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Hello from China!
Apr. 2nd, 2006 09:46 amThe flights over were pretty uneventful. There was a bit of wind when we were landing in Chicago (there's a surprise!), but other than that, no problem. I have to say, after sixteen and a half hours sitting on planes, and another two hours sitting in a car driving from Shanghai to Suzhou, my butt is completely numb!
I'm here with another engineer, Tracy, to do some training at three different suppliers' facilities. We'll be doing some sightseeing today with a couple of women from the first supplier. I have no idea where we're going, but I'll be sure to take some pictures to post.
Speaking of pictures, this time I took pictures on the plane as we passed over the Artic Circle as well as Siberia. I hope they come out!
This is going to be quite a long trip, three weeks in China, and then an additional week in a hotel in Houston (on Westheimer) for another training class (I'm being trained for this one rather than doing the training). April looks like a pretty busy month for me. Three weeks away from home is about my limit. It should help that I have Tracy here to talk to when I just want to relax. It's hard being "on" all the time with suppliers.
Part of the reason for this trip is to train Tracy in giving the supplier training, so that she can go out and do this class on her own. Right now there are just two of us that are able to do the class (it's a week long class), and it looks like we'll be expanding, so we need another engineer who can be sent out to our various suppliers. Tracy is pretty lucky that management allowed two of us to be gone for three weeks. It's going to be quite a strain on resources at home while we're gone, but I think it will be a great benefit for Tracy to be trained on site in China.
So, off to do some sightseeing!
I'm here with another engineer, Tracy, to do some training at three different suppliers' facilities. We'll be doing some sightseeing today with a couple of women from the first supplier. I have no idea where we're going, but I'll be sure to take some pictures to post.
Speaking of pictures, this time I took pictures on the plane as we passed over the Artic Circle as well as Siberia. I hope they come out!
This is going to be quite a long trip, three weeks in China, and then an additional week in a hotel in Houston (on Westheimer) for another training class (I'm being trained for this one rather than doing the training). April looks like a pretty busy month for me. Three weeks away from home is about my limit. It should help that I have Tracy here to talk to when I just want to relax. It's hard being "on" all the time with suppliers.
Part of the reason for this trip is to train Tracy in giving the supplier training, so that she can go out and do this class on her own. Right now there are just two of us that are able to do the class (it's a week long class), and it looks like we'll be expanding, so we need another engineer who can be sent out to our various suppliers. Tracy is pretty lucky that management allowed two of us to be gone for three weeks. It's going to be quite a strain on resources at home while we're gone, but I think it will be a great benefit for Tracy to be trained on site in China.
So, off to do some sightseeing!
