amazing. And the singers in that production are all unbelievably amazing singers. It ended around 10:30 so we just went back home. My legs were so sore today. And I'm pretty darn sure it's from those 22 floors of stairs while carrying 10 pounds of glass. My calves are killing me. Ha. It's not fun. But the play was amazing!
And I can sleep in tomorrow! Best days ever.
So I arrived a few minutes late to work and Laura and Alia were already at the front desk so I moved to the library today. And Anna's dog was there!! She has an ADORABLE Australian shepherd named Hudson. He liked me. He would just sleep right behind my chair or under my legs under the desk. HE was such a cutie. But I basically did nothing until lunch time. Really, nothing.
I met mother and Emily for lunch and we went to Medina's cafe. It was really really good. They went shopping at forever 21 afterward but I had to leave early to go back to work. However at this time it was almost 3:30 so I only had about 2 and a half hours left. HOORAY.
Laura said that Esther might have some paper for us to fold to put in a spec binder and that she'd let us know when she needed us. But about a half hour later Laura emailed me from across the room saying that it was already done because there really wasn't a lot of papers and if I needed help with anything. I suggested to go through the last remaining colored fabric bins and just organize them.
So she came in and we worked on that. Alia came in after a while too and the three of us just went through fabric until close. Laura left about 15 minutes early to meet her sister somewhere so me and Alia closed. The last 20 minutes couldn't have lasted any longer. I think 20 people were gone today and few people had even left earlier today. SO SO SO BORING.
Finally I could leave. I went home and had a snack and then me, mother, and emily went off to times square to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. SO GOOD. It was so amazing. And the singers in that production are all unbelievably amazing singers. It ended around 10:30 so we just went back home. My legs were so sore today. And I'm pretty darn sure it's from those 22 floors of stairs while carrying 10 pounds of glass. My calves are killing me. Ha. It's not fun. But the play was amazing!
And I can sleep in tomorrow! Best days ever.
Back to work.
Everyone else seemed to continue their fourth of july vacation today - except the interns. Today was really really slow. I think 14 people were out of the office today. Maybe more that I didn't even notice. So over half.
Rose came up and had four different glass tiles she wanted me to scan and send to her. Oh boy - something to do for 2 seconds. I completed that and then Winston called from downstairs and wanted me to come down. He needed me to prepare this set of pricing documents he was taking to a meeting this morning. So I recut them all. I had already cut them yesterday for Aijun once, but I guess it wasn't good enough. Blaaah. Whatever.
When I came up I needed to make labels again for Christine/Jeff. 5 more sets. Took a while to figure it out because it wasn't printing right for the longest time. Finally figured it out and finished them. Alia ordered some samples for Anna while I was doing this. Then Rose came up and asked us to wrap up those samples of glass in bubble wrap to get them ready to pack and ship.
At some point a lady called from an Interior Design firm in Chicago asking if I knew what wallcovering was used in a relaxation room in our Peninsula Spa project. No... definitely not off the top of my head. I told her I'd have to look it up and that I may not find out for a while because lots of the office is gone.
I went to lunch and got some sushi at Whole Foods. Too bad lunch couldn't have been three hours today... I hate slow days. I had some tasks to do in the morning, but literally nothing to do in the evening. Me and Alia were dying. Laura had been helping Rose ALL day photoshopping some elevations for a project downstairs. But I guess there wasn't enough for us to help on things too.
Eventually I suggested Alia go to the libray and organize things. It couldn't hurt. I deleted 2 year old messages we didn't need out of our inbox for like 2 hours. Thrilling. Esther emailed us around 5 asking us if we had time to do some photoshopping for her and Alia about died of excitement over something to do, so I let her do it.
She finished that up about 15 minutes before closing, so I emailed Rose again about the glass samples I scanned this morning and then wrapped up for her. She called about 15 minutes later and asked where I live. So I told her, confused. She asked if I could drop off these samples on my way home. Grr. Fine. It would have been nicer if you would have just given me the address to ship them to 15 minutes earlier and then Fausto (our fedex man) could have just picked them up when he stops by everyday after work....
But I did it anyways. They were pretty heavy actually when I had them all packaged up. The place was on 25th st and Lexington. When I got there and got in the elevator, pressing the 11th floor button did nothing. Pressing any floor for that matter did nothing. Which I thought was weird - I thought maybe the elevator was out of commission or something. Taking the stairs it was. However 10 flights later the stairs ended. I couldn't get to the eleventh by stair. You have got to be kidding me.
I got out on the 10th floor and tried pushing for the elevator down and it never came. BOO. So back down the stairs I went. I asked the doorman that how to get to the 11th floor because these packages were expected to get there tonight. He just said he wasn't authorized to do that. What? So I asked if I could just leave them at his desk and then inform the company that they were downstairs - to which he got snappy again and said he could not do that. Well thanks so much for your help stupid, useless doorman.
I was not happy. It was hot outside and carrying these glass tiles around was tiring. I met mother and emily at the laundromat on my way home. I helped mother carry home all the bags of clothes. Rose called and asked if I was able to deliver them because they were waiting for me. So I explained what happened and after she talked to HeeSeung, I was told just to drop them off on the way to work tomorrow. Oh hooray...
We thought we'd go out to eat at Grand Central Station tonight. We stopped at H&M on our way there because I wanted to buy a pair of pants, and then we were off. We ate at Juniors because it wasn't just about the only sit down restaurant open past 9 down there.
We came home and stayed there for the rest of the night. I do not want to go to work tomorrow. It will be a joke.
Rose came up and had four different glass tiles she wanted me to scan and send to her. Oh boy - something to do for 2 seconds. I completed that and then Winston called from downstairs and wanted me to come down. He needed me to prepare this set of pricing documents he was taking to a meeting this morning. So I recut them all. I had already cut them yesterday for Aijun once, but I guess it wasn't good enough. Blaaah. Whatever.
When I came up I needed to make labels again for Christine/Jeff. 5 more sets. Took a while to figure it out because it wasn't printing right for the longest time. Finally figured it out and finished them. Alia ordered some samples for Anna while I was doing this. Then Rose came up and asked us to wrap up those samples of glass in bubble wrap to get them ready to pack and ship.
At some point a lady called from an Interior Design firm in Chicago asking if I knew what wallcovering was used in a relaxation room in our Peninsula Spa project. No... definitely not off the top of my head. I told her I'd have to look it up and that I may not find out for a while because lots of the office is gone.
I went to lunch and got some sushi at Whole Foods. Too bad lunch couldn't have been three hours today... I hate slow days. I had some tasks to do in the morning, but literally nothing to do in the evening. Me and Alia were dying. Laura had been helping Rose ALL day photoshopping some elevations for a project downstairs. But I guess there wasn't enough for us to help on things too.
Eventually I suggested Alia go to the libray and organize things. It couldn't hurt. I deleted 2 year old messages we didn't need out of our inbox for like 2 hours. Thrilling. Esther emailed us around 5 asking us if we had time to do some photoshopping for her and Alia about died of excitement over something to do, so I let her do it.
She finished that up about 15 minutes before closing, so I emailed Rose again about the glass samples I scanned this morning and then wrapped up for her. She called about 15 minutes later and asked where I live. So I told her, confused. She asked if I could drop off these samples on my way home. Grr. Fine. It would have been nicer if you would have just given me the address to ship them to 15 minutes earlier and then Fausto (our fedex man) could have just picked them up when he stops by everyday after work....
But I did it anyways. They were pretty heavy actually when I had them all packaged up. The place was on 25th st and Lexington. When I got there and got in the elevator, pressing the 11th floor button did nothing. Pressing any floor for that matter did nothing. Which I thought was weird - I thought maybe the elevator was out of commission or something. Taking the stairs it was. However 10 flights later the stairs ended. I couldn't get to the eleventh by stair. You have got to be kidding me.
I got out on the 10th floor and tried pushing for the elevator down and it never came. BOO. So back down the stairs I went. I asked the doorman that how to get to the 11th floor because these packages were expected to get there tonight. He just said he wasn't authorized to do that. What? So I asked if I could just leave them at his desk and then inform the company that they were downstairs - to which he got snappy again and said he could not do that. Well thanks so much for your help stupid, useless doorman.
I was not happy. It was hot outside and carrying these glass tiles around was tiring. I met mother and emily at the laundromat on my way home. I helped mother carry home all the bags of clothes. Rose called and asked if I was able to deliver them because they were waiting for me. So I explained what happened and after she talked to HeeSeung, I was told just to drop them off on the way to work tomorrow. Oh hooray...
We thought we'd go out to eat at Grand Central Station tonight. We stopped at H&M on our way there because I wanted to buy a pair of pants, and then we were off. We ate at Juniors because it wasn't just about the only sit down restaurant open past 9 down there.
We came home and stayed there for the rest of the night. I do not want to go to work tomorrow. It will be a joke.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
AMERICA!
Happy Fourth of July!!
We all got to sleep in today, it was so nice. We kinda took our time getting ready in the morning and then eventually left down to Union Square. The Farmers Market was going on again down there so it was really nice to browse through. They always have the best smelling fresh fruit and veggies and other things.
Then I had mother take my picture in front of my works "Champalimaud" sign outside the door. Needed some proof that I actually work here! :)
We then went some shopping at some of the stores around the square and then walked over to 5th avenue to look in some of the stores up that street. Before too long we got super hot so we began looking for something to eat. We ended up going back down to Union Square because we had wandered up to 23rd street, and then found a place a few blocks over called "Tossed". They had really good salads, sandwiches and wraps. Me and mother had a half caesar sald with sandwich - and the caesar salad was one of the best caesar salads I have ever had. SO GOOD. Plus it was just so nice to get into a place that was refrigerated because we were already so so hot.
After we ate, we went back to the apartment to drop off our leftovers and just take a quick break to get out of the heat. We left a bit later to walk through China Town and Little Italy. A lot of the stores down there were closed due the fourth, same with a lot of the sidewalk restaurants in little Italy. But we weren't really interested in any of the stores down there, we were mainly just walking around to see what was there. But again, we became so hot so quickly due to the humidity that we just wanted to leave after about an hour.
We got on the Subway and headed up to Times Square to go to the Disney Store. It is the cutest place. Me and Emily each got a stuffed animal. I got Meeko from Pocahontas, and Emily got a Dalmation puppy. Then we again went back to our apartment to rest before heading out to see the fireworks.
We had to walk over to 11th street and there were so many people there. We eventually went down 56th street and it turned out that it wasn't the greatest viewing area. We could see the fireworks, but only about half of each burst. There were trees in the way. Oh well... Still neat to see what we could. Emily wasn't feeling well the whole time and just wanted to leave. We all felt so hot the entire time just sitting out in the humidity. I hate humidity so darn much.
We left and stopped at the Food Emporium across from my apartment and each got lots of drinks because we were so thirsty. We came back to the apartment and gulped down our desired juices, water, and pop for mother.
All in all, it was a pretty fun fourth. It was just a super sweaty one. :)
We all got to sleep in today, it was so nice. We kinda took our time getting ready in the morning and then eventually left down to Union Square. The Farmers Market was going on again down there so it was really nice to browse through. They always have the best smelling fresh fruit and veggies and other things.
Then I had mother take my picture in front of my works "Champalimaud" sign outside the door. Needed some proof that I actually work here! :)
We then went some shopping at some of the stores around the square and then walked over to 5th avenue to look in some of the stores up that street. Before too long we got super hot so we began looking for something to eat. We ended up going back down to Union Square because we had wandered up to 23rd street, and then found a place a few blocks over called "Tossed". They had really good salads, sandwiches and wraps. Me and mother had a half caesar sald with sandwich - and the caesar salad was one of the best caesar salads I have ever had. SO GOOD. Plus it was just so nice to get into a place that was refrigerated because we were already so so hot.
After we ate, we went back to the apartment to drop off our leftovers and just take a quick break to get out of the heat. We left a bit later to walk through China Town and Little Italy. A lot of the stores down there were closed due the fourth, same with a lot of the sidewalk restaurants in little Italy. But we weren't really interested in any of the stores down there, we were mainly just walking around to see what was there. But again, we became so hot so quickly due to the humidity that we just wanted to leave after about an hour.
We got on the Subway and headed up to Times Square to go to the Disney Store. It is the cutest place. Me and Emily each got a stuffed animal. I got Meeko from Pocahontas, and Emily got a Dalmation puppy. Then we again went back to our apartment to rest before heading out to see the fireworks.
We had to walk over to 11th street and there were so many people there. We eventually went down 56th street and it turned out that it wasn't the greatest viewing area. We could see the fireworks, but only about half of each burst. There were trees in the way. Oh well... Still neat to see what we could. Emily wasn't feeling well the whole time and just wanted to leave. We all felt so hot the entire time just sitting out in the humidity. I hate humidity so darn much.
We left and stopped at the Food Emporium across from my apartment and each got lots of drinks because we were so thirsty. We came back to the apartment and gulped down our desired juices, water, and pop for mother.
All in all, it was a pretty fun fourth. It was just a super sweaty one. :)
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Tuesday is the new Wednesday.
Remember how I said earlier that I hate Tuesdays? Well, now I love them. At least for this week. Since the 4th of July is tomorrow, Tuesday means you're halfway through the work week. YAY.
However the down side to this week is that it's a really slow week. Many people at Champalimaud started vacation Tuesday and it was already slow today. I know it's only going to get slower too - at least 12+ people will be gone Thursday and Friday as well.
Laura said she was going to sit in the materials room again, so I sat up front at the desk with Alia again. And sure enough, just as I had predicted, it was a pretty slow day. Alia actually started doing some rendering for Jon in the library so I was by myself for a while.
A vendor came in at noon just like every Tuesday. They were okay - it was a company called Porcelanosa. Lunch was the best part about it. They brought a ton of food and there were a lot of employees gone today. I had seconds and even thirds of some things. YAY.
At one point I went down to the 6th floor and helped Aijun cut and prepare these huge construction documents for some project meeting thing she was going too. And then later I created 5 sets of labels for Christine for these 5 binders she was creating. We got a ton of office supplies in today so I worked on unpacking those while I was by myself at the desk.
Laura left around 2 to go with Rose, the principal Alexandra, and some others to the Waldorf Hotel for a site visit. They were gone for a while - at least two and a half hours. We had created labels for the hard hats they were going to be wearing. :)
At four I went to get ice cream and ice for Jon at Whole Foods for the root beer float party we were having at the office. He was throwing it for us. Yeah, it was that chill today.
FINALLY after work ended I rushed home because Emily and mother had landed at about 5:30 and I wanted to get home to meet them at my apartment. Luckily I had gotten home before they had arrived so I hung out in my apartment until they called me letting me know that they were waiting outside on the sidewalk.
After I let them in and they unpacked some of their stuff, we headed out to eat at Ritz Diner down the street to my apartment. Then we went to the columbus circle area up on 59th west. We walked up to the temple and then just continued walking for a while.
Eventually we all just got hot and kind of bored of wandering so we went back to my neighborhood and went over to Johnny Rockets to split two shakes between the three of us - strawberry banana and mocha fudge. SO GOOD.
Should be a fun week playing around with the family!
However the down side to this week is that it's a really slow week. Many people at Champalimaud started vacation Tuesday and it was already slow today. I know it's only going to get slower too - at least 12+ people will be gone Thursday and Friday as well.
Laura said she was going to sit in the materials room again, so I sat up front at the desk with Alia again. And sure enough, just as I had predicted, it was a pretty slow day. Alia actually started doing some rendering for Jon in the library so I was by myself for a while.
A vendor came in at noon just like every Tuesday. They were okay - it was a company called Porcelanosa. Lunch was the best part about it. They brought a ton of food and there were a lot of employees gone today. I had seconds and even thirds of some things. YAY.
At one point I went down to the 6th floor and helped Aijun cut and prepare these huge construction documents for some project meeting thing she was going too. And then later I created 5 sets of labels for Christine for these 5 binders she was creating. We got a ton of office supplies in today so I worked on unpacking those while I was by myself at the desk.
Laura left around 2 to go with Rose, the principal Alexandra, and some others to the Waldorf Hotel for a site visit. They were gone for a while - at least two and a half hours. We had created labels for the hard hats they were going to be wearing. :)
At four I went to get ice cream and ice for Jon at Whole Foods for the root beer float party we were having at the office. He was throwing it for us. Yeah, it was that chill today.
FINALLY after work ended I rushed home because Emily and mother had landed at about 5:30 and I wanted to get home to meet them at my apartment. Luckily I had gotten home before they had arrived so I hung out in my apartment until they called me letting me know that they were waiting outside on the sidewalk.
After I let them in and they unpacked some of their stuff, we headed out to eat at Ritz Diner down the street to my apartment. Then we went to the columbus circle area up on 59th west. We walked up to the temple and then just continued walking for a while.
Eventually we all just got hot and kind of bored of wandering so we went back to my neighborhood and went over to Johnny Rockets to split two shakes between the three of us - strawberry banana and mocha fudge. SO GOOD.
Should be a fun week playing around with the family!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Week 4 Begins.
Another Monday - and so begins the fourth week of my internship.
Another intern was starting today. Which neither me or Laura knew about. We actually arrived at the office at the same time and Christine was standing at reception with this girl who she introduced as the new intern starting today. Say what?
So I guess we're now a little trio of interns. Her name is Altivenea?.... I 100% do not remember how to spell her full name or how it's even pronounced. She told us to call her Alia for short. She has an adorable accent though. She's from Russian originally but she's lived in New York for the past 8 years. She's going to school here right now and she has a year and a half left still.
Laura started discussing the basics at the front desk while I took care of the emails that came in over the weekend. Then Laura took her on a quick tour while I ran the front. A little while later after Christine came back to talk to us, we decided that every other day me and Laura will switch off sitting in the front while the other takes one of the empty desks in the library. At least until Alia is comfortable at the front on her own. We absolutely do not have room for three interns at the front. Plus it's just silly. So I volunteered to take the first duty today - and Laura sat in the library to work on some things for Rose.
Luckily I had some things come up to mail so I was able to show Alia how to create labels and mail off packages. And a couple clients came in asking for people which was also good because it really helps to see how you handle those kind of situations when you're knew. She had lots of questions about the phones as well and fortunately enough it rang quite a few times this morning.
Ceci emailed us at one point asking if one of us (Laura or myself) could run down to the Holland & Sherry showroom to pick up these 4 huge baskets. Of course we could. We love making trips out. Neither one of us volunteered yet though - the showroom didn't open till 12 and we weren't sure who would be busiest at that time.
And then a little while later, Elisabeth, one of our senior design associates, asked me if one of us could run to a local hardware store to pick up 5 hard hats and 5 pairs of safety glasses. Super random right? She said it was for the Waldorf project. I know that the Waldorf hotel is in the process of being torn up right now because we're renovating it. So I'm assuming 5 people are making a site visit tomorrow. There's really no other explanation for needing those things. Ha.
I informed Laura about the new trip and told her we'd need to coordinate the trips so someone will always be at the desk, while at the same time allowing us to take lunches. Laura took her lunch first while me and Alia were at the front. So I continued to work on that custom rug for Stella. She actually is going to be gone all week, (so lucky...) so Aijun is working with me on it now. And making that darn strie pattern effect thing in photoshop was getting so so tricky. Aijun kept emailing me and asking if it was done yet, and she needs it soon, etc, etc. She was stressing me out! Me and Alia were working on it together and we couldn't get some things right that they needed done on it. Plus I knew that not only did Aijun want it done ASAP, I needed to get it done ASAP because the longer it would take me, the further behind we'd be on eveything else we needed to get done. Errands always take longer than you think and we now had two to do.
ANYWAY. After a stressful hour or two, I emailed it to her. And it wasn't exactly how she wanted it, but I couldn't figure it out and it was taking up too much time. Stupid darn custom rug got the best of me today. At least I got the colors right in it! And the pattern turned out really cool too. Just the stupid strie effect was dumb. I hate their photoshop because its SO OLD. I'm not used to such an old version. Some things are the same, and some things are not. It will take a bit more getting used to. Still, I'm happy that I was able to help create this fantastic custom rug for the St. Regis Hotel in Jakarta Indonesia.
When I finally finished that I rushed off for just a quick bite to eat and when I came back Laura and Alia headed out to get those baskets. When they returned I went to a Home Depot on 23rd street to pick out hard hats and safety glasses. I never would have guessed in a million years that I would be done that on one of my days here. But it went good. Afterall, I am master of the subways and about getting around here now. :)
When I returned it was almost 5. The day went by SO quick today! Ellie came up and asked me to do a bunch of scans when I got back. So me and Alia worked on those until she had to leave at 5:30 and then I finished them off at about 6:15. Busy busy day. And stressful. But I'd rather had than a day that drags on.
And mother and Emily come tomorrow! AND I have Wednesday off! What a great week. :)
Another intern was starting today. Which neither me or Laura knew about. We actually arrived at the office at the same time and Christine was standing at reception with this girl who she introduced as the new intern starting today. Say what?
So I guess we're now a little trio of interns. Her name is Altivenea?.... I 100% do not remember how to spell her full name or how it's even pronounced. She told us to call her Alia for short. She has an adorable accent though. She's from Russian originally but she's lived in New York for the past 8 years. She's going to school here right now and she has a year and a half left still.
Laura started discussing the basics at the front desk while I took care of the emails that came in over the weekend. Then Laura took her on a quick tour while I ran the front. A little while later after Christine came back to talk to us, we decided that every other day me and Laura will switch off sitting in the front while the other takes one of the empty desks in the library. At least until Alia is comfortable at the front on her own. We absolutely do not have room for three interns at the front. Plus it's just silly. So I volunteered to take the first duty today - and Laura sat in the library to work on some things for Rose.
Luckily I had some things come up to mail so I was able to show Alia how to create labels and mail off packages. And a couple clients came in asking for people which was also good because it really helps to see how you handle those kind of situations when you're knew. She had lots of questions about the phones as well and fortunately enough it rang quite a few times this morning.
Ceci emailed us at one point asking if one of us (Laura or myself) could run down to the Holland & Sherry showroom to pick up these 4 huge baskets. Of course we could. We love making trips out. Neither one of us volunteered yet though - the showroom didn't open till 12 and we weren't sure who would be busiest at that time.
And then a little while later, Elisabeth, one of our senior design associates, asked me if one of us could run to a local hardware store to pick up 5 hard hats and 5 pairs of safety glasses. Super random right? She said it was for the Waldorf project. I know that the Waldorf hotel is in the process of being torn up right now because we're renovating it. So I'm assuming 5 people are making a site visit tomorrow. There's really no other explanation for needing those things. Ha.
I informed Laura about the new trip and told her we'd need to coordinate the trips so someone will always be at the desk, while at the same time allowing us to take lunches. Laura took her lunch first while me and Alia were at the front. So I continued to work on that custom rug for Stella. She actually is going to be gone all week, (so lucky...) so Aijun is working with me on it now. And making that darn strie pattern effect thing in photoshop was getting so so tricky. Aijun kept emailing me and asking if it was done yet, and she needs it soon, etc, etc. She was stressing me out! Me and Alia were working on it together and we couldn't get some things right that they needed done on it. Plus I knew that not only did Aijun want it done ASAP, I needed to get it done ASAP because the longer it would take me, the further behind we'd be on eveything else we needed to get done. Errands always take longer than you think and we now had two to do.
ANYWAY. After a stressful hour or two, I emailed it to her. And it wasn't exactly how she wanted it, but I couldn't figure it out and it was taking up too much time. Stupid darn custom rug got the best of me today. At least I got the colors right in it! And the pattern turned out really cool too. Just the stupid strie effect was dumb. I hate their photoshop because its SO OLD. I'm not used to such an old version. Some things are the same, and some things are not. It will take a bit more getting used to. Still, I'm happy that I was able to help create this fantastic custom rug for the St. Regis Hotel in Jakarta Indonesia.
When I finally finished that I rushed off for just a quick bite to eat and when I came back Laura and Alia headed out to get those baskets. When they returned I went to a Home Depot on 23rd street to pick out hard hats and safety glasses. I never would have guessed in a million years that I would be done that on one of my days here. But it went good. Afterall, I am master of the subways and about getting around here now. :)
When I returned it was almost 5. The day went by SO quick today! Ellie came up and asked me to do a bunch of scans when I got back. So me and Alia worked on those until she had to leave at 5:30 and then I finished them off at about 6:15. Busy busy day. And stressful. But I'd rather had than a day that drags on.
And mother and Emily come tomorrow! AND I have Wednesday off! What a great week. :)
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Lazy sunday with a 100% chance of humidity.
It was a solo trip to church today. Which felt slightly more awkward alone because the 11:00 church is a family ward. Oh well. Sleep is more worth it to me. It was really nice today though. It was fast sunday, so it was a fast and testimony meeting and I really enjoyed it.
On my way back home I stopped at an H&M just to look around for fun. Then I got a slice of pizza at the little cafe on the corner right by apartment for lunch. I needed to make plans for today! I still had no idea what I wanted to do.
I eventually decided to go to see the temple since I still hadn't seen it. It was then that I noticed about 5 blocks below the temple there was an Art and Design museum listed on the map. So that settled it. I would visit the west side of central park today. It turned out to be a really nice area! Columbus drive has a lot of neat things to see and it seems to be a pretty nice area. I would have explored it more but it was SO hot. I just wanted to get inside the museum.
It was a fairly small little museum, especially in comparison to the other two I have already been too since I've been too. But I found it to be really interesting. It was a VERY quiet museum experience. Since it was so small and just not as popular as the well known ones, everyone just seemed to wander around in silence. On each small floor of the museum there would only be about 10 or less people in the room with you and everyone just wandered around quietly. You could have heard a pin drop on some of the floors. That made it a bit weird..
Nevertheless, I enjoyed myself. Especially their special exhibition: Swept away.
http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=advsearch&rawsearch=exhibitionid/,/is/,/551/,/true/,/false&profile=exhibitions
Not quite all the things that were on display you can see here. I took a picture of my favorite thing and I'll post it below. But most of the things were created using dirt, lint, dust, or charcoal. Oh! and my favorite - smog. There were amazing sculptural pieces of art that were created by using these elements. Incredible! Who would have thought?
After I finished up at the museum, I walked up to 65th street to see the temple. It was neat to see it stuck right on the corner surrounded by skyscrapers. However it looks like it has no windows. At least from the two sides that were exposed. Does it not have natural light inside? Weird. It's not my favorite temple to look at, but it was still neat to see here.
At this point I was already super hot, so I took the subway back home and went back to my apartment. I was meaning to only be there for a bit while I cooled back down and rested for a bit, but I couldn't get the motivation to go back outside after I fell asleep. So it was a lazy day from about 5 on.
It's a 4 day work week this week! Hooray for the 4th of July! And mother and Emily are arriving on Tuesday after work! Hooray!
On my way back home I stopped at an H&M just to look around for fun. Then I got a slice of pizza at the little cafe on the corner right by apartment for lunch. I needed to make plans for today! I still had no idea what I wanted to do.
It was a fairly small little museum, especially in comparison to the other two I have already been too since I've been too. But I found it to be really interesting. It was a VERY quiet museum experience. Since it was so small and just not as popular as the well known ones, everyone just seemed to wander around in silence. On each small floor of the museum there would only be about 10 or less people in the room with you and everyone just wandered around quietly. You could have heard a pin drop on some of the floors. That made it a bit weird..
Nevertheless, I enjoyed myself. Especially their special exhibition: Swept away.
http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?emu_action=advsearch&rawsearch=exhibitionid/,/is/,/551/,/true/,/false&profile=exhibitions
Not quite all the things that were on display you can see here. I took a picture of my favorite thing and I'll post it below. But most of the things were created using dirt, lint, dust, or charcoal. Oh! and my favorite - smog. There were amazing sculptural pieces of art that were created by using these elements. Incredible! Who would have thought?
After I finished up at the museum, I walked up to 65th street to see the temple. It was neat to see it stuck right on the corner surrounded by skyscrapers. However it looks like it has no windows. At least from the two sides that were exposed. Does it not have natural light inside? Weird. It's not my favorite temple to look at, but it was still neat to see here.
At this point I was already super hot, so I took the subway back home and went back to my apartment. I was meaning to only be there for a bit while I cooled back down and rested for a bit, but I couldn't get the motivation to go back outside after I fell asleep. So it was a lazy day from about 5 on.
It's a 4 day work week this week! Hooray for the 4th of July! And mother and Emily are arriving on Tuesday after work! Hooray!
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| Alexandre Orion's Art less pollution - skull art. This was one of my favorite things on display here because of how the artist created it. He would wipe off the exhaust that sticks to the walls in subways, tunnels, underapasses, etc and then throw the rag in a bucket of water. He would then let all the water evaporate leaving behind just the sludgy exhaust. The sludge would eventually dry out leaving behind a powder material that allows him to create things like this! Incredible! I love the skulls. |
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| Pretty window art in one of the stairwells between floors. |
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| Manhatten Temple! |
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| But there are basically no windows... weird? |
SATURDAY!
Another weekend! Hooray! Slept in till 10 - oh blessed day.
Today I went to the American Museum of Natural History up on 79th street. It was AMAZING. There was so much to see! Some areas I went through quicker than others, but I at least saw every exhibit and that was my goal. I particularly liked their dinosaur exhibit. And the gemstone and mineral exhibits. So so pretty to look at.
I was there till about 4-4:30 and then wanted to leave because I needed to get back in time for this street fair that I wanted to attend. It ended at 6. I went home, got a quick snack, cooled down for a bit, and then left again. And I must say, I know the subway system here so well now. And I must look like I know what I'm doing and where I'm going because I had four people stop me today and ask for directions. And I could answer all of them too. BAM. I am no tourist anymore! Kidding. It's just nice to feel completely comfortable getting around. It seemed so daunting last year when I came here.
The street fair was supposedly this "Festival of the America's" with over 500 international boothes and what not. That wasn't really the case, but it was still fun. It spanned down 15 blocks. 55th-42nd. A lot of the boothes had the same things... I must have seen 20 boothes that had pocket watch necklaces. How are all these different people selling the exact same 'unique' item? Hmm... Anyway, the variety wasn't that great. I didn't need/want scarfs, or ugly sunglasses, or beads. It was just fun to stroll down and see what was there. I did buy a rock necklace for only $3 that I love. It looks like a piece of geode that's been polished and shined. I think it's quite neat. There were tons of different food vendors set up down this street fair that all smelled and looked delicious!
I would have taken more pictures outside when I was wandering around today, but now that I'm wandering alone, I feel weird taking pictures of everything outside. I feel like it draws attention to the fact that I'm a tourist. "Hey I'm alone and taking pictures! Yes, I am a tourist too!" So I just haven't taken as many today. Sorry! I wanted some of the outside of the museum, the street fair, and the streets in the upper west side, but I felt weird.
I took the subway back home again because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet with the rest of my day. And it was SO HOT out. It got uncomfortable quickly walking around just because you'd get hot and sweaty in no time. I ended up going down to Union Square later where I work and browsed through some of the clothing stores down there. I hate/love doing this. I love shopping, but I hate not having any money to buy something. And NY has the best clothes. BOO.
I went back home and ate dinner and spent the rest of the night blogging - including this post here. :) It's nice to finally relax after walking around literally all day. My feet are tired. I do hope this is good for my bad leg though! It will probably build up some muscle that I've lost. Or so I hope. All in all, it was a very enjoyable day today.
Today I went to the American Museum of Natural History up on 79th street. It was AMAZING. There was so much to see! Some areas I went through quicker than others, but I at least saw every exhibit and that was my goal. I particularly liked their dinosaur exhibit. And the gemstone and mineral exhibits. So so pretty to look at.
I was there till about 4-4:30 and then wanted to leave because I needed to get back in time for this street fair that I wanted to attend. It ended at 6. I went home, got a quick snack, cooled down for a bit, and then left again. And I must say, I know the subway system here so well now. And I must look like I know what I'm doing and where I'm going because I had four people stop me today and ask for directions. And I could answer all of them too. BAM. I am no tourist anymore! Kidding. It's just nice to feel completely comfortable getting around. It seemed so daunting last year when I came here.
The street fair was supposedly this "Festival of the America's" with over 500 international boothes and what not. That wasn't really the case, but it was still fun. It spanned down 15 blocks. 55th-42nd. A lot of the boothes had the same things... I must have seen 20 boothes that had pocket watch necklaces. How are all these different people selling the exact same 'unique' item? Hmm... Anyway, the variety wasn't that great. I didn't need/want scarfs, or ugly sunglasses, or beads. It was just fun to stroll down and see what was there. I did buy a rock necklace for only $3 that I love. It looks like a piece of geode that's been polished and shined. I think it's quite neat. There were tons of different food vendors set up down this street fair that all smelled and looked delicious!
I would have taken more pictures outside when I was wandering around today, but now that I'm wandering alone, I feel weird taking pictures of everything outside. I feel like it draws attention to the fact that I'm a tourist. "Hey I'm alone and taking pictures! Yes, I am a tourist too!" So I just haven't taken as many today. Sorry! I wanted some of the outside of the museum, the street fair, and the streets in the upper west side, but I felt weird.
I took the subway back home again because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do yet with the rest of my day. And it was SO HOT out. It got uncomfortable quickly walking around just because you'd get hot and sweaty in no time. I ended up going down to Union Square later where I work and browsed through some of the clothing stores down there. I hate/love doing this. I love shopping, but I hate not having any money to buy something. And NY has the best clothes. BOO.
I went back home and ate dinner and spent the rest of the night blogging - including this post here. :) It's nice to finally relax after walking around literally all day. My feet are tired. I do hope this is good for my bad leg though! It will probably build up some muscle that I've lost. Or so I hope. All in all, it was a very enjoyable day today.
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| Walruses! |
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| I love masks. |
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| I think the goal here was to cause nightmares. |
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| East India statue. |
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| Dinosaur's in the rotunda! |
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| T-rex! |
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| Cute little Chinese dolls from the 1800's. |
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| I forget the animal this came from.. some ancient sea creature. |
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| An ancient armadillo! Look how big they used to be! |
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| Triceratops! |
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| A view of the street fair. The people waiting to cross the street are kinda blocking the view here, but on either side of the street you can see the booths that were lining it. |
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