Endings and beginnings

So next week will be my last week at my temporary job. It has been fun; I learned a lot, met some great people and had a good time. I am still continuing to get my certification in Human Resource Management and so I started the Employee Relations and Talent Management classes this past week and I am also in the middle of taking the Benefit Plans and Effective Performance Management classes. I am also doing more networking via informational interviews which is so helpful. Everyone has different experiences, advice and a different story to tell. They are all extremely helpful and I can't wait to talk to more professionals.

Last week I saw Whip It, which was a good movie. And I went to Le Bal des Vampires. There were a ton of people, in a variety of costumes, doing all sorts of dances. And this weekend I learned Argentine Tango at eastbaywaltz and went to see Othello. I had not seen the play performed since high school and thoroughly enjoyed it. I really enjoy watching Shakespeare's plays especially the comedies. Although Othello isn't comedic, it was still very moving and good to watch.

This weekend - woot woot

There was a lot of stuff going on this weekend; lots of fun activities and events. To start off with, I attended my first Cal Black Alumni Club event at Pican in Oakland on Friday night. It was a homecoming event. I met a lot of great Alums and will be attending more of their events in the future.

Then on Saturday I had my last employee recruitment, selection and placement class. Our teacher Nicole Jackson is a great educator. She really knows a lot about recruiting, especially the legal environment surrounding recruiting and how to get the best talent. I will also miss learning from all of my classmates but effective performance management starts on Wednesday so I should meet new classmates. For our last class we had to do a presentation which I posted on slideshare so go check it out. After class I was walking to the mall and ended up right in the middle of the lovefest parade. It was fun. Good music, people in weird outfits; everyone was just having a good time. After I got my pretzel, I took the BART home. It was packed because of the USC/Cal game. Saturday night I went to the PEERS Sweeney Todd Ball in San Mateo. It was fun. There was singing, dancing and a show. I particularly enjoyed dancing the grand march and being part of the chorus. I met some cool people and can't wait for the vampire ball next month.

On Sunday I got my hair done and went shopping at Macy's. Got some great business clothes. Overall it was a busy but fun weekend. I hope you had a good weekend too.