Begawan VII: Showtime One

Basically got up early to go to the venue only that find that the door was still locked. Sat around with the janitor until somebody brought the key. Apparently the some guy from the project management office was busy the last night migrating the blade servers and changing the chasis. I dunno why they cannot make up their mind on the hardware. Today 4 slots. Tomorrow 6 slots. Today got CDROM. Tomorrow no CDROM. Today USB1.1. Tomorrow USB2.0. Bengong. Luckily things still worked. Was quite lucky that my Fatty Boss showed his face and talked half the day away. I must admit that his presentation skills have improved. That guy can really talk and talk and talk. He knows how to spruce things up and get the attention of the audience. The subject matter was very dry and he managed to actually inflate it with all his hot air. Amazing kung fu. And so, he talked till half time and brought us to lunch at Babu's Kitchen (we had passed by that shop many times and kept thinking that it was Indian. Tak sangka that Babu means Mother in Brunei). I had a nice fried mee suah. In the afternoon, my colleague continued the show. It was a long day. Luckily there were breaks in between. Some of the users were quite difficult but luckily they left early for other meetings. I think the audience did not really understand us. Quite usual. They still cannot imagine the system replacing their manual procedures. It will be another painful process of readjustment.

Dinner was on a boss who had arrived earlier on that day. We brought him to Lucky Restaurant near our apartment. All the waitresses wore SQ flight stewardess uniforms. SQ rejects no doubt. Hehe. Ordered pork ribs, cashew nut chicken in yam basket, tofu soup, stir-fried HK kailan and clayot beancurd. The portions were generous! Overall, the taste was good. Value for money. The bill only came to B$90 for seven pax. But they server lousy chinese tea. Drank and drank and drank talking about the recent upheaval in my company (will blog about this separately). Went to the nearby supermarket again for some grocery shopping (see the mundane pattern?). Back in my room, did some preparation for the second day of the presentation and slept early...