Cute children and zebras

Today I met both Rose and Holly from the Beijing office, as they have come down for this weekend's event. It was great to meet them both since we've had a fair amount of email and phone contact. I also got the chance to meet and hang out a bit with three of the children who are here for the event. They are as cute as can be, and we had a fun time exploring Google Earth together. It's amazing how different everything becomes once the children you have been talking about are actually there in front of you.

If it hadn't been for all the visitors, today might have been kind of rough at work, since I'm definitely a bit under the weather. A common cold in feels-like-109-degree weather doesn't seem fair.

After work, I was going to take a taxi to the theater I wanted to go to (Shanghai Majestic Theatre), but realized after walking towards it for 20 minutes trying to find a cab that I was already halfway there. Walked the rest of the way and was helped by a very nice woman who first told me they were sold out and then found the person who was selling tickets. Bought a bubble tea and enjoyed the show a lot... Original Dance Drama "Wild Zebra" by Shanghai Oriental City Dancing Troupe. I think it might have been the only performance, and there was a lot of excitement in the theater, which was filled almost exclusively by Chinese people. It was a dance piece where all the dancers looked and moved like animals, and there was a live orchestra; kind of The Lion King meets Fantasia. I had to take the promotional pictures from the site to post here and show you. Definitely a special experience.

Walked from the theater to Citizen Cafe, where I enjoyed some pesto penne and their wireless. Not the best pasta ever, but not the worst, and it was a really nice change. Took a cab home, and am now ready to sleeeeeep.