My last year at TCNJ was quite enjoyable – I caught up with a lot of old friends, met a bunch of new friends, and still found time for class and other projects.

This year saw (among other things) the release of collegiatetaiko.org (a hub for collegiate taiko groups and players), a refactoring of mtwstudios.com, work on TCNJ’s COMTOR and IJIMS projects, and work on a soon-to-be-released site!

I also found time to hone my photography skills by lugging my trusty Rebel XTs around with me everywhere I go, and holding impromptu photoshoots in the PAR.

Much of the Spring was spent preparing for Mystique of the East, an annual cultural showcase run by TCNJ’s Asian American Association.  I performed with TCNJ Taiko, debuting a new original song written by Mike Smith, and sang with Mariko Curran in a rendition of “All I Ask of You” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera… in Japanese.

When I wasn’t worrying about things at TCNJ, I was preparing for life after college by sending out various applications, interviewing, etc.  I eventually was offered (and accepted) a full-time position as a Web Developer for The New York Times!  I’m in the Client Technologies department which is responsible for (among other things) the front-end development on nytimes.com.

I started on May 17th (3 days after graduation.  Breaks are overrated.), and am working in the brand new building on 8th Ave. in Manhattan.  Come visit if you’re in the city, and we’ll do lunch! : )

In two weeks, I’ll be heading out there for the 15th Annual Intercollegiate Taiko Invitationals, coming back to NJ, and then heading back a few days later to Cupertino, CA until September.

I will of course be making regular updates (via facebook, twitter, and this blog) and posting photos, etc.  So check back! : )

Well I’ve finally started my new job on campus, working for the school’s Tech Shop. It’s good to finally get paid for what I’d be doing for people anyway .

The Tech Shop is the branch of the IT Department which deals with hardware and software maininence, inventory, and support for all of the school’s computer systems. As a computer technician in the Tech Shop, I’ll be mainly going out on calls to faculty who call in with problems, and my job is to fix said problems. Issues we have to deal with range from a computer not being able to print to blinking green bars on the monitor to smoke coming from the tower.

I’ve spent the past week or so training, and it’s been fun so far – the people who work there are cool, and I’m only working 10 hours a week which is enough to leave room for study/class time. It’s also cool because I’ll get to meet a bunch of the different professors/faculty (namely the ones in my school) while on the job.

All-in-all, it seems like I’ll be enjoying working here for awhile!