the week comes to a close

Would anyone like some tube worm for dinner?

See they do sell Chevy's in the land of Korean Cars.

We had the last day of rollouts. It is an amazing process to see how this all works, it sure is fun. I tried to take more shots of the area from the car. We are starting to get some of the "yellow sand" pollution that comes in from China. That is what is making the sun so red in the last shot.

We are all beat, we went to dinner with the factory guys to a "hot pot" a big boiling pot of water that they just start throwing stuff in. I had clam, shrimp, octopus, and all sorts of crazy stuff. I will post the picture from eating when I get back to the states and I can turn my phone on.

This place is amazing, but I can't wait to come home and be with my family. I'll see ya in a few hours. well after you finish with your Friday... my Friday is done.

Back to T2 for the factory tour

I saw this sign at the end of my tour. I think we will have to copy it and use it back in Beaverton.

I really got an education in shoe making today. I never knew how much hand work goes into making a single pair of shoes. I always thought that most of it was done by machine, the machines are used, but there are sooo many people that do the work.

I not only have a greater appreciation for my job but also for the people that work here and how hard they have to work. How silly little design changes mean hours and hours of work have to be re-done to move a line 1mm in some cases... how much waste comes from the silly little details. I wish I could share with you guys all the images that I took but I will just show you what I can over the web.

Chang Shin factory tour

I had a fun day today. We had more project break out sessions. It's amazing how the work gets done when you feel like you are on the NYSE floor with voices and comments going everywhere.

After that was over, I was able to go to Chang Shin. No cameras are allowed in their site. It was really nice, I was able to get some shots on our way back to the motel and out front. It's a rainy day so they aren't that great of shots.

Presentation Day

I took more pictures on my way to T2 today. I even made a little movie, I will see if I can get it to upload. The presentation went well, now I will just have to tell everyone at dinner tonight that I am LDS and don't drink as the main boss here found out that this was my first trip to Korea, and tradition is to get the person plastered drunk. ;) whatever.

ah, I just checked out the video.. It wasn't that excititng... Time for me to head off to dinner.

View From the Top

Well, I am here in Busan, Korea. It is on the southern most tip of South Korea. We had a crazy bus ride from the Airport. I had no idea that a bus could go that fast and stop that quick.

I get to stay on the 13th floor and have an ocean view, this is quite the city. The whole place is like downtown NYC with tons of neon lights. I will try to take more pics later on.. I am still suffering from Jet Lag...

Landing in Japan

Well after 10 glorious hours of flying across the Pacific Ocean. We landed in Japan. We went up to the lounge and I took a few shots of these flowers. It was night time so I couldn't take any pics of the surrounding area.

On the plane

Business class is pretty nice. I finally have leg room
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Saying bye

I am on my way to Korea. Keep checking the blog for updates
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