day 1.

touched down at amsterdam at around 0515, after a 14 hr flight.. then was rushing around the airport trying to find a way to get to dusseldorf. took a train in the end after realising its faster and cheaper this way. got on to the morning rush together with the rest of the people, its jus so convenient to cross borders without having to stamp passport. almost lost while transiting the train, luckily met this nice holland medicine student whom showed us the way. finally reach dusseldorf and took a cab from the subway to the trade fair. its like playing amazing race, rushing and getting help from locals.. lol.

reaching the exhibition hall, my dad and i met up with his friends from holland and we went into the wine fair together. prowein 08. it was an eye opener for me going to such place, seeing how they 'talk things out'. tasted lots of wine etc etc.. from french to chile to aussie, from shiraz to merlot to rose.. it was jus sip sip sip and sip all those wine. so... its like paying 31euros and u and 'drink all you want'! sadly, i can count the amount of asian i see there with my fingers, thought can find some local contacts there..

my first business card i give out this time was to this old man from austria. it was quite random, he was chilling out at the bench beside me and we jus struck out a conversation. he's producing some really nice leather casing back home.. but i'll rather jus buy one of it and sent to china to mass produce. =X

after walking round the place i see that there's a growing trend for 'rose', seems like everywhere is having it.. and guess back home this rose thing will pick up soon.. its more like a girl's drink.. sweet and smooth and in red or pink! so this trend starts among girls, demand will follow suit.. then something else caught my eye.. I shall not say the name of it jus in case some fellow start fighting for the distributorship with me.. found this sweet nice drink... its a blend of something and something, sparkling and the best of all! from organic strawberry...! where is it from? cannot say.. lol. after seeing all these, i think i better start coming out with plans...