Chilly Qingdao IV: It's A Wrap

On the last day of the conference, my GM did his presentation. Pretty interesting because it was the first time I ever heard him do a business pitch in putonghua, and I must say that its better than his English! Everything was wrapped up, and they closed with a dialogue with the customers regarding products that had caught their interest. So that was it. My only purpose there was to smile, nod my head, and 'look pretty'. Zzz.





We had some time to kill before dinner, so we had a little walk outside. Walked along Taiping Road, going as close as possible to the Chinese Naval Museum to get a better look at the submarine. Walked past some heritage houses and the Tianhou Temple which had a giant sculpture of Chinese cabbage at the entrance. Also had a look at the People's Hall which tries to emulate its grander twin in Beijing. There was also a small park with some colourful blossoms, and vendors selling seashell crafts, and roasted sweet potatoes. On our way back, we stuck close to the beach before hitting back to the hotel.





Buses were chartered to ferry the lot of us to a celebratory dinner in the city. The journey took around half an hour. We were ushered to a private room on the upper floor of a seafood restaurant where we had another intense round of food and booze. More hong shou fish, scallops, prawns, clams, sea snails, agar jelly, pan-fried buns, meatball soup, powdered vegetables (weird!), etc. Too many to count. And our partners really went all out with the booze. One lady from Xian got so drunk that started hugging everyone and talked about connections from the past life! And another guy's face was so red that they had to drag him up the bus. Our journey back to the hotel was a visual treat with buildings that looked like giant lava lamps with psychedelic colours flashing across their facades. In KL, you get the DBKL building flashing election propaganda. Haha.