Trip to Fullerton

The Morning Errand


I'm the only resident that still has not received my badge yet! So I made an appointment to go to human resources this morning and tried to get my picture taken so I can get my badge. Before I went, I was reassured by a HR personnel that I am in the system and finally can be issued a badge. But low and behold...I wake up and leave SUPER EARLY to get there at 7am to get my picture taken and get my badge....and they tell me that I am NOT in the system. GREAT. So I sit there for an hour hoping they can fix it, but they can't. So now I have to go back tomorrow at 7am AGAIN and try this ALL over again...GREAT.


Orientation at Fullerton

Today was my all day orientation held at Fullerton for my residency.

This is a side bar for my LA traffic rant again: Driving from West LA to Fullerton at 8am (during morning rush hour) was CRAZY!! The traffic was MASSIVE! I'm really lucky I made it on time (orientation started at 9:30). I expected CRAZY traffic....and my expectations were met...THANK YOU LA!

Anyway, so I arrive and I'm immediately awestruck by the AMAZING campus! Everything was incredibly NEW and VERY NICE! The conference room was INCREDIBLE! They had THREE projectors going, one for each wall so no matter where you were sitting, you could see the powerpoint presentation. The tour of the campus made me really regret not applying to this school, not to mention, it really highlighted how POOR BERKELEY is! I couldn't believe all the facilities that were available to the students there! The library was HUGE and had amazingly comfortable chairs, 20x's more books than Berkeley had, and there was even a magazine section!! There is a BBQ, Foosball table, really nice couches, awesome vending machines, and much much more in the student lounge. Not to mention, it also looked really clean and actually a place I want to eat lunch in! They had their own student store with phenomenal prices for equipment! There was even a POST OFFICE available on campus! My jaw is dropping in amazement, I don't know about yours...

In addition, they kept us happy by excessively feeding us the whole day. As soon as I arrived there were Belgium waffles, yogurt, and fruit for breakfast. Then shortly we transitioned into a catered lunch which was really good Vietnamese food. Then they brought out little snacks like teddy grams and peanut butter M&M's. And to top it off...they served us Marie Calendar Pies! I got a nice healthy slice of Cherry Pie. YUM YUM YUM.

At the end of the day I even got issued a badge for this school so I can have access to their facilities if I ever decided to brave LA traffic and drive over there again! I'm sold, this school ROCKS my SOCKS!

Unexpected Discovery

It came to my attention that I live almost on the backside of the FOX studios. Yup...where FOX films their shows...whatever they are...I'm very close to all that action! Maybe I'll run into some celebrities one of these days!! Sadly the only FOX shows I can think of off the top of my head are The Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad...which I highly doubt I'll run into any of those folks since they are all fictional cartoon characters! So first, I must investigate some shows that FOX is filming for right now so I can actually recognize a celebrity if I am lucky to run into one. Hahaha....

Ok...must sleep early now since I'm going to have to go to HR AGAIN early tomorrow morning!