If you are beginning to read this now, go back and read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, it will give you the full story. So in November 1996, just before Thanksgiving I returned to the US. I found an apartment, began my new position, and got involved at the church I had attended in the past. I was working as a project manager which was in the marketing department. I was working on a new product line and…
This time of the year often tends to be a time of reflection for me. Here is what I wrote when it was 22 years ago. It was in April that I first went to Taiwan. I wrote a bit about that here. I wrote the 2nd part here. So this year as I reflect I will write Part 3. I came home and went to work for a consulting firm. It was supposed to be a five year contract…
I know I began the story of the journey over a year ago and wrote Part 1. I was recently reminded that I didn’t finish writing those memories so I will write part 2. My blue and white fruit bowl from Thailand For some reason this part of the journey has been the hardest to write. It could be that this was a difficult assignment. It might be that this is one of those times in life that I wonder,…
I am not sure how much I will write and how many parts this will be but I will start telling a bit of what I am calling, My Asia Journey. Once upon a time there was a young girl who lived in a small town (I looked up the population and in 2000 the town where I lived had 117 people. Yes it really was a small town). That girl had graduated from university and was working in international…