Medal counts and boredom

I have no desire to figure out something interesting to write on and then attempt to finding an interest perspective so here's a smattering of random thoughts.

- I primarily work with two people from Britain and one from the US. It's a relatively fun dynamic, particularly when it comes to the Olympic medal count. The British are doing quite well this year and my coworkers are beaming about it. The US, by comparison to previous years, is doing somewhat crappily. As such, I get minute-by-minute updates on who has won what. It does appear China will finish with the most gold medals, proving once again that Democracy just doesn't work.

- It seems to rain at least once a week here, if not more. And by rain I don't mean a slight drizzle, I mean pouring monsoons. I've already been caught in a downpour twice. On a completely separate note, there seems to be a severe dearth of overhangs on the streets of Shanghai.

- Learning Chinese is pretty difficult.

- My visit to Hong Kong was pretty fascinating. For being a pretty small island, the amount of massive buildings make it seem much larger. It's more Western than Shanghai, but in a slightly annoying way. One thing that is fascinating - you can walk entire blocks without touching the road. Most buildings have enclosed raised walkways that connect buildings. Otherwise it was about how I expected, busy, crowded, and full of Westerners.


That's it for now. i'm going to try to post some more pictures soon. Additionally, i really have no idea who is reading this/what they want to read about. Please, please tell me what you'd want to see here otherwise this thing will die the same death as the australia blog