This is gonna be a week of "UGH"

Hi!

First the good news! Today (at 12 o'clock noon), I will start my new job as a contractor (v-) at Microsoft! :D :D: D :D I will be my first foray into "technical" project management as a Project Support Analyst. :)

So why the "UGH" you ask? Well the "UGH" has nothing to do what-so-ever with me getting a new job. I am actually really really stoked about working again (especially with Microsoft! :D ). So much that I even had trouble falling asleep right off of the bat last night. :D

The "UGH" has to do with the terrible soreness that I am having from my whole legs... A little back story I suppose.

Last Thursday, I hiked up some trails on Mount Rainier. It was a total of around 5 miles over roughly 1500 feet of elevation (I think). Roughly around 4 hours total. Two days after that (Saturday), I joined a few friends to go hike up Mount Si (8 miles round trip, 3000ft of elevation, and ~6-7 hours). This was particularly a killer trip. Carrying a second back pack for a friend really exhausted me as well (was really worried for my friend haha). I didn't compensate for the extra load enough and I totally ran out of energy half a mile to the top. Good thing we had a hearty lunch at the top and made it down relatively alright (though I had to take extra caution to preserve my bad knees). The next day (Sunday) I woke up and my whole leg was pretty much screaming sore (you know it's sore when the first thing that happens after you open your eyes is the pain screaming haha). So what did I do to nurse myself in preparation for my first day on the job? I played soccer (futsal) that afternoon during a Malaysian gathering that we hosted in our back yard. I ran around like a maniac (a maniac with a full stomach too HAHA), slipping and sliding on our lawn, jumping, heading, dribbling, and tackling. Heck, I even scored a goal too (as well as becoming a crazed defender)... ;)

Anyone wanna guess what I felt the moment I opened my eyes this morning? ;)

Wish me luck this week fellow readers! :D

Wowzor

Someone I know advised me to stay in the Supply Chain field. He said only Fortune 500 companies have this so I would never have to worry about a small fry company. Also because of this, not a lot of people have experience in this field. So it is a niche market, but high demand as these companies need to move huge amounts of inventory. Only the big fish will want me and they have very deep pockets (even though I get chump change now).

True. Very true. I am currently in charge of moving nearly 20k boxes of material weighing more than half a million pounds and costs nearly 2 million USD. Single handedly I might add. :)

Fun times.

But yesterday, I had a behemoth come knocking. Via both phone and email. They indentified me as a candidate! :o

Why a behemoth? While I won't name it, it is a Fortune 500 company (rank 33rd) and is a top 5 retailer in the US.

Hopefully it turns out well and something will come of this.

:D

What do you get

When 4 big jokers sit down and have lunch together? Anything can happen.

Yesterday, my buddy (Nick) and I were having lunch together. Another co-worker decided to have lunch with us, and then two other co-workers came in (the other two jokers) and sat down with us.

Hilarity ensues....

Jokes/puns/and slapsticks ensued with utter disregard of the workplace lounge. I almost exhaled the cinnamon roll out of my nostrils trying to hold back a big burst of laughter. My root beer almost got accelerated out of my esophagus and into the air/table a few times.

The co-worker who joined us had to excuse herself after a while (you guys are nuts, I can't sit here - she was turning red from laughing).

Such good times. Bad for the digestive tract but good for the soul.