A week in Beijing

I spent another week in China working with my team in Beijing. It was a very busy week but also fun cause several co workers from the USA were in town too. Also the first two days of the week had perfect, clear skies!
Some pictures from my walk to work and some meals...



View of the city from the Marriott lounge


Walking to work..



USA embassy






Yummy food!



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Bowling with JD Asia

Having fun with the team in JD Asia! We had a great team building activity bowling as well as spending the evening recognize the hard work of the JD Asia team and yummy dinner and drinks. Here are some fun pictures of the evening!



Marketing guys!


The team bowling!



Shwu Min bowling for the OF team!



Having drinks and dinner!



Celebrating the team's hard work!




The team is starting to know me - look at all the drinks they served me!



Ching Yi is bowling for the OF team!

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Perfect Saturday in Singapore

What a beautiful day in Singapore! And I purchased my first pumpkin in Asia.










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A weekend in Chicago with the family...

So after a busy work week in Moline, I got to spend a fun weekend in Chicago with the family. My parents drove down on Thursday and Friday we spent the day shopping and exploring the city. On Saturday my brother Brian, sister in law Lisa and nephews Nicholas, Timothy, and niece Natalie joined my sister Jennifer and brother in law Chris with nephew Ben and niece Abby on the train from Milwaukee to Chicago. So fun! After picking them up at Union Station we went bowling, explored Navy Pier, and shopped at the American Girl and Lego stores. Then finished the evening at the hotel pool - which the kids loved! We found time to cheer on the Brewers and UW Madison Badgers! Also had yummy cupcakes that my sister in law made for me to celebrate my birthday. I brought chop sticks for the kids from Singapore and they loved trying to eat their french fries with chop sticks. My dear friends Stefanie and Terry traveled from Wisconsin to Chicago too with their three adorable kids to see me - so great to catch up. What a wonderful weekend! So blessed to have such great family and friends. Here are some pictures from the fun weekend!

Ben, Abby, and Natalie waiting for the L - Jennifer standing by

Nicholas on the look out for the train

Natalie bowling

Abby loved her bowling balll

Sierra coloring me a picture - I just put it up in my office.

Terry watching Connor play with his cars

Ben and Timothy jumping in the pool - they love the jump shots too!

 Timothy, Ben, Abby, and Natalie having fun in the pool

The girls playing

Natalie and Abby with their American Girl treats!

Ben smiling as Nicholas and Timothy enjoy the Lego store

Spending a week in Moline

This week I am in the USA for work in the Quad Cities! I was lucky that my parents and cousins Megan, Jim, Grace decided to journey over to Moline to visit me! I also had some great friends visit her for the Packer game Sunday- Justine and Bryan and Alexis and Kristen! It was great to catch up and cheer on the Packer victory. Some of my co workers from India and Germany joined us for the American activities. We also squeezed in a trip Whiteys for some yummy ice cream - Grace loved the mint chocolate chip.
Here some pictures of us hanging out and having fun!



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Having the team over for an American cook out!

I had the JD Asia OF team over for their first American cook out! So fun! Ching Yi, Shu Min, Cris as well as Georgina from South Africa team in town this week got to have their first Johnsonville brat! They loved it! Ching Yi is from Hong Kong. Cris and Shu Min are from Malaysia. So fun to share some of my American traditions with some of my Asian team! Hamburgers, brats, corn on the cob with South African wine that Georgina brought! Fun!
Can't wait for the next one!


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A week in Hawaii - Paradise!

Spend a week on the Big Island with the ladies and it was wonderful! Hawaii is always fun but it was especially fun for me as it was my first trip back to the USA since I moved to Singapore and the first time I got to see Melissa, Cindy, and Kristin since I moved. I was eagerly awaiting for them at the Kona airport for their arrival! We spent the week hanging out and enjoying the bliss of the Hawaiian Islands! Some highlights of the trip....
The Hilton has a perfect lagoon for beach time. We were able to spend our first day on the beach enjoying the blue waters of Hawaii. Also got to see sea turtles swim by, kayak by the waterfall on the resort, and see the baby dolphin just born at the resort. It was a great first day catching up! Our condo also had a full kitchen and pool for our use. We grilled out and enjoyed the relaxing time at the beach!
The second day we went on a submarine tour in Kona which took us around a shipwreck around 100 feet under water! Cool! And saw a shark hiding down there too. We also enjoyed the famous shaved ice! Yummy! We were going to hit a luau but decided to stay at the Kona Brewery for dinner as it was a fun scene on the Big Island with yummy beer.
On Tuesday we zip lined! What a highlight! So fun to cruise down the zip lines through the beautiful trees of Hawaii with Maui and ocean in the background. So fun! And visited a black sand beach!
Wednesday we went kayaking and snorkeling in some of the most beautiful waters ever at Captain Cook's.
Thursday was kick off of the Packer season! WOWO! We watched it at the pool bar and recruited some fans to watch it with us. Perfect day!
Friday we went hiking at the Volcano National Park - amazing to hike through lava.
What a great week with great friends, good times, beautiful weather, and yummy food!
Thanks to Melissa, Cindy, and Kristin - can't wait to do it again soon! I will post more pictures soon! Trying to catch up with work!

The ladies in Kona enjoying happy hour on the beach

Zip lining on the Big Island - Jumping picture

The most beautiful black sand beach ever - what hike!

 Jumping picture on the base of the lava trail during our hike in the Volcano National Park - had to use the timer cause no one else around!

The ladies surfing....during happy hour!

Packer game day at the pool!

Sea turtles everywhere!

Sunsets in Hawaii are perfect - this one while I was grilling some fish for dinner.

Our new friends watching the Packer game pool side!

Volcano! Amazing!

The lagoon at the Hilton

Sea Turtles

On the Submarine tour