There used to be a day when you type his name into a search engine and there would be a picture of me shaving his head. Now when you search it is all the way on page 3, with the first two pages devoted to his own site and his work. Why do I bring this up? I dunno really but today as I was…
October 7, 2005The jury is still out. I really love the Amazing Race and am not opposed to the whole family thing. I am a little disappointed that it seems they are just staying in the US for a massive Road Trip. I guess logistics demand it since I can’t imagine CBS holding 40 seats on an American flight to Uruguay. I just hope that if they…
September 28, 2005It has been a busy week back in the US after my trip to Hong Kong. As usual with coming home there is the usual UGH factor – as in UGH back to work and UGH back to the normal routine. Thankfully, it hasn’t been busy at work since it is now the off-season. Before I left, I cleaned the apartment up – it was…
September 23, 2005True to our word, Vance and I slept in today as we recovered from our two hot days at the park. I got caught up on email and photo downloading and then got ready for our last trip into town. First up was the Hard Rock Cafe. It is a traveling staple for me and I had to pick up the obligatory souvenirs for Kevin…
September 15, 2005If yesterday was an early morning, then today was even earlier. We needed to meet our contacts inside the park two hours before the park opened. That meant an 8am arrival at HKDL, which means we had to leave the condo by 6:30 and pray that we don’t get Crazy Taxi or Crazy bus. We attempted to get a minibus first, but were not successful…
September 14, 2005The day started early. We wanted to get to the park by 9:30 so we left the condo around 8am. Initially, we wanted to catch the regular mini bus, but we had heard that it gets packed in the morning with commuters (and since it only holds 16 passengers we might be waiting a long time). We decided to catch a taxi and fortunately for…
September 13, 2005Today is the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, but since our invitation to the festivities was lost in the mail, Vance and I headed for the other theme park in Hong Kong – Ocean Park. Located near Aberdeen, this park is very reminiscent of Marine World Africa USA in Vallejo, CA (now Six Flags Marine World). It is an odd mix of a few thrill…
September 12, 2005Another late start – a bit due to recovery from last night, and the other just to get adjusted. Slept well again – I love Matt’s comforter on the spare bed its nice and cozy and a little more suitable to one person than the giganto one I have at home. Vance and I set off for the Tian Tan Buddha statue at the Po…
September 11, 2005Today was a Jet-Lag recovery day. Vance and I lounged around the condo for most of the morning. We chitchatted with Matt for a bit before he headed off to work. We decided to go see the Giant Buddha on Lantau Island today. As we were getting ready to depart, we got a hold of another one of the Disney CMs over here – Michael.…
September 10, 2005After a quick shower, we headed out on the town. This was Matt’s only day off so it was his chance to show us around the city and get us familiar with the public transportation. Before heading into the city, we stopped for a quick bite to eat at the local shopping center that is part of the condo development. On our way, we ran…
September 9, 2005