golden week is here again. and again, i have guests. but this time, there seem to be more to do. i'm probably discovering more and more of this city.
the highlight got to be the F1 race. i actually did enjoy this cars going round and round thing more than i thought i would. of course it helped that schumi decided to make a race out of this and renault goofing up on their equipment. otherwise, i'm not sure it would be anything more than a yawn, given alonso's early WIDE lead. somehow i suspect this is somehow the sponsors' way to inject excitement. but what the hell, i was actually quite caught up in the whole thing, premeditated or not.


earplugs are a must with the blasting engines.


renault fans (probably Spaniards) who went from being v loud to v subdued along with Alonso's decline.


the 'fashion statement' that we had for a day. in case you didn't know (and i didn't), the circuit they race on takes the form of Shang as in Shanghai in Chinese.