A month after.

January 2011 is almost over.

We are down to the last 10 daysand then February begins in a speed.

The next week marks my first month here in Chicago and it is something to be reallt thankful for.

One, the childhood dream of travelling to the US and seeing and experiencing snow came true.

Two, the business trip will increase my technical skills and will be good preparation for my future role as a team lead.

Third, the entire experience is teaching me to widen my perspective about the client and about life.

On my first week, there was Sev 1 tickets that I mishandled, and today I had 2 sev 1 tickets again but I have handled them both graciously and finished the first set of migration steps that I'm supposed to do.

I think this is what I would call aging professionally. :)

The client is not as terrible as they'd always seem. I figured they are also servicing their clients on a daily basis and most of the time they get sacked for mishandling some things in between good service and the lack thereof.

And of course, each of the things that are to be accomplished equates to a time frame, hence there'll always be time pressure on it.

So after a month of being here...what did i miss?

Hmm..alot i guess. Manila is such a warm place. Family and friends are there. Night outs. Good food. Endless laughs.

Then again, Chicago boasts alot of good experiences and astonishing places as well...most of them you would only see on postcards...and here I am walking in downtown chicago.