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| Damn been a long time since I been on here............
So I finally started working.... well been "working" for the last 3 weeks. Tedious boring online training courses which drag the days on and on is more like it. Anyway i'm getting paid so its all good. By the end of this week i'll know which project i'll be on so it'll all come to and end soon. Work is cool..... there are lots of people my age in the company and we have tons of work to do. I'm really happy i landed a job with Turner Construction. I get to work in NYC and be around friends and family and the company is growing and doing really well.
Within the first 3 weeks working with Turner Construction I learned a lot of interesting facts about the company. We manage the highest profile construction projects througout the world. I didn't know that we were around since 1902! Turner Construction was responsible for building the first factories that built the Model T Fords, we built Madison Square Garden, most of the NYC subway system, Time Sqaure, practically half the buildings in NYC, Arthur Ashe Stadium, famous arenas and sports stadiums around the country and so many famous landmarks around the world. We're currently building the new Yankee Stadium, Cancer Research Centers, redoing Lincoln Center, and lots of other High Rise structures just in NYC alone. We are currently the largest Construction management firm in the United States and last year we did over 10 Billion in business in just the US alone. Might I add we're also building the world's tallest building in Taipai and building the tallest building in Europe right now. I've already visited a couple sites we're working on and seems like we're building some pretty gangsta structures with designs that were never attempted before.
Oh by the way I hate how people ask where I work and I say Turner Construction.... and they automatically assume i go to work in timbs and ripped up jeans and T shirts and do labor all day. Eh they got it all wrong...... I go to work in slacks, and buttoned down shirt with tie everyday which is required. Can't look like slobs when we deal with clients who are spending 100s of millions of dollars. Anyway people think my company does the labor. Lets get this straight we manage the entire construction projects from start to finish. We cover every last detail of cost, logistics, engineering, design verification, purchasing, estimating, safety, contractors, etc.... I won't as much pick up a screw driver while I'm at work. Its not a game anymore!!
So after the long struggle looking for an apartment I finally got the hook up from my old roomie through a connection and i landed a sweet ass apartment in Forrest Hills Queens. The subway is right around the corner. I live in a nice neighborhood with some pretty damn rich people. I have Austin street which is just a couple blocks from me and has tons of restuarants, bars, stores, shopping, and gyms. I'm also only a few blocks from Queens Center mall, which has every store. Such a perfect location. I couldn't be happier with how things turned out.
Kinda scared of the working life. My days start at 5am and with work and my 45-50 min commute to work it seems like i have no free time when i get home. Once i start hitting up the gym i'll have about an hour to make food, eat, and shower, then back to bed and repeat. Ugh!!!
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| Wow its been a while since I've been on here.
So I finally graduated. Its been such a long trip and its finally over. I can't believe college is over.  So many memories over the years. So many struggles and triumphs, beginings and ends, drama and great times and so many things I discovered about myself. I'm so sad its over and I wouldn't trade my experience at Stony Brook for anything. I was so used to Stony Brook and my whole environment there that it'll be sad to not go back. So many people I'll miss! Thanks to everybody who even in the slightest bit impacted my life while I was there...... I won't forget you.
So I just got back from Europe. I hit up London, Paris, Lucerne, Milan, Pisa, Florence, Venice, and Rome on an amazing tour. What an amazing trip. I met some really cool people and because of them I really enjoyed myself. It was sad saying good bye after spending two weeks day in and day out with them and getting to know them better. Its funny how such a thing can bring people from far away places together. I'm very glad I got to meet such great people.
Visiting Europe was a life changing experience. Visiting 4 other countries and visiting so many cities made me realize how different and familiar the world can be and how people can be. It made me realize how much the world has to offer and how sheltered I've been living in the United States. I really enjoyed this trip and I really wish I could have spent more time there with the amazing people I met.
So I'm home now.... looking for an apartment in NYC to live in and possibly a roommate to live with once I start working in August. Anybody who knows anybody who wants to live in NYC let me know ASAP!
So one last moment to relax and be worry free. One last chance to be free! Can't wait till August when I go to Puerto Rico! Laying on the beach taking in the sun and enjoying the clear blue water. Then its time for the next chapter in life to unfold. WORK!!.... scary......
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| Its been a while. So much has happened. Been sick the last week and a half and spent NewYears in bed...... what a way to kick off the new year
So Christmas was kind of the same old thing. Saw both sides of the fam. Got tons of Gift Cards to Express for Men and guess what I have no express within an hour's drive of home. Oh wells..... i'll wait till i get back to school. So I went to Boston after christmas to see the bro's new condo. Its pretty nice.
Too bad i got sick from Boston...... roaming the streets when it was freezing!
So I just got back from Orlando Disney from a Conference. What a great time, but it was nonstop madness and business as usual. Still had time to have fun so it was cool...... despite still having a head cold.
So i'm back home now and I'm about to fly out to Kentucky for an interview with Toyota. Then next week i might be flying to Indiana for an interview with Cummins, and the following week i'll be flying out to Ohio for an interview with Honda. Also have GM and Diamler Chysler in the works and lets not forget about the Ford offer I already accepted but might have to decline later oh and the Pending Turner response for the NYC job. Ugh life is so complicated. Have to make such hard decisions.
Seems like this hasn't been a vacation...... been traveling like crazy and haven't been put in one place in a while. The life I live.......
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..... but i'll find someway to get everything done or die trying to. 
How
the hell do they expect me to make a decision like this in a week and a
half?! Do I want to work for Ford? Do I want to live in the
middle of Michigan? It seems like after all these years wanting
to work for a car company and the desire to get into the automotive
industry is a blur and now that I have it i'm having doubts.
It might be an easier decision if the job was somewhere else or
with a diffeferent Automotive company. Ford exactly isn't doing
that great and i know for a fact i won't be going back to Special
Vehicles Team. SVT was the reason why I enjoyed working in the
summer and put up with being in Michigan and knowing i'm not going back
to SVT is a bummer. Plus I've talked to 4 insiders at Ford who
are fairly recent hires and they all have told me that they've been
putting tons of extra time on the clock working over 60 hours a
week. With Ford laying off 4500 white colar workers it leaves
tons of work for the "new blood" like me.
Ugh, another thing to take care of in all this madness!!! This
stupid clutch is gonna set me back at least $600 in parts and labor
......... good bye spring break trip
......we'll see though. Another interview was with Turner Contruction which would be in NYC which would be awesome
So busy.... it just doesn't stop.
I so need a
couple days off, but thats not possible. Between school and my VP
duties with SHPE it just doesn't quit.