Ever since I joined my current project, I was given the opportunity to travel to other part of the world. Houston, being my next destination after Wellington, was the first city in US I was going to visit right after my 2006 Chinese New Year break.
It was a nearly 24-hour journey from KL to Houston, with transit at Taipei and LA. Even though I have no problem sleeping and resting in the airplane (in business class ^_<), was extremely tired by the time I reached my hotel room, but was then hooked up to the broadband and start to work :( - thanks to my workaholic colleague who was traveling with me...
Stepping my feet into the land of US at LA international through immigration counter, queuing up with the rest of foreign visitors to get our visit being authorised was not a pleasant experience. With 911 incident, I guess US is now more cautious in admitting foreign visitors into their land.
Staying in the city with one of the biggest size people in the world, finishing the food on my plate may eventually become my biggest challenge. Walking in to a restaurant with people sitting and enjoying their meal might not be a good start for me. I would feel 'full' by looking at the size of the food being served. Well, at least I did enjoy my steak at one of their famous steak house, Pappas Bros, which was recommended by my colleague.
The original planned US trip till 17 Feb was then 'forced' to change due to project urgency. I was asked to travel to Bangalore, India with the rest of the build team to ensure project readiness timeline being met by end of the month. The weekend plan in Houston would have to be cancelled - no chance to do any site-seeing, shopping, and worst, no photos being taken, but another last minute business trip to my 3rd city (country) under the same project, in 2 months time.
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