I got up Sunday morning and played some ping pong with the apartment staff.   Of course, every one of them was a good player with all sorts of weird moves and strokes.   But, I managed to save my dignity during the games.   The important thing was that I learned how to keep score in Chinese and say things like, “Good ball” and “spin”.

After that, a bunch of people, college students, I think, came to the OCT (Overseas China Town…where I live) and did traditional Chinese calisthenics.   A couple of foreigners, myself and Don from South Wales, participated.   It’s a pretty mellow work out but there are lots of moves.   I was on the fringes of the crowd and had a hard time following the moves, especially when we rotated and I ended up in the front.   Don was the smart one and picked the very middle.   At one point of the sequence, we turned to the middle and bow.   I had a good laugh watching everyone bow at Don and him return the favor.

(l-r) Don’s in the middle, my teacher