After four and a half years of frustration with a previous partner, I am now living in a dream come true — a beautiful seaside apartment overlooking the South China Sea.

How did this happen you ask?  Well, I got rid of the partner.  My dear friend, Alan, the Doctor from Beijing bought the partner out and now is the co-owner with me.  Once that happened, we were able to complete and decorate the place in less than three months last summer — three months after four years of dormancy.  The three months weren’t without a good deal of frustrating lunacy, much of which I have forgotten in my present contentment.  And I think I’ll leave that way and just enjoy what is my proudest accomplishment in China to date.

I am including some pictures so that you might share some of the joy with me.  (see here or http://picasaweb.google.com/suttonleming/DispatchFromChina71)