Right now I’m in my hotel room in San Francisco. All my expenses are covered for the week and all I have to do is setup a cluster database system for a client out here. Which is hardly work since I love doing it.

Today. I had lunch with a woman from Japan, a guy from India, and a guy from Vietnam. The guy from Vietnam told us about how when he was a kid during the communist occupation of Seoul his family’s house was occupied and they fled south on foot, begging for food for two months. When they returned to Seoul years later the house was flattened. Now he’s a Database Administrator here in San Francisco. We had Thai for lunch and I brought the leftovers home to reheat for dinner. They don’t have a microwave here at the hotel for public use but apparently the concierge here thinks I’m an interesting character and he offered to take me downstairs to the employee break room. I popped my food in the microwave and he turned on a basketball game (Pepperdine and Gonzaga) and we sat down and watched for awhile. My food finished and we talked for another ten minutes about how he got to america; he was born in the Philippines and has only lived here four years. And apparently being a concierge is a great job - he loves it. :)

The hotel room is amazing; couldn’t be any more downtown in San Francisco. Plus, they were booked and we needed a room on short notice so I ended up getting a junior suite at a discounted corporate rate. (It’s covered for me but it’s still cool that we got the deal. In fact without it I probably wouldn’t have been able to stay here.) I couldn’t believe my eyes when I opened the fridge and it was stocked with beer, wine, juice, and everything you need to make like 30 different mixed drinks. I probably won’t indulge but it’s still pretty cool just knowing that I could if I wanted… so for now I’m finishing off my Thai and I’ll probably drink that cranberry juice when I’m done.

Not sure exactly how I got here but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with a lot of grace and a little story about talents… better invest wisely… but at any rate I’m quite happy about it and enjoying the ride in the meantime!