I'm so scared right now.
(Aladdin - A Whole New World)

I'm on the other side of the world right now and want to curl in the fetal position and cry myself to sleep. I suppose it would help if I could cry.

Landed in Hong Kong about 2 hrs ago and just got checked into my hotel. Everything is so backwards here. People drive on the left hand side of the road. The taxi driver didn't speak English and couldn't figure out where my hotel was. He also nearly hit 2 cars on the ride to the hotel. When I got to the hotel they didn't have my reservation, couldn't get my visa card to be approved and then they ran out of king sized beds. After finally getting into my room and looking forward to a much needed shower (15 hrs on a hot airplane), I couldn't figure out how to turn on the lights in the washroom. I showered in the dark. First time ever. I hope I got all the soap out of those nooks and crannies. I feel like singing "a whole new world."

I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid.

I wanted to iron my work shirts for the week and couldn't find the iron or ironing board in the room anywhere. It's not standard with the rooms here. I asked them to bring one up and got them to turn the lights on in the washroom for me.

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no, or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

The plugs here are weird shaped. Luckily they provided me with a converter. The bathroom also has clear glass so you can watch people shower and poop. Kinky.

So now I'm almost settled in and getting ready to prep for tomorrow's day at the client site. I'll update a little later on this week...