next G

Today, Joanna & Javy are flying in for a 1-week visit . . . am very excited. However, their flight has been delayed for 3 hours, so after a massive clean-up, I'm currently killing time for a few hours before I meet them at the airport.

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A few weeks ago, Malc received an invitation from Telstra for a customer dinner at the Hilton. We were both surprised, it was quite strange for us to receive an invitation when we only have our home phone & broadband with them, ie., we're not really one of the 'big' customers. But hey, a dinner invitation at the Hilton does not come that often.

It was an interesting affair, Telstra was introducing its new technology, the 'next G wireless broadband network,' if what Sol Trujillo said was true, the speed at which information can be transferred is truly amazing (bordering on scary). The 'speakers' for the dinner were really interesting, too (see program). Hearing the speaches, the impression I got was these highly successful people work insane hours, it made me tired just listening to what they have been doing in the last week!

On to the food. The menu was well thought of, not really overpowing the guests with rich, intricate food. The entree of potato rosti with scallop was heaven sent because dinner started a bit late. Then came the first lot of speeches, before the main course of beef tenderloin. Malc & I were quite impressed how the kitchen staff kept the steak perfectly medium-rare given the number of people they have to serve.

Then a panel discussion-type presentation with the guest speakers, which was interesting, although a bit too long that some of the guests did not stay for dessert. BIG MISTAKE. Dessert was the highlight of the meal, the pannacotta was so light and flavourful, and the rhubarb perfectly stewed.

We'd like to thank Telstra for the wonderful dinner. It also helped that we were seated with some really funny people, some of whom had really interesting 'inside-stories' on Telstra.