There is one open (no-roof) room in the office, and it has a ping-pong table. There the TWU students took picture together. Here we are below. See how diverse the group is.
Well, you probably notice that there are a lot of people from India. They come from both Pune and Bangalore offices. There are six from Chicago, US office. There are two from Xian, China office. There is only one from Calgary, Canada office.
There is one group of people missing in this picture. It's the group from UK. They haven't arrived when the picture was taken. So here is another picture of them.
TW actually has an office in Australia. However they have a different academic/recruiting schedule, so their new hires will join the TWU in August (after my session). Ahh, I'd love to have them, too.
Monday, June 25, 2007
TWU 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
India!
After 19 hours of flight and 2 hours of delays, I officially arrive in India. It's the Monsoon season here. At 2 am, the weather is really good, 25-27 degree Celcius (75-80 degree Fahrenheit). It's not hot, it's not cold, just right to go out without jackets! :D
The airport looks like those Indonesia, crowded and there are many baggage helpers. The buses and roads look like those in Indonesia (at least the ones near the airport). I think I can feel at home here :)
However, this is not true with everyone. A Chinese American friend was actually surprised with that situation. The baggage helper asked for a tip of 20 US Dollars (I guess he just said something), she freaked out. Thanks to my friend, I have some Rupee for his tip. ^__^ ahh, what a night.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Orientation Day
First day of orientation is great.
Lots of time to get acquainted with one another.
Lots of important information.
Lots of great ThoughtWorkers.
Lots of casual clothes (flip-flops, jeans, sneakers, t-shirts).
Lots of energetic people.
They talked about international assignments, hmm :)
One person has gone for a 2-year PeaceCorps project in Tanzania, Africa. Isn't it amazing.
One person has taught English in Japan for a year.
The group is just so diverse. I really enjoyed meeting them :)