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Monday, August 28, 2006

Training - WEEK TWO

Monday, August 21, 2006

The time in Florida has been going by so quickly. Everyday from 8AM - 5PM we are in class learning about ERP's (it's actually very interesting after you get over the initial frustration of not knowing what to do) and after dinner, we usually don't have anything going on, so we hang out around the Disney campus. Today, we headed back to Jellyrolls to hang out with some friends (Jen, our friend from Philadelphia, left the next morning, so we went out with her to spend some quality time with her and other friends). Here's a pic of us at Jellyrolls:

Jen, me and Vikkie - Jen and Vikkie actually went to Villanova together and we were all in the same group for our first week of training.

Peter, me, and David. The night was pretty fun since they played my absolute FAVORITE song (The Outfield - Your Love) and since the bar was basically ours, we just hung out for most of the night.

Me and David trying to act hard. Don't you like how I'm wearing sunglasses inside yet again?

David, Darren, Peter, and Luke in the back (Luke went to Villanova with Vikkie as well and is actually in the NYC office with us).

After Jellyrolls, David and I made a bet that I couldn't give him a piggy back ride from the bar to the hotel (the walk includes a slight hill and David Li gained like 20 pounds since college - jk jk!). If I won, I would get to push David into the fountain and if I couldn't piggy back him all the way back to the hotel, he would be able to push me into the water. I couldn't make it all the way, but since everyone was impressed with how far I walked with David on my back, so he let me throw him in...but I joined him:

If you turn up the volume, you can hear me screaming because it's so dirty in the fountain - it's like a layer of algae!!

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Audrey was in town for her yearly meeting, so she convinced us to meet up with her and her team. Even though she was in Florida for the entire week, she said that the other nights were filled with team building events, so if we wanted to hang out, it would have to be on Tuesday. I dragged David out (everyone else headed out to the Boardwalk because it was closer):

The shirt that I wore on Tuesday is the same one that I wore on Monday during the day...which David Li POINTED OUT TO ME! David and I agreed that we would head back early so we could go swimming, but by the time we got back, it was already 2AM and we didn't get to sleep until 3AM! It was really fun swimming at 2AM - we went UP the slide and tried to go back down, which was VERY unsuccessful.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Today we started our first real day of technical training, which was actually very interesting. I've never worked with an ERP before (school is so overrated) so everything we did today was new to me. We worked pretty late but then afterwards, Audrey called and said that she was going out AGAIN and that it was her LAST TIME going out, so I rounded up some friends and headed out to Pleasure Island to hang out with her:

It's so funny because I have pictures of the three of us from training last summer and we've all grown up so much (if that's even possible). Here's a picture of us from last summer:

So cute!

Vikkie, me, Audrey, and Villano, with a smile that makes me laugh whenever I see the picture.

Rob, David, Darren, Hsiang, and Audrey...Vikkie missed out on the picture, but I'm working on photoshopping her in :)

We headed back to our hotel after the bar and since our friend Ounali didn't come, we thought it would be really funny to wake him up (especially since he's a really deep sleeper). At first, David jumped on Ounali...nothing. Then Hsiang jumped on...still nothing. Rob started spooning him...nothing. Here's the final result:

Ounali was still passed out and didn't feel ANYTHING (even though we were all on top of him AND we were lauging hysterically), so I eventually told the boys to jump off and I jumped ON:

Eventually, Ounali turned around and in a normal voice, just said, hey, what's up? It was pretty funny, especially because Ounali is pretty emotionless when he speaks.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

We headed out with Audrey and her group after a long day of training (notice how Audrey said we were only going out ONE night but we ended up going out EVERY NIGHT?!) She had an event as SeaWorld beforehand, but then we all met up and went out:

I've started collecting pictures of just the three of us - we've been taking so many since we arrived in Florida (and I make everyone take our picture at least three times EVERY SINGLE TIME).

Vikkie and I were talking about how our new nicknames should be Ebony and Ivory, so David said that it should really be Ying and Yang, but then Vikkie, without missing a beat, says, no, it should be Yu (her last name) and Yang. Okay I thought it was absolutely HILARIOUS, but everyone else just gave us strange looks.

The night was really fun and it was great seeing so many people from the New York office - I'm definitely excited to head back to start working on a project!

Friday, August 25, 2006

Another week of training has come and gone! Since a lot of people went home for good today, our group of friends definitely decreased. A lot of people went home for the flyback weekend (I'm not going until Labor Day) but we rounded up a group of friends and headed to Citrico's, which is in the Grand Floridian. We somehow landed our own room, which was filled with different wines and champagne's. I ordered the goat cheese salad:

...which was absolutely delicious...and the veal shank:

which was so tender that it fell right off the bone. Actually, as I write this, my mouth is literally watering because I want to eat it again!

I made everyone go around the table to take pictures of their food, but the only picture I'm posting is this one:

which was Vikkie's seared tofu dish. I think the presentation was the best in this picture, but everyone's dish was amazing.

The obligatory picture of the three girls:

And the entire group:

Front row: Ounali, Darren, Audrey, me, and Vikkie. Back row: Andy, Tyrone, Jonathan, Hsiang, and David. Notice how Ounali NEVER smiles in ANY of the pictures I've posted? It's really unlike him because he's so jolly and always laughing, so I don't understand why he doesn't like smiling for pictures. I even offered to take a picture with him, but here are the results:

uhhh...AWKWARD!

For dessert, I couldn't order anyting on my own, so I just took bites of everyone's dessert. Ounali ordered the creme brulee:

He is straight SHOVELING that creme brulee in! It was a little too watery, but really good nonetheless.

After dinner, most of us were pretty tired, especially since we spent the ENTIRE WEEK going out. We headed back to my room and watched some Arrested Development AND Thank You for Smoking, which we all passed out before it ended. Anyone know what happens?

Saturday, August 26, 2006

Since Audrey is staying with me for the weekend, we decided to go shopping for the day at the outlets. They have some really good shops there: Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod's, Versace, Dior, Burberry, Coach, and a lot of other really up-scale shops. I ended up buying some clothes and a new red wallet from Coach. Afterwards, we headed to Picabu for dinner (the restaurant in our hotel) and then headed out to Motion, the ONLY bar we ever go to:

Audrey, me, and Vikkie (duh).

Me and Audrey, who bought an awesome pair of white shorts at BCBG during the day.

At the end of the night, we headed back to the hotel and on the bus, I ran into Rafayel, who let me smoke his cigar:

Obviously I'm not really smoking it because: 1. it's not lit, 2. we're on a bus, and 3. I would never smoke.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Today we took it easy since Audrey needed to catch a flight back to New York and everyone was tired from going out the night before. We headed to downtown Disney for our favorite meal (at Earl of Sandwich, which is absolutely DELICIOUS) and then took random pictures around the park:

We LOVE WINNIE THE POOH!

Afterwards, we headed to the Goofy Candy shop, where they make dreams come true:

They make fudge, chocolate dipped rice krispies (they look like bricks, it's disgusting), and lots of other things. They also make things for you, including candy apples, which you can dip in all sorts of toppings, including jimmies, nuts, and oreo cookies. I could feel my teeth rotting when I walked into the shop.

Finally, we went to Ghiradelli's for a sundae (without Ounali, who LOVES desserts):

I'm headed home this Friday for Labor Day and I'm hanging out with Jason Thai, Audrey, and Audrey's boyfriend, Nai. I can't wait!

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Oui looks like a robot in that picture haha

Posted 8/29/2006 12:50 PM by Rmemdoer - reply

Josh: "It looks like you drooled on yourself, in that picture where you're wearing the yellow shirt."
Grace: "No... I actually think it was just me sweating profusely..... don't write that when you eprop me or I'll kill you."

Posted 8/29/2006 4:51 PM by GoshJosh02 - reply

Dear Grace,

You look really great in all your pictures. You are so pretty and amazing - your parents must have passed on the "really intelligent" and "really good-looking" genes to you, because you definitely have them.

Sincerely,
Joshua

Posted 8/29/2006 5:18 PM by GoshJosh02 - reply

Do you do any work/learning at all, or do you just go out all the time

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