Existential Boredom

Sorry, “Existential” in the post title, not the AI idiocy.

Hey alan279,

Just to let you know that the title was corrected. 😉

Cheers,

Cheryl

Expat.com team

Thanks, Cheryl.

I'm not old.

Great time to travel at your leisure and at a budget to suit...

@Peter Itamaraca

I'd like to go to China to see the engineering revolution there.

@Peter Itamaraca
I'd like to go to China to see the engineering revolution there. - @alan279

The Department of State has a travel advisory level 2 -> https://travel.state.gov/content/travel … isory.html with specific caution on the arbitrary enforcement of local laws.

However, you are welcome to go and see for yourself.  I would recommend taking a group tour that has a certified guide that will bring you to the official tourist sites.  This would be the safest way to see.

Been to many places in China before the current president and never had any problems - even helped local businesses in tech succeed.

My personal opinion here - I will not step foot in any chinese territory because of fear of being detained arbitrarily under the national security law.  There are several people in those situations and life is too short to get involved in super power politics.

I tend to want to explore the nooks and crannies - which is not recommended these days...

Good luck.

12/16/24

Look to this Day,

for it is Life – the very Life of Life.

In its brief course lie all the verities

and realities of your existence:

the Bliss of Growth,

the Glory of Action,

the Splendor of Beauty.

For yesterday is already a dream

and tomorrow is only a vision;

but today, well-lived,

makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this Day.

Such is the salutation of the Dawn.

~ by Kalidasa, Indian Sanskrit Playwright and Poet,

Hindu Philosopher, 4 – 5th century A.D.

(One of several translations from the original Sanskrit.)

@alan279 I do have a bowl movement scheduled for this afternoon.

Roddie in Retirement🕵

@alan279 I do have a bowl movement scheduled for this afternoon.
Roddie in Retirement🕵 - @roddiesho

@roddiesho, TMI?

@Pablo888 Wait there's more😏

Relevant article by The Guardian on this topic:

https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl … -cant-fill

Play pickleball. For fun (although the younger whippersnappers haven't quite grasped that concept yet).  I'll play for an hour or so, usually 4 times a week, then retire with my cohort of over-60s to a table by the river and enjoy the conversation practice and a cold one.  No tournaments until it cools down again.  I also count my blessings.