thanks!

Most of the team had a parting dinner last night in Beijing, and Sara rallied everyone to go around the table saying something about our time together here in China, like saying thanks at Thanksgiving dinner.

So Sara... I'm thankful that I traveled to the other side of the world to make a friend in my home town.

Thank you Xu for being our food interpreter and telling us all the fascinating Chinese stories of legends, beliefs, and practices.

I learned whose team to be on in badminton. Sona can compete alone against entire teams.

I think we all learned who to take with us to the market to bargain with the vendors. Filippo is ruthless.

Thanks to all the indian ladies for the wonderful healthy lunches in the corner cafe. The kitchen you brought with you from India is much appreciated.

Thank you Olivia for making sure I wasn't getting carried off to the warehouse by my local rock-paper-scissors drinking buddies in the KTV.

Bruno, I hope that some of your "instinct" will rub off on me.  I'll  be sending you my flight information for Carnival next year, and sporting the head cam.

Big thanks to Lucy for everything...for helping make the scooter happen, for slaughtering me at tennis (although, I still claim the match is not actually over yet), and arranging everything in our lives for the past month.

and last but not least, I will miss my fellow Mandarish speaker, visiting professor, personal assistant, and scooter cohort Radha. (P.S. Could you please send me your revised marketing strategy for Jianz Corporation Ltd.? My first supply will be in soon.)

Wo Xiang Ni

-Ryan