Our first Social Event in Xiamen

The guy who has been living here in Xiamen for the factory before us had regular activites with the office staff from the factory. There was one scheduled for this past Saturday. It was at the beach with bicycles, volleyball, jumprope, food and games. It was tons of fun. We were there for about 4 hours and I got to know some of the employees a little. I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the beach while the sun was setting. Here is the picture dump for this activity.

 There were a dozen brides or so at the beach getting their photos taken. It was beautiful.

 Our group playing volleyball in the sand.



Paul and Susan after Susan nailed Paul in the face with the volleyball. By accident.
 
 Some of the girls playing cards. They called it poker, but we call it Bridge.

The sun sets kind of red because of the pollution and humidity.

 Then the jump rope was brought out.

 Molly and Brian jumping.

 Daniel got him some hops! Look at him jump!

Brian, Mike, Alex & Daniel jumping.

 The girls still playing cards. These girls played cards most of the evening.

 Some of the girls riding one of the three seater bikes we rented.

 This is the whole group.The one in green is Xiao Jio - Daniel's driver. He's great. He works hard and has two kids.  His 5 year old daughter is in school all day while his wife works and his 3 year old daughter lives 1,000 miles away with his parents until she is old enough to go to school. He and his wife only get to see the younger one twice a year - Chinese  New year in February and National Day in October. She will be old enough for school this fall.

The one in the center with the shirt that reads "God Love Us" is Daniel's assistant. Her English name is Selena but her Chinese name is Xia Jing - it means small and beautiful. Her English is phenomanal. In June we will be going with her to her parents house in the country to kayak a local river. I am excited.

The woman in the pink shirt and gray jacket bending down by Daniel is Susan. She is an accountant. She is brilliant. She is married with a 2 year old son that spends all day with her in-laws. He will go to pre-school at 3. He would have come with her, but he was running a fever. I hope to meet him soon.

I am so excited to learn all the stories of the Lifetime employees. They are such wonderful people.