Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A Beautiful One-Year Anniversary
Hello out there!
It's a little overdue, but I'm going to pretend that today is my "one year anniversary" with Sunhee Moon, because, it almost kind of is. It was back in May 2008 that I finished my first year at Berkeley, searched the jobs section on Craigslist using the key word "Fillmore," and found lo and behold, that there were openings available at Crossroads, lots of doctors' offices, and here at Sunhee Moon.
And then I walked by Crossroads, looked in, thought it looked so disorganized and crazy that I would be unhappy working there, and then kept walking until I found Sunhee Moon, back when our girl Casey was manning the store. She welcomed me in, had Michael Jackson on, and encouraged me to still send in my resume and give it a shot, even with my utter lack of retail experience.
I tried on the Malea Dress in Butterfly Filagree (a terrible terrible choice for me and my chopstick straight body haha), as well as the Mirabel in Black Medium. I had no idea what I was getting into when Casey tied the Teal Tomo around my waist and gave me some Kylie Wedges to finish the look. That Mirabel and I were in love and you'd hear me rave on and on about it in these blogs. The other girls quickly learned that a Mirabel on a mannequin meant Joyce had been there.
Many months later, your long-haired Japanophile Union St. girl endured a quarter-life crisis, quit her graduate program, came back to work in February '09 altogether a happier, brighter, more beautiful version of herself (or so many tell me with my chopped off hair :P) and able to be in a place where she is doing everything she absolutely loves.
What started out as a "summer job" (in my mind, shh! Don't tell Sunhee!) turned into one of the greatest opportunities for growth that I've encountered in the Bay Area yet. And I never knew I would be styling and encouraging women to celebrate themselves and their lives as part of my day job.
So thank you Sunhee for the opportunity, thank you Britni and Trish for picking up after me when I make mistakes, and thank you who are reading for giving me the opportunity to share and connect with you.
I LOVE YOU SUNHEE MOON (person and company)!
Joyce
Here I am hugging a mannie.
It's a little overdue, but I'm going to pretend that today is my "one year anniversary" with Sunhee Moon, because, it almost kind of is. It was back in May 2008 that I finished my first year at Berkeley, searched the jobs section on Craigslist using the key word "Fillmore," and found lo and behold, that there were openings available at Crossroads, lots of doctors' offices, and here at Sunhee Moon.
And then I walked by Crossroads, looked in, thought it looked so disorganized and crazy that I would be unhappy working there, and then kept walking until I found Sunhee Moon, back when our girl Casey was manning the store. She welcomed me in, had Michael Jackson on, and encouraged me to still send in my resume and give it a shot, even with my utter lack of retail experience.
I tried on the Malea Dress in Butterfly Filagree (a terrible terrible choice for me and my chopstick straight body haha), as well as the Mirabel in Black Medium. I had no idea what I was getting into when Casey tied the Teal Tomo around my waist and gave me some Kylie Wedges to finish the look. That Mirabel and I were in love and you'd hear me rave on and on about it in these blogs. The other girls quickly learned that a Mirabel on a mannequin meant Joyce had been there.
Many months later, your long-haired Japanophile Union St. girl endured a quarter-life crisis, quit her graduate program, came back to work in February '09 altogether a happier, brighter, more beautiful version of herself (or so many tell me with my chopped off hair :P) and able to be in a place where she is doing everything she absolutely loves.
What started out as a "summer job" (in my mind, shh! Don't tell Sunhee!) turned into one of the greatest opportunities for growth that I've encountered in the Bay Area yet. And I never knew I would be styling and encouraging women to celebrate themselves and their lives as part of my day job.
So thank you Sunhee for the opportunity, thank you Britni and Trish for picking up after me when I make mistakes, and thank you who are reading for giving me the opportunity to share and connect with you.
I LOVE YOU SUNHEE MOON (person and company)!
Joyce
Labels: Craigslist, Jobs, Mirabel Dress, one-year anniversary, Sunhee Moon
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