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Name: Alan
Country: United States
State: California
Birthday: 7/5/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: ddr of course, ballin, hangin out kickin it, video games, listenin to music, movies, etc. u know, everything
Occupation: Student
Industry: Engineering
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AIM:  ddarrrulez4l
Member Since:
6/15/2003
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| I have decided to stop writing a xanga weblog. Since I'm going to China, I've started a new blog which I'll be updating!
http://amwong21.blogspot.com/
Thanks for reading!
-Alan
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| So I got the Foxconn job and I accepted their offer! That means that in July I'll be moving to China for the next 6 month to a year. And my hiring would still be contingent upon whether I could pick up Mandarin Chinese before I leave. I can't believe that I'll be moving to China this summer. It scares the crap out of my even more now that I've actually accepted the offer. I mean I don't even know what to say. The benefits are awesome and I don't have to pay for rent, food, or transportation when I'm there!
It's kind of crazy to think that my job hunt is done. I mean I've been on about a dozen interviews and this is my first offer. I don't have to apply any more jobs. That means no more cover letters or writing resumes. Now all I need to do is pass my classes and graduate.
I need to go celebrate.
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| So I had a second on site interview with Foxconn Electronics today. I had been preparing for it all week because they wanted me to make a technical presentation. The funny thing is I've NEVER used powerpoint before today. I had to build a powerpoint from scratch. I even went out and bought one of those laser point/clickers that wirelessly advance slides.
Normally I wouldn't spend so much time preparing for an interview, but this is no ordinary job. For this particular program, I would be going to China for six months to a year before working in the US. It's crazy. I know. I think the interview went pretty well actually, but then again I always think my interviews go well. I suppose I should be excited because I have a good feeling about how it went.
However, to be honest, it scares the crap out of me. I can't even begin to imagine what that would be like be in China for that long. I guess I'm a bit of a wuss in that sense. I'm afraid of how homesick I would get to be away from home, friends, and family in a foreign country. It seems a bit absurd considering six months to a year is not that long, and considering that with phones/email/chat communication isn't a problem. I guess I'm very rooted in that sense. I have strong connections to my home, friends, and family. Believe it or not, I got crazy homesick during freshman year. I had never been on my own till I got to college. I mean now it has been four years and I've become more independent though.
In the end, if I get offered this job, I think I would HAVE to take it. I mean how could I pass up a once in a lifetime opportunity like that. It's a unique opportunity to live/work in a foreign country, especially in China. It would be my first trip to Asia and it would be awesome to pick up Mandarin Chinese. I can only imagine how invaluable an asset it would become for any future job.
Oh and let's not forget the awesome pictures I could take :)
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| My laptop hard drive died in my arms last night. I was editing photographs from my hike earlier that day when all of the sudden the "Blue Screen of Death" appeared. PC users know that familiar feeling:
Your heart stops...
Time stands still...
You cross your fingers, turn off your computer and pray everything will be okay.
Sadly, attempts to resurrect it have been unsuccessful thus far. I've tried data recovery software but the drive is unrecognizable. I've even tried putting my hard drive in the freezer for hours (which is supposed to strengthen the magnetic data making it easier to read). I have one last option: I'm going to take it to a professional data recovery place to get a free estimate on how much it'll cost to recover.
The scary thing about this all is that I have NEVER had a hard drive crash on me in my ENTIRE life. I know, I've been using computers for how many years? Because I've never had a hard drive crash on me, I've never got in the habit to backing up my data. That's where the bad news comes. This is my tablet PC's hard drive. The one that I take ALL my notes on and do all my homework on for class. I mean I could get through the semester without notes if I had to or just get a copy from someone else.
But what scares me the most is the pictures I might lose. I have all my dailycal pictures and recent stuff backed up but I don't have images from my old camera (the Nikon D50) backed up. Those would be my cooking photos and landscapes. Those are images that I can't imagine being without. I may have one copy on my other laptop but it's in Berkeley. That means I won't know whether I have a backup until I get back :/ The suspense is killing me.
On the plus side I have been doing a surprising amount of photo stuff this spring break. Here are images from last week.
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12372
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12390
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12401
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12403
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| This is my first weekend this semester with "nothing to do" and I use that term loosely because I have plenty of studying to do. This semester has been a bit of an anomaly because I'm only taking two real classes. The rest of my time has been filled with applying for jobs, tutoring, teaching, supervising, and mostly working with photography. The funny thing is despite this being my lightest semester academically, it has also been my busiest at Cal. It seems I'm always in a hurry to be somewhere or go do something.
But this weekend was a nice change of pace. It is my first weekend where I'm not shooting any sports :(, but I think it is a good thing for me. It's nice to just have lazy time to unwind and relax. I should be studying for my two midterms next week (my last two forever, assuming I don't go to graduate school). But honestly it's nice to just have a lazy weekend where I can just bum around the house, cook my own meals, and let the time fly by. I can't wait for spring break and a full week of nothing to do!
Here are some more photos:
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12317
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12330
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12339
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12341
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12340
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12342
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12338
http://feature.dailycal.org/galleries/2008.03.11.whoops_pac10_stanford.HIATT/gallery.php
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12346
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12363
http://www.dailycal.org/image.php?id=12362
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