In Willow Grove PA

Opening of a business meeting:

B: "Do you know M? She used to work at our place. Postdoc from Stanford. A very bright young lady... Recruited by your company and left for US."
G: "Err... we have a few hundred employees around.. at the top of my mind I can't.. (turning to meeting coordinator) Can we check up on that?"
B: "Err.. it's ok."

And coincidentally I have heard of M, from the Shanghainese daddy who lives in Punggol. She was described to be a true researcher, not a corporate one. Was that why she left? Hmm...

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We took a train from Albany to Yonkers (just above Bronx). The train ride was along Seneca Lake. And the scenery looked just like a postcard of Montreal or Quebec in deep autumn, with shimmering body of water in front and hills of rolling red, orange and yellow.