My my my... the upcoming APEC meeting brings back memories.

See, I used to work for the ShangriLa Singapore. No, I am not from the hotel line, but I was hired to run their loyalty programmes back in 2004.

It was an interesting foray... me, with my below the line background (we work in jeans, and smoke! and swear!), in a lux hotel filled with groomed, painted, fixed-smiles staff. I also refused to wear pantyhose, but that's another story....

What made things cool was that the hotel was often times used to house dignitaries. And when we had heads of state, the hotel would swarm with security forces. As in, scanners everywhere, dogs on patrol, policemen at every corner. It was a hassle, but it was also exciting! Especially when we had special forces around. I always itched to finger their gear.


Oh well. Good luck to them all!