So I reluctantly left Mike and the kids behind to go to Shanghai for 2 nights for the annual video game industry event called China Joy, something I've attended every year for 8 years. Usually it is action packed and crammed with meetings over 5 days, but this visit I spent only 2 days and went through major culture shock - what an advanced city compared with the tier 3 city where we've lived for more than 2 months!
Also, we have no printer in Sanya and I am a mess in my luddite self without a physical print out of my schedule and notes. Therefore I was totally disorganized. Then, my flight was 2 hours late so I missed my first 2 meetings entirely. And finally, I was invited to evening events and wound up staying up later than I was used to in Sanya. But, I closed new business for Niko (yay!), Mike and the kids were fine without me, and I survived the trip. Luckily that will be my only time away from the family this summer though.
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