Adeus America

I’m finally going back home to Singapore after a year and a half in the States! The eighteen months in US was really quite the highlight of my life (so far!)… For the first time, I was really on my own, away from family and friends, away from a life I’ve been so accustomed to. Here in Maryland, halfway across the world… I was treated like family, like a friend… It’s hard to describe the warmth I felt throughout my stay here.

Of course, along the way, I gained a lot of work experience… I learnt to be a lot more independent, street-smart and confident… I learnt to drive (once again… Americans love their cars! I hate to admit it but I end up loving my car too!)… I’ve finally seen the four seasons… and I’ve traveled a lot… and made many friends! And I’m really lucky and have met a mentor and friend in my manager Anthony Williams… words can’t describe how much respect I have for him!

In a little more than a year, I’ve touched eighteen states and been to major cities like Washington DC, New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco. I got to do very interesting things like climbing the Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park, visiting the largest waterfall in the world in Niagara Falls, visiting the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park, exploring the beautiful Yosemite National Park and then there’s the awesome Grand Canyon!

But all these travels are just a tiny part of my time in Maryland… it’s the work at Human Genome Sciences that made everything so great! I guess nobody would believe it if I say how much I enjoy going to work everyday… but the people in Human Genome Sciences just made it such a great place to work in! I think I’ll never forget this place!


HGS rock!