The skill and poise we do not yet possess:

But be aware that this is Stealth Mah Jong. Only two days before snapping this pic, we saw a hardcore Mah Jong Bust by the police on the streets of Chengdu. Interestingly, the four participants seemed utterly unpeturbed. The oldest woman stood up, grinning all the while, amid much raucous laughing and calling, and gathered up the simple blue tablecloth that all the pieces were resting atop. Sweeping the whole thing into a bundle held by a topknot, she ferried the abandoned game back inside her small canteen-kitchen. The police looked on jovially.

Gambling is 'illegal' here, huh? Well, someone needs to tell all the old folks in the parks and the tea gardens, 'cause they're not having a bar of it.