wines exhibition in singapore...

working out something... stepping into wines biz... planning to make it as another anchor product for arusan...

went down to singapore with jj for a wines exhibition last weekend...

left my house about 1600 hoursish... reached jb about 2000 hoursish... met tammy for dinner... amazing food in jb too!... ipoh and jb.. i lurve them both!..... traffic in jb is crazy... got lost initially, but, managed to find our way to meet up with tammy after about 30 minutes of run around... after dinner headed towards to her new kindergarten... very nice place... invested about rm 80k in that place... franchisee of smartreader... those franchisor really minting money nowdays!... very proud of that lady... not easy to run a kindergarten tho... it's a her passion and dream, i think... and she is making it real!... good on you lady!... time really flew... time for us to leave and cross the border about 2300 hoursish... just nice to join to midnite crowd at the border...

took us almost 40 minutes to find the freaking hotel... really lost in singapore... last time i went there was like 5 years ago.... managed to check in the hotel after asking for directions, 4 times!... no map, no knowledge... just road orphans in singapore roads... good sleep...

got up just in time for the exhibition... took a cab fm the hotel instead of mrts and buses... reached singapore expo about 1230 hoursish... to our surprise the place was packed, think it's because of the asia food fair... half the size of a football field!... food and wines galore!... on top of that, it's just side by side... bought the entrance tix for wines exhibition... checked some booths out before we headed for lunch next hall... a real feast i would say... then back to the next hall... we started working then... about 12 countries participated... we walked and walked and walked and we did tons of wine tasting... discussed some stuffs re the sole distribution in malaysia with a few vintage lables, got a lot of infos on wines, survey the market thruout the world for wines, made a lot of contacts, etc... after almost 3 hours of walking, talking and tasting... we were both tired, tipsy and hungry... off we went next hall again... and back for more walking and tasting... by about 1900 hoursish, we were all worn out... tot of heading back to the hotel and rest... before that took a smoke at the back of the hall, then met greg... one of the many experts in wines fm australia... talked and discussed some stuffs, then were invited to his booth for more tasting... gosh!... taste buds all numb by then... no choice, we went for it... pretty thankful, because of that smoke i took, we might be heading somewhere in biz..... thereafter, really desperate to get back to the hotel then... almost 8 hours of walking and all we need is rest!... 8 hours of walking was not even enought to cover half of the exhibition!.... we found what we want and we did what we suppossed to do, that's important.... headed back with a cab... called michael to meet-up.... then, dinner near the hotel lobby... came back and rested for a while... michael came with kartini, and yeah, we are out again... this time to harry's in esplanade... paul ponnudurai playing there... johannian working in singapore.. almost 3 years now, i think.... amazing guy with gifted guitar skills fm above... jj dozed of couple of times, am still ok tho after the short rest.... left before he played his last set... supper in geylang... interesting view in geylang at nite, really interesting!... opted to walk back instaed of taking a cab... 40 minutes walk in singapore is definitely different from 40 minutes of walking in malaysia... back, bathed and slept!...

as much as i have guessed, got up after the check out time!... good thing the hotel was ok with it... late for about an hour of so... too tired... excellent sleep!... headed back to kl right after the check out, about 1300 hoursish... got lost in singapore again, can't seems to find our way out of the island... ended up in changi airport to ask for directions!... with the traffic and the breaks, me reached home about 1900 hoursish...

very informative and productive trip indeed...

may be down to singapore again this weekend for another exhibition...




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(TT - 14th november 2005)