One of my more bizarre travel experiences involved a client in China, who was very excited about our work. [...]

By the time we landed, I’d completed the first pass at a design for a three-story villa to be built atop his high-rise. Good thing I did. When I landed, I was whisked directly to a dinner, where I had to present the ideas I’d developed on the plane. By that time I’d been up for nearly two days. [...]

I wanted to die, but we did get the business. — nytimes.com