Overviewish

It's 5:45 am on Monday morning and I've been awake since 10 am yesterday. I could have gone to sleep when I got home three hours ago, but instead I decided to chat with people and tinker with Excel, and now it's not even worth going to bed since I'd have to wake up before a full sleep cycle anyway. So how will I spend my last hours before the new week officially begins? By blogging, of course! As the diminutive Sarah Park reminded me on Facebook the other day, it's been forever and a half since my last update, though that's certainly not for lack of eventfulness or trying. The last three weeks have been so full of activity (both planned and unplanned) that I just haven't had time to document them here. And even now, a full account would take half a day, at least. A quick overview will have to suffice for the time being.

6/21 - 6/27

Monday - Friday
I got assigned to two new deals. This was the first week where I felt like I was actually adding value at work, rather than just shadowing one of my bosses around or performing simple analysis that can be done by any high schooler with Excel and a few hours to kill. Both deals are winding down now and should close before my internship is over. Cliché as this may sound, I'm really excited to see my own work lead to tangible, positive results.

Weekend
Hank, a friend from home who's doing research at Princeton for the summer, decided to spend the weekend playing in the city (and of course, bro-ing out in my apartment). On Saturday, we watched the disappointing Korea-Uruguay game in Koreatown, wandered around East Village for a while, and then watched the equally disappointing US-Ghana game on my computer through a super sketchy website broadcasting the match in foreign languages. In the evening, we went to the west side for Kollaboration NY, where we met up with Eliot, Allen, and a bunch of other Yalies whom I didn't expect but was quite pleased to see. Kai joined us at my apartment that night (three guys in one room = bleh) and accompanied me to church the next day. All in all, a fun and surprisingly restful weekend.

6/28 - 7/4

Monday - Friday
This was probably the longest week of my life. Not only did I stay at the office past 10 pm almost every day, but I couldn't help count down the hours until Esther's arrival on Friday (and of course, a watched clock never ticks--or in this case, an anticipated girlfriend never arrives). Mercifully, the work itself remained interesting, and I found out that I'd be going on a due diligence trip to Boston or Dallas the following week. Exciting?

Weekend
Spending Independence Day weekend with Esther was, in a word, amazing. The experience was really too special to capture in writing, but here's a representative list of things we did if you feel like using your imagination: farmer's market, MoMA, grocery shop, Up, Toy Story 3, 자장면, Radiance Tea House and Books, fireworks, sleep, etc etc...

7/5 - 7/9

Monday - Friday
Just one notable development: our due diligence trip ended up being to Boston, so a Director in my group and I took an 8 am flight on Friday morning, spent a couple hours grilling one of the managing members of our client in his own office, and flew back in time for lunch. Yay for efficiency.

Weekend
On Friday night, Esther and I watched Mamma Mia, which I'm ashamed to admit was my first Broadway show ever. There was laughing and singing and fun times all around, and afterwards we randomly checked out a sushi place called Natsumi that was both super chic and super delicious, though somewhat pricey. Then on Saturday, after a day of chillaxing, we ate at another trendy restaurant in midtown called Blu, and afterwards we hung out with Eliot, John, and Heeseung in K-town and my apartment for a while. On Sunday, I saw Esther off to Port Authority (*sniff sniff*) and then checked into the office for a long night of catching up on work.

Which brings me back to the beginning of this post, and to breakfast. The week beginneth! Let me know if you're in or near the city. I'd like to play, since I only have three short weeks left. Good morning, good morning~

Edit

I just finished reading all the new posts since June 25 from the blogs that I follow on Google Reader. Wow, that was a lot of prepositions... Anyway, I am re-motivated to (1) try new foods; (2) take photos of said foods; (3) blog about said foods using said photos; (4) stay up-to-date on the new foods that my friends are trying all over the world; (5) refer to (1).