Well it is over now for the US but that doesn't mean I didn't truly enjoy watching them make their run at it. Should have played better against Ghana though.
The four games were all on TV here just not always at opportune times. Game one versus England started at 2:30AM on Sat/Sun. That was a rough night. The photo below is from that night. The guy in the England flag was a friend of mine back when I lived in Shenzhen. The next couple of games were at 10PM. The Ghana game though was another 2:30 AM.
I guess it's now time for them to start planning on 2014!
There are days I think I have a pretty cool job, living in China getting to see and experience things that most everyone else won't. A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine from Shenzhen brought a friend out for the night that she knew from Holland. This guy is truly living the life of adventure. He is a photo journalist and is on a 5 year project. The project is called "Streets of the World." The goal is to visit the capital city in EVERY country in the world and take one photo that encapsulates all that city/country has to offer. He spends only 4-5 days in each country before moving on to the next. A crazy lifestyle but he will get to see things that almost nobody else will.
You can check it out here at...www.streetsoftheworld.nl or on twitter at twitter.com/swholfs
Apparently he brings his harmonica's out where-ever he goes. So when we were all out he asked the band if he could come up on stage and jam and here you have it...
It's been a while since I've been on here. Nothing too exciting going on. Just more of the same, work, work and work.
A couple of weeks back I made a work trip to Macau for a trade show. At the left is the Venetian hotel. It is huge! Word is that it is the 2nd largest building in the world but it can't be shown completely here as there was no way to view all of it.
Macau was turned over to China from Portugal in 1999. However they operate separately from China, have their own currency (basically pegged to the Hong Kong dollar), have their own government, etc.
Macau has hundreds of years of Portugese rule, influence, etc and only about 10 of China. So it is a country with two very distinct backgrounds. A few years ago Macau surpassed Las Vegas in terms of money spent gambling. So there are two parts of Macau, the new one that has the Venetian, Hard Rock, Hyatt's, etc and the old part that has the Portugese influence.
At the left is a view from inside the most famous Portugese restaurant on the island. Called Fernando's. Many folks have signed the walls or left their local currency on the walls. Great food and nice and cheap!
This was out back near the restroom. I guess they do all their laundry outdoors. It was so unbelievably humid while there that I have no clue how they could get it all to dry.
All in all not a bad couple day trip.
Still need to find a way to go back and jump off the Macau tower. That has been on my list for some time. The weather was too windy on this trip.
