Good Morning Hong Kong! My home for the next two weeks. I've already seen you this morning twice infact, once at 2.30am (cranberry juice) and once again at 5.30 (orange juice and Timtam bar)...damn jet-lag! Now, however, I can see you properly.
Anyone who follows my Twitter or who has had the misfortune to actually see me in real life in the last few weeks would have heard my countdown to this trip, all be it in a slightly "the end is nigh" way. It's a big trip the Far East one. The new season, our first and pretty much only chance to meet with our Chinese factories and get them sampling our new collections for AW11 (in stores From May/ June next year). An exciting but also really important trip...at 2 weeks, my longest to date. It comes just as London is turning all Christmassy and cold...(my favourite time of the year) I know, I know, I'll shut up up and get over it...I'm also missing my Dad's 60th...that really is it! Subject closed.
Anyway, I'm here now and already starting to relax, helped by the gorgeous view over the bay from the Intercontinental bar last night. Every night at 8pm the buildings around the bay are all involved in a light and laser show. The buildings all start flashing different colours in sequence and the larger of the sky-scrapers have lasers that dart around the sky - it's beautiful, that and the cocktail I was sipping - lovely first evening!
Today, I have a packed day. Starting with Breakfast, then a day with one of my key jersey suppliers. My Director and I are then flying over to mainland China tonight to see an outerwear factory in the morning. I'll be flying back to Hong Kong Wednesday early morning straight into a knitwear meeting. Thats pretty much how these trips go. Darting around the city in taxis from meeting to meeting. I'm here every 6 months, so it's always nice to see our suppliers, see how they all are and what they've been working on. One of the toughest but also most rewarding trips.
The Chinese people are so friendly and hospitable (obviously this is a generalisation - I've not met every Chinese person) they are always so welcoming and even more importantly they know when to pop up with a can of Coke when Jet-lag kicks in and I start to flag at about 2pm - a very skilled nation indeed.
It's now, just gone 6.30, going to try and cram 1 more hours sleep in then time to start the day - I'll try and blog from China tonight. Happy Monday everyone!
- Posted (with love) from my gorgeous iPad.
Location:Hong Kong
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