chinatown

This evening out to a noted (allegedly; actually I think it's crap) local Chinese restaurant for a drug company sponsored medical meeting. The subject was highly relevant for me: COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; what we used to call chronic bronchitis and emphysema)- as a life-long smoker I don't yet have it, but it is just around the corner if I can't, or won't, stop. It's credited for 2 hours of post graduate study, though the teaching lastly barely one, then everyone scampers upstairs for the freebie meal- pretty pedestrian in my opinion. The prawn was too hot, the noodles too wet and the duck far too dry. You just can't get a good free meal these days...