had a nice lunch off Carnaby Street (it was only a pizza parlour) with a friend who lives in Suzhou and carves jade. I might have mentioned him before... he must be one of the few westerners working in China, but he's learning the trade and learning the language too, so he has a good laugh when he hears shop assistants muttering about his round eyes and how much to overcharge him. Used to be Victor Meldrew when he lived here but he loves China and has no plans to come back.
Robinia, I am heading for Cambodia tomorrow evening and thence to descend on NZ sis for, oh, months - I had to cut it short in time to return for the royal wedding, but it will still be many moons. Another sis, the lean and languid one from Sydney, should also be dropping in for a while, so that will be nice.