When I was in San Jose, I stayed at Ramada Limited Santa Clara. It’s a motel-type accommodation, which looks like places where serial killers, drug dealers, and mistress-bangers do their dirty deeds. Of course, my observation comes from watching countless B-movies. So what kept me safe while I was staying there?

A sign on my door telling people not to molest me…

Last month I was sent to US for about 3 weeks. But this time, it wasn’t for any airport-related projects. I had some tasks in a couple of Malaysian government agency offices in Los Angeles and San Jose. It was really tough to leave my family again… I don’t know if I can cope with long-term overseas assignments again. Yup… with a baby daughter at home, anything more than 2 weeks can be considered long-term. I can’t imagine what it would be like if I’m one of those travelling folks …

This coming Monday I’ll be going away to Jakarta for 2 weeks. I’m gonna be having a hands-on training on the airport system that my company develops for the Soekarno Hatta International Airport. Apart from that, I’ll also be doing some documentations on the Standard Operating Procedures for future references. There are already 2 guys from my company that are stationed there, so I’m gonna just tag along with one of them throughout the 2 weeks.
I’m very sure that I’m gonna miss my 1 3/4 months old daughter… I just …