Magic, etc.

Really quick (mostly) photographic update. Yes, I'm still without Internet and hurriedly write this from the cafe again. All photos are out of any sort of order. Enjoy.
The theme of the Chinese New Year parade: World's Happiest Party: Romain, my French friend, met a Roman and had a sword fight:

Chinese Romans are ubiquitous in HK. Yes, I have a balloon flower:

James and I caught a glimpse of this amazing marionette artist at the giant mall near my flat (I'm not going British, it's just that "apartment" has too many syllables to be associated with the size of my residence)

I was in charge of a group of 25 for a day-long camp called "Pearly Gates"...drama games and whatnot. Here are some of my students:

The teachers had to dress as angels for Pearly Gates and if the students did well in their dramatic challenges, we gave them letters, whereupon they had to create words--and then they took the words to the gate and if they were acceptable, could "save" a group member from hell and purgatory. Aisling from Bath and I were a dynamic duo:

James and I went to Fanling, almost as close to the Chinese border you can get. Parents like to dress their kids in traditional attire for Chinese New Year:

We went to Hong Kong DisneyLand! Don't worry, Steven, there are more pictures of Disney--these are all just terribly out of order. Also, a complete report shall be electronically mailed to you post haste:
Back at Fanling, a walled village:

Fanling. Ancestral Hall:

Disney was still in Chinese New Year mode. Nice threads, Goofy:

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Lion dancer at 10K Buddhas:
Disney again. I think I know what my next performance job will be:
Disney. This was taken by a German guy. I didn't really talk to him because the only phrases I know in German are "I love you" and "I have no legs". I figured either one would cause an awkward situation:
My family was in the Disney parade:Chinese New Year festival. My best guess us poop dolls:
Juggler buddy Greg and I before the CNY parade:

And a lion dance from Disney. It's probably anti-climatic. I didn't know when to stop filming:

Oh, I also had my first official Cantonese lesson. My venerable teacher, Susanna Ng, is a fantastic linguist, but she doesn't like my language jokes. And this morning, I went to the gym and worked out with the wife of the second-in-command ambassador of Ecuador to Hong Kong. You might say she's a fascinating woman.