February 17, 2007
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In Chicago
i had an interview with Medline Industries on friday for a summer 2007 internship, and boy was it an adventure::
i was going to try find a ride up to the facility, which is in waukegan, but alas- the snow kicks in and driving is outta the picture.
the night before my scheduled departure, i scramble for some Amtrak tickets- just in time to get the last seat on the incoming Champaign-> Chicago train at 6:10am [much thanks to joanne kim whom i called at 5:30am to drive me to the station]however- there's a dilemma- since i bought my tickets so late, all the outgoing Amtrak trains are full and i have no way back to Chambana- w00t? [i think so] =)
[i ended up getting the IlliniExpress back to chambana from Union Station- which is another story in itself]so my trip consisted of:
5:00am wakeup
6:10am Amtrak depart Chambana
9:00am Amtrak arrive Chicago Union Station- free time? -
11:35am Metra NorthLine depart Chicago Ogilvie (which was interesting to try to find- for a fob who's never been in downtown Chicago alone before)
12:50pm arrive Waukegan
Cab to the Medline Facilitythe interview went pretty well- i think. i was pretty tired by the time i got there, considering that i slept about 4 hours each night during the week, and that 5:00am morning wasn't too hot either.
i got a pretty interesting question from the VP of the department that i'm interviewing for::
"i'm going to ask you a problem solving question- i want to hear your thoughts as you work through the problem-
'you have a 10lb bowling ball on a boat at the deepest part of the pacific ocean; the mariana trench. if you drop the bowling ball into the water, how long does it take to reach the bottom?'"
yeah- that was a fun one =D
anyhow- apart from that, and also a test which they gave me at the end of the interview, i'd say it went pretty well =P
getting back was crazy tho.
that's pretty much a whole other story that i'm too tired to write out- lets just say i got back to chambana at 12:0am. what a long dayand now the best part of the post::
foto.friday:: in chicago
-dUnks
Comments (10)
sup dunks, nice pics man! hope you're enjoying your junior year bro.
how come when i take pictures, it doesn't look like that?! : P hehe
and that's a TOUGH question! hope you did well : )
nice photos dunks. i'm sitting on the side with the rest of the photogs so they probably won't show up.
you're pretty safe unless they run into you.
hey... that's the building i work at.
ZION
glad you got back okay, i was gonna suggest taking the bus back. and that last pic is the waukegan station, eh?
glad to hear the interview went well! =)
what is that Chinese symbol on your photos? your name in Chinese? I think I saw a man who had a tattoo that resembled that.
or.. maybe he just had your name tattooed on his chest. I guess you're already getting famous.
Jsn
chicago's so beautiful. =)
nice pictures.
Hiii. I like these set of pictures. I can tell you're a big fan of hardcore contrasting and vignetting.
Fun.
wow.. nice pics ...