They found us or we found them

Weather: nice and chilly
Temp: 1-10
Exhange rate: RMB1 = R1,46
Days till get cats get home: 28
I have no idea what this means: I liked this red character on a rock. I know it's sideways, but that's about all.

We have met a bunch of South Africans yesterday. We went to Shunyi for coffee and breakfast at Secrets from Africa, Miranda Allan's new shop. I met Miranda through the folks at Melissa's when I enquired about being their agent in China. Miranda's been here for a couple of years and have been importing SA products such as Carol Boyes an Helen Melon. So we met a whole bunch of people over coffee. Gerju, one of the Naspers guys here, invited us along for dinner where we met some more Saffers over sushi and then about 10 more when we watched SA vs Scotland. Gerju seems to know more people than the Pope. It was very cool to hang out with people who just get you without having to explain too much.

We interviewed out Mandarin tutor today and start lessons tomorrow night. We're really excited about it. Our first text book is what Grade 1 students here use to learn how to read and write. You gotta start somewhere.

We discovered a cool bar in Sanlitun, the Rickshaw. Free pool, cold beer and great Mexican food. I suspect they will see us again. And we lazed away most of our Sunday afternoon there. Frikkie kicked my ass at pool, but I staged a comeback and eventually lost by only one game.