tonight i brought my chinese chess board to cheers (our regular restuarant). hiro and i played a little bit, but then karl came and a full battle ensued. i taught him the rules and we were off. we took each others soldiers, cannons, and chariots, but eventually karl had me cornered in my palace. (i should have moved my advisors.) every so often a chinese man would come over and marvel that we were playing xiangqi.
after the game we had dinner, and began to watch the local children play outside the restaurant. their playing was a bit more spirited than ours. they played a game of what seemed to be pickle or dodgeball with a bunch of ribbons tied around a washer. i got involved as a specator, yelling and hooting with each throw of the ribbons. karl pulled out a camera, and when it flashed--boom!--the kids swarmed karl like angry chinese bees. except they were happy. they all wanted to see their picture, and while they crowded around, i got karl to hand me the camera, and i got a great shot of about 9 kids and karl, all with big grins.
playing games is fun!
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