in shenzhen

my client invited us to shenzhen to attend a conference on monday. they put us up at a luxury hotel where the conference was being held. it was pure bliss. i rang joa, who was nursing a sprained ankle at home, and told him that i'd finally found where i belong. he snapped back and said i shd stay on and never return.

i didnt get to see much of shenzhen. all i know is that the roads are clean and there's lush tropical greenery everywhere just like singapore. in fact, it was the first time i saw palm trees in china! the conference was plain boring so i snuck back to the hotel room after the first hour to nap.

we ate lots of cantonese food. and it was a good respite from the northern oily and salty palate that i'm still not used to. '粤菜' they call it, taste close to home. lots of ginger and garlic flavour, shrimp sauce, salty fish ... e-fu noodle, char siew pau ... all my favourite things!

breakfast was a spread. pancake, crepes, waffles, french toast, sausages, hashbrown, porridge, cereal, fruits, muffins, and so much more. i had a soak in the jacuzzi spa in my hotel room with the TV in the toilet on. i rang up the concierge and made silly requests just to have the chamber ladies run up to my room to deliver more shampoo, fruits and water.

saw the picture above? that's not a beach. that's the swimming pool in the hotel that is actually a mini man-made beach with a life-size ship squirting water in the day and is a pub/bar at night.

me in the tub!