After six months, Rio seems to be a better place than previously. Perhaps it's just me and my emo.. I mean, afterall I'm here for a short assignment for 1 month, and the whole trip seems more like a business trip rather than few years exile now. Haha.. I m not saying I had a bad time previously, but you know.. its just DIFFERENT.
Touched down on Wednesday nite and we went to office on Thursday morning. It wasn't a tough task for me as I cant get to sleep due to jetlag. Stayed awake all nite long watching the sky turned from nite to dawn without anyone sharing the beautiful scene thou..
The traffic situation is getting worse. We have to leave for work earlier and reach home later due to the terrible traffic congestion along the bridge across Niteroi and Rio. More and more people shifted to Niteroi as its safer and simpler, a better city to stay compare to Rio. Absurd i know it is, but i suddenly felt COE & ERP system could be a smart system to be implemented afterall.
Got Ivy, a colleague of mine coming along with me this time. She will be here for 2 yrs to accomplish her expediting task for the newly signed project. Hence part of my job is to familiarize her with the environment and prepared her for the seemingly adventurous 24 mths ahead. I had gone thru this period before and i can pretty much understand how she must hv feel. It wasnt easy for me when i first came to this absolutely mysterious samba land. Culture shock, homesick, language barrier, work related problems and so on.. Haiz.. i can only spend a month with her, pretty limited things/experince i can actually pass to her within this short span of time. Hopefully she could adapt to the new environment soonest.
Labels: Brazil, Days of My Life
