Final weekend in US

Finally it’s the last weekend in US before I go back to Singapore. Can’t wait to get back but also have gotten used to the relaxing life here. This weekend I didn’t go anywhere far but it was satisfying. I drove about less than 2 hours to Sandusky, Ohio. Sandusky is actually famous for its amusement park, Cedar Point. I heard the roller coasters are crazy. The amusement park is located on a private island, somewhat like Sentosa where you can’t walk across but have to drive across and I was forced to pay 10 bucks for the parking. But, it was okay. At least I got to walk around a bit there and take some pictures. I didn’t want to go in and play because what fun is there playing alone. 😀

Then, after that I went over to Battery and Shoreline Park where I could see all the sailboats parked there and Lake Erie. The Americans really love to go sailing. It’s so cool seeing the boats parked there like cars, and them taking it out during weekends and so on. I had a great time just walking along the sea. The people there were extra friendly. At least the 5-6 people I walked past greeted me with a “Hi” or “Hello”. Probably it was either because of my striking red and white striped shirt or I just look “touristy” snapping pictures all the way.

On Sunday I went to Canton, Ohio. There was a football hall of fame there but I didn’t go in. If it was a BADMINTON hall of fame I sure would. :p But it was cool seeing how popular football is over here. By the way it’s American football, not the football that we really know. And American football is even different from rugby, I thought it was the same.

The rest of the weekend was spent shopping. Went to a few different malls. Their malls are mostly one level, not tall and many storeys like ours. I had to start shopping already otherwise I won’t have anything to bring back. Knowing how I normally shop, this was a pretty decent job I did. 🙂

Well, one more week of work now. Going to be a pretty eventful week I suppose. So far, already have an Indians game and a Buffalo Wild wings outing planned. Til next time then.

Work and travel

It’s been 2 and a half weeks in Ohio now. Work is good. I’m working on a project which is mainly to create a program to backup some PLC-s. Currently doing all the user interfaces and form logics using C# mostly. I’m working with 2 guys but I think I’m mainly doing the coding while they think of how to do it. Progress so far has been steady. Loving it and hope can learn a lot of stuff from this and other projects if given the opportunity.

Daily life here is great. Wake up early in the morning and have breakfast in the hotel. Breakfast menu is the same everyday though. But, it has a decent variety to satisfy me. Bread, cereal, waffles (ownself make), eggs and sausages, muffins, fruits and milk. I don’t eat everything everyday. Just a bit a day so that I don’t get easily bored with it. Then, head off to work. People at work are nice. Most of the people will smile at you or greet you. And they like to hold the doors for you even though you’re quite a distance away from it. So I always hurry to the door if I see someone holding it. Lunches sometimes go with colleagues if they ask us go with them or I just go with Chao Yian and Chaoliang. Yea there’s 3 of us over here from the Singapore office. Funny because today we went to lunch with Jim, our Singapore director who’s here on vacation I think. And one of the Rovisys guys commented that half our Singapore office is here. It’s funny because our Singapore office isn’t very big so it’s pretty true. Plus those who are overseas, I don’t think there’s many people back in Singapore. After work, just come back to hotel room and RELAX. Watch tv, chat (to connect with people back home) and laze on the bed.

Travelling’s great too. I think it’s because company is sponsoring me over here. At least the hotel, food and so on are settled so basically I don’t need to spend anything much. So, I can spend all my money on travelling. I only can go travel during weekends though, of course. So far, I’ve been to CHICAGO. Visited Navy Pier, Michigan Avenue, Sears Tower and Wrigley Field. I’ve uploaded the photos on my Facebook here.

Scenery was nice there. Too bad my battery ran out at Sears Tower so I couldn’t take any photos from the top. But, overall I think the trip was satisfying. It’s just so nice to see places and open up your eyes to life elsewhere. However, too long here and I can’t take too much Western food already. So when got chance, we go for Chinese food for lunch. 😀 This weekend we’re going to Niagara Falls. So looking forward to it. Will put some updates about the trip after. 🙂