15 April 2008

I saw Harry Potter today. He was biking down the road past the hotel with his broom attached to the cross bar and sticking out the back. (Yer gotta love these people). Today was really hard. It took most of the morning to explain the first brief to a point where the students knew what to do. But, once they got it, they were away and seemed to really enjoy the work. It’s the first brief (iFrame).
When I got back to the hotel, I asked for my usual dinner. (I’ve been keeping it simple. Just an omelette, juice and a dollop of icecream). Well tonight was a real surprise. My omelette arrived and shortly after that the chap came into my room and tried to explain that there was no vanilla icecream. So we agreed that Strawberry would be fine. At around 10pm he came in with a tray of some kind of Chicken stew and two bottles of beer. I’m fairly sure I didn’t order that. ☺ I think it was some kind of generosity statement. Only problem is, Whilst I’m over here I’m sticking to vege meals, I don’t particularly like beer and I can’t eat a heavy meal like that at 10pm. I had half a glass of the beer because I felt bad about the offering. Just reminded me that I still don’t like beer. Oh well, it was a nice gesture.
One thing that happens at this hotel that I have to keep in mind is that the porters will open the door first and then ask if they can come in. If the door is locked, they will then ring the door bell. This happened last night at about 11pm. I was already in bed. I think the porter wanted to clear away my plates.