Frankfurt airport is relatively boring compared to Heathrow airport. I have to say that the immigration people are very cordial and efficient.
We checked in our bags and walked right into gate A, after walking around for a bit and picking up a few items we went to the lounge to wait out the plane. I have to say for being an international airport they really don’t cater as much to its international travellers.
When we walked into the Business lounge it was packed full of people, I think they just need to improve the quality of the seating in the lounge. It looks and feels used and old.
The plane is packed full of people going back to Kuwait. Its a mix of people on this plane which is really interesting.
I’m just happy that I got my bags really quick and was able to head home to relax before I have to go into work this Friday. I will be riding Friday morning but later I have to go to work to finish up some work that has to be submitted by sunday.
We have been running around a hell of a lot the last couple of days. I will be coming back to Kuwait tomorrow on the Lufthansa flight in the morning and we were running around a lot and finishing up a few thing in Hannover then off to Frankfurt, then a meeting outside of Frankfurt. I honestly loved driving so much, I have a lot of things to take care of when I get back but the first thing I want to do is go riding.
I haven’t had any time to sit in front of a PC and type anything! I would have 5 minutes to check for emails and then take off and go where we have to go! Very little sleep and on the run, it feels good and just getting things done. Too many things to post about at one time, and Driving in Germany is fantastic!
The second day we got started early and were going from stand to stand. There weren’t as many people since it was a sunday. After a few hours my feet went numb, every time we went into a building we had to have a plan of attack to know exactly how we are going to tackle the stands. Its funny, I started drawing patterns to how we were doing it, it was very systematic and worked but sometimes we stopped when there really wasn’t anything for us. I want to cover the networking because there are so many cool networking products and powerful wireless products! Too bad you can’t buy anything.
Warning A Lot of Pictures
As soon as we dropped off our bags at the hotel, only one room was ready but we just wanted to get to the convention so we said we would pick it up later.
We had to pay for the train tickets at the hotel and we took off the to train station. When we got to the Fair grounds we paid 71 Euros for a one week ticket entrance to the CeBIT convention. The convention fair ground is really really large, we were walking for hours, we got there by 11 am and we didn’t leave until 6 pm. During that whole time we sat down for only 10 minutes, I couldn’t feel my feet. It was insane, but really great seeing so many amazing stands and so much equipment, electronics, IT Solutions, and so many vendors/manufactuerers, and developers. This is really worth seeing this convention because of the size, and to get a bite to eat you can always find a hot dog stand. It took us a bit to find one with beef hot dogs.
We slept on the plane, it wasn’t too bad on the Lufthansa flight but some of the flight attendents just felt really dry when dealing with them. I don’t know maybe it was just the natural way they communicate with people. I was tired from a long day since I was up at 7am to go riding so a flight at 2:20 am that same night stretched my abilities to stay awake. I just wanted to get on the plane and pass out I didn’t care that it wasn’t moving really.
So as soon as we got on the plane we went to our seats and I was sitting right next to my boss. The funny part is figuring out how to use the seat. It really moves in odd ways if you want it in a certain position its shifts around under you in a strange way even going up, it feels wierd but it works.
As soon as we arrived we looked for somewhere to eat since we had about an hour and 40 minutes to our connection. So we went to get something to eat and I ordered veal sausages which came in the wierdest packaging I have ever seen but it tasted good. After finishing we went to the immigrations who were really decent, but he said my picture is too young, and I agreed since it was taken over 10 years ago and I haven’t changed it. I really look different then before so then we went straight to our gate and got on the plane after a little while.
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I was informed about two weeks ago that I would be going to Germany for CeBIT is a IT & electronics convention that takes place in Hannover Germany every year. Its every vendor from every possible region in one spot. I heard its huge and there is a lot to cover, its going to be interesting.
I have a lot of work at work that I wish I was here to finish, but I’m going with my boss to the convention so its going to be interesting. I will be taking a ton of pictures.
There is a lot to cover and there will be a lot of traveling, I will be going this evening on Lufthanse, and connecting in Frankfurt to Hanover. I’m assuming everyone will be there.
I was at the Smart Building Expo at the Movenpick, and I had a presentation which was supposed to be at 11:30am, but because everyone always runs over schedule and so I didn’t present until 1:30pm and I was pretty tired by then. I had to come into work at 6:45am to finish a few things up at work before heading over the Expo. I was sitting on the panel for the presentation for over 3 hours before my time to present came, and I have to say that I went a little to quick, but I was tired at that point and I made a note to myself. Next time I will do better, and I need to slow down a bit. It wasn’t too bad there were about 70 people in the conference and the presentations was pretty interesting, but there was which was horrible and killed the crowd.
I went home after the first session of the Expo to get some rest, I was exhausted from the past couple of days. After lunch and sitting with my family for a bit I passed out.
Quick Nap:
6:00pm to 9:00pm
And if my nephew didn’t come in and walk up to me while I was on the bed then I wouldn’t have woken up. I’m still exhausted but still lots of work left.
I knew that after the holidays things are just going to go insane, and this time it really did. I have a huge workload with a few impossible tasks over the next couple of weeks. The problem was that I couldn’t do anything about them or even start with any information.
The thing is some of these things are government projects, and I don’t like government projects since they are usually pretty messy and not well done. There is a lot of complication and rediculous procedures and the ones making the decisions have no clue what they are talking about.
The worst thing is always not having enough info!
So after a hectic day at work I wanted to go and I looked at the watch. It was 5:30pm, I really don’t like it when the sun sets before I get home, but the workload didn’t permit me to leave at the normal time. When I decided to go, I couldn’t find my keys. I usually put my Landcruiser key on the desk next to my wallet, sunglasses, and pen. This time I really couldn’t find it, and the other possibilities was that it would be at my boss’s office or my colleague’s office which both were locked so I was out of luck.
After searching for 20 minutes I decided to give up and call home because I know they have a spare. I asked them to send the driver with the spare to my work. So while I was stuck there I finished up a couple of needed emails which just helped me finish a few more things. I was really annoyed that I lost my keys, I’m going to be searching for them, but I never thought I could lose my keys in Kuwait, this is a new one for me, but I’m lucky I was at work not at a random place. It felt really funny and every friend that called was laughing their heads off that I was stuck there. None of those bastards offered to pass by, and I told them that if ever they get stuck I will go back to sleep while they are stuck there! hehehe
So I went into work completely out of wack, and I had a meeting from the morning with my boss and we had a few things to discuss. When he saw me, after reading some paper work he asked what the hell happened. I look like a truck hit me, then proceeded to back over me! I started laughing, but when that happened I almost coughed my lungs out! hehehe! He said I should go home and I refused! I had things to finish up, and he said I would drop dead at work, then I said its my problem not his! So we finished up and I kept on going.
Then a coworker of my came in wanting to ask something from me and when she saw me she said “Oh My God, You Look Horrible!!!” I just started laughing there was nothing much I can do. It has been an interesting day, I have been sweating like crazy, a little bit of dizziness but I headed home after finishing my meeting at 3:30pm whih wasn’t too bad. I know I should have went earlier but I really couldn’t.
I will be watching copious amounts of anime when staying at home!