Thank you

Since it's Thanksgiving time, I would like to say thank you to my family, friends and coworkers. Thank you for tolerating my temper, thank you for being there as my safety net and thank you for bringing  new adventures in my life.

Today marks the end of my first ever year long job. I thought I would stay at this company for 2 full years until my contract ends, but I guess fate has something else prepared for me. It was quite an experience for me and I am pretty glad that I got to start at somewhere big. The transition period was slightly difficult but my coworkers really helped me out a lot. I really thank them for taking care of me during this full year and trusting me in a lot of issues. I may still be the little girl in their eyes, but I learnt a lot from them, even though they think that they didn't teach me anything. I had a great time working here and I might have stayed if there was something to look forward to...

Thank you my friends for being my friends. They were there when I needed advice, when I felt alone, when I just wanted a simple hangout. Thank you for accepting me for who I am, as always. I am glad that I still have you guys around after so many years.


My family has always been strange. Although there's always some kind of argument happening at home and someone not satisfied with something, we are always a family. It was a turbulent year, with my dad going to court and such but we stayed together. I know that it is a place where I can always come back to if nowhere else in the world will accept me.


Thank you Pete for being Pete.


As for now, I'm taking a week off before the start of my new job. I'm not sure what's ahead of me (hey, I actually never know in every single job I had!) but at least I know there are people behind me, who trust me and would support me.


Off to watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving!

Penn State Scandal

If you know me, you know that I love my college Alma Mater. I was really excited about our football games and also the rich traditions it has. I don't think I can get a better American college experience than that.

However, as of lately, being a Penn Stater also represents cover up and child abuse. It is absolutely shocking to the Penn State community due to the recent events. I think it's more shocking that side suddenly we lost a legend.

He is a legend. Our head coach, Joe Paterno, was fired by the Board of Trustees as of Wednesday night. It was a very sad moment for us and the worse part is that we can't do anything about. He has coached at our college for 62 seasons! He was really loyal and made our football program the way it is. How can you just fire someone like that because in the eyes of the public, he didn't do enough to stop the victimization and therefore is guilty. The attorney general didn't even consider him a suspect. You can't look at everything in hindsight. The incident happened almost 20 years ago! Even my parents who don't know much about football knew about his contributions to the school and the community.

As a dad and a grandfather and someone who supports our dance Marathon for pediatric cancer, I highly doubt that he would for one second put his and the football program's reputation before a child's well-being.

A career that has been so outstanding has now been ruined by a scandal that hasn't even started its first day at court! It's those stories that you hear all the time... when an old guy retire, he will soon pass away. I believe he will soon pass away because he lost what he love in such a tragic way. The Board of Trustees and PR handled the situation really badly this time.

I am still proud to be a Penn Stater.Our community will stay together to get through this scandal. I hope we didn't accuse someone wrongly and ruin a legend's name.

Bathrooms

Not to generalize, but I tend to think that girls are cleaner and neater than guys. 


However,


WHY IS THE BATHROOM AT WORK SO DIRTY ALL THE FRIGGING TIME!!! 


We already have a lady that cleans it from time to time but it's still always so dirty! Toilet paper on the floor, unflushed toilets, toilet bowls with unidentifiable liquids on them... UGH!!!