Still hope

Almost dried out after a whole week's intensive preparation and talks and many other commitments. 

Thankfully Friday turned out to be a blue -sky day and I dared to change my presentation style from structured layout to a relaxing style. They also appreciated my use of screenshots from a popular Chinese TV serials to explain some culturally-loaded concepts.

Finishing at 2 pm, I continued to talk to an old gentleman who came to buy the Chinese Spring Festival Gala tickets but only bumped into me - another 30 minutes. Then I had my lunch and really wanted to throw myself into a sofa just opposite to the library lift.