052912 Tuesday: CT & CAMP Meeting.
Went with siblings to their dentist appointments then met up with grandpa to eat lunch at Broadway Cafe. I got Beef Spaghetti with Portuguese Sauce.
Bought some toys for Toffee at the pet store next door. CAMP meeting started at 6PM so I had tons of time to spend at DT. LOL, haven’t been in the mood to shop lately so I walked through a bunch of stores but bought nothing. While I was walking around Macy’s, someone called me about the CAMP flyer at a very inconvenient time. Let’s just say, I was surrounded by tons of flushing noises. Later, I ended up going to Sephora and played with makeup for an hour.
Walked to CNSC for the meeting and pleased to see that people actually saw my post on FB even though it was a bit late but yeah! :D There were about 30-40 people there; most of them through Carlos’ connections though. LOL, I forgot to mention to Steph and Tina that the media was coming so they freaked but it was okay because they weren’t filming, just tons of photographing, haha! Everyone got these goody bags filled with gifts from different companies (ie. toothbrush from Safeway, HSBC keychain, etc).
The Corporate Asian American Employee Network (CAEEN) members did a wonderful presentation about their careers! The panel consisted of the HSBC Retail Banking & Wealth Management VP/Sr. Branch Manager, the AT&T Specialist Applications Developer, the Safeway Business Analyst Systems and Processes, the Kaiser RN/Diabetes Care Manager, and the Orchard Supply Hardware Corporate Senior Graphic Designer. I liked how they all talked about how they progressed from small positions to such high positions in their companies because of networking/communications and how they all have the goal of being a manager/director in the future. And the lady from AT&T is only 24! She gave some great advice about college too.
After Q&A’s, we went outside to eat and mingle. During the Q&A, Steph asked the panel the question of the difference between networking at school and networking outside of school. I think the mingling after the presentation totally answers the question. People are much less awkward and much more enthusiastic when socializing outside of school. There were so many random people just introducing each other, exchanging business cards, and joining into conversations.
But anyways, LOOOL something hilarious happened. The HSBC SVP (VP’s boss) came to see the presentation and OMG, I couldn’t help but notice he was very good looking/well-dressed the moment he stepped in. Well, I wasn’t the only one. So while Steph and Sam were talking about how Priscilla was already mingling with the SVP, I coincidentally told Steph, “OMG, that guy is really good looking!” So after Priscilla was done talking to him, harhar, Steph and I went to talk to him. I asked so many questions even though most of the time I was just staring into his eyes. It’s so funny because all 3 of us forgot his name after talking to him. But Steph, my amazing wingwoman, eventually got his name for us. :D And she also discreetly helped us suggest to Carlos to take a group picture of everyone. And last but not least, she helped position me right behind the SVP during the picture, hehe. LOL, he might have been a bit weirded out though since Priscilla and I were so giddy the whole time. But he seems like a pretty chill/laid-back guy too! And hopefully he’s in his 30’s… I ended up eating only one chicken wing the whole time because I wanted to quickly “mingle” with him. :) I’ll post the picture when someone uploads it. Just went home afterwards.
