ONE MONTH!!!

So hey everybody!!

I cant believe it was ONE MONTH ago when I first started this internship! I got my FIRST pay check EVER last week and I felt pretty good about it. It was not a lot of course but it felt different. It's like after 23 years of  being a student my whole life, I finally turned the page into a new stage of my life. And that is absolutely AMAZING!!

So, I have been at this resort for only a week and surprisingly, I'm an Accounting Manager already! Well, there are only three people in accounting department in this resort, and I still know very few about my job, but I'm glad about the opportunity it brings to me. And the most importantly, I appreciate the trust that my boss gave to me. Since I was refered to him through one of his friends, I guess he feels like I am trust worthy automatically. I believe that's the main reason that he promoted me so fast, since he has no one else that he could trust.

我一直听说美国人不擅长办公室战争，但是这两天感觉办公室战争还是硝烟四起。我之前的Accounting Manager，一个白人胖子Sarah，大老板很不喜欢，一直想要把她辞掉。听说她和以前的general manager想要合伙把老板架空，by putting her friends into different departments，而且很多营业信息不跟老板汇报，还琢磨着把二老板挤出公司。但是由于她对各个系统以及业务都了如指掌，所以二老板说在这种人手缺乏的情况下，我们还是把她留下来。但是为了把她调离出酒店的核心部门，他们决定任命她去新开的酒店附属餐厅做general manager。表面上是提拔她，但是实际是把她跟酒店业务完全分离。如果她做的好也就罢了，做不好的话随便一个理由就可以把她辞掉。这两天二老板跟我说Sarah回来以后一定看我不爽，让我还没有见她就已经对她没有好印象。

我除了做accounting以外还做payroll，大概之后还会要接触human resource。其实这个地方起点挺低，同事听说我有master都不明白我为什么会来这里，我也不愿意解释H1B之类的破事儿，但是他们这种反应让我听了挺不舒服。不过转念一想，如果是没有refer进去的大公司，我又要在最底层自己的一个小岗位干多少年才能出头？平台小了，升职之类确实是次要，主要在于反而有了接触更多知识的机会。

I always considered myself lazy and lack of self control, but not until now had I realized how dedicated and hard working I am, comparing to the others. Every manager was assigned some rooms to inspect every week. They do their job but with the least amount of energy they could possibly put into it. I don't believe that INSPECTING simply means you go walk in and take a look and walk out, I believe we should check with the housekeepers first, and then fix any probelm with them, together. Also, some managers from sales/front desk think that it is only housekeeping's job to clean the rooms and they are the only ones that are hired for doing so. I dont believe in it either. I think whenever there is a need, a full-house, or any emergency happends, everyone should work together as a team to help housekeeping. I helped housekeeping cleaned five rooms yesterday and I felt great about it. The housekeeper girl I was helping with couldnt understand what I wanted to do it. I didn't really want to explain much to her since she would never understand. It is teamwork spirit, leadership skilld, self motivation, and everything else you could possibly think about. Right now, I feel like I understand this saying more than any time, and I would like to share with everybody: leadership skill is not all about how well you can lead, but about whether you can step forward to take the responsibility whenever there is a need to lead.