Starting with the APEC conference back in Sept, I played volleyball (once), increased the frequency of my Mandarin tutor sessions, began advising VC backed start-ups (Astia), joined The Women's Foundation TWF as a mentor for young professional women, attended several MIT and Sloan alumni events in Hong Kong and joined the Beijing Energy Network (grassroots group of weekly speakers; I attended the electric car talk in Raffles City Beijing). Ivy and I attended the charity fundraiser event at Renaissance for TWF where there are certainly provocative speakers like the Vice Chair of HK's Democratic Party who is banned from Mainland China for 20 years.... thought provoking whether or not you agree! I tried to bit on some awesome auction prizes but got outbid. Ironically, it being a women's fundraiser, the men in attendance tended to win the silent auction... hmm... more competitive?
Did you know Beijing has a policy that one can only drive their cars 4 days per week? But the traffic has gotten so much worse! and on environmental pollution measurement, they don't measure the small particles which is basically sand flying around BJ. Yikes! Finally electric vehicles like Nissan Leaf are selling like hotcakes in US where its more trendy to be green, but really not taking off in China. I reckon its because its still a relatively new luxury to own a car, and people do want the comfort of a larger one. Not to mention so few charging stations! Japanese, German and US are still far ahead with respect to electric car technology... Anyway food for thought... met some very interesting US Embassy folks, lawyers and Dow Jones journalists however at this event....
BUT most immediately rewarding is the great, comfortable fall weather for hiking around HK and running on Bowen Road again!
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