gracias a dios, es viernes!

Well I think that everyone is pretty beat up after such a hectic schedule since the beginning of the week, so everyone is sleeping in (I assume). I went to sleep super late and still got up at 8 because ...yeah I don't know.

So today I am working on a big presentation for the London meetings, and I will be all over that soon enough. I am still really super duper excited about going to Paris to visit the family!!!!!!!!!! w00t!!!!!!!!! But then I'm totally rushing back to London to catch my flight back to good ol' Singapore. I can't believe it......but I actually MISS Singapore. This is nuts! I never thought this day would come, but I have a great group of friends now, so I guess that's the main reason. I wish they were all here with me to enjoy Mexico.

Today or tomorrow I plan to buy a chilano poblano or something like that.....it's a traditional Mexican dress. Very very pretty and cute!! yipee. If it's not too expensive, I'm going to buy one for my auntie in Paris who collects Asian clothing - but I think that she might like this also...I hope. I am wondering what to buy as souvenirs for my friends also back home. I think I need to buy like 15...somethings. Maybe wood carvings...just because they last longer than food...or shot glasses (ugh so cliche). My flight is for 9:35PM Saturday night, so since I have time I sent some stuff to be washed in the Laundry Service of the hotel because this girl needs clothing to bedazzle in London.

So I've been to Manzanillo, Monterrey, Hermosillo and Mexico City since Monday...and we canceled two of our meetings in other cities as well...kinda crazy! I didn't think Monterrey was much (except that it had its own International Airport) until my boss told me that this area has the highest per capita income of the entire Latinamerican countries.

And I also learned that the official name of Mexico is "Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" - so they are a bunch of united states as well!

So London is going to be super ex(pensive, sorry...Singlish) la, and the bunny is not so happy. BY THE WAY. I was so sad when we went buy this restaurant on the way to a private airport (Toluca) and saw that they were proud to serve........conejo (rabbit). I know that it's delicious, etc. etc. but it doesn't make it any better :(

And I found out that I'm going to be based in Singapore, not Dubai, so I can finally buy a real cell phone line! Yipee!! Then I don't have to get eaten by all these overseas fees...or I will...find out, I suppose.

I am staying in one of the executive rooms in Hotel Nikko in Mexico. It's totally awesome - Salvatore Ferragamo toiletries. Seriously? ...seriously. I might have taken a long and steamy bath/shower last night that took more than an hour. I was too excited to sleep until about 2am...3am? Something along those lines.

I have met some awesome people here - and we have such a good time!! It has been such a great experience being able to see all the mountains (and try pronouncing the names in the Aztec language - nahuatl) surrounding all various cities. It's interesting to see that D.F. (Distrito Federal - aka "Mexico City) is cleaner than I thought it would be. Someone explained to me that because it rains so much, the air is cleaner than in other cities. I also thought that because DF is surrounded literally all around by mountains, that it was a strategic place to be since very few people can attack you (before planes/helicopters came about) due to the enormous amount of effort it would take to seize DF, but of course people laughed at this idea when I said it aloud. But why not? It's strategic. Maybe I even showed them something they never thought about. I mean, look at the Swiss. Who would be crazy enough to attack the Swiss (rhetorical...ok it's been neutral since...1815? thereabouts)?

So HA! And I think that when I get to Paris, I'm not going to do any siteseeing at all. I just want to see all my family members again!! My cousins, uncles, aunts, and grandmother! I miss my family back at home so much, and even though this is no substitute, I think that I never knew how hard it would be for me to live so far from everyone else. But I will travel a lot, and think that I (well this is a secret) will be in the States within a few months. East coast. La. And hopefully this isn't the last time in London! Everyone was like if you've never been to London you should totally go and explore it, but at the end of the day, family means more to me - and I would want to explore London with at least one more person, you know?

And I get back to Singapore Friday night around 5 pm (Indy time: 5am) bleck and I will probably be smashed, etc. and dead for the entire weekend. Someone will have to come try to pull me out. I miss my friends, and hopefully none of them read this blog, but I think that I want to throw a little surprise picnic for them, but I don't know what exactly to do. Maybe buy a bunch of bread and ingredients for sandwiches?

The only reason that I'm totally obsessed with sandwiches right now is that on the plane to Mexico, I had the best sandwich EVER. Nothing has come close. It was oatmeal bread, a little smidge of Boursin, tomatoes, rocket (yes...I ate something green), and chicken breast. It was so, so incredibly delicious that I've been sort of looking forward to the trip back just to have another sample of this sandwich. I've been trying to come up with ways to make it better...and I know that bacon is sort of overkill, sadly. The rocket seriously....just......amazing.

And I thought that the food in Mexico would have been seriously amazing, but I was sorely disappointed. The most delicious thing I had was the continental breakfast at "Royal Palace" (no joke)...Bistec Ranchero. Seriously.......just.....sauteed beef, onions, green peppers and seasoning. simple, easy...and definitely something I need to learn how to make.

I ordered Chicken Fajitas in Hermosillo, and it was the driest chicken I have ever tried to chew through in my life. And I might have eaten too much because I see a leeetle pudgey around the tumtum.

Oh yeah......I MISS ASIAN FOOD SO MUCH!!!!! I canNOT believe that I am WRITING THESE WORDS. I never thought that I cared so much. But I need some rice rolls with char siew (siew mai) and also the ones stuffed with strawberries. And I need Mee Pok and Chicken Rice and Rice with everything and food food food from Asia. I wouldn't mind Japanese food later though...we'll see.

I miss my family's Pho Bo...Pho Ga...and Chau Thit Heo...

I can't wait to have Vietnamese FOOD. REAL VIETNAMESE FOOD IN PARIS!!!!!!!!!! I'm seriously about to cry......gosh......weak sauce!

Just for your information, there is only one acceptable Pho in Singapore, and it's one of those least-expected places. That's right. Bunny is Vietnamese.

And right before I left Singapore, I went to Wisma Atria to get a hair cut. I don't know exactly how much I like it (they sure like to thin out your hair in Asia...) because it needs to be maintained (though I am walking around the executive lobby looking like 1. a gorilla that 2. just woke up. LOL)...pah. Hair! Boring and too girly for me.

I almost wish I were bald.

I wish several things were socially acceptable:
1. to punch people in the face (ok this is a facebook-inside joke, peoples)
2. that I were bald
3. to wear sleeveless dresses in Asia (meaning, business-wear)


Well surprisingly, I am tired (4-5 hours of sleep will do that to you), so I'm gonna head back into my comfy comfy bed.

Toodles!
Sans