Arrived back home (Cape Town) at a little after 1pm on Friday - which works out to close to 20hours of travelling! Only managed to recover enough to reply now From all us South Africans at the event (press included), we had a great time meeting, learning & partying with you guys

Thanks to Asus, VR-Zone, FSP, Western Digital, Kingston & nVidia. And of course thanks to all the other competitors for a really friendly environment to participate in! I will try sort the msn list out later tonight, so expect a few invites soon

France (jmax oc, dami1stm, pascal):
Thanks for being so friendly & sharing the recipe to your LN2 drink, those alcohol crystals where something else :P Hope your 'new' room & last night out on the town went well - we had too much fun with you guys in Hong Kong!

UK (Sacha35, Bazx, Harry):
A real class act guys, helpful, humorous & knowledgeable. Thanks for the smoking retreat as well Look forward to seeing you in Tai Pei! Oh yes, thanks to Harry for testing all the exotic foods for us

Team Australia (T_M, Youngpro, Moloko):
Great to meet you guys, some other benchers from the southern hemisphere. Quick to share your wealth of knowledge & discuss some crazy ideas with us I was surprised to hear that benching head count in Aus is not that different to SA. Moloko is just to funny, looking forward to reading the mag.

Finland (SF3D, Sampsa):
You guys are very easy going & seemed like naturals at these competitions. Enjoyed the post event dinner as well, sorry we missed the drinks. See you at the GB comp Congrats on your 5th place!

Sweden (Elmor, Crotale):
Never got much time to chat, but enjoyed watching the tri-sli bench with Team Finland & Italy. We can catch up in Tai Pei Congrats on your 2nd place!

Singapore (NightRaven, clon22):
You guys amazed me, 15minutes into prep time before the event you had everything setup & where listening to music :O Another relaxed bunch, was good to get time to talk as well Congrats on your 4th pace!

India (Harshal, Darky):
Another entertaining bunch, also benched hard Harshall... Strawberries & Pink

USA (Fugger, Gautam):
Thanks for the long chats & insight into the past Charles, was good to finally get to know you a little better. Kept missing you though Gautam :/ are you attending the Tai Pei event?

Thailand (Zolkorn, Pegazus):
You guys are a very friendly team, I enjoyed the numerous conversations outside the Dragon Center with you guys. Are you going to attend Tai Pei event?

Turkie (Brandybuck, ataruz):
Two people I kept getting confused & only managed to get your names right by the last day :P Great to meet, very friendly & managed to prep in almost no time at all - well done guys.

Portugal (ojdr2001, Ricky):
Orlando you are super helpful guy & Ricky you just smile all the time, was great to meet you two 2001 legends. Thanks for the 2001 tips very helpful & congrats on your 3rd place

Japan (Cal930 & Duck):
Was great to meet the PI legends & get a few words in! Was really interesting watching you guys bench. Look forwards to meeting again in the future.

Italy (Giorgioprimo and... Hicookie :P):
Good to meet you Giorgio, you are a really strong bencher & worked hard at it for days. Thanks for being quick to share knowledge & hardware with the rest of the guys

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Korea (OC_Windforce, Park)
Hong Kong (Lok, Alex, Hixie (beer wench)
Indonesia (Hazzan, Erick Decoy)
Malaysia (Coolice, Sanko)
China (1.time, susie, Artkobe) - Congrats on your 1st place!
^^ Sorry I never got to speak to you guys much, there where just too many guys there & I definetely need to polish up on my foreign languages a little more I think
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