My first week...

Every morning, I do "look up" and out during my commute and write down my observations so that my readers can enjoy my train ride with me...  However, by the time, I hit "publish" the website crashes on me and I loose everything I've written!  So now, I decided to do this while I am at my desk, on a real computer, as opposed to my phone!

My first week at GE... I should say so far, so good.  This is a tiny little office with 11 people at the most - generally about 4-5 of them are either traveling for business or working at the San Jose office!  Therefore, it has been really quiet since Monday.  I am going through the regular hurdles of being a "new hire", such as not having my computer, or not having a GE email address...  On my very first day, the computer that a co-worker logged me in went into sleep and because my co-worker left for the day I didn't even have internet available.  As a result, I ended up going through all sorts of presentations that were put together by my group.  I definitely learned a lot during that process.

One hard thing, I should admit is, coming from a very high-tech, all-about-looks company to a very down-to-earth, regular company.  Being away from the city definitely gives me the perspective of the people out here.  From what I have heard, this job gets really hectic with all the client requests, but I can already feel the slower pace of things around me.  Yet again, I might become one of the more dressed up people.  I have already told twice by my work buddy, Nicole, that it is okay to wear jeans.  :)  What can I say, I do like dressing up business casual...  The challenge is to decide on my outfit from the night before as I try to leave home at 6:30am.

I am already excited to look into their data and understand things better.  It does sound like they will actually give me the responsibility to really be involved - unlike BOKU, where they told me I was responsible but I really wasn't! :)

Now going back to my early commutes in the train...  Just a quick scenery description from my rides...  This morning, when I made it to the train at Civic Center, the sun was still asleep.  It was pitch dark outside.  The train goes underground all the way to Oakland station, where it finally emerges to the outside...  When we got out of the dark and loud tunnel, I stopped playing my sudoku and looked up.  One side of me was lit with the early orange beams from the sun, the other side was still asleep...  It was an amazing site.  The orange beams were trying to clear the hills while, the bay was snoozing their alarm clock!  I kept watching the lit side as I wanted to feel like I was coming to work during the day and not during the night. By the time I arrived to my station, the sun was still playing the hide-and-seek game but its orange beams were shinning all over the city of Walnut Creek.  You know that brisk mornings?  It was that type of morning today with those beams touch your face gently...  The fall is here and the winter is approaching fast! 

Tomorrow I am looking forward to another bright morning...