L. went to her 3 classes today. I took the 509 to Carrefour to buy some groceries and lunch. I took the 523 on the way back, which was packed. Curious as to how so many get on, but few get off until the very end of the route. One of L.'s students recognized me. She was coming back from an interview at an Arab garment company.
We spent the evening relaxing, watching soccer, NBA playoffs (the Sonics lost to San Antonio again, 2nd game). The soccer game featured Shandong against a Japanese team, a game that had 15,000 police patrolling the stadium premises, amid concerns of anti-Japanese violence. One small fight broke out in the game. CCTV 5 did an interesting thing in panning out to a full-stadium camera shot during the scuffle and not following the skirmishes close-up, like American cameras do. The U.S. could do well to learn from giving unnecessary attention to stupid pro-player antics.
