When 2 months passed by in one hour.
Spending time with people from HP in a pure English speaking environment made me realize just how different a person I am. Being amongst them also made me feel more like a person instead of just a tool to be used.
I've failed at integrating myself into this culture. Instead of continuing my existence as I knew, I simply created a new one; different but still me.
Good did came out of this. The project leaders from HP seems quite interested in me. We spent hours together talking about our interests and fun stuff to do. Of course only when we are not talking about buisness. I guess, it's a relife for them to have another person who can speak proper english and understand their humour. Hell, I can't stand the english that my fellow teammates speaks. It really made them sounds like idiots… but they are not, because I know them as a Taiwanese.
They also asked me if it'd be easy for a Canadian to work in the states, if there'd be a pile of paper work to do. I know the hidden meaning, but I am not going to get my hopes up. “When you dream, you can no longer function in the present”. Though it is funny to see my boss getting worried when HP people handed me their card. It must look like they are trying to buy me over.
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