April Fools hasn't been this great in years. The day started out at my new gym whereby I spent a ridiculous amount of money to flex some muscle. The place is called "California Fitness" and its actually owned by 24 hour fitness, so I can use my membership back home if I want. Yao Ming was a big sponsor and owner in the company so his face is everywhere and in the men's lockerroom is one of his jersey's and gym bags in a glass case. Yao Ming, while having absolutely no sex appeal whatsoever, is the Chinese version of Elvis. He can paint a wall and people will fall over in sheer awe. Anyways after the gym I came home to find a man dangling out my 8th floor window installing our air conditioner. We finally got one, despite the fact that is freezing here, one of the conditions of my lease was that they put in a a/c unit in the living room. Beijing is just way too swampy and crowded not to burn some coal in the summer for cool air. Then I drank some beers with my friend Anna and my roommate Paul, took tons of crazy pictures, ate a enormous dinner and continued to drink at a karaoke bar that had far too little english songs. It was amazing.