Managed to clear some work during the morning conference. It was a public forum for any stakeholder of the international domain name community to air their grouses…And grouses there are…one after another..
I guess where there are criticisms, there will be improvement. Some of the comments though, sound more like hapless complaints. Hmm mmm…
Lunch
Went for lunch at a large Mexican restaurant…It was quite alright, I ordered a Fillete Mignon. It’s a slice of beef with accompanying mashed potato and some kind of strange looking vege…
As usual, bread and plain nachos were available for us to munch on whilst waiting for food to arrive. I tried the tortilla soup, nice! Filled with cheese and bell peppers and avocado…with crispy tortilla thrown inside and some dried chilli (or at least I think it was dried chilli haha…)
p/s: They love using cheese and bell peppers and avocado in almost everything!
Tried some of the tacos and enchiladas which the rest ordered…not bad not bad…
Language
The vast majority of people do not know English. Only staff at the hospitality front desks and some of the big swanky restaurants know how to converse in English.
Even service staff at shopping centres could’t handle us. Ask them questions and they reply in rapid fire Spanish. Ask them if they can speak English and they’ll just stare at you blankly. Not good not good at all…
Even the street hawkers in Bangkok can speak English!!! Even if it’s only a smatter of it…even the aunties in BKK can handle tourists!
Dinner
Dinner was hosted by the Chinese folks today. An all Asian thingy with the Chinese, Singaporeans, Taiwanese, HongKongers, Japanese and Korean…
Food was at a traditional Mexican restaurant with live bands singing again to entertain and “serenade” us. The food was good enough…but I loved the free flow of red wine…Cabernet Merlot 2007, from Argentina. Lovely lovely wine…!
HAha piangzz…out of 5 nights, 4 nights were sponsored dinners…with at least 3 of the nights having free flow alcohol…The westerners are really drinkers…
Self
Skin has been stretched taut but the dryness. Face is still peeling but the skin around the lips is better after a bout of intense water-drinking last night.
But the internal of the nose is bleeding slightly…too dry & maybe also dusty I think…L
I think I need to psycho the parents to get a larger suitcase. Mine’s only good for 6 days. Max. Zzz. I might need to activate the use of my extra foldable bag if I get things in LA.
It’s 4am now. Spent the last 3 hours planning LA stuff with HC. Whilst MSN-ing and replying some work/personal emails. I should head to bed soon…else sure concuss…
2 comments:
ooh whoa, i really wont complain about the free flow of wine & alcohol!!
sounds nice.. what are you doing now? Sounds like a very nice job - jetting around abit and dining non-stop....hee
muahaha...just got back last night at 130am. i.e. early wed morning or late tuesday night if you prefer to call it that way...
am in the domain name industry...nah, will only get this chance once in a long while...haha..
during the day its conferences..boring stuff that will make u sleep..the activities are in the evenings..some of the organisers will bring us out..etc etc
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