Venky's arrival

Not sure how we'd sorted it out but Venky came today, as he had last year.

Leilei waiting for Venky's arrival

Of course that meant going out for a beer and a bite to eat, so we did. We had a great time with my friends and acquaintances until Venky declared after about three bottles of 3.1% beer that he felt sick. I actually believed him that it was the bubbles as there was no other excuse unless he was the mother of all lightweights....

Venky in full swing

So we went for a walk by the river and he ended up giving me a big (man) hug and thanking me for inviting him down here. It was quite nice actually, but I knew I needed to get him home. Typically, he refused getting in any car as he didn't want to be enclosed, so we ended up agreeing that I would take a san lun che with him to the hotel, followed by A Wu's henchmen.

We had some nice ducks tongues

I had hoped to watch the Man U v Liverpool match at Venky's hotel, and so had Venky but it appeared sleep was more on his mind. After a few minutes' fervant search I did get a really grainy picture of the match, but by then he was flat out, and I didn't particularly want to stay, so as A Wu was still there we left the room and went back to where we are staying and I don't think I bothered to watch the second half.