A Delicious Monday

Mmm... Monday. For lunch Kat and I were taken out by Dr. Jian Wang to his favorite place. He's the Assistant Managing Director and also interviewed us last fall. His driver picked us up at MSRA and took us past the Technology Institute so we could see its library, and then to a nice relaxing lunch. We had all sorts of delicious foods. Sometime people would come out to finish the preparation in front of us or explain how to eat the food. In one case, a guy explained the food and a woman translated from his regional dialect to Mandarin. After which, of course, Dr. Wang relayed the information to us in English. We also had a nice conversation and got some ideas about nifty places to visit in China if we get the chance. I was slightly confused when the conversation suddenly shifted to "Bill," but caught on...
And here we are after lunch. Aww, we're so cute.

Then for dinner Kat and I met up with Eric Chang, also listed as Assistant Managing Director online, though I think he's recently changed to Technology Director or something like that, and he treated us to Japanese food. Which was also quite nummy. We talked about MIT and course 6 and Microsoft and putting children through Chinese public school versus International school.

Several of you have asked, 'What about the actual work you're supposed to be doing, Kim?' Well, it's progressing. I'm under a fairly strict nondisclosure agreement, so I can't talk much about work. As I said before, I'm working in the speech group on Text To Speech. It's interesting, but I've also been exploring other options. Today I found something that might work well for me. I'd be working under someone nicknamed Crazy Bird, so how could this be anything but an excellent idea?