Motivational Work Environment

Jeff is at a different site three hours away today, so I'm on my own this evening. I have work to do but I can't stand to hole up in the hotel room all evening, so I had the taxi drop me off a little before our hotel at a place called "Western Bar". Very evocative. Unfortunately, Western Bar appears to be closed on Tuesdays(?).

I wandered down the street just a little bit and found what I'll call "Korean Bar". Although I can't read the sign over the door, there is a 6-foot blow up beer mug overflowing with foam tied down in front, so I got the idea. Now I'm sitting at a wooden table with a Hite draft and a bowl of lightly-sweetened popcorn, which seems to be a universal appetizer. I've ordered from the picture-menu a plate of things that look like meat skewers, and we'll see how that goes.

I'd take pictures, but any type of photo-taking apparatus is banned from the complex of the manufacturer we visited today so I'm camera-less. In any case, I'll take mental pictures, and I wish you were here, Dear Reader, to share a mug or three of liquid motivation!

UPDATE one hour later: The meat skewers were quite good. Some sort of chewy, well-cooked meat with a tongue-burning Korean barbecue sauce scattered with sesame seeds. Next up is a plate of sausages, almost like I'm in Germany. Oh yeah, and another beer, almost like I'm in Germany.