Day 6 In transit Quick day calls for a quick post. We woke up early to get to Singapore. I heard from some friends I would love it and it very much turned out to be true. I get bored easy, and often meeting new people and new places is the only thing that excites me. I don't always try to assimilate to where I'm at in the states, mostly because I don't care about what everyone … [Read more...] about Day 6
Day 5- blast from the past. We started today by touring a brewery that produces the local Saigon beer and 333 beer. Not my first time at a brewery but this time I watched the manufacturing process in a new light. A changed perspective, a business perspective. Operations management was at the forefront, with JIT, automated pull systems, ERP and quality control just to name a … [Read more...] about Day 5
Day 4 Logistics Saigon, a city in perpetual motion. Thousands of people on the move. Cars, bicycles, mopeds. Weaving, turning, moving, all autonomous yet somehow in sync. A symphony of people and machines moving to some unknown drumbeat. Structured and organized chaos. Today I met with some local students who agreed to take me on a tour of the city via mopeds. Riding on the … [Read more...] about Day 4
Day 3- woke up and got ready to meet students at STU an university in Saigon Went to the university. Went to a buffet after the university. Went to the market after the university. After the market went home for a nap. We to sleep at 3 woke up at midnight. 2a.m - 2. Am will tell you a lot about a person. Do they have malice in their heart ? Is there a repressed side to … [Read more...] about Day 3.
Day 2 0010- boarded the plane in LA bound for Taipei. Spoke with my mother shortly before I left and she reminded me of a song I used to sing. It's called Mekong by The Refreshments. I'll mention it again. 0500ish - I woke up after sleeping 10 hours out of the 12 hour flight. I woke briefly to eat plane food. While it was good plane food it was still bad for food standards. … [Read more...] about Day 2 figuring out the town