Sunday, September 25, 2005

Busy in Europe

It's been a very busy three weeks in Europe and one more week still to go. Not only have we been touring at our usual lightening speed but John has been emailing, phoning, scanning, and faxing back and forth with folks from Intel China in order to get his pre-employment paperwork done.

The past 2 days we have been staying with Sun-Ling's father's cousin in Gießen, Germany. We started in Krakow, Poland which was awesome, survived Oktoberfest in Munich, and are looking forward to Copenhagen next weekend. More trip info later.

China job landed!

News: John starts his new job as a QA Manager at Intel China in Shanghai on October 24th.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Top Ten things we’ll miss about Jacksonville

10.Chamblin Gold … I mean … Book Mine
9. Beaver St Farmer’s Market
8. First Wednesday Art Walks
7. Orchids
6. Book clubs and the Willowbranch Library
5. The beaches
4. Evening walks in Riverside/Avondale & Tuesday's @ the Cummer
3. The view of the St John's River from our apartment
2. Paddling with the Seminole Canoe and Kayak Club
1. Friends

The view from our apartment one morning last winter




The big migration

I have resigned from my consulting job at Winn-Dixie effective September 2.

We are moving back to Raleigh on August 27. I'll drive back to Jacksonville on the 28th to clean up the apartment and finish out the week at Winn-Dixie.

On September 3 we fly to Europe for our biannual European vacation. The rough itinerary: Krakow => Warsaw => Berlin => Weimar => Munich => Frankfurt => Copenhagen
When we come back from vacation, we’ll be busy getting our affairs in order so we will be prepared to leave for China.

Time difference

The time difference between China and Jacksonville is 12 hours for day light savings time. Each morning Sun-Ling jumps out of bed anxiously checking for crabs. This would be the end of a workday in China. On the other hand, our phone interviews happen at night between 8pm to 11pm, which means morning in China. I get home from work, eat, do the dishes, maybe go for a short walk, prepare a bit, and then wait for the phone call from China. The other evening Sun-Ling and I had interviews at the same time so one of us had to use the cell. So far, we have target American/International companies that have set up shop in China. Though we have generated some interest, landing a job is more difficult than we had expected.