Month: April 2016

Today I started my third week of my project at SFW Partners, LLC. They have a lot of CPA’s and management consultants. I am working with John Schnurbusch and he is teaching me the ropes of an accounting software called Lacerte Individual Tax. I started out the day looking at the program and comparing it to an already filed tax return. I compared the numbers and I found where they were taken from. Then I was given a blank document and I had to file everything myself. When I was done John helped me go through it and correct any mistakes. After that was all done, I went out to lunch with the girls in the office and we talked about what I learned and what I should expect for the next two weeks.

Yesterday I realized that recording is not always fun. We sat for about four hours mixing just one song. But I have continued to learn tons of interesting and helpful information from Brandy and the other engineers at TBeats Studios. Today, Phill Sansone is coming in to record his upright bass on a song called “Fall In Love”. I’m really excited for this song because not only is it a catchy song, it will have upright bass and probably just some guitar licks on an acoustic. It is a very simple song but the musicians we have playing on it are both very talented so I really think they are going to be able to bring this song to a different level than some of the other songs on the EP.

So for the past two days I’ve been at SES. Yesterday I arrived and got a short tour around the building I was in. They have many different buildings that do all different things. The one I’m in is where all the office work gets done. In case you don’t know what SES does I’ll tell you. SES have over 50 geo-stationary satellites in orbit providing Internet, over 7,200 TV channels to over 312 million homes, telephone services, and pretty much anything else to do with satellites. Also, they have over 1,500 employees world wide. They have offices all over the world, but their headquarters are here in Luxembourg. They have a field of satellite dishes that are massive. I will try and post a picture next time I post an entry. They also control all the satellites here at this location. I have been told I will get a tour of the whole facility sometime before the end of the week. I’m not sure if I can take pictures everywhere but I will try to.

Delivering a sewing machine to a sample room next to Empire State Building in New York City, it was fun delivering a machine you assemble, like sending your kid to somewhere but never see him again.

So, for the past week I have been at the company footfall. I have been helping them develop a introduction program for two of their new employees who will be doing telemarketing. I also did research into some of their products for them. I discovered some certifications that some of their products had they will now be able to display on their website and ads. I have left Galway, Ireland now and I am now in Luxembourg. I had to fly from Dublin to Frankfurt. From Frankfurt my uncle picked me up and drove me to his house. Now the time difference between me and STL is seven hours. I’ll do my best to keep you updated.

This sewing machine usually produces T-shirt. This kind of sewing is cover stitch.

This is my T-shirt, it is as sewing as that one.

These days I did more experiments, and I finally finished works yesterday. I was suppose to finish it by last week, but the guy he gave me more papers to organize therefore I need more time to finish it. I put those papers in three boxes, and put them from large number to small number, so later it will be easier to organize if they have more paper.

These couple days I’ve been learning different kinds of hair styles by myself. I was doing Haizea and Anemarie’s hair for prom, but I forgot to take some pictures of their hair. The TJ prom is coming, so I am doing their hair again, I won’t forget this time. At Sephora, I’ve learned a lot by watching the artists do custom’s makeup, and they have class once a week so I can stand there and watch. I bought a lot of new brushes and products to practice my own makeup everyday. One day my manager says my makeup’s skills are improving.  (*^__^*)                        

Today  we spent recording drums for both “One Plus One” and “Pick Up Line”. It is very frustrating because if just one part of the drums is out of time, the whole song will be out so we had to go back and rerecord many times today.

The teaching job at the Chinese school was no longer fresh to me. There weren’t any interesting things happened in the class in the last week. Students here have computer class, Chinese history, geography, and Chinese. However, I can only sometimes teach Chinese. Teachers have their own curriculum plans. Thus, for most of my time, I generally helped students with their work, corrected their pronunciation, and sometimes talked with the teachers here regarding to their experiences and impressions of Myanmar.