Hey, I am running around too much today. but I had a very interesting experience and would to share with you. If you have time, please translate for me the following:
China is speeding along in its economic growth amazingly fast. In the area of sports, Tennis and Golf today are already very popular but yachting and polo are still rather new. Today I was invited by Mr. Li Qingfu to Nine Dragon Polo field to witness the opening of the Polo Match. It was sponsored by Royal Salute and their global ambassador is the Duke of Argyle. It is a very beautiful field and it is interesting I see so many people there. Mr. Li told me that last year, the first year, they had only a few thousand people and had no sponsors. This year they have a lot of sponsors including Cartier. They expect that in the next 3 days, they will attract more than 12000 people. You know that Polo was a game we used to play in Tang Dynasty. We do not play it today. But I am sure the game we play today is different from the one we played in the old days. I learned about Polo from an old German boyfriend who was an avid Polo player. He told me that he wanted to have as many kids as he can to make up a Polo Team. That is 4!
Enclosed are some pictures I took of the Polo field and also of me with various dear friends.
Mr. Li and Adriana Mannering
See how handsome Mr. Li is? he is young and successful.
Ms Sunshine Xia is the General Manager. She is pretty too as you can see.
And a few friends....
The Duke of Argyle is a nice easy going young man. He is one of the 26 duke-doms in the UK. This is a title he inherits from the family. The title Duke is for man and duchess is for woman. (OK, there is the King and Queen, Prince and Princess and then Duke and Duchess, that is the hierarachy) I also learned something else today. I said to him that I know Fergie, the Duchess of York very well (Prince Andrew's wife). He said, oh, that is a different kind of Duchess. She is a ROYAL Duchess. Higher ranking in the Royal Family.
Later on, we had lunch at the Yacht Club dining room. I love water and I love boats. I had a most enjoyable day. The Nine Dragon Development is really developing a lot of things. apartments, polo club, hotel, yacht club, golf course. many many. When the building is finished, it will be a big big development. it took me almost 2 hours to get there and then 2 hours to get back.
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