Tuesday I had some exciting news at work, which is that I'm going to be one of 2 MCs for our combined closing/opening dinner of camp. (The first session closes on August 11 and the second session opens that day...we'll have 40 kids instead of 20 from about noon until 9pm. Not my idea...) It will be my last day on the job, and I'll do the Mandarin introductions and so on while Rager, the Chinese head of our office, will do the English. Even for someone who doesn't like being in front of people, this should be fun.
After work, went for a wonderful dinner with Phil at Laris, which is on the Bund with a view of the lights of Pudong. We walked around a bit and then hung out at the air-conditioned hostel and watched License to Wed, which has a lot of people I like in it but doesn't go to the top of my most-loved movies. We found out the hostel was being temporarily shut down (I guess some girls got lost getting back and called the police, so the police has decided the hostel is incompetent? Not so sure about the details.) but luckily they were checking out today and so weren't kicked out like some people. It did mean they were requested to leave pretty early today, so I taxied on home.
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How exciting to be the Mandarin MC at the camp event! Congratulations!
Sounds like a lovely dinner and evening with Phil. Hmmmm... budding romance in Shanghai says the nosy old aunt...
That's going out with a flourish--being an MC for the whole crowd, and in Mandarin yet.
So nice you & Phil got out for a lovely dinner on the Bund.
Very exciting, Ali. Congrats. Who else will be at the event?
who cares about the overall movie? i want to know how my love, john krasinski, did against such pros as robin and mandy. positive comments appreciated.
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