Sanya, a pleasant surprise | 三亞，愉快的驚喜

I've just returned from Sanya, China, where I was one of the judges for the "New Silk Road Model Competition". I'd always heard that it was the "Hawaii of China". Although I was working pretty hard there, and therefore didn't get to see much, what I did see was really beautiful. Very clean, friendly people, and zero traffic (that means barely any pollution). I stayed in this huge hotel, that had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen in my life, and the best yellow chili hot sauce I've ever had.

So, the second day I did a photo shoot for a China magazine at this beautiful villa that is for rent at the astronomical price of HKD$30,000 per night. It was really nice with a big pool, outdoor bathtubs in each of the bathrooms, overlooking a golf course.

第二天我和國內一家雜誌在這個美麗的別墅拍了組照片，這別墅一晚的價格是天文數字港幣3萬。別墅很棒，有個大泳池，每個浴室都有戶外浴缸，遙望高爾夫球場。 

Then it was time for the pre-show press conference... | 比賽前的新聞發布會…

And then the competition...

This contest is a very important one for Chinese models as the winner is almost certainly guaranteed some form of success in the entertainment world in Asia. The most successful of the winners is Du Jian, who is now an international supermodel.

So official!

Here, in the photo below, are all the judges on stage at the beginning of the live broadcast across China and anywhere else in the world that gets chinese channels. I was SO nervous! In the photo you can see that I am clasping my hands together. I was squeezing so hard I lost feeling in my index finger. I just did not want to do a face-plant on stage. I was thinking, "Feet, don't fail me now!"

下面的照片是比賽前所有評委站在臺上，對全中國和世界上所有中文頻道現場直播。我非常緊張!照片裏你可以看到，我的兩只手都扭在一起了。扭得太用力，食指都沒知覺了。不想在舞臺上顯得太緊張，我一直在想：”腳，現在可別讓我失望!”

All in all I had a good time, and discovered Sanya along the way. Next time I go there I would like to check out the ocean. I was told it is crystal clear, warm, with nothing at the bottom but soft white sand. That sounds amazing.

Now I'm back in Hong Kong and back to work. I returned to a 130 on the pollution index. I thought it was a cloudy rainy day. Turns out it was smog. Already missing Sanya...

| 整個旅程我都很開心，發現了三亞的美。下次再來我要去探索這裏的海，聽說它象鉆石般清澈、溫暖，海底沒有任何東西，只有細軟的白沙。聽起來很美。

現在我已經回到香港開始工作，回到了這個汙染指數130的城市。本以為是雨天的雲霧，結果發現是煙塵。已經開始懷念三亞…