I'm going to spew forth a stream of quick bits from the conference that I'd like to remember while they're still fresh. I'll write a couple longer posts on specific topics later.

Friday:
literally running around school preparing for Parents' Day
rush hour on Line 2
sharing a black cab with a new friend
running into mountain at Hongqiao Airport, Gate A1
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sharing a room at the Nanyaxing
late-night street-food dinner: delicious wonton and local bananas

Saturday:
getting lost with a couple Canto-accented Mandarin-speaking guys
www.zuola.com stickers
John B
David Feng
John Kennedy
Peter
lunch with Aether and Hecaitou
Adam Schokora
Isaac's "state of China" discussion
Slurpees at 7-11
Chinese-Arabic phrasebooks for sale on the overpass
dinner in Little Africa, corner of Xiaobei Lu and Huashi Zhong Lu
walk through windings streets of Uighur neighborhood

Sunday:
YUAN Mingli stumbling into bed at 3:50am
Jeremy Goldkorn
having my photo taken by a self-described eeePC fan (many at the conference)
being called on by Isaac at the 2018 education blueprint discussion
Andy Li
Tracy Feng
Sam
to Chen Jia Ci for dim sum at Chau Kee (周記茗點居）
riding the subway back to 杨箕
late to the closing speech
Alice Xin Liu
Baiyunport
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