Random Scrap:
The conference was taking place at the Beijing University and the best thing about it was the breakfast. With a punch card you could go to different sections of the counter and order whatever you wanted. To get to the campus we would get on the bus from the nearby Peace Hotel. We stayed there traditionally sharing two bed room among four people. What we did fail to realise at booking was that the definition of a single baed in China was strictly different to the ones in the US so half of us took turns sleeping on the floors. It was in the second day of the conference that I realised there was not much reason for me to be there. First of all I was representing Germany at the committee in charge of Rwandan genocide, and secondly I realised that the loudest of the speakers (a lady representing Japan, I think she was from the Netherlands) had the least idea of what they were talking about. I didn't feel like it was the right crowd for me so after the lunch break I stood up, thanked everyone, praised the food in the cantine and never showed up again.