a postcard from the freezing conference room in sweltering bangkok......
it's been a pretty good couple of days here..preparation for the event seems to be going well..and i'm having much more fun than when i had in bali...just completed putting 400 gift packs together...this meant:
- folding the boxes from scratch (3 parts - the bottom, the lid and the middle part to hold the items in place)
- cutting 400 lengths of silver string
- tying the strings to the tags
- unwrapping and putting the cocktail shakers together (they came in 2 parts - lid and bottom - and had to wear gloves so won't get fingerprints on them)
- tagging the shakers
- putting them in the boxes
- putting 1600 tea bags in specially designed cases
- putting the 4 tea bags in each box
- fixing the lids on the boxes
- and boxing the boxes in prep for transportation to the venue of the welcome dinner (have to go by boat up the chao phraya river)
great sense of satisfaction now that it's finally all done...took the greater part of 2 days...those clients'd better treat their gifts with care...and many thanks to my 2 thai helpers, and my colleagues who switched roles with me and chipped in once in awhile when they tired of doing their own stuffs...
first part of the trip didn't go all too well though - it took a million years for us to clear customs - the queues were so long and crawling at snail pace, our welcome guy wasn't holding a prominent signboard, the van-ride to the hotel made me car-sick, and the hotel took another million years to check us in..
PLUS the bellboy disappeared with our baggages even before we were given our room numbers. WE = 4 people in 3 different rooms, with at least 1 baggage each...i duno what the guy did with the bags while we're checking in..but he eventually went room by room with the baggages piled onto one trolley, and *dingdong* "which bag is you?"
these don't bode well, as all the guests and clients are going to have to go through everything we did once they touch down...and i don't think they'll be all to happy with that..but we've spoken to all the people working with us, so hopefully there won't be anymore delays/screw-ups..
the hotel - royal orchid sheraton - isn't as gorgeous as the ritz in bali..and the people here don't speak english as well as the balinese...but the whole place's got it's own special feel...
makan has been pretty decent..my first meal was a yummy green curry from a cafe next to the hotel (it's called SALA CAFE...sounded abit erm..WRONG...)...and had dinner in chinatown last night - mmm seafood...we even saw a fight between 2 men in the middle of the street! the roadside stalls outside the hotel sells all kinds of bugs and icky crawly stuffs for consumption *shudder* ooooo but thai iced coffee tastes great...still haven't tried the thai iced tea though..suppose to taste really good!
ahhh back to work...meeting at 9pm, now waiting for a colleague to buy back dinner...hope i can get a little more sleep tonight!!!
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