Monday, May 16, 11:07PM
Home
Renzo and Win are sleeping in the bedroom and I am sitting in front of the dinning table in the kitchen, finishing up my last minute packing and preparing to set off in another 4 hours. Our little boy knows about my trip, I am pretty sure about it. I've been telling him that mummy will be going for holiday and back in 12 days, since he understands "holiday" from his "HI-FIVE" DVD. The last time I went for business trip and left Win alone for around 10 days, was before we had Renzo, about 3 years ago when I went to Mexico. I am going to miss the two like crazy!
My next update, will be either at Singapore or Hongkong airport, when I have internet access. Or else, it's going to be May 18 around 5am when I reach the hotel at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Tuesday, May 17, 5:13AM
Changi Airport Terminal 3
Yes I am at the airport and waiting for boarding around 5:20AM. I am using the free internet access here, woot nice service!!
Took a cab here with Win around 4AM, kissed Renzo before I left home while he's sleep soundly.
I have to rush to Gate B5 now and I love you Win and baby Renzo!!
Tuesday, May 17, 12:19PM
Hongkong International Airport
I reached HK at about 9:50AM, did some quick shopping to get a few more souvenirs for my US colleagues, and happily queued up at the boarding gate at 11:00AM. But after a long wait of 30 minutes, we were told that the flight got delayed due to technical issue. What a day!!
I chose United Airline over Singapore Airline so to save some traveling time as there's no direct flight to Chicago from Singapore by SQ. But ended up, I will reach my destination at least 6 hours later than planned. I am sitting at departure hall in HK airport, with no phone service (not sure why the starhub network is not working on both my office and personal phones), and a laptop with only 58% of remaining battery which is not going to last me for too long. Btw let's give our Changi airport and Singapore Airline service TWO THUMBS UP!!!
And no visit to COACH Oshkosh factory outlet for me today, as I will reach around 10pm instead of 4pm local time, so my friends who requested for COACH bags, please do not blame me as I might only have time to shop when I reach Santa Clara next week.
Renzo baby must be having his lunch now, hope he will have a sound sleep during his nap time later.
Tuesday, May 17, 7:20PM Chicago Time
(Wednesday, May 18, 8:20AM Singapore Time)
Chicago Airport Terminal 2
The moment I heard Renzo's voice, i burst into tears..
After a tiring 14 hours long flight, and almost 1 hour of wait at immigration checkpoint, another 40 minutes to get my luggage checked in for the next flight from Chicago to Appleton, finally, I'm all set. But here I do not have free wifi access, instead I have to pay 6.95 USD for 24 hours, but who cares, I just need to talk to someone since my phones are not working. And I have to thank the person who invented credit card, I managed to ring home with my beloved credit card for a few minutes. That was when I heard the little boy's voice..
Probably the only thing I like about this trip so far, is my "Bailey's Irish Cream on the Rocks" I ordered on the flight here. But to think about my previous trip to US via SQ, I bet I will never want to travel by any other airlines for my future business trips. And we Singaporeans should be really really proud of our Changi airport, it's definitely the world best airport, seriously!!Heard our poor boy had a fall at the playground, and he cried this morning when Win sent him to school, he even woke up at 6AM these 2 mornings to ask for "mummy hug hug", oh dear, i just miss him so much!!
Tuesday, May 17, 10:40PM
(Wednesday, May 18, 11:40AM Singapore Time)
La Quinta Inn, Oshkosh, WI
Finally, I checked myself into the hotel room, sitting in front of my laptop and talking to Win via skype video call. The flight from Chicago to Appleton was quite pleasant, I slept through for that 50 minutes. And my colleague Chris picked me up at the super small airport and drove me to the Hotel. So that's it, I have to get ready for tomorrow's meeting, but now, I just want to wait for my lovely boy to be back from school, kiss him good night before i go to bed...
Wednesday, May 18, 9:40PM
(Thursday, May 19, 10:40AM Singapore Time)
La Quinta Inn, Oshkosh, WI
I took a cab earlier on and went to purchase 8 purses + 1 scarf from Coach Factory Outlet, and 6 pieces of clothes for little Renzo at Oshkosh B'gosh outlet. I saw Nine west and some other branded stores there but don't have time to visit those. I feel super exhausted now and decided to sleep right away and talk to my little boy in another 10 hours time, right after his shower.. Can't wait to bring him to swimming pool when I am back, as I promised.. and, he still remembers that, he kept going "Mummy bring me to swimming pool!" at home.. such a sweetie =)
Thursday, May 19, 9:00PM
(Friday, May 20, 10:00AM Singapore Time)
La Quinta Inn, Oshkosh, WI
I went to buy a new luggage earlier on as my luggage handle was broken when they sent it from Chicago to Appleton, well I probably will still get a new one even if it's still in one piece, just because I did too much shopping the night before and i can't squeeze everything into the old one anyway. Then I joined the team here for bowling but just for a short while, and now I am back at the hotel patiently waiting for Win and Renzo to get online.Friday, May 20, 10:00PM
(Saturday, May 21, 10:00AM Singapore Time)
Avatar Hotel, Santa Clara, CA
I took one hour flight from Appleton to Minneapolis and spent another 4 hours to reach San Jose airport, then I grabbed a taxi and it cost me 25 bucks to reach my hotel about 5 miles away from the airport. And from my hotel room, I could see my office building just across the road. I bought this "packers" football at Appleton airport for our little Renzo, he was pretty excited when he saw that through webcam, but his favorite toy for now is still daddy's ipad2. I am going to bed now as my boss is picking me up tomorrow morning for lunch and shopping, it's so great that I am having a break finally during the weekend.
Saturday, May 21, 11:30PM
(Sunday, May 21, 2:30PM Singapore Time)
Avatar Hotel, Santa Clara, CA
I went for a whole day of shopping with my boss but I did not manage to get anything for Win and Renzo. But I guess this little boy is only interested in Ipad2 now so I will just pack my loots and go to bed now =)
Wednesday, May 25, 11:30AM
(Thursday, May 26, 2:30AM Singapore Time)
Yahoo Great America office, Santa Clara, CA
Here are my achievements for the past few days:
- Went out on Sunday alone, took public transportation back to the Great Mall and shopped for 6 hours non-stop, loads of loots of course
- Visited both GA and Sunnyvale HQ offices, my favorite, is the salad bar at cafeteria, I can get very cheap but good quality food there. Both offices are breathtakingly beautiful!
- Went to spa with 2 colleagues here, and spent 165USD on a 80 minutes facial. That's the ultimate stopper for me to get another piece of adorable dress at a boutique store, as I've been overspent like crazy during my trip
- Went back to the Great Mall for the 3rd time to help some friends to grab COACH stuff, but this time round, my best purchase is a box of LEGO blocks (310 pieces) for Renzo for about 20+ USD
Friday, May 27, 11:30AM
(Saturday, May 28, 2:30AM Singapore Time)
San Francisco Airport
Finally, I am all set to fly back to Singapore. I took my boss' advice and booked a shuttle service to San Francisco airport this morning. It's a wiser choice than my initial "public transportation plan" of taking Light Rail, then Caltrain and then BART train, because my 20kg of luggage is quite a challenge indeed. Besides minor hiccups during check in, everything went smoothly and I spent my last 100 USD in the airport getting souvenirs for my team. While waiting for boarding, a Singapore Airline aircraft just landed at the airport, and I finally realized how much I miss Singapore, HOME SWEET HOME!!
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