I had a delightful time yesterday, despite the rain. Thanks to checking FT, I met seanthepilot and Moomba for drinks at the Conrad lounge. Not free I discovered, even though I'm HH Gold, but great cheeses and chocolates, and conversation, of course. Then off to the Swissotel New Asia Bar. I'm sure this is the "hottest" spot in town, especially if the volume of the music is the judge. After introductions, and before we got completely hoarse, it was off to La Pau Sat, to await the arrival of violist, bseller and Lori_Q. We were sorry to hear about WWBGD's passport problems. I'll say an airline prayer and I hope you are currently now 1/2 way across the Pacific. Please post an update.

The good news, it has stopped raining!