Shanghai Oct 18th

5.30am hate my alarm clock
5.45am go down to the gym, cycle for 40min
7.00am meet Steve for breakfast for a one-on-one chat
8.30am leave for Ad:tech conference in Pudong
9.30am-1pm at conference, meetings, chats, laughs, do emails, planning for my KL trip, booking and re-booking dates. The fact that the flight is 2 days from now feels ages away. Not enjoying the conference too much; too shallow in depth, nothing new.
1-2pm grab a 5-min salad for lunch and sneak out to the business centre, log on to a virtual classroom with April for my putonhua class. I marvel at how technology has empowered our lives.
3.30pm leave to meet a new client and pitch, arranged by a fellow agency who thinks we are great ;)
4.30pm last-minute rehearsal, changes to the presentation with Clement
5-7.30pm pitch, look good and smart, re-align stuff with the PR agency’s activation plan, brainstorming, the client likes the ideas, esp the social media part
8-9.30pm Hooters, meet a guy we want to hire over from another agency. He has a hard time focusing, the girls here are gorgeous..
10pm back to the hotel, take a raincheck on dinner with colleagues, opt for a salad from the room service instead
10-11pm emails and more preparation work for a huge Friday pitch
11.30pm blog it.

Brenda sends me a URL to look at www.palestinejournals.co.uk. I look at it and think that my whole day has been a rather trivial pursuit.