In the first full week of July, a small group of friends decided to hit the city to experience music from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra after a long day of work. That weekend, I participated in an intern puzzle challenge where it was a race against other teams and time to solve some of...
Crossing The Line On the way back to the United States, we stopped at a park that is shared between US and Canada. In between the Washington and British Columbia border is a park that symbolizes the peace between the United States and Canada along western North America; the path of the...
Every year, Microsoft puts on a huge event to celebrate the Pacific Northwest culture. They invite interns from all locations: Puget Sound, California, and Fargo to name a few. Throughout the internship, they keep everything about this event a secret, except the date. Everyone talks and...
It is hard to believe that half of my internship has flown by! During week 7, I scheduled a “midpoint” meeting with my recruiter to discuss my progress and thoughts throughout the internship. So far, everything seems to be on point! I have completed two of my assigned projects...
My Cooking Skills Are On A Roll Several times a year, every team at Microsoft would host a “morale event”, which is a day off of work to focus on team-building skills through various activities. The OneDrive Service Engineering team announced that our event would be a cook-off...
Compared to other weeks, my fifth week was one of the quieter ones; it was indeed Father’s Day weekend, and many of my friends actually traveled to their respective hometowns to spend time with family. There isn’t much to report, but I can at least shed some light on some of...
I can't believe that I have wrapped up an entire month in Seattle already! The weather was sunny the entire week, with high temperatures around the upper-70s. Week 4's adventures include another hike, a Boilermaker reunion, swing dancing, and a day at the beach. The Gold Rush To start off...
Week 3 was jam packed with activities. It was Memorial Day weekend, and the weather was perfect – blue skies, sunshine, warm temperatures — a climate wouldn’t expect from Seattle. During this week, I attended the Folk Life Festival, watched a fire spinning performance...
To start off the second week, a couple of interns and I scheduled an event at the University of Washington. UW has a waterfront activity center where they rent out canoes and kayaks to the general public. I haven’t been canoeing in a while and it definitely sounded fun. I have...
Welcome to my first post in a weekly series that I like to call Summer With A Bing! Get it? It’s supposed to play off of the catchphrase “Kicking off summer with a bang” but as a Microsoft Intern, throwing Bing in there would be appropriate, right? Anyway, I’ve...