Friday was the second conference on Country Competitiveness with guest speakers from the Irish Development Agency. The attendants broke into groups and discussed similarities/differences between Ireland and Armenia and whether Armenia had the right qualities and ingredients to be as successful as Ireland had been in the export of IT Sector. The afternoon session was spent on presenting findings from the groups to all.
In the evening I saw Komitas Chamber Music at the Opera House consisting of Komitas Quartet, Chamber Choir of Armenia, Hover Chamber Choir and Anna Mayilyan (soprano). I adore Anna�s unique voice; I had her CD back in Sydney that was a collection of �Sharakan�.

Saturday I went to Vernisage and bought a couple of things for the �new� kitchen, just can�t get enough of that place. On the remodelling front well it�s still going shall we say although the �Varbed� promised it would be completed by this coming weekend. I strongly doubt it as he had an accident yesterday while laying the kitchen tiles and ended up in hospital with stitches in his leg. Apart from this mishap there have been other obstacles such as delivery of wrong plaster for the walls, lack of water etc that have delayed the process by quite a few days. Ah the joys of �remonding�, it certainly keeps me on my toes. In fact I missed out on an opportunity to visit Karabagh because of the remond, I�m sure there will be another opportunity.