I woke up at 5 am to get to the venue at 7 am. The sun wasn’t up yet.

I kept praying that everything will go well and thank God it did go well. The first session I moderated was good, if I can say so myself, because I had been interviewing the keynote speaker since 2007 so the rapport is there and I asked the right questions to get interesting answers because I know their history.

The second panel I did had some last-minute substitutions but I was able to transition from online to onstage and back and I threw curve balls that elicited candid answers. I ended up exactly on time for both sessions.

I was just so relieved that it is done. The pressure is high because top management in London was watching. If I do well, I can push the envelope and ask for favors for my team in the future.

I am so tired though. I took advantage of the open bar at the end of the conference and the waiters kept refilling my glass with white wine until my manager and the rest of my team mates are laughing hard at each other’s drunkenness. 😂

Then we walked to Lau Pasat to cure our alcohol-adled brains.

Tomorrow I’ll just relax and network to death.