We had a 2-week business trip to the US last month. We visited a client in Ohio to conduct a technical training on the product that we have developed for them. They were actually based in the city of Loveland which is about 45 minutes from downtown Cincinnati. Our host said that a lot of people send their mail from Loveland for Valentines Day just to have a little red stamp in the shape of a heart on the envelopes. Also, we learned that we arrived on the coldest weekend of the year. No wonder our hands and faces were freezing when we were outside. Everyone there was really friendly. May makasalubong ka lang sa hallway or kahit sa kalsada babatiin ka na, even if we were complete strangers. Our host was just a small company so during mealtime we would all go out, from the company president to the production staff. They took us to different restaurants, we had japanese, italian, and of course western. And like I said in a previous post, they had big servings. Aside from that, they always order appetizers. So minsan appetizers pa lang busog ka na eh wala pa yung main course. We felt that we all gained weight on that trip.
On the 2nd week, we visited a business partner in LA. We arrived in LA on a sunday so we had the afternoon free so I called up Toni's cousins and we all met for dinner. During the weekday naman we were busy with work, or at least pretending to be busy hehehe. It was just like being back in Taiwan because everyone there were Taiwanese.
We were also lucky enough to have the next sunday as a free day also so I had a chance to see Toni's parents and relatives there. We had a big lunch it was like a fiesta. What was flattering was that they prepared all that just because I was coming. Very heart warming :) We all ate a lot that some of us fell asleep on the couch after eating. Her cousins and I even watched the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party. That was the first movie I watched in a theater outside Manila.
I would say that I had fun during my stay there. The only difficult part was the time difference between the US and Manila. We weren't able to chat or talk very often when I was there. Anyway, we know that someday we'll be together again, with our baby :)
On the 2nd week, we visited a business partner in LA. We arrived in LA on a sunday so we had the afternoon free so I called up Toni's cousins and we all met for dinner. During the weekday naman we were busy with work, or at least pretending to be busy hehehe. It was just like being back in Taiwan because everyone there were Taiwanese.
We were also lucky enough to have the next sunday as a free day also so I had a chance to see Toni's parents and relatives there. We had a big lunch it was like a fiesta. What was flattering was that they prepared all that just because I was coming. Very heart warming :) We all ate a lot that some of us fell asleep on the couch after eating. Her cousins and I even watched the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party. That was the first movie I watched in a theater outside Manila.
I would say that I had fun during my stay there. The only difficult part was the time difference between the US and Manila. We weren't able to chat or talk very often when I was there. Anyway, we know that someday we'll be together again, with our baby :)
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