Today I...am officially spoiled for life...

It's all over for me. I just have to accept it. A new standard has been set and it's now just the way I roll.

After about 3 hours sleep in Hong Kong I started my day off right flying Singapore Airlines Business Class. Looking all chic and put together because I was flying straight to meetings I sat sipping capuccino in my wide purple seat. Nothing like a perfect capuccino at 30+ Thousand feet I say! Followed by fresh fruit and a frittata. I am going to have to be in the gym every day!

A very lovely gentleman was waiting at the airport for me to take care of my bags and whisk me to the hotel in a black BMW sedan.

After finally making it to my host hotel - I can't even tell you how many hours I was in transit, I completely lost track at about 28 - freshening and firing off a few quick emails I joined the rest of my team for meetings. It has been quite an education today.

Managed to hold it together until now - 11:31 pm here. The floor moved dramatically a couple of times and I definitely had some challenges with my motor skills over dinner (I'm a spilly talker at the best of times, let alone when dealing with no sleep and a 14 hour time difference), but I managed to stay focused.

We had a 10 course (yes, that's right - TEN course) Chinese Feast for dinner. And I have to say, I feel less full than when I have brunch at the Banff Springs. Fabulous food. Including my new fave - drunken shrimp. They take live prawns and pour a potent liquor over them and they proceed to have a party in the bowl - jumping around all over the place. Then they cook them in front of you and serve them. Its always nice to meet your dinner before you eat it. "Hmmm...good evening...don't you look delicious tonight!"

The meal was capped off with 5 varieties of Moon Cake. A special cake sold only starting 14 Aug of each year for 4 weeks. It celebrates an ancient Chinese legend...most things here celebrate or honor something ancient we are finding. The hotel does over $2 Million in sales of Moon Cake each year and the sellers actually have a "Moon Cake" quota over and above their quarterly sales goals.

We also learned that August is the Ghost Month - a period when the gates of hell are opened and it is important to appease the spirits....and not a good time to do business, get married, have babies, etc. So - we thought August was a bad business month in North America, imagine if the gates of hell opened!

I am beyond tired but hopeful that means I will sleep for a full 6 hours and then hit the gym to run off all that Moon Cake.

Today I...am travelling in serious style...am captivated by an ancient culture...am thinking I have just scratched the surface of all I am going to learn in the next few years.