Saturday Night update
We just got to Malaysia this evening and just got back from dinner. BTW, all the time we were in China I was unable to access the blog to update or even view it, presumably because of big chinese brother not allowing access to blogs in general. As soon as I got on the Internet in Malaysia, it was no problem.
Anyhow, tonight Jerry and I got into Kuala Lumpur about 7p and got to the hotel, the KL Hilton, a little after 8p. We went to the fitness center to exercise for a bit before having dinner with Mr. Hiyama. We just had snacks in the lounge bar, but beer and pizza tasted great after a week of Chinese food.
Last night, in Guangzhou, we first went to dinner with Kevern and Perry of Sou Le, then we went out with our distributor and a few customers for drinks. The restaurant had an interesting selection of menu items, as seen in the pix below. We didn't select the frog or crocodile, but did have some chicken that was served with the head.
Later we went out with a customer for some refreshments and entertainment. We ended up at a karaoke bar, playing a few fun dice games, one I think was called bullsh!%, where each player rolls 5 dice and calls out a hand, like like liar's poker. What made it a little more interesting was that the one pip on the die was a wild card. The loser of each round had to drink a little, but that wasn't strictly enforced. I don't know what the other game was called, but everybody playing first bet an amount of a whiskey/green tea mixture (about 1:3) to drink. That player threw seven dice into a bowl and had to try to get at least 350 points, by combinations of 1s (100 pts) and 5s (50 pts). If they didn't get either a 1 or a 5 on the first throw, they had to drink twice their bet. They kept throwing dice until they got at least 350 pts, when the next player started, or they didn't get a 1 or a 5, when then had to drink their bet and start over. It was fun with the group of about 10 people that played. After leaving that bar at about 11:30 we went to a restaurant where we went to a private room and had a soup pot on the table that we added fish, vegetables and !cow spinal cord! to cook in the soup and eat. Different, to say the least.
Customer visits in Guangzhou were good, with some good possibilities for business at a dog toy manufacturer. He'd like to use our clear Millathane 97 for dog toys, although achieving the desired properties at the low hardness the customer wants may be a challenge.
Tomorrow's an off day, so it'll be a good day to relax before a fairly busy week in Malaysia and Singapore.
tom
Anyhow, tonight Jerry and I got into Kuala Lumpur about 7p and got to the hotel, the KL Hilton, a little after 8p. We went to the fitness center to exercise for a bit before having dinner with Mr. Hiyama. We just had snacks in the lounge bar, but beer and pizza tasted great after a week of Chinese food.
Last night, in Guangzhou, we first went to dinner with Kevern and Perry of Sou Le, then we went out with our distributor and a few customers for drinks. The restaurant had an interesting selection of menu items, as seen in the pix below. We didn't select the frog or crocodile, but did have some chicken that was served with the head.
Later we went out with a customer for some refreshments and entertainment. We ended up at a karaoke bar, playing a few fun dice games, one I think was called bullsh!%, where each player rolls 5 dice and calls out a hand, like like liar's poker. What made it a little more interesting was that the one pip on the die was a wild card. The loser of each round had to drink a little, but that wasn't strictly enforced. I don't know what the other game was called, but everybody playing first bet an amount of a whiskey/green tea mixture (about 1:3) to drink. That player threw seven dice into a bowl and had to try to get at least 350 points, by combinations of 1s (100 pts) and 5s (50 pts). If they didn't get either a 1 or a 5 on the first throw, they had to drink twice their bet. They kept throwing dice until they got at least 350 pts, when the next player started, or they didn't get a 1 or a 5, when then had to drink their bet and start over. It was fun with the group of about 10 people that played. After leaving that bar at about 11:30 we went to a restaurant where we went to a private room and had a soup pot on the table that we added fish, vegetables and !cow spinal cord! to cook in the soup and eat. Different, to say the least.
Customer visits in Guangzhou were good, with some good possibilities for business at a dog toy manufacturer. He'd like to use our clear Millathane 97 for dog toys, although achieving the desired properties at the low hardness the customer wants may be a challenge.
Tomorrow's an off day, so it'll be a good day to relax before a fairly busy week in Malaysia and Singapore.
tom
Labels: Kuala Lumpur, millable urethane, Millathane 97
posted by Tom Jablonowski at Saturday, June 21, 2008
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