Above:The Baha'i House of Worship of Asia. Below:Life and times of your fellow World Citizen, Kolya

I just got my greenbelt in Aikido today!  (Officially on Feb 26th)     Took part in my first class today wearing it.  Only went to one class, though, instead of the usual 2-3, since it's the Baha'i 19 Day Feast of Loftiness ('Ala') tonight.  Which is the first day of the last month of the Baha'i year.  (Our days start at sunset). And also the month of the Fast.

It looks like i'll need to stay at Dish Network a month longer than i was planing (till the end of April at least) to make more money, because due to being married on the 2006 W2s but now single i'll need to pay quite a lot in back taxes!  On the good side, i just got my raise for becoming a TSR3 level tech.  So i'll probably go to meet friends in Macao first, in August, then meet some friends in Guangzhou and then go to Xi'an after that.  Then pilgrimage in October and then back to China, maybe via Germany if i have enough money. 

Looking forward to the Fast.  For 19 days i have an extra 30-60min to do stuff in the middle of the day!  (Since i'm not having lunch those days).