Sports day..or...sports meeting...or...track and field day....whatever the day was really called...it was spectacular...in every sense of the word. The preparation, the excessive town dignitaries who attended, the amount of water bottles and water jugs purchased, the semi-permanent stage erected in the middle of the basketball courts, the newly distributed, perfectly matching uniforms given to all staff (teachers, administration, and cleaning staff), the 40 page agenda detailing all races, racers, and racing times, the hour long opening ceremonies, the two hour long rehearsal of the opening ceremonies, the laminated number bibs for each participant, the cheering, the excitment.....all of it.....everything put american track and field days to shame. I could have had a 2 day vacation...another 2 day holiday....to go off to someplace, well someplace else chinese. But before I realize
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