Dear Followers:
I am SO sorry to have kept you waiting so long without an update. Life has been incredible[ly busy].
I am no longer at Cisco, instead I have accepted an internship position at Google! Before I go into details, just let it be known that I will truly miss Cisco. It has been the absolute most amazing experience of my life: The work was incredibly beneficial and meaningful; the environment, management and people were great; and the overall environment was amazing. - It was defeintly hard to leave.
I also made so many friends at Cisco -Jesse, Madu, Sean, Peter, Nadia, Chris, Dave, Amandeep, Reetika, etc. (Sorry if I missed anyone) You guys were great, thanks for everything!
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Life in San Jose has also been really good! I spent an amazing Easter out here with Christine, and Alley White and her family. They really made me feel like a part of their family and it was great. Thanks so much guys!
I am missing home though! It's pretty tough. I was excited to come out to Silicon Valley to 'skip' the winter, but now that I have actually skipped it, I kind of miss it! Just proves that you don't know what you have till it's gone! Also, there are NEVER EVER ANY THUNDERSTORMS OUT HERE! What's up with that?! I really miss east coast weather as crazy as that sounds.
My awesome friends [Zack, Tyler, and Brian] came out to visit me over their spring break, 2nd week of March. It was a great time. We got to spend time going to Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and a plethora of other things. We had a great time! We got to see some movies, and I know they did a lot of exploring in San Jose while I was at work.
I actually left with my friends to come back to PA and Penn State to campaing for the Penn State Presidential Election. You may or may not know that I was running for President along with Tyler Washburn [Vice President] for the 2009-2010 academic year. Long story short, after a long and deliberated election, we [Tyler and I] were elected as Vice President and President, respectively. Thanks all! We look forward to serving Penn State next year!
Also, my AWESOME MOM came out to visit me! It proved to be a great time. We really enjoyed ourselves and I'm glad she came out and got to spend time with me, and see the area and what I do at work. We had some great times, we went to San Francisco twice, [via the Caltrain] ventured to Santa Cruz, and wound up at some CRAZY expensive steakhouse [~$100/person]!
We had a great time just exploring and relaxing. It honestly was a great time! Thanks so much for coming out, mom! <3
Just recently, some more family came out, My awesome grandmom, my Uncle Dave, and Aunt Jessie. Jessie was in town (SF) for a work related conference so my Uncle and Grandmom came out to make a weekend trip of it. We had a great time. I left work early on the 8th (May) and took the CalTrain to SF where I then arrived at the Hotel room. They had been out Wine tasting most of the day so I waited for them to arrive back. We then had a nice dinner and watched Paul Blart: Mall Cop [lol!]. On Saturday we then went to check out Alcatraz [awesome!] and in the evening we explored Muir Woods [giant redwood forest]. Sadly, they left the next day... Overall we had a great time, thanks guys!
More recently, This past weekend, I helped Alley White move from her apartment to a new apartment on the other side of San Jose. It was a good time, and she invited myself, Christine, and the rest of her family over to her new place to swim on Saturday and Sunday. It was a pretty good time, even considering the fact I got a bit burned.
That is pretty much a quick sum of my life and what has been going on! All except Google! I will leave that to the next post, b/c there is just too much to talk about!
I also wanted to say one thing.... I REALLY miss all my family and friends very badly. I really miss my mom and dad [dad, I haven't seen you in forever! really miss ya!] my grandparents, and my aunts and uncles and cousins. Also, to my friends back home, I miss you guys!!!! I can't tell you how much I miss hanging out; there are no substitutes for you guys!!!
I hope to see all you guys soon! =]
I want to apologize for the delay of this post though, I know you all have been following and waiting for updates, so finally, here it is.
Please comment, and let me know if you have any questions! Also, please friend me on Facebook to see and keep up with all my photos! There are a lot of them!
Once again thanks to you all, I miss everyone back home!
Best,
-Nick
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