The Sheik of Sharjah coming to Town (Part II)

Friday, Sep 15th

Today is a big day for everyone. It can be divided into main events; the sheik being bestowed upon Honorary Doctorate of Politics in Hanyang University and the grand open of Sharjah Art Exhibition at Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art. Especially the former will be joined by Governor of Gyeonggi, Mr. Kim Moon Soo and thus every was paying extra effort to the protocol.

First, I finally got to meet with the press. There was a reporter, a photographer, a cameraman and a government official to the sheik. First, we went to the Hanyang University to inspect the venue and figure out where and how to film the event before the sheik arrives. 2 out of 4 guys did not speak much of English, but again, we could explain things with some gesticulation and basic words. Those guys were pretty easy-going and fun to be around.

After waiting about 30 mins for the sheik, he finally arrived in a motorcade. And that was very much impressive. Since he is a ruler, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dispatched a motorcade and 8 secret servicemen to him the whole time. And this is what it was like when he was nearing Hanyang University.




Then, he was greeted by the president of Hanyang University and later sat down with him and talked to him over many issues. After exchanging gifts and doing photo ops, we swiftly moved to the venue for the bestowing ceremony.

Although it was a late Friday afternoon, there were a great turnout. Then, we were ready to move to the museum for the big night.. the highlight of the sheik's visit to Korea; a meeting with the governor. In lieu of depicting what happened word by word. I give you the pictures and the video segment of the meeting. My fingers are quite tired at this point.

There was a gala ready for all the participants. I was ready to have some food, finally. But the crew said they needed to go back to the hotel to edit the footage they filmed.. so.. we just headed back to the hotel first. Well, at least, I got off work earlier than the others and so that I could go to the gym at the end of the day!