[long time no blog] wooo -- 2 weeks in, and a work schedule has already taken its toll on my blogging abilities. actually, we've all been in training these past two weeks, and still have one more, so you'd think i'd be blogging incessantly. in all honesty, the material is pretty interesting -- it's just not presented in the most interesting way =P so yeah...

[how is work di?] so far, out of the 25 or so people in my starting class, we have two married girls -- one girl is from alabama and married her college sweet heart, and one is japanese who married.. for a green card? haha jk, i don't know, but yeah she's married probably for cultural reasons. there are also two married guys -- both are mormon, one has a 4 month old baby who he proudly potty-trained last weekend =) there is also a nigerian girl, who is super cool and left her fiance in nigeria *sniff*, and two other african americans that add just that little big of spunk to our class. of course, there is also a slew of east-coasters, chicks from seattle, and hahaa.. the four asian girls in the crowd? why, we happen to ALL be from haas, uc berkeley of course =D and get this -- we were all in business fraternities too. =O how funny. through happy hours, socials, and lunch breaks, i've been slowly getting to know everyone a little bit better.. the weird thing is, the segregations of the past that you thought would dissippate with age.. just doesn't! the asians still hang out with the asians.. and the white people are still more comfortable with the white people.. oh why oh why!!! i'm trying, i'm trying.. =)

[mood of the month] thankful, appreciative, and tired. in the mood for the giants to win the world series again... =D

[mark this day] tomorrow is the beginning of the rest of my life.......... working. immbl already.

[gratitude] many thanks to everyone who called, wrote, and bestowed their hugs and well wishes on my birthday. i'm truly thankful. my family, my parents who came out and my brother who flew out for only two days right before school started, my uncle geoff and cousin maddie who drove up from LA to celebrate with me. my true friends who showed they cared, and those who remembered and thought of me =) *blush* b -- who went through many stresses these past few weeks, in my honor. lots of love to all of you =D

[and other september babies] i may have kicked off the month on the 1st, but hoo boy are there many others! happy burfday and warm hugs to amy, mike chang, dickie, simon, ellen, christine, mike kim, and ryan. also to my old friends kathy and tiana =D (and okay, happy birthday to you too mark, though you're technically an august baby ;)) another year older, another reason to celebrate, another reason to build memories =D