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Hello from China part 3
Apr. 7th, 2006 06:53 amSo far so good. Today we do the wrap-up for the first supplier. They seemed to really enjoy the class, and asked a LOT of questions, especially at the end of each day when the lectures were over. We would be surrounded by 10-20 people all asking detailed questions about either the material we presented or specific prossessing issues that the company has seen. It was pretty cool.
Tracy is doing really well at the presentations, although she needs to slow down her speech. She speeds up when she is nervous, and that makes it quite difficult for them to understand. Of course, we have someone translating after every slide, but some of them understand a little English, so she is trying to slow down.
I actually had a really good compliment from the resident HP engineer who is here with us. He mentioned to Tracy at dinner the other night that she is a little hard to understand, especially when she talks fast, and that another engineering our group, SR, is *completely* impossible to understand, but that I speak very clearly and am easier for Chinese people to understand. Yay me! We told him that we also have problems understanding SR, so it was not his fault. Damn east Texas accent! ;)
After the wrap-up today we will be going to a silk factory to see how they make silk, from the silkworm cocoon to the weaving. It sounds interesting.
The food has actually not been great. The food at the hotel is pretty good, but the food we have at the supplier each day for lunch has been, well...interesting. Suffice it to say, I have had no problem staying within my WW points. Perhaps Shanghai will be better.
Oh, and the pollution here is amazing. Most days you can't see the skyline because of the smog. I should try to take a picture and post it.
Well, one week down. We're practically done! Can I come home yet?
Tracy is doing really well at the presentations, although she needs to slow down her speech. She speeds up when she is nervous, and that makes it quite difficult for them to understand. Of course, we have someone translating after every slide, but some of them understand a little English, so she is trying to slow down.
I actually had a really good compliment from the resident HP engineer who is here with us. He mentioned to Tracy at dinner the other night that she is a little hard to understand, especially when she talks fast, and that another engineering our group, SR, is *completely* impossible to understand, but that I speak very clearly and am easier for Chinese people to understand. Yay me! We told him that we also have problems understanding SR, so it was not his fault. Damn east Texas accent! ;)
After the wrap-up today we will be going to a silk factory to see how they make silk, from the silkworm cocoon to the weaving. It sounds interesting.
The food has actually not been great. The food at the hotel is pretty good, but the food we have at the supplier each day for lunch has been, well...interesting. Suffice it to say, I have had no problem staying within my WW points. Perhaps Shanghai will be better.
Oh, and the pollution here is amazing. Most days you can't see the skyline because of the smog. I should try to take a picture and post it.
Well, one week down. We're practically done! Can I come home yet?
