Jetlagged, I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t sleep. So I went down to the seminar room to use the wireless and catching up with my blogroll. By the time people comes walking into the room, I am already worned out which is kind of bad since I have to a […]
Tag: Travel
Day 1 in Dubai
Took an overnight flight from Singapore and arrived in Dubai 7am in the morning. To my surprise, Taj Palace Hotel provided a transport to fetch me from the airport even though it is only about 5mins away. Checking in is unfortunately not that pleasant. They have a room reserved for me since last yesterday but […]
RIPE-NCC Dubai
I am flying tonight to Dubai to give a presentation on IDN at the RIPE-NCC meeting (the European Regional Internet Registries). I will be talking abit on IDN-OSS, hopefully getting more support for the project. :-) You can find my presentation here. This is my first trip to Dubai. Heard a lot of good stuff […]
Day seven in Japan
This is my last day in Japan. Nevertheless, the days are still as havoc as ever. I have an early breakfast with Keith from ANU and both of us recapped some of the interesting tibits from the ACT conference. Particularly, the energy group reminded all of us that energy is now one of the basic […]
Day six in Japan
“Party” yesterday was like any standard formal function: Speeches, then speeches then more speeches. They seem determined to starved you before they allowed you to eat. The highlight of the party is (no! not the speeches) the traditional Japanese drum performance by the kids in Zao. The last time I saw drum performance was in […]
Day five in Japan
Slept early last night and really well. In fact, I sleep for 10 hours which is amazing considering I usually sleep 6 to 7 hours. Anyway, wake up early and finally went to the Onsen for an early bath, and an early breakfast. Very refreshing start… Today, we are split into 3 group: Energy, Security […]
Day four in Japan
This is the first day of the ACT Seminar and we have a set of impressives keynotes speakers. Fukushiro Nukaga, Chairman of the Policy Research Council and a member of House of Representives, Heizo Takenaka, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Syamsul Mu’arif, Minister for COmmunication and Information (Indonesia). I am most […]
Day three in Japan
Wake up early in the morning, skipped breakfast so I can check my email and then rush to meet the ACT folk. Spend the next 5 hours on the road and finally reach Miyagizao Hotel in Zao (of course). Miyagizao Hotel not surprising is an Hotel with Onsen (hotspring). But of course, I did the […]
Day two in Japan
I have a very interesting breakfast with Joichi Ito. We discussed so many things, from layer 1 to layer 7 and many things above layer 7. It is unfortunate we didn’t have more time to talk as he has to run off for another meeting. Lunch with Yoshiro Yoneya who is now with JPRS. Yoneya […]
Day one in Japan
This is my first day in Japan. Reach my hotel at 9am morning and too early to check in. But luckily, the hotel has broadband and so login to do some mail. Was hoping to hear back from Toru but didn’t…I hope he is okay. Have lunch with Adam Peake who works for GLOCOM. Izumi […]