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2016 BUSY SEASON  - DALLAS

How did March and April fly by so quickly?? People say time flies when you're having fun but it's definitely not true for me coz the past 2 months had been nothing but work and study. =.= Work-life balance is definitely not in my dictionary for the first half of 2016, hopefully I'll get some 'life' soon. As uneventful as life had been, I still want to keep my blog updated so here are some photos of what I've been up to. 

Traveled back and forth btwn Huntsville and Dallas for 5 consecutive weeks in March for work. Spent at least 6 hrs every Sunday and Friday evenings in airports and airplanes. The time onboard was actually a good time to study coz I didn't have internet to distract me. =P 


'Home' for 5 weeks in Dallas. Nice room and comfortable bed but getting back from work at 9pm and continuing 2nd shift of studying ain't no fun.


Little things to be thankful for every morning...nice sunrise view from the room, healthy breakfast, room service one day when I was feeling under the weather.


The boring and COLD workplace, but look at those Costco-sized snacks! =P

One perk for working out-of-town...free dinners! =)

Looks good right? But notice the work-through-dinner table. :P


Well...I shouldn't be complaining. =P

Fixed my cravings for Asian food...Thai, Korean, Cantonese...nom nom nom!

And of course...Malaysian food! =D

Working on this job was like a 2012/2013 Penang D-team reunion. From Penang to 3 different states in the US, who would have thought we would end up working together in the same team again, you just never know where life will take you. :)

Quote to share: Work hard and always do your best. You may not notice it but people do remember and recognize your good work. 
世界这么大,有人对你好, 是你的骄傲;人心如此小,有心装着你,是你的自豪。能被人赏识固然很好,但更重要的,是取悦你自己。哪怕从头到尾没人给你鼓掌,你也要自己走下去。因为,你是为了自己走下去,不是为了别人鼓掌或不鼓掌。 这一点,你要时刻警醒自己。即使没得到别人认可的掌声,也要听见内心自我肯定的喝彩声。- 叶剑锋

 2016 BUSY SEASON  - DALLAS (Part 2)

After the 5 weeks in March that I spent in Dallas, I traveled to Dallas again for another 4 weeks in May. Same weekly routines...weekday=auditor, weekend=gardener...lol!! Here are some boring photos from last month (clearing out photos from my phone)...

Traveled to Dallas for 9 weeks this year and guess what, I haven't even seen downtown Dallas...haha! Only 'saw' downtown from the magazine in the hotel room, the only 2 places I saw were the office...

and hotels...haha!!

Becker's app made it very convenient to study while traveling. =) Ideally, I would rather be watching shows on my iPad, hopefully I can be done with this final one. =P

Breakfast at the hotel wasn't bad at all. =)

Free dinners! :)

Once again fixed my cravings for Korean food...

Taiwanese food...

Thai, Jap, and of course lotssss of Malaysian!! =D
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