Another busy day ahead of us.
Yesterday went quite well. Everyone was very nice, very encouraging, and no-one seemed to hate us! They all said how much they liked the design of our projects, and a couple of people had even taken the time to go to our website and look at the Frankenchicken pilot, so thanks to JC for making sure the site was up and running! One of the people we saw was from the CBBC who was really lovely and offered some great advice and feedback on the projects, ending up being interested in the projects we thought wouldn’t have suited CBBC’s demographic, so I guess you never know what people might be looking for. Almost all the people we saw asked if we had local broadcasters attached to the projects, which we don’t. We didn’t get around to seeing anyone from the major Aus networks before we left for France, so that’ll be something that we’ll do on our return. Everyone loved the badges: MIPbling!
The Participant’s Lounge has free wi-fi and a decent connection rate, and free coffee and soft drinks, which is good cos I’m pretty shattered this morning from a bit too much grog and five hours sleep.
There was a huge party being held by the Indian delegation at the Majestic Barriére hotel along La Croisette. It was packed! We got given scarves on the way in. There were four long tables with Indian food, plus an open bar until 10pm. I had another shit G&T, and have decided that I shouldn’t have another until I’m out of France! We got talking to a lady from China after a security guard stopped me from going into the (unmarked) sponsor’s lounge. She was hilarious: “They are rude. Don’t you think they are rude? We don’t need the rudeness. We need harmony. They give us scarf when we come in to represent the harmony. I am a reporter. I will write what I think about this. We don’t need to be pushed.” She was smiling when she said it so it was a little bemusing but also funny.
We’d been invited to Cake Entertainment’s after dinner drinks in the old part of town as well which ended up being great fun. We met up with some people, had a number of drinks, then went on to the Grand Hotel for another drink. On the way, I saw a gold sequinned pillow lying on the ground that I gave to Jenny Lalor cos she kept saying that she really needed to sit down. Then after a champagne (no tonic left for a G&T at the bar… wtf?), we got back to the apartment at 2am.
Fortunately, Le Pink and the Zanzibar were relatively quiet, although it sounded like the garbage men were playing bin-hockey this morning.
3 comments:
...maybe the bad g&t's is a form of karma for all the "drankeeen" y'all have been doin...hehehe..
sounds like u gals are kickin ass! cool!
Sounds like a lot of booze is being consumed, ladeez. Keep yrself nice! It does sound like you're kicking arse though...big experiences all round. Keep kicking goals!
Oh, everyone says "Lovely work", but there's still lots to be done before the projects can be more seriously considered. Still, a good start. Although one bloke at the AFC stand said "Bit of an expensive way to get feedback." Thanks, mate. Tosser.
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