I'm sure that the Bali blast is gonna start to rattle all of us Western expats in Asia. Although I hadn't made any plans to go to Bali, I was invited once about a year ago (though my friends ended up not going for scheduling reasons). What this does do, is definitely continue to discourage me from Indonesia, and possibly Malaysia, too. I always had two reasons to avoid Indonesia: a) I'm American and Muslim countries aren't exactly the safest places to be for us. b) I'm Chinese American, and the memories of the reports of the anti-Chinese riots in that country are still fresh in my mind.

But yeah, that club in Bali is totally the type of place that I would've hung out at if I had visited there. Luckily China isn't a hotbed for Islamic terrorism, but isn't it only a matter of time before Muslim separatists from Xinjiang and the rest of Western China start targetting the Eastern Chinese coast? I'd think Shanghai's return to the capitalist world and it's cosmopolitan atmosphere would make it a nice target. It's a scary thought. Another reason to cut back on the partying...