Yay! China says that they'll re-open Lhasa, Tibet to foreigners on May 1. Why they decide to do this one night after I start looking up alternatives to Tibet I don't know. Seems like China is just way too good at pissing people off. Of course, this in no way means that I'll still be able to go there. And further to that, even if I were to go, this doesn't assure me that some passionate group of resentful Tibetans won't see my Chinese face as the perfect reason to dismantle it fist by fist, no matter how cantankerously stubborn they are towards my cries of "I'm not a Han, I'm not a Han!!" If only they knew how empathic this Chinese boy is towards their dilemma, they'd welcome me with open arms and hopefully lots of (good) food. But hey, at least things are looking on the up.
And my hip hurts for no apparent reason. Don't give me this "but you're a physio, so do something about it" crap. Until you find some cardiac surgeon that's able to perform his own bypass surgery, then come back and say it.
