Trip To Knoxville, Tennessee

Woke up at 7am today, made breakfast and did some last minute packing before I left on a coach bus to Knoxville, Tennessee. It was 10 hours drive. There were about 30 of us plus wives and kids. I was sleeping for the first few hours of the ride and did some reading and listening to music with MP3 player.

We had many stopovers especially for the kids as they get restless easily. Had lunch at a small rest area. Ate "Captain D's"- fast food seafood like Long John's silver. I had a grilled prawn salad only while CT had a large combo meal. I took some food from him. I did not want to eat so much, so took salad. We reached out hotel at about 7 plus pm. Stayed at "Jameson Inn". The room was nice and cosy. However, we were given 2 super single beds. So it was too squeezy to sleep together.

We quickly unpacked a little and I took a quick shower before we went out for dinner. Went for dinner with Kok Fong and wife at "Outback Steakhouse". All the meals are being paid by the company. All the colleagues have a company credit card. It is really cool. So, CT uses the card to pay for meals here in Tennessee. I ordered a 12-ounce steak, while CT ordered a 14-ounce steak! wow. Mine tasted nice but it is not the best I have tasted. The salad and house bread is good. It was about US$20 per person.

After a full dinner, we walked back to out hotel and watched a bit of TV before going to sleep. Since the bed was too small, we had to sleep separate.