Nothing new here

Days are just ordinary here, nothing much happening. I can now see the page you see when you read my blog. They had to do some updating on my computer at work and then I could view my own blog. That's handy because then I can refresh my memory as to what I have already told you and maybe not repeat myself. I sent Brenday G. an e-mail to tell her I finally got to O'Malleys which was one of the places she told me to go and actually gave me their business card which I had to show the taxi driver to get us there. We actually took the subway across the river and had great difficulty finding a taxi (it was a rainy Friday at 5:30 - took us til 7 to get where we were going). In the meantime we walked and walked and walked along the streets and saw a little bit of what Shanghai can really be like. Lots of beggars, including children, and tons of people. The crowds were what I expected all the time with 16 million people living here. Every so often I get a glimpse of what life for many of these people is really like. That's when I see the differences not the sameness and I think if I had come right into this and had to live and work in this I would have suffered a lot of culture shock.
Not sure if I told you my brother is doing well having had an angiogram and angioplasty 4 days after arriving in the emergency ward. His wife is slowly recuperating. She suffered with lots of pain and problems with her incision after her hip replacement theory. Their household is very slowly getting back to normal.
I am learning to sing Jingle Bells in Chinese with the children. We will be singing it at the 3 year olds Christmas Party on Dec. 11th. This Sat. the YW staff will be busy with their Christmas Party for the children. I'll be thinking of you as I'm shopping at the outlet mall here. The school has arranged a shopping trip for us. Apparently these outlets are very expensive according to one friend who went in Oct. so don't know if I will actually be making any purchases.
I went to the Shanghai Concert Hall on Mon. night (Richard's and my 41st anniversary) to see the King's Singers from England. They are a sextant with amazing voices and great vocal range. It was a fantastic show. The hall is beautiful, great seats and I've read excellent acoustics which draws famous performers from all over the world.
I must start work now. See you in 3 weeks.