Day 28 - Mar 19 2010 - Friday Tour of the GNOC then Dinner

Day 28 - Mar 19 2010 - Friday Tour of the GNOC then Dinner

Well we've been here 4 weeks now and we are all finding our routines and spend less time figuring out where we are going and more time figuring out how to spend our free time, as it presents itself. I am able to speak with Jen by VOIP line in the morning when she is coming home from the day, I'm barely awake and she is full of daily information.

We all took a tour of the GNOC across town at one of the older technical buildings near the HQ building. We listened to lectures, presentations and viewed where our customers are serviced and where our technical engineers monitor the network. These people do a great job making sure all our information, no matter how great or small, gets to its destination.

After work, we all walked about 1km back home to our neighborhood for some dinner and drinks. We had almost everyone in the group present and we have not done that since our Yokohama data center tour. I am always intrigued with talking, learning and conversing with people from other lands. So I always make it a point to sit next to people I don't get a chance to interact with on a daily basis so I can converse and learn new things. Tonight I sat across from Dan and Jo, both from Shanghai, China. After a couple of hours the Europeans made sure to get everyone loud and raucous. At one point we were singing and laughing so loudly the manager had to come tell us to settle down. (the guy at the end of the video is that manager)

Another good week of information, conversation and great food, what more can one ask for?



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