Sitting around at LAX's main departure lounge right now. After 11 hours between Taipei and LA, I didn't realize I'd be waiting for 4.5 hours before my next flight to San Diego. I kind of wonder if the other flight option Taipei -> San Fran -> San Diego would have gotten me there faster.

I've been so busy with planning the business part of this trip that I haven't had any time to research San Diego. I'm staying at the Hilton Gaslamp -- and from what I hear, the Gaslamp Quarter is a nice touristy area. So I might go there on Saturday after doing some work at the Convention Center right across the street from my hotel.

In 1 week, I'll be back in Vancouver for the first time in nearly 3 years. Wow. It's been a while, huh. It'll be great to be back, and my schedule is packed packed packed. But that's the only way I'd have it. But for now, I'll first focus on my busy work week, and then worry about play.

In another note, here are two things I noticed at the airport here.
1) People arriving at LAX actually wait until the seatbelt light goes off before standing up and getting their carry-on luggage. Unlike most places in Asia.
2) Vietnamese people like to travel using carboard boxes as luggage. At least on my flight.

More updates as my work days go on...


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[A couple hours later...]

I seemed to have started something. Now I'm at the American Airlines terminal. I was trying to find a socket to plug in my laptop, and the first one I saw was up against the wall (as opposed to a floor socket). So I took out my laptop and sat on the floor leaning up against the wall next to the socket, charging my computer. 20 minutes later, I look up and see 2 other guys sitting on the floor doing the same thing at other socket locations.