DEF ISLAND TOUR: PHUKET/SINGAPORE EDITION
Apr. 7th, 2008 02:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogThis week’s bloggery will be coming to you from the resort island of Phuket.
That’s in Thailand.
It’s all work-related, if yr wondering. I’ll be in Phuket for a couple of days to make speeches about the telephones, then it’s off to Singapore for the rest of the week to MC some panel sessions with gripping titles like “Test & Measurement Issues for RF And Capacity Planning For Wireless Broadband Networks”.
So if yr building a WiMAX network in yr community and need tips on how to provision enough capacity to stream video on it without dropping packets or something, I may have some tips for you by Friday.
FUN FACT #1: The last time I was in Phuket was for holiday in 2002. That was the time I fell off a banana boat and nearly drowned because I was too fat for them to pull me back on board. I came back to HK, got on a program and dropped 60 pounds. The Humiliation/Near Death Experience Diet, I like to call it. I should write a book. I hear the weight loss industry is quite a racket.
FUN FACT #2: Phuket is reasonably famous for being the location of a James Bond shoot: The Man With The Golden Gun. There’s even an island called James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay – it’s the one where Scaramanga hid his giant solar-powered death ray, you'll recall. The bride and I went there. It's made of limestone, shrubbery and AWESOME.
FUN FACT #3: I’m posting this in Singapore to kill time during my layover. The girl in the coffee bar told me to expect Phuket to look different than the last time I saw it because of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. A lot of what I might remember has been washed away and rebuilt. So even any R&R I get may be more sobering than fun.
Okay.
Off to the islands,
This is dF
That’s in Thailand.
It’s all work-related, if yr wondering. I’ll be in Phuket for a couple of days to make speeches about the telephones, then it’s off to Singapore for the rest of the week to MC some panel sessions with gripping titles like “Test & Measurement Issues for RF And Capacity Planning For Wireless Broadband Networks”.
So if yr building a WiMAX network in yr community and need tips on how to provision enough capacity to stream video on it without dropping packets or something, I may have some tips for you by Friday.
FUN FACT #1: The last time I was in Phuket was for holiday in 2002. That was the time I fell off a banana boat and nearly drowned because I was too fat for them to pull me back on board. I came back to HK, got on a program and dropped 60 pounds. The Humiliation/Near Death Experience Diet, I like to call it. I should write a book. I hear the weight loss industry is quite a racket.
FUN FACT #2: Phuket is reasonably famous for being the location of a James Bond shoot: The Man With The Golden Gun. There’s even an island called James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay – it’s the one where Scaramanga hid his giant solar-powered death ray, you'll recall. The bride and I went there. It's made of limestone, shrubbery and AWESOME.
FUN FACT #3: I’m posting this in Singapore to kill time during my layover. The girl in the coffee bar told me to expect Phuket to look different than the last time I saw it because of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. A lot of what I might remember has been washed away and rebuilt. So even any R&R I get may be more sobering than fun.
Okay.
Off to the islands,
This is dF
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on 2008-04-07 10:39 am (UTC)FF1...whatever it takes. Right?
FF2...A junket to Phuket sounds like it's made of awesome.
FF3...That will put a melancholy bent on a trip to a beautiful place. Be aware of where the high ground is, my friend.
puff
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on 2008-04-07 03:48 pm (UTC)What he said.
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on 2008-04-07 03:58 pm (UTC)But yes, the tsunami lurks. That was the first time I ever saw a major natural disaster on TV where my first response was to call people I knew to make sure they were still alive. They were. Many of their friends and relatives weren't. I've heard first-person accounts that made me weep openly. So nature gets nothing but respect from me.