Making the most of it

Last week, I spent Christmas with my classmates and masters at the Maling Shaolin Kungfu Academy in China. Master Bao, the main master, and his family decorated the school and prepared for the students a festive dinner worth talking about. We then sat in the school yard and got warm around a bonfire. 

It was one of the more unique ways that I have spent this day, away from home and in the middle of an isolated patch of Chinese agricultural soil. Noone else in the area were celebrating with us, with Master Bao setting off fireworks in a quiet, empty sky.