Thanks to my new and important position as a starbucks barista, me and the crew got to tour the Tazo Tea factory located right in Portland. It was my first time touring a factory, we even got to wear hard hats when we entered the processing area. Hair nets though were not so fun / fashionable.

The tour was very very interesting for many reason, ( Read more... )

I've always been fascinated with translating things I've learned in English into Chinese. I had a lot of fun one night looking up the names of different elements and cell biology in google translator (铀= Uranium, cool huh?) and despite having gotten up at 5 AM this morning to head to work, I still have enough energy at the end of the day to play ( Read more... )

Despite my uncomfortable living situation currently, I absolutely love my job. I thought Pod and I spent enough time in Starbucks from those emo high school days but its a whole other world behind the bar. Today was the first day actually making drinks and as intimidating as that was, I have an awesomely encouraging supervisor to help me learn all ( Read more... )