{"id":17248,"date":"2011-01-18T03:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovenmo.com\/?p=17248"},"modified":"2026-10-26T10:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:05:05","slug":"checking-in-at-the-pride-hotel-bangalore-and-setting-up-intex-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovenmo.com\/en\/checking-in-at-the-pride-hotel-bangalore-and-setting-up-intex-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking In at The Pride Hotel Bangalore and Setting Up @ INTEX \u2013 Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The last time I came for this exhibition, I had a broken hand.<\/p>\n\n

Luckily, with plenty of help from L (another exhibitor) and our client S, plus painkillers, I managed to get through the exhibition. I was in much better shape this time! Instead of Best Westerner, where we stayed last time, we were staying at The Pride Hotel Bangalore<\/a>. It was much cleaner, and more importantly, the hotel didn\u2019t make us wait until eight in the evening before serving dinnerNote 1<\/sup>!!!!<\/p>\n\n

We took an evening flight. By the time we cleared the airport and reached the hotel, it was already 1 a.m. (3:30 a.m. in Taiwan). The room was great: clean, simple, and free of unpleasant smells.<\/p>\n\n

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L, who was traveling with me, was actually the second generation of a Taiwanese business family, with business dealings running into the hundreds of millions. But he wouldn\u2019t simply give in to his family. He had his own ideas about things and plenty of determination. The next day, he said…<\/p>\n\n

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R, from now on, when you go to sleep, I\u2019m going to bed at the same time.<\/p>\nL said with a slightly helpless, wry smile<\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

Me: Why ?L: Last night, you said you were going to sleep, and within 30 seconds you were snoring. Then I had to listen to you snore for almost an hour…I smiled, feeling a little apologetic. When I\u2019m exhausted, I fall asleep really easily.<\/p>\n\n

The hotel lobby was simple, bright, and comfortable, and the breakfast buffet was satisfying too.<\/p>\n\n

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Unfortunately, the exhibition samples our company had shipped over were held up at customs. The client said, \u201cYour packing list is too detailed.\u201d I looked at him and said I wasn\u2019t even going to sell them. (Shrug.) In the end, he simply said, \u201cYou don\u2019t understand Indian customs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

I admit I didn\u2019t… But after that lesson, I left it to the client to decide how to handle customs declarations in the future.<\/p>\n\n

It wasn\u2019t until 10 p.m. that the goods cleared customs and arrived at the exhibition venue. L\u2019s samples and mine had been packed together. Even though it was just one small box, setting everything out still took time.<\/p>\n\n

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By the time we got back to the hotel, it was already 2 a.m. (4:30 a.m. in Taiwan). Our client S thoughtfully asked the front desk if they could prepare something to eat. I thought, \u201cWho\u2019s going to bother at this hour?\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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OK Sir! <\/p>\nThe front desk staff shook their heads and went into the kitchen out back.<\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

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On with the battle…<\/p>\n\n

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Exhibition Venue on Google Maps<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n