One night in Beijing.

Flight from Heathrow was very delayed,
Hence I missed the connecting flight at Frankfurt.
Was put on the next flight to Beijing,
Which was a very sad Air China flight.
Pony meals, old furnishing, no personal TV,
And not chio plus impolite stewardesses.
What more does one need to add to this,
To make this a very memorable journey?

Late arrival in Beijing,
Hence needed to rush.
Ended up paying 300RMB to some tout,
To sit in a nice car to the 5-star hotel in town.
Learnt from the chatty driver,
That the hotel I was initially suppose to stay,
Was actually only for ambassadors a few years back.
Comfort of the day:
Free upgrade from deluxe to business suite.

Went to the renderer's office,
And I think they were surprised,
To see a young punk being sent,
For the supervision of their work.
Spent 11 hours at the office,
Before heading back to the hotel.
Spoke to Alex who assured me I was doing great,
And knocked out on the king size bed.
Haven't slept in a proper bed for months.

Spent another 8 hours at the office the next day,
Before rushing to the airport,
To catch my midnight flight to Singapore.
This journey costed less than 100RMB.
Bugger.

Poorly fed again on this Air China flight.
Arrived in Singapore at 530am,
Rushed to cousin's place for her wedding day.
Spent the whole day running around,
Taking pictures & mingling with the relatives.
Finally passed Chelvin her Palmtop back,
And seeing Shaoling & Suzie who were shopping with her.
Met Jem in between my haircut & the wedding dinner.

Headed to Holland V to collect a CD from YT's door step,
And then to Wala Wala to meet cousin PW & his mates.
The gig has taken a new form of expression!
Never remembered people sitting around the stage,
Like how those chinese min ge can ting-s.
Birthday boy cum friend of PW,
Was invited up the stage to play with the band.
Quite enjoyable.

Person whom I was suppose to hand the CD to wasn't up,
Hence called up FY to catch up over more beer.

Dozed off in front of the monitor,
When I attempted to check office mail at home.
Decided to call Alex instead to check the progress.
Alex told me to go to bed,
And that she would send me a car on Wednesday.
Guess she could tell I was very exhausted.
I'm thankful for a PM like her.

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