Our monthly lunch at Morel’s Restaurant

For the Old China Hands lunch 7 September, all back to “normal”, as I could be there again and we had a nice crowd of 30.

As usual lively chat among our friends.

The OCH got prizes from China Daily!

First prize (5,000 yuan) goes to Bruce, much deserved!
“Thirty years’ watching the changing face of Beijing”
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/24/WS5ade8d33a3105cdcf651a1f8_1.html
Second prize (3,000 yuan each) goes to … well Gilbert!
“Witnessing dramatic changes in Beijing over the past 38 years”
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201805/21/WS5b023e73a3103f6866ee9a06.html

Our next lunch

Yes Friday 5 October will be at the end of the “Golden Week”, but we go ahead anyway and no excuses like you have to be in the office!

Our monthly lunch at Morel’s Restaurant

Only for the second time in five years I could not make it but the Old China Hands lunch 3 August went ahead anyway, with David keeping an eye on the lunch attendants.
This time a pretty low turnout, must be hot weather, holidays and so on: 16 total.
See here a small clip done by David (click on it to play):

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And the usual pics, thanks to David and others.

Our next lunch

Be ready for Friday 7 September, I am curious on how many will be back in town, and finding time for the lunch!
For the October lunch I am still considering Friday 5 October, TBC.

Our monthly lunch at Morel’s Restaurant

I was afraid that Beijing’s sauna weather would scare away many for our Old China Hands lunch 6 July. I was wrong, with 33 attendants in total.

Our next lunch

Be ready for the upcoming lunch on Friday 3 August on what will probably be the real “Beijing sauna” day! Reminds me of ten years ago when we were heading to the Summer Olympics.

Exceptionally I will not be able to attend myself. I have a full day at CCTV, related to a movie I am part of. Curious of what we will see and hear that day. Our friend David (Mr. Railways) has kindly accepted to replace me as the host. Be nice to him!

Our monthly lunch at Morel’s Restaurant

Everybody back to work so the Old China Hands lunch 1 June saw some 22 participants “only”.
Nevertheless everybody was happily chatting with each other.
We are now looking at the hot summer months when attendance could be rather low but yes, we keep it on.

Our next lunch

Be ready for the upcoming lunch on Friday 6 July, then later on Friday 3 August on what will probably be a “Beijing sauna” day!

Our monthly lunch at Morel’s Restaurant

This time a very special occasion: the Old China Hands lunch 4 May was our fifth anniversary! We also beat our attendance record with far over forty people. On top of that, the birthday of our friend Raja who is one of the OCH with the longest history here. Click the link to watch Raja’s celebration:

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It was a fun lunch with people pretty happy and excited. Even for once I was pictured!
The “member” list is now just under 100, it is always kept up to date. Some people leave Beijing, some new people join and – yes – some people are removed if they don’t show up or don’t RSVP.
This time, more pics than the usual!

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The movie by Greg

A great many thanks to our friend Greg who made a movie of the event. As it is pretty large I had to put it on YouTube (yeah need VPN in China – the link is https://youtu.be/4DE4dILH1lEZ):

Our next lunch

Be ready for Friday 1 June, our upcoming lunch.