Musings of a (Formerly) Displaced Chinese RooBoy

Just returned from a week-long training in Orlando, FL. Over 200 Senior Consultants from around the US descended onto the Peabody Hotel in the Magic Kingdom and to learn about storyboarding Powerpoint decks, effective orals presentation and to structure deliverables from a business perspective, not just technical. I thought the course was fantastic - lots of soft skills and networking with other consultants. Non-Training highlights were: Night 1: Dinner buffet and Hawaiian luau show Night 2: Checked out Downtown Disney (much bigger than the one in Anaheim) Night 3: Blue Man Group (I saw this with Wendy in Vegas in 05) at Universal CityWalk (CityWalk is much bigger than the one in LA) Night 4: Dinner and appearing as a volunteer for Tom Deluca 's hypnotist show. I wasn't able to be hypnotized but man, those who did got up to some funny antics! I spoke to them afterwards and know that it's for real - some were aware of what they were doing, but could not control their actions

Carlton , long the giant of the AFL with 16 premierships (aka "world championships") but having anchored the competition from the bottom in recent years, scored a MAJOR coup today by finalizing the trade for Chris Judd - the best midfielder in the competition. This is the player who captained West Coast to a premiership, with multiple All-Australian honors as well as winning the Brownlow and Norm Smith medals - all at the ripe old age of 24. Imagine: Judd & Stevens & Gibbs & Murphy & Walker & Scotland & Kruezer & Waite & Fev in season 2008. The sleeping giant has awaken...watch out!