Posts from — October 2008

Ok, I haven’t been as good with writing in the blog this trip as I was the Olympics. The conference which is 2.5 days is actually ending this afternoon. I have a flight back to the US at 1:15 in the morning. Fly from KL to Seoul with a 1 hour layover and then Seoul to Atlanta direct. Thursday is going to be a long long day as it basically adds 12 hours onto the day with the time zone changes. Truth be told I really have not been in Atlanta for almost 3 months with all the events so it is going to be weird to be back for almost 2 months with just a touch of travel in between. [Read more →]

Kuala Lumpur to be exact. I took China Southern airlines direct to KL. – The flight was approximately 5 hours direct. Luckily for me I a bulk head seat so it went by uneventful.

Here we are staying at the Westin Kuala Lumpur which is across the street from the nicest shopping mall in the city and next door to the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton. This Westin is considered to be one of the top hotels in Malaysia and is quite busy. Since Malaysia is Muslim there are a lot of Indian influences on the menu. [Read more →]

Tuesday -

Was the first day of the conference. The Westin is an older hotel where we are at but they have been doing a lot of renovation and I feel the ballroom space is really beautiful. Very classic looking – something you would see at a Ritz-Carlton in the northern part of the US.

When working banquets in China you must have a bit of patience. They don’t set up enough stations for the number of people attending. And of course you need more tea than coffee. [Read more →]

In China that is – this time in the capital city of Shanghai. I am working for the Aerospace division of Honeywell doing meetings for the Air Transport Division. They are doing regional conferences around the world. I did the culinary for all 6 and actually on site for 2. It felt very kool getting to come back to this amazing country. I had a warm feeling hearing people say the familiar Neehow – which means hello to each other. And fun for me to automatically say it back. The convenience of this trip is I was able to fly Delta direct from Atlanta and the flight was about 15 hours. When I arrived at the airport there were still reminants of the Olympics all over the airport. A couple of Beijing 2008 banners, billboards advertising the Olympics and some tourist books that had the Bird’s Nest on the cover. I wasn’t surprised by any of this as the Chinese are going to hold onto this memory for as long as possible as one of their more aspiring moments to the world. [Read more →]