Yesterday I met up with Stephen Wan and got the keys to his sister’s
apartment. The plan was to take a nap and get up at 7pm to go to the
welcoming cocktail party for ACL/COLING. I started my “nap” at
4:30pm, woke up at about midnight, and then kept sleeping up 7:30am.
I somehow managed to find the convention center, about a fifteen
minute walk from the apartment, although it took me closer to half an
hour on my first try, and attended the conference. I’ve got blog
posting with my notes from the talks over in my research section if
you are interested. The first day was very nice.

Post-conference drinks

I met up with Stephen and his crew, which was large, and we went out
to a bar for dinner and drinks.

During the conference I had a nice chat
with Professor
Nanba from Hiroshima University at the conference.