Now I had planned to sleep in this morning. I didn’t have anything happening until noon and when my late-night meeting ended about 11:15 p.m. I went to bed knowing that I could sleep until I woke up. A good way to finish off the jetlag. However, I missed one small item — turning off the alarm clock. When the alarm is set, it goes off at the same time every day unless the alarm is specifically turned off. So, at 6 a.m. the alarm started beeping. I turned it off, made a quick pit stop, and went back to bed — to no avail. After tossing and turning for almost an hour, I got up and began the day. But first, I turned off the alarm because on Sunday morning I also don’t have any reason to get up at a particular time. Church is at 1:30 p.m. so the morning is mine to do whatever I’d like to do. On this occasion, I choose first to sleep in and then we’ll see what else might be possible.

This afternoon I went over to the Manila Polo Club to meet a friend and his family for lunch. Adam is a man that my parents knew when they were serving at the Manila Temple about ten years ago. I looked him up on a trip to Manila a year or so ago and found that he was running a computer programming business (among several other ventures), and we’ve done some business together. Hopefully much more business is in our future. We had a very pleasant afternoon which included doing a little shopping for pearls. I’ve succeeded in buying what my Dad wanted, so that activity is completed. After coming back to the hotel, I went to the local mall to walk around a bit and had dinner at a Japanese restaurant. The food was nice and tasted good. So now I’m back in the room, finishing up a few e-mails, and will head for bed pretty soon. No alarm clock in the morning!