Day Two: Jet Lag

I awoke this morning quite early, around 5:30 a.m.  Mary and I were scheduled to leave for the office at 7:30 and I had two hours to kill.  I wish I could say I went and did something productive, but I just mulled around, taking a bath and making myself a simple breakfast.  Mary was actually up getting some work done before I awoke, so it was a surprise seeing her up working as I mulled around.
Mary called a taxi and I was quite surprised at how fast a cab was at our front door.  It literally took less than five minutes for it to arrive.  Taxis are quite popular here and are quite cheap relative to the states.  We arrive at work a little early and she let me in the office.  RacingThePlanet is about to consolidate its two offices with their recent acquisition of the entire 22nd floor in the Nam Wo Hong office building in Sheung Wan.  But for now I'm in the office on the 11th floor.  My coworkers are quite nice.  In my office there are seven people including myself.  Two are British, three are Asian, one is Finnish, and then you have the American (me).  Today's tasks were nothing crazy.  I got acclimated to the computer system and most of my work will be performed on a Mac.  My primary duties will be getting their large photo library in check, which includes sorting, tagging, organizing, and uploading over 15,000 pictures.  It's a large task for the summer intern, but I should be able to get it all in check.  Getting the opportunity to go through the race pictures is absolutely great. Some of the views that the runners see in each race are just to die for.  Mary and I went out to lunch at a Vietnamese place.  Entrees were pretty cheap here, but I think only half of my rear end fit on the chair they provided.  I think Matthew would have been a little big for it too.  But I ordered a chicken and rice dish seasoned with lemongrass.  It was quite tasty.  I will say I have had to start to rely on Coke again.  Jet lag really has begun to hit me, and it was only 2 o'clock on Tuesday.  But back in the office, nothing really to note.  I'm horrible with names, but we have two Sams and then the others I just can't remember the others, my goal for this week is names.  Mary and I left the office around 7 and made it home for dinner with Alasdair and Alex.  Dinner was prepared by their housekeeper Dede, who prepared a nice rice and chicken dish.  I had a glass of wine with dinner and wow was that a mistake. It truly wanted to make me retire right then and there for the evening.  I wish I could write more but it's time for bed.
Things learned today:
1USD= 8 HKD