It has been a busy couple days but I am back with a quick update.
I had a really nice final day in Hong Kong with Meredith. We wandered around HK in search of a souvenir from the Rugby 7s for Ian and while we didn't find anything to buy, we were able to steal something!
We went out towards the stadium thinking maybe there would be a gift shop but, alas, there was none. There were, however, a bunch of posters taped to the box office window--on the outside--and we decided that was an open invitation. Normally, I do not condone thievery in any form but desperate times call for desperate measures.
After that we met up with Steve Tobkin, a Carlson alum working for Citi in HK. It was nice to be able to introduce Meredith to Steve since she'll be interning at Citi this spring, and Steve is such a nice and outgoing person that it made for a fun lunch.
After a leisurely afternoon, I headed out to the airport to fly to Singapore and meet up with my group. After boarding us on the plane, there was a delay and we wound up sitting on the plane for 3 hours before they let us push back from the gate. I must admit I was cursing the travel gods who were messing with my travel plans. While I was supposed to arrive at the airport several hours ahead of my group arriving from MN (valuable hours that I was going to dedicate to capstoning), I was starting to worry that I would arrive after them and miss them. Alls well that ends well and I arrive 10 minutes ahead of them and was waiting for them at baggage claim.
Singapore is very clean and very warm.
Our hotel is very nice and it seems very luxurious after the Bridal Tea Hotel in Hong Kong. Plus, the view is much nicer!
We had a nice free day to get our bearings and I used the time to have lunch with one of my all-time favorite alums, Ben Cohen, who is currently living and working for Merrill Lynch here in Singapore. It was delightful to see him and to see him doing so well!
Besides lunch, I wandered around with a few of my fellow students and I---yes, you guessed it---worked on my capstone. I should just stop mentioning it since it is just a constant. Like I don't tell you that I breathed today, I shouldn't bother mentioning that I capstoned.
I cannot tell you how great it is to have the whole group here. We had a little happy hour gathering last night and it was just fun since we all know each other so well by now, and really, for the most part, like each other.
And now I must get ready for our day's meetings. We'll be indoors for most of the morning so I'll have to dress warm--they like their AC here.
6 comments:
My wife is a hottie!
But the real question is this: Have the woman and her money been reunited?
Don't trust the woman sitting next to you at the bar. She has glowing red eyes. She could be an alien, or even a cyclon. According to the revamped Battlestar Galactica, they could be among us and we wouldn't even know it...except for red eyes that are only visible in photos.
I don't see any red eyes. Maybe we need to be worried about the people who SEE red eyes?
You need to click the photo so you can see it at full size. You won't see the red eyes as it appears inline with the article. I'm not some conspiracy nut who can't back up his wild accusations.
Besides, by the time you take a hi-def digital picture of an alien and display it fullscreen on a hi-def monitor, it's already too late. How do we know Tess will be Tess the next time we see her, and how do we know we won't be replaced by the aliens before we even think to take a picture of her to check her eyes? Is that a chance you want to take? And people say I'M the crazy one.
You need to watch more sci-fi...the truth is out there, man.
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