It's such a weird feeling. I'm actually enjoying my job? Like, the thing I get paid for? It's true, and sometimes it makes me feel embarrassed when my fellow office mates don't share the same enthusiasm. Today, overestimating how sluggishly I would do the whole waking up ritual, I got to work 45 minutes earlier than expected, at around 9.15am. Now, I'm really not hardworking in the normal sense, but man, I just couldn't leave without implementing that one feature I'd planned for today and crushing that nasty bug in which the windows forgot their positions! So, I ended up staying until 8.15pm... yeah. 吾嫌蟲也。
Also... especially useful for those who aren't super-thrilled about what they're doing (an added bonus for me), there are loads of intern events at Microsoft to keep them busy and excited. For example, just last Thursday, we went on a sailboat to tour the San Francisco Bay and it was amazing! I'd never been on a sailboat before and really loved it. Also, on Friday morning, all of us interns are flying up to Redmond and won't be at work again until Wednesday the next. So, a five-day long weekend, which, as far as I know, includes a trip to a zoo, a hiking trip to Mt. Rainier, and a company picnic. Plus, I really like all the interns who are in my building and it looks like it's going to be really fun hanging out with them for one mega-weekend... in, by the way, a Hilton. Did I mention that this is not only free but that we're also getting paid for the days we're off from work? Wow. They definitely do not treat full-time employees this nicely.
Other stuff that's been keeping me excited is the release of Apple's iPhone 2.0 software which has all but breathed (I don't like the past tense form of breathe, I would like it to sound more like "breatht" perhaps...) new life into my one year old iPhone. I absolutely love the new Maps with its continuous location tracking feature, I am a huge fan of my iPhone's newfound ability to display song information in Hindi, I am pleasantly surprised by the fact that playlists containing videos now behave as I expect them to, I am constantly amazed by the new Chinese handwriting recognition system and am a huge fan of the App Store and many of the apps that have come out of it such as the Remote app.
Also, I've begun re-listening to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for the nth time (summertime always rekindles old interests). So, it's time now to go listen to another chapter.
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3 comments
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You've achieved Nirvana my friend! :P
I was under the impression that you were interning at Apple this summer, but clearly that's not the case. Oh and I just finished a Deathly Hallows re-read myself, just to celebrate the book's one year anniversary. :) -
Well, since I'm doing Cocoa programming either way, it doesn't make much difference to me where I happen to be. (And I get the feeling that MS probably pays better.)
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oh I want an iPhone too. Hindi, or not.
And glad to see you still read Potter books. Heh. Harry rocks.
