Now I have to call another co-worker to tell her that I ran into Steve in the hallway holding my tea cup. He barely recognized me, but he's fine.
I just realized that as a badged employee, I can have access to the cisco gym at no charge. it is right across the street.
I guess they really tried to make people stay real late or get in real early, don't you think?
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From: Barry
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 3:23 PM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: RE: Hola!
I'm glad to hear today was better! I figured you would sleep through the night, if only because you didn't sleep the previous night. It must have also been in anticipation of meeting the ex-coworkers and the thought of a girlfriend and getting married :) Is every Friday going to be 'ex-coworker' day?
Well tomorrow is moving day. If I don't talk to you, have a good weekend.
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456
"Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)"
10/19/2007 12:23 PM
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Subject RE: Hola!
Today is much better. Instead of barking all night, she was pretty much whining all night. I had to put her away and shut the door of my room . So, I was able to sleep through the night, despite that she's whining the whole time. I feel more energetic. I got a busy morning, Running sev eral reports. Other than that, life is okay. I also caught up with an ex co-worker and she's very eager to find me a girlfriend to get married.
Then, I ran into another ex coworker in the hallway on my way to the break room. He's a sales manager with my previous company. He still works there. So, he's our vendor. Sadly, they are only our, well, cisco's 3rd or 4th tier supplier.
So, I hereby announce that today is my "ex coworker" day.
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From: Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com [mailto:Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:51 PM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: RE: Hola!
If you didn't sleep well, I'm sure you are beat. at least you are safe :) although evil can be fun and it usually more fun than no evil, hehehe. And it's definitely better than no sleep....
does the dog like beer? that usually helps put them to sleep!
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456
"Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)"
10/18/2007 11:11 AM
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Subject RE: Hola!
Well, busier for sure. I don't know about the "better" part. :)
I'm glad you're doing fine. I am pretty beat right now. I can hardly keep my eyes open. I needed to get up one hour earlier this morning in order to prep this morning's meeting. So, my sleep was shortened. And then, my sweet dog was barking all night, protecting me from all the evil spirits. But safety comes with a big price, which is a total loss of sleep.
come to think of it, I'd rather be possessed by an evil spirit (the more evil, the better) than not sleeping at all and having to work all day...
What do you think?
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From: Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com [mailto:Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:46 AM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: RE: Hola!
Good morning Jason,
Thanks for the congratulations, again. Now I have the keys :) And the fun begins......but I'm mostly packed and made a couple of trips to the house last night with the car to move stuff I don't want to pack.
So since you survived another week, can I assume that the job is getting better? I hope so.
Talk to you soon,
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456
"Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)"
10/17/2007 03:44 PM
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Hi, there.
Congratulations on getting the keys to the new house!!!
I have survived another week. So has my poor roommate. He is not coming back anytime soon. Almost 3 months now. That's one hell of a stroke.
Jason
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From: Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com [mailto:Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 11:37 AM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: RE: Hola!
You're welcome :) Escrow is where the Title company sets up a joint account between the seller and buyer on a property. All funds related to the purchase are paid into the Escrow account. Once all of the funds are received in the account, the Title company completes the transaction by dispersing the funds to the appropriate people (banks, seller, homeowners association, city, etc.). As soon as the funds have been dispersed, the the account is closed which is why they call it close of escrow. Then I can get the keys :)
Must have been a little rock....and a long time ago! can't tell you if it was fun or not.....
I'm glad the background check is fading :)
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456
"Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)"
10/12/2007 09:39 AM
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Subject RE: Hola!
Thanks for the email. I heard of Escrow from time to time. what do they do? I'm glad everything is going good for you. I'm starting to get jealous now. :)
Crawling out from under a rock sounds like fun? Was it a big rock? That way, I can size you up. when did you do it? How?
I don't think large companies will do a background check on every employee. So, how I was "randomly" chosen is beyond me, of course. That was quite a trip. Although in my mind it might never really go away, but I am glad it's fading now.
Jason
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From: Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com [mailto:Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 8:56 AM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: Re: Hola!
Good morning Jason,
I'm glad you are doing well. As you learn more at Cisco, you well be more comfortable with the job. Which will also be a plus.
The background report is interesting. Most all companies, at least large companies, do a background check on employees and usually through a 3rd party. What I find unusal is that the agency sent the report to you. That doesn't normally happen. That would indicate to me that they went beyond the normal background check so I can see why you are humiliated. I'm glad your okay now. I'm glad that you didn't pursue Samsung. They are being unreasonable about the whole thing.
It's probably interesting to see the background check (I've never seen mine, but then it probably says I crawled out from under a rock and I'm an alien from Mars :) I don't know that I would give that to a future prospective employer. They should do their own the normal way.
I'm doing well. Getting ready to move is a pain in the neck (or other places). I'm slowly getting packed (hence, one reason I haven't been online much). Escrow closes on Tuesday, 10/16, and then I get the fun part of moving furniture and boxes. It will be great to be in the house and out of the apartment. Once I get in and get things a little bit settled, we should go out to dinner and you can see the house, if you'd like.
Talk to you soon :)
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456 "Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)"
10/11/2007 03:48 PM
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Subject Hola!
Hola.
How are you doing? I'm doing good. Each day I learned something new, so that's a plus.
I went to my friend's house to pick up my mail over the weekend. I still use his address in SF for all my correspondence, even though I have come back from Mexico for almost 7 months now.
I found a strange letter from some sort of private investigation company. It turned out to be a report on my background that Samsung asked them to do on me. (So, I guess by law, the agency has to send me a copy.) Don't know why I have to have a series of unfavorable events with them. :( They did not trust me. They did not trust my resume, my said experience and skill sets that they had to hire a 3rd party to run a background check on me. It probably costs a lot to make it mandatory on any potential new-hire and I was "randomly" chosen. I felt very humiliated. But I'm okay now. Lucky me, I guess. Now I know my own history as well. On the plus side, I can show it to the next potential employer of mine and save them a lot of work. :)
Best regards,
Jason Li
Quote Analyst
Tel: 408-853-2244
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From: Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com [mailto:Barry.Conklin@hitachigst.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:48 PM
To: Jason Li -T (jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco)
Subject: Re: Thank you for the dinner and mostly for the company
Hi Jason,
You are very welcome and thank you for the great company. Yes, let's do it again. I think we should take Habana Cuba of the list, as I think you do.
Glad you made it home ok and hope the 'bitch' wasn' t too mad at you.
Take care and talk to you soon,
Barry
Barry Conklin
Import/Export Compliance Ops
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.
408-717-6456 "Jason Li -T \(jasoli - DML Technical Resources at Cisco\)"
09/26/2007 02:06 PM
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Subject Thank you for the dinner and mostly for the company
Hi, Barry.
Thank you very much for the dinner and great company, since the food was not up to the expectation.
We should do it again, but a different restaurant.
Take care.
Jason
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