Lunch with SL at Mizi today

I arrived at G-hotel to pick up a friend and she finished her meeting a bit later then the schedule time of 12.30pm. So, I casually walked to Gurney Plaza and got so cash from the ATM in the Mall. After that, I walk back to G hotel to wait for SL. She came out at 1pm and we have to rush to the lunch place which I have suggested to her earlier.

At Mizi Bistro, I ordered Spegatti olio and she order Spegatti seafood. The portion was a bit excessive but I was able to finish my portion while she eat only half. Anyway, the conversation gets on and we talk about the art of negotiation and how we should proceed to get a win-win compromise. We should mitigate the difference and fine a level to agree on. I have been talking to her about her sharp increase in her service fee for last financial year and we still could not find a compromise. Anyway, the matter have to be resolved as it is going on to another financial year already.

We sided tracked by talking about traveling during the winter as I was going to South Korea at the end of December 2011. She have several good tips to advise me and I would like to share with all of you.

1) Bring along a few pairs of long johns as sometimes when the weather gets too cold, one pair is not enough. You will have to wear two pairs and a few layers of winter clothing ;
2) Never wear a tight jean as the long johns will make it tighter and jeans are not thick enough to block the cold ;
3) We need a scarf to cover our neck because the cold air will go down the neck and on to the chest area ;
4) Another sensitive point is the ear. We have to wear ear covers , otherwise, you have a feeling that the ear will fall off ;
5) Don’t wear low socks and shoes will small holes as the cold air will go in and will go up your legs. Low socks will be less protective ;
6) The heat from the body will go up the head and it will make the whole body cold. It is a must to wear a hat or a head cover ;
7) Buy a good jacket as it is important to keep the cold out ;
8) Bring along a sun glass as it is very important to protect our eyes from the light reflection from the snow ;
9) One of the problem is that our baggage will be very heavy because of the heavy clothing that we need.

There many more tips to offer but this is not an exhaustive list.

After the talk, I feel very uncomfortable with the thoughts of having to travel with so heavy stuff. She told me that another discomfort is that we have to take off our jackets when we enter our hotel, put on our jackets when we go out to board our bus, take off our jackets when we board the bus and put on our jackets when we get off our bus. The reason is that the hotels and the buses have heaters. If you are wearing three or four jackets, you have to imagine the need to take off three or four times each time you enter a hotel , buses or malls.

So, wish me a pleasant holidays , folks.

Namaste.