First Day of Jury Work

The first day of jury work wasn't too strenuous. In fact, all we had to do was look at the problem shortlist and form ourselves an opinion of it. We had a brief meeting in the afternoon, where representatives of the problem selection committee spoke about the problems, and leaders commented on them. Two problems appeared to be known already. I went back to my room to study all the problems better and then found out I had a room mate. While I was gone, they had squeezed an extra bed in. And it was not almost blocking the exit to the exquisite balcony that I had just discovered (the one with the smashing view and the pleasant breeze!) Oh, well.

I worked on the problems a while, saw that I really liked some of them. Then filled out the popularity contest before I went to dinner. I must say that the food they give us here is not bad at all. We have a buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, always with an open grill, and those delicous salsas, onions and cilantro. There's lots of variety as usually you can choose from fish, porc, beef, a great number of prepared vegetables, mexican or international. And the fruit section! Mmm, papaya, melons, pineapple, grapefruits ...

I discovered this morning to my biggest delight that P. is here. One more friendly face and lots of chats to come ...