Singapore International Water Week Booth Set Up

Today (thus far through 3PM) was busy.  It was booth set up day.  This in itself took a few hours.  Of course before that I had to run to NUS to put together some last minute posters and and do some last minute preparation tasks.

At Singapore International Water Week security is tight.  Passes are needed to do anything and everything and we had to finish all set up by 3 PM so the bomb squad could go through due to all the government officials and persons of note who would be attending.  To put a figure to this, the price of entry per person is s$1000+.

The set up of the booth wasn't a 100% smooth process.  Our velcrow holding the posters to the booth walls decided to be challenging and had to be reapplied.  Additionally, we had to reorder a few posters.  The printing company botched a few of our posters which at the dimensions of 100cm x 180cm for s$100 is significant.  To make matters worse they arrived quite late in dropping these reprints off at 2:15.  So that was all a little tense, a little too tense.  But we made it through with hard work and A LOT of sweat...the AC in the expo was not running yet to save energy.  However, setting up in an area the size of two football pitches with no air circulation, no windows or fans for breeze, many human bodies and lights for set up purposes made for a very sweaty situation. 

Tonight is the opening ceremony & dinner for the International Water Week.  We were lucky enough to score three tickets.  Thanks Sally!

Singapore fun fact day 42: This is the 5th annual Singapore International Water Week