20071117
Well, any diary can star both from good stories and bad stories, here I am having a breakfast
at Sofitel Silam Hotel, let’s start something I found in Bangkok yesterday. The flight was almost
on time and the airplane was landed at 10:50am at Bangkok International Airport. Beautiful airport
with modern architecture. The airport shuttle was arranged by the hotel, and the my shuttle which happens to be a Mercedes and 30 minutes brought me to Downtown Bangkok.

After greeted by Japanese lady works at the front desk, changed the clothes, and I went out for
a lunch. The hotel lady recommended a Japanese restaurant “Akebono.” Well, it was just okay,
I had Tempura Udon and hot green tea, and the taste was just okay. Noodle itself was just too
thick to me. After the restaurant, I walked about 30 minutes from the shops to shops,
and the streets to streets. Very crowded with too many cars and pollution.

Coming back to a hotel room at 3pm, I fell asleep for about 2 hors. It was Antonela’s sweet voice
which woke me up at 5pm. At 6pm changed to the suite and tie, take a cab and I headed for
Intercontinental Hotel for Rotary Meeting. The Club has about 15 people attended, all of them are Japanese. Yes, this club was run by Japanese living in Bangkok. The president of the club and the
most of them seem to be able to speak perfect Thai. The Thai National Anthem started the club,
followed by the salmon dinner for 500BH ($14)
It is 7:30am now and I am having a breakfast. The buffet menu looks the same with the one
in Hong Kong. I found the nice salt and pepper tingy on my table. The fresh squeezed kiwi juice
was great, and the fruits and assorted pastries were great. One question…at the buffet counter,
there were American bacon and British bacon. The difference is not in the bacons,
but the British one is not simply bacon but HAM! So what? Nothing, I was just curious.

Today I am visiting the university which is in one hour drive from here. Feel good, and ate well.
Let’s get into business!!

9:40am
I am at Asian Institute of Technology. The cab driver was driving crazy and it took only
40 minutes to get here from the hotel. (It should take at least one hour.)