NADZIR & RAHIMA

Sunday, February 15, 2009

USA Trip Day 5

04.02.09
Today's plan is to go to up to Chicopee, Massachusetts and back to Manchester, Connecticut. We're going to see Turbocare's facilities in both places. Arrived in Chicopee at about 8.30 am and met Jackie, one of the marketing personnel there. We were suppose to meet her boss Mary but she's in a meeting or sumthin'. But after that this guy called James D, greeted and have a chat with us. He's the turbocare's Vice President of North American region sales. Here's a guy who is very down to earth and I must say he's really cool! He's from Boston and just moved to Connecticut last year. Really interesting talking to him. I really like the ring he's wearing...it was made of silver and have 3 black stripes. It was his 25th anniversary wedding ring.
As we were chatting with him, we discovered something surprising. We knew that the temperature at the airport yesterday was -4...what we don't know is that the temp was in freakin' Fahrenheit!! All these times we thought it was in Celsius! Well, guess what...the temperature yesterday was -15 degreeC!!! And I was like walking around Hartford in that blistering cold...no wonder I was upset when I got back...hehe!
Now, the machines they got there is pretty much the same as the ones we saw in Winston-Salem. However they specializes in making seals, packings, valve parts incl. stems, bolts and nuts. After the tour, we met Erik. He's the product marketing manager. He gave presentation about turbine's new seal technology - the retractable brush seals. I was interested to hear & learn more about this product because it can improve the plant's efficiency up to 3%. And did you know that the seals contribute about 40% of turbine losses? Why look elsewhere when you know you can improve at that particular area.
After the presentation, we went out for lunch at one of the seafood restaurant. I wanted to have sumthin' different this time…so i ordered baked haddock fish. I don't know what kind of fish is that, so I was pretty excited to order sumthin different. When I ate it, taste something like ikan siakap…
After lunch, we met with this girl name Jenna…attractive girl I'd have to say…probably in her early 20's…she drove us to Manchester in Connecticut to see another factory there. She worked as the marketing personnel also. Interesting to chat with her…she got the job through James D where she was his kids nanny for two years. Then James D told her to try out the job interview at Turbocare. And guess what, she got the job!
After about 1 hour drive, we reached Manchester. I was lucky to meet Turbocare's big guns there including the President himself, Mr Donald. He gave me a tip or two when visit to New York…he told me to go to Rockafella Center to see the view of Manhattan at the top building called Top of the Rock. Why he chose there is because we can see the Empire State Building from there. So if you're going to Empire State Building to have the view, you're missing the most important building in New York. Plus, the lines are longer at the Empire State. Secondly, he told us to spend sometime to go and watch Broadway shows. It'll be the most memorable thing for the visit to New York. And that advice stuck in my head for the days to come…hehehe…

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