It has been quite awhile since I sent out and update email, but there hasn't really been much going on here in Liaoyang. I feel like I have seen most of the local sights and don't really have enough time off to
go all the way to Beijing. The biggest thing I have discovered here is...wait for it...McDonald's! I don't really care for McDonald's in the US (outside of breakfast and the occasional McFlurry) but here it
is like a godsend. Think about not having American food for, I don't know say 12 weeks, no cheeseburgers, no bacon cheeseburgers, no double bacon bbq burger, no baked potatoes...you get the idea. Now say you
find out there is a place to get a double cheeseburger and chicken nuggets but the catch is it is a 90min bus ride to get there, how fast would you jump on that? The answer is fast, I have gone a few times to McDonald's a few times despite the distance of the bus trip (time is the only factor the bus ride costs ~3 USD).
Okay time for good news, bad news. First the good news, we are wrapping up here and China and I should be finished here by the weekend, hopefully. The bad news, I am currently scheduled to be in Ulsan, S. Korea on the 31st of Aug or the 1st of September so I will only have maybe a week at home. I have to say I am pretty upset about that. I was really counting on taking my 2 weeks of unpaid leave (as required by Honeywell cost-cutters). I am supposed to be in Korea 3-4 weeks and from what I hear the Koreans are much better about this type of contractor work than the Chinese, so hopefully 4 weeks won't turn into nearly 4 months like this time around.
