TeamDARE:)

Hi guys,

This is a quick entry to show you what some of my new friends are doing in their spare time...

Check out their website...

http://www.teamdare.nl/

So here is the story a bunch of great guys get together to create robots...

Check out youtube for their videos... pretty AMAZING!!!

This is their latest invention....

it looks easy but believe me they just make it look easy;)

Well done guys:)

Keep up the good work:)

If you need a hand... you know where to find me:P

Gareth

Pillow Fight

Hi guys, You know how there was this huge pillow fight in NY on the 4th of April... well we decided to do the same in Eindhoven:)

We went to a park all 9 or 10 of us, with our pillows....had a picnic

Had some fun... and then.............

The fight began!!!!! ehehhe

It was amazing event:) Lots of fun:) I guess something different for after work:)

Boston last entry...

Ya you can see me in the back with the Celtics jersy... we had just been shopping... you can see the smile on all the ladies with all the bags... ehehehehehe. What can I say...

Women LOVE SHOPPING!!!!


I really loved Boston... I had a great time... and I had to have one last entry.
One weekend I went with some friends to the city centre... and it was really great!!
I mean the whole trip was worth it because of the company:)

There is lots of street performances in Boston.. which really makes the place friendly and nice to visit:) Everyone should go at least once in their lives to Boston!

And as any other American city, there is strong passion about their nation and the wars they have participated. The truth is Boston actually was fundamental to the American history. So it was not all fun... I did learn somethings:)

Gareth back in Eindhoven:)

What can you do in Boston?

As you can guess, I had loads of adventures... and I am not going to describe all of them however, outside training I did the whole American thing....

Dunkin' Donuts.... THEY ARE GREAT:)

Partied... made American friends...

Went to an NBA game.... Celtics RULE!!!

Had Quilting lesson with Jill.... it is not as easy as it looks...

And here are a few more highlights:
- Shopping
- Rented a car drove to Boston
- Saw Blue Man Group
- Irish Pubs
- Going out in Natick
- Mexican food
- Played basket ball with the guys in Natick... I did do too badly... but hey it has been a while!!!
- Quincy Market
- Freedom Trail
- Boston Marathon...I was there!!!
- Greek parade
- MIT and Harvard:)
- Chilled out at the Boston Common

How do you make the most of 2 weeks in Natick/Boston?

Well that is what I did:)

Gareth

2 weeks in Natick... just outside Boston

So the reason why I went to Boston was to have some training at the MathWorks:) I really loved it because I ended up meeting lots of international people from the company...Japan, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, China, US, Sweden, UK... we all got flown in to Natick the head quarters for 2 weeks training. Well the training for my role was not that much but more of an opportunity to meet people from other offices.

I mean the place is AMAZING!!!! The MathWorks!!! Thanks:) I really enjoyed myself and learnt a lot.

GEEK FACT: www.mathworks.com was one of the first 100 commercial domains (web address) to ever exist!!!!!

The training went really well, and I think I made the most of it... as the following posts... will tell:)

Gareth

Going to Boston...

Hi guys,

This is a quick update on my trip to Boston... What an adventure:)

I ended up loosing my flight, ya the first time I lost a flight in my life.... KLM however upgraded me to 1st class for the next flight to the States... as it wasnt really my fault that I missed the flight. The train from Eindhoven to Amsterdam was late:(.

However... I flew from Amsterdam to Detroit... not Boston....but you know me... a guy unshaven, with holes in his jeans flying first class... people stared at me... but I didnt care as first class is really comfortable....

So anyway after a 20 hour journey to Boston... from Eindhoven, I started to discover the wonders of Boston...

But it started to rain... and ya... you can tell by my face... how much fun I am having!!! It still was great because instead of walking around, I ended up hangging out in a few coffee shops and making friends:)

I had to go and see Cheers pub... amazing:) Saw the library... just like the movies... The truth is I ended up having lots of deja vu...Boston is really a cool place:)


Gareth

MathWorks Eindhoven vs MathWorks Aachen

Hi guys, this is a quick entry to tell you about the game football that I went to play in Germany... Managed to convince 7 players from my office to go to Germany... drive for 2 hours... for one hour of 5 a side indoor football:)


This is where we played;)

We did not do too well... however it is not about winning or losing it is the team spirit that we had on the way there, during the game, at the pub and on the way back:)

The Dutch office has to practice a bit more for the home game:)

We did not really get a chance to see Aachen.... but it is on my list of places to go in Germany... specially because it is so close.

Gareth