Friends in Town!
May was certainly the month of visits. It kicked off with catching up with Mia, who was in town from Shenzhen visiting family. We dated for months when we both lived in Beijing, until she eventually dumped me when I blew her off to watch WWE Royal Rumble 2019 with the boys. While things rekindled a few times in recent years during LA and Hong Kong visits, we met as friends this time. That same week, Jenny from Trash Panda Cycling was in Taipei for a week for visiting family in China. We hung out a few times, got to catch up on LA cycling scene gossip, and we got a bike ride in!
Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics of those hangs. BUT the visits didn't end there! My good friend Kathren was in town with her kids and husband, who is Taiwanese. Me and Kat met back in 2017 in Chinese school and became good study/drinking buddies. We attended our language teacher's wedding, I attended her and Tim's wedding, and she hooked me up with her Kaohsiung friends when I visited Taiwan in 2017. One of them was Lim, who is in the photo, whom I also got to catch up with! He lives in Taipei now! We got Wednesday drinks at Tim and Kat's hotel bar, while their babysitter watching the kids.
Lastly, my buddy Kevin was in town to visit family. We were drinking buddies in Beijing, and had a solid friend group of good times. Dude has lived in Germany, Egypt, and is now in Shanghai, and recently married to a woman from Russia. Homie is the real Mr. Worldwide. We got drinks at my favorite neighborhood bar, and eventually some of my new friends joined us. Solid Friday!
It's pretty epic how life brings people back in your life, whether it's folks you knew you would see eventually or ones you never thought you'd see again.