So, another two days have passed at work in Beijing at NCR. Everyday now we are getting presentations from two different departments in the morning, and then after being distributed for jobs. Yesterday was certainly the most eventful and interesting day thus far at NCR for Miguel and I.
After having our daily meeting, we went downstairs to the warehouse and met up with a few engineers who took us in a cab to their off-site factory. From there we witnessed first hand how to build an ATM cash dispenser, and then were charged with the task of building our own. A job which required both of us to be extremely meticulous in following construction instructions, after about an hour we were successful in building our part of the ATM cash dispenser. As great craftsman as we were, the NCR people still decided like every other machine they should put ours to the test. Luckily for them they got some free labor for a fully functioning dispenser. Now our ATM dispenser will be shipped somewhere and put into use somewhere in the world- who knows in a few weeks or months you could possibly be using our handywork to take money out of an ATM.
Another note worthy occurrence happened about one hour ago or so today. For the first time since arriving at NCR, all three of us ate together at location other than Subway (haha). Actually it was Nathaniel's host who took the extremely courteous initiative of whisking us away from mediocre American food establishments, and took us to have dumplings at a restaurant close to work.
Besides that the last few days have been pretty uneventful, considering with work we do not have much free time, (and the fact that neither I nor Miguel have had any trouble being on time to get on buses or navigating our way to work) and so, I must draw a conclusion to a very short blog.
Thanks
Ross
