Today was my most casual day at SAS. The majority of the day was spent chatting with a contractor who actually just graduated from undergraduate school in Cleveland. It was really cool to talk to her due to our similarities. She has also traveled the world due to her fathers occupation. The majority of her childhood was spent in Japan and it was really interesting to talk about the similarities and differences between Japan and Hong Kong. We quickly saw that our childhoods were very similar in many ways. In addition, she gave me really good advice in regards to education, career and lifestyle. Also, she told me about her experience with the 2012 Japanese earthquake and tsunami and how she was flown back to the US due to chemicals leaked in the air from the nuclear power-plant explosion. The funniest topic of conversation was when she explained to me that some people in the US actually don’t get their passports until they need them (like her husband). Growing up in a European household and having travelled I figured that everyone must get passports at a young age not only for travel but also for identification. I guess thats not always the case! In regards to her job, she explained that she was hired as a contractor to delete things at SAS.