A little nice surprise before returning back...

"Hey Daniel, it's a beautiful day today. Want to go out and fly before you go back to Penang?" Scott was asking me about that and without thinking long, I answered with a strong and excited "YES!"

It's a beautiful surprise for me as I thought this time I am going to miss the chance to fly with Scott. We went to Santa Rosa airport and rented a plane. Before we start our flight, Scott did a thorough check by following the procedure for safety purposes. I am amazed by the number of steps he has to go through it. Wihtout delay, he communicated with the control tower and asked for permission to take-off.

We did a couple of stunts in the mid air, such as spinning 360 degree and a free fall drop. WOW! I can't express the feeling here, but it's great. I tried to take some photos of it, but it's just so difficult to take during that moment. After that we headed south to see San Francisco city, flew over the Golden Gate Brigde and along the costal line to see the light house. I took a lot of photos and shared some in this blog.

The landing part was not a nice experience for me. The hot air bubbles caused the landing process very bumpy. I nearly throw out in the plane, but I just hang on and phycho-ing myself that this will be over very soon. I was sweating all the way during the landing time. Just immediately the plane stop, I jump out from it and try to walk around to gain my "stability". Haha...

Overall, this is an Awesome experience. Thanks Scott.

Neophyte Training in Santa Rosa

Here's some photo I took together with other participants from Neophyte training. Neophyte is a program specially designed for my company's field personnels and of coz other customer support team are involved too. We are being trained to learn basic knowledge on Agilent wide products and how to help customers to purchase the right instrument for the needs.

In my group, there are participants from few countries, such as Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, India, Nigeria and Khazastan. It is a wonderful group and I got to the chance to know their working cultures and building up friendship with all of them.

Our group photo with Mobile Broadband Div trainers.

Looking tired after Network Analyzer lab training.

Photo session with Kanji-san, one of our trainer for network analyzer.

Photo session with Cherrie from Basic Instrument Div. She nice and lovely.

Te-Ho (Korea) with Amit (India) getting friendly during Signal Analyzer lab training.

A Visit to Matanzas Creek Winery

John Wan - My counterpart based in Santa Rosa brought me to an awesome and beautiful winery - The Matanzas Creek Winery. It is famous for producing premium class wines in the world. I was given a chance to do wine tasting and from this experience, which enable me to understand better the range of wines available in the market. I had about 5 - 6 different type of wine tasting, each has very different color and flavor. It is difficult to describe the texture of each one too - I guess it takes more practise.

I am standing in the middle of a recently harvested lavander field.

Some wild grass that I thought it is nice and unusual in Malaysia.

Something about Kelly Teoh

Well, what can I say about this girl. She always carry smiles in her face and always brings a positive mind wherever she goes. And I am sure a lot of her friends (including me) will miss her companion in office or in Penang.

Here's some photos of her that I managed to take before she leaves Penang. It was indeed one of my most enjoyable photo taking session in this year. The girls are so natural and having good time all the way.

I will be waiting for her return so that we can go to Pantai Keracut to take more photos.

Gathering in Singapore with Esther and Friends

It was a wonderful trip visiting Esther even though it's just a few hours. We had great dinner and also simple breakfast this morning. She even prayed for me. Hmm...indeed she is still a wonderful sister.
"Sis, I love you. Please take care and don't over stress yourself in your new job. I know you can do it."
Here's some photos to share.