Today's weather: High = 22 Low = 10
Sunny and bliss
An unexpected bout of sunny and warm weather has ended off a difficult month, and appropriately, it is also Thanksgiving. We had a nice house party to celebrate that. Mainly, I'm thankful for:
1. The wonderful friends and community I am part of here in Shanghai, both expats and locals, who may as well be family. While this was the most difficult work month I've gone through, being able to put that aside and attend meaningful conferences, events, dinners, gatherings and house parties for the last 4 Saturdays in a row is something to be very thankful for. Having lived in other Chinese cities with a similar workload around this time of year, I am acutely aware of the pain of this time of year when such community of other expats and locals does not exist.
An interesting fact here. The latest census showed close to 500,000 expats living in China. About 90% of them were living in either Shanghai, Beijing, or Guangzhou.
2. The great weather today. A perfect day for motorcycle riding, which a friend let me borrow. I sure appreciated the 'power trip' of tootling around on a high-powered bike after having pedaled on a bicycle for the last month.
3. Having made it through this month. 4 weeks until Christmas now. Nuff said.
No comments:
Post a Comment