I felt a little better today. I spent the morning with Dad to visit the Dr. Sun-Yat Sen memorial. Dad really looks up to Dr. Sun, which made the trip there worthwhile to be spending a morning and part of the afternoon learning about his inspiration. It was warm, overcast, and raining slightly towards the end. We also stopped by a park. The kids would've enjoyed the paddleboats and the fishes. We went to the Five-Goat Statue and the Five-Fairy Statue (there's a legend in GZ that these celestial goats and fairies promised the people of GZ good crops 2000 years ago, which is why they are honored). Lots of folks gathered to do exercises, tai-chi, ballroom dancing, and kicking around a Chinese hacky-sack with feathers ("jin-zhi", I hear they're called).
Mom and J. and the girls went shopping for some last minute bargains before doing the final packing. (L. stayed home and rested). We'd hoped to watch "Mary Poppins" with the kids, but as soon as we found the DVD, the power went out. It remained out for about 3 hours this evening. We also wanted to have an early b'day celebration for R. (since she's to turn 3 in a few days), but due to the power cut, we blew out the candles in the dark. It was fun for the kids...just had a bit of a challenge with the cameras.
