shankar2k's Journal: Weekends in China

Despite the 12-15 hour time difference, I see a lot of the people I know online, and they often ask me "How's China?". How can you sum up your experiences in another country in a few sentences? I haven't figured that out yet, so say I something like "Things are going pretty good. I have fight fifty Shaolin monks on the way to work everyday, but at least my kung-fu is getting better."

But maybe I shouldn't be so defeatist about it. When John and I first came to China, we stayed with Stef for a couple of days, and she invited us to her Saturday gaming group. She has a lot of rare (mostly German) board games, and so a bunch of expats and other interested folk come and play them. Some of the peoples at this last one were kind enough to share their pictures, so check them out. I'm wearing that blue "The Play" shirt because, after game night, I stayed up until 7:30 in the morning watching (or rather, listening to) the Cal vs. Arizona State game. It was totally worth it. I was pretty loopy the next day, but still coherent enough to get a cell phone. That's right! Shankar is now accessible anywhere! He doesn't have a lot of minutes, so just keep this number for reference. You ready? The number is:

EIGHT-SIX (country code), ONE THREE-FIVE-TWO ZERO-SEVEN-EIGHT ONE-EIGHT-THREE-THREE.