What to do on your day off

Because it was a holiday on the 1st of May, and because of the continued generosity of my employers, I had today off in lieu of taking Saturday off.  This amazed everyone that I told; the idea of gaining a day in lieu seemed a revolutionary idea.  And given as we're in China, we all know what Communists think about revolutions, don't we?

I've been reading Jonathan Fenby's biography of Chiang Kai Shek, and the first six chapters are fairly horrible; if it's not old men deciding to mutilate women out of sheer jealousy or people dying fairly needlessly, there's a succession of stupidities, thoughtlessnesses and mindful cruelty, culminating in Chiang having a go at his wife for being scared when they were on a boat being bombarded by artillery.  I'd like to think that after this opening section, everyone reforms and starts being nice to one another, but I've got a feeling that a happy ending isn't on the cards.