training/ stints overseas - country s

i spend half a year here as a senior national liaison officer. i was based on one of the states and it was one of the best half year of my career life. shan't write to much about it cos i've written quite a lot about this trip in some of my older posts (if you have read before). suffice to say that this 6-month trip was an eye-opener for me in many many areas including getting to now the country, the weather of the southern state, it's culture, food, and so on... here's my experiences.

• i experienced 4-5 hurricanes, of which i had to be evacuated in 3 of them at least. had the good experience to be able to fly to some other cities on the east coast and caught some pretty good musicals.

• i had lotsa road trips over the weekends during the 6-month stay. it was really good to be able to drop everything and just drive and visit places where the local stay, and to see and experience the local culture. it was through such exposure that i get to understand what real vs whats portray in movies. they can be so different...

• i was literally working round the clock as the country's time zone was a direct opposite to that of singapore and i was required to work through the night talking to singapore-based people. but that didn't mean i didn't have time to myself. conversely, i had a lot more time to myself as i was able to work around my daily life routines and be at work when needed only. in another words, i was more productive.

• i had the good opportunity to interact with some 65 countries based in the same location as me. and i do note that amongst these 65 countries, there were cliques and cliques within cliques - for example, all national representatives from asian countries tend to clique together and often invite each other out for dinners, formal or otherwise. and within this asian country clique, there are sub-cliques - e.g. asean countries... but certainly, one thing i concluded from this attachment, as minorities, we come together and in coming together, we became stronger. 

ok, won't write too long here.