I was at filing just after 1am this morning when I lost my internet connection – painful. I had to wait about 25 minutes for it to come back up, (checking it every 5 minutes while reading a book on the bed), which isn’t what you need at that time of night (or morning).

I’ve been booked on a different flight to the rest of the team, (the travel agent screwed up, but has given me a number to call here in Taipei), so I’m trying to get it changed so I’m on the same flight. Of course, I can’t call out from my room, so I’ll have to go downstairs to call from a public phone. Why is everything difficult?

Just talked to the reservation people – I’ve been put on the waitlist by the travel agent in Perth, but I’m way down it. Pointing out that I’m the media manager for a team that’s travelling on the flight hasn’t helped.

Of course, I’m guessing we have to be out of the rooms here by a certain time, so it looks like I’m going to be stuck at Taipei airport for hours, rather than in Hong Kong with the boys for hours. Just fantastic! Don’t get to see Hong Kong, and I spend 6-8 hours in a terminal by myself. Thanks heaps, Travel Associates Australia.

The agent just emailed me and said she was 99% sure I could get on the plane – I have my doubts, but I’ve got to go to the airport anyway, so we’ll try.

Went to the markets again with Shawn. Priced an iPod Nano and a 60GB iPod from an Australian site before going – the prices here were about AU$20 lower. No way. Much more choice in Australia anyway, as I’d rather not get an iPod, really. But it’s a VERY long way home if we leave here at lunchtime Sunday and get in at 7am Monday… Should have just bought a cheap one, I guess. Oh well.

We did buy some stuff though – Shawn bought a Bluetooth adaptor and headset for his laptop so he can skype more easily – we looked for headphones for his iPod but couldn’t find anything he really liked. But we did buy a few wired headsets for like $4 each - I got a couple, and he bought 4 or 5 to send to rellies to do skype with. I bought one for Cha’s computer at home, and one to carry with the laptop.

And I bought Cha a couple of presents – a little (5-6cm across?) ceramic teapot for her desk at work, (or whatever) and an amber looking bracelet which she’ll no doubt give away as she doesn’t really wear bracelets. And a watch, because she’s always breaking them. I should have bought a few, rather than the bracelet. Stupid me.

SMS bombed Cha through most of the day – I sent 3 or 4 to other people, but I used up my allocation of 30 for the day, and most of them were to Cha. (It actually said I’d sent 31, but I dunno about the last one.)

We won the comp. pretty easily. Clearly our best game of the competition, and at exactly the right time. The defence was awesome all night – it’s been mostly good, with some lapses, but tonight it was great. Kept the Korean team to just 9 point for the entire second quarter, which was outstanding.

OK, I’m getting better than I was.

Good screen, Rogey!

One of the brains behind the outfit, new boy Adam Caporn

Steve Leven on the move

GREAT D from Tony

We even had a decent crowd there on the last night

Adam again

Tony makes a point

A sign

Brad again

The bench

Big Jeff Dowdell

Yes, I was really there

Tony & Brad

Brad

Darren

Shawn, Justin and Rogey

Steve

Yep, we won it

Outside the rooms

The boys went out to some club, I worked until 2am. Still got to bed before most of them though. Tinker threw up in a taxi, and Adam did likewise elsewhere. Glad I worked, really.

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