Life in Macosur factory

Sept 20, 1993 (Monday) St. Paulo?/ Asuncion

 7:45AM (Hong Kong is 7:45 P.M.) Our Varig  flight No:RG829 arrived São Paolo of Brazil early morning. Almost all passenger clapped their hands.

In the flightwe get to know 3 sisters from Taiwan who were also on their first trip to Paraguay. It was an unexpected to see Chinese also going to this far remorted corner of the earth. While waiting at São Paolo Airport for the connecting flight to Asunsion of Paraguay, I tried to helped them to use the public phone to connect to their parent in Paraguay and some how I could not get the right connection.

10:40AM we transferred into a smaller airplane to Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.

Asunción is serviced by the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, which is also the country’s main gateway. The airport is located in Luque, a suburb of Asunción.


It’s a small airport. A swarm of baggage porters at the luggage claim area and before I could say yes or no a porters already started pushing our luggage trolley toward the exit where Mr. Ole has not difficulties to identify us. He paid the tip to the porter as I have no Guarani.



He send us to Paramanta hotel a nice simple place with a nice garden and the owner is German.

At night Mr. Hinrichs invited us dinner Diamond Restaurant. A Chinese restaurant.



Sep. 21, 1993 (Tuesday) First day in Macosur
I awake 4:30AM in morning by the singing of birds in Paramanta Hotel. I just enjoy sitting under the quite peaceful morning ray till breakfast time around 7:30.

At 8:30 Ole came and off we went to Ciudad del Este by road 3 hours.

In the way we stopped at a famous steak restaurant for lunch.

Afternoon we reached Macosur Factory and the first people we saw are Kintana and Paul standing besides the wooden office building waiting for us.

Among the first thing we did was Paul brought us to see the production line in the factory. This is why I came here for, as their new production supervisor.





Sept.24,1993 (Friday)

This is the last working day of the week. It is only 5 days operation.
Factory starts at 6:00AM and end at 4:00PM
Our usual dinner time is 6:00PM.


Shirley became good friends to Ana and Laura whom she gave a hair clip each as gift.





Sept. 25 1993(Saturday)

Today is Saturday and factory off day.

The maid, Lucy, also off on each Saturday

After breakfast around 8:30 A.M. Paul and two of us together with Mr. Caballero went to supermarket in the city using company’s car.

We bought necessities such as toothbrush, pail, Vegetables, and so many things.

We have lunch in a Chinese restaurant.