This time, because of the illness of my colleague, I have to attend the boring Wimax Forum FtF meeting again. This is really an unexpected trip. My boss just informed me one week ago before departure. Everything including visa, hotel reservation, meeting registration, job relocation etc. must be completed in just one week.
This time, the venue is at Hyatt Regency, and I stayed there for 4 days. The service and bed of Hyatt is quite good. While sleeping outside my house, the only thing I care the most is the bed. Last time in Peru, even the hotel is a 4-star, the bed is extremely soft and my back ached the whole week. That’s really a terrible experience.
The biggest problem of staying in Vancouver is the cost and tax. It costs 195 CAN for just one night in Hyatt and the tax totally is among unbelievable 16%....Fortunately my company pays for it. Although the meeting is quite boring, I still have to pay attention to their discussions and conclusions, well, if they have. Usually, there are lots of discussion but no conclusion. So if they do have a conclusion, never miss it.
But when I told this story to my Spanish friends, they thought I am really brave and show me the newspaper. There was a series of street gunfight overnight that night in Vancouver downtown and at least 8 people was sent to hospital and one was found shot to death.
Well….God helps those who know nothing.
One of Vancouver’s attractions is the Steam clock in Gas Town. I have been there three times that week. One at dawn, two at night. This steam clock is very interesting, just like the one I saw in Hokkaido. It is powered almost entirely by steam. Gas town is a very lovely district with many interesting shops, gallery and restaurants. Blow is a sketch of Steam Clock on Hotel’s note. Next time, I shouldn’t think too much, just sketch. On the road of sketching, there is still a long way to go.……

