Today I do not have anything specific related to China to post about as I’m in the USA visiting family for the holidays. Instead I just want to enumerate a bunch of changes and things that came about for me in 2017. Hope you enjoy and feel free to add comments on changes in your life in 2017!
In no particular order:
- The job hunt ended and my career with Microsoft resumed
- Played in the Gay World Series of softball with my team from San Francisco, coming in between 10th & 17th place (out of more than 50 teams)
- Visited two new counties (Ecuador, China) and six new cities (Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wuhan in China; Quito and Puerto Ayora in Ecuador)
- Ate some pretty crazy foods for the first time (frog, snail, jellyfish, lotus root, durian, and countless things I could not identify)
- Rode on a high-speed train traveling over 300kph
- Started learning a new language (Mandarin)
- Had lots of fun at Disneyland Shanghai
- Became involved in a couple weekly poker games — and never have gotten a hand better than Jacks full of Fives
- Watched my first Hokies Bowl game in person, which they sadly lost. (They’ve lost the last three games I’ve seen in person; 2018 better change that streak!)
- Had to figure out new wines to drink as California reds are expensive in China
I hope 2018 is the best year for everyone yet and that it’s filled with much joy.