Why arent you doing it now?

I used to also draw and paint at home, but after so many people stopping, staring, taking pictures or wanting to talk to me, I gave up. Staying in my room to draw is not the same, despite the fact it was quieter and no-one criticised or gave 'helpful' suggestions about what I was doing. 

I also don't cycle in China for health and safety reasons.

my China hobbies are different from my home hobbies: less diverse, but I don't want intrusive staring.

even sitting out quietly reading attracts  attention. I wouldn't get this at home.

No my life is similar wherever I go. Work ~8~10 hours, walk for exercise for maybe 1, read/study, have a nice coldy and call it a day.

I enjoy running a lot, and I used to run 3 times a week. Now, it's down to 2 times a week on average, due to air pollution (based on monitoring websites). It consistently degraded over the years. Last winter, it was sometime not possible to run for whole weeks in a row.

I dropped some, picked up others, and adapted too.

I love to go to the swimming pool, to... like... you know, swim. Chinese like swimming pools too, so... you know, they can be in water, take up space and spit everywhere. So I took the habit to check on newer hotels with swimming pools, go and see and check the situation on the field.

Every year or so I can find my quiet peace of heaven that no one knows yet, until a month or two later it gets invaded. Then I switch to the next one. Granted it's annoying and quite pricey. But I get on. When tired of this dance, I switch to badminton.

After thinking about what new hobby would be a treat here compared to back home, I picked up on computers, electronics and programming. I do some CGI and now thinking about investing in a 3D printer. Not sure why, but it's cheap now and certainly tons of fun and I can obviously find nearly anything I want material wise.

I cook much more than I did back home, and I pay the utmost attention to what I buy and use. Living in such a bad environment can help raising awareness.

I've been able to acquire more hobbies.  I am dabbling in filmmaking.  turning my office into a mini sound studio.  Me and my wife are also gardening.  Like sorrel, however, I have kept my hobbies to my home.  Too many curious stares make me feel uncomfortable.

Enduro riding and RC Gliders are not hobbies that fit China.

I have only cooking left.

Was never into hobbies so my life's been more interesting in China !

My all hobbies in China are 'being whole day online'. I replaced cycling and sea swimming with 'never take a taxi, but walk instead'.

As soon as I left Florida, and landed in UK, I exchanged swim shorts for umbrella.  Swimming pools can't replace sea water, waves and fish. Loads of piss in the pool water anywhere you go, too. 

No cycling either, 'cause they drive on the wrong side of the road. After year in London, I moved to Guernsey, buTT...same story there.

Almost got killed in Cayman Islands, because I looked for upcoming cars to the wrong side of the street, when crossing. Brits, they have water faucets with 'wrong turn' too.

I forgot to say: 'I travel around the world with goose pillow case in my luggage….'

I agree. Studied kung fu for a few years. Came here and the schools suck.  The hobbies I want to pick up aren't really an option here either. 

My hobbies are pretty restricted to only a few things.  One being working out, the other being studying.  So long as you find a decent gym here you can work out so I'm pretty well set up in that regard.  Foodwise, I have managed to buy all kinds of cooking appliances to keep me busy and make sure I don't have to ingest a bucket of oil when I get hungry.  Recently bought a large sized convection oven , just made fresh bread in there for the first time tonight! 

Long distance running, definitely. My plan is to run a marathon somewhere before going home for grad school. In order to do that, I will apparently have to risk cancer. You can't safely run outdoors, so I joined a gym. Of course, every time I go there to run, some genius has to go around helpfully opening  all the windows right in front of every treadmill.

When I ask why, why, dear god, why do you have to expose people who are doing intense aerobic exercise to the pollution outdoors, they say that the air inside is not fresh. It's like living in the country that natural selection forgot.

Very much so. Life is dull and gloom. I had a passion for restoring classic cars from the 60 and early 70s. total engine strip down and rebuilds, metal fabrication and welding, body preparation and painting, sourcing parts from around the globe was exciting . The workshop,  the tools the overalls, and of course the final product. Restoring old 30s-40s-50s valve radios, home DIY and even just gardening so much missed.  Back home I had so many interests and hobbies here nothing, zilch. Unless you class long walks a hobby. Its a bit like Noddy land.

I like working on stuff, at home I have tools for everything. I built my house, customized every motorcycle I've owned, have a 38 and 33 Chev hotrod. In China I'm confined to just girl watching. I take lots of pictures, it's hard not to get interesting photos in China. I once stood on the curb and just took pictures of people going by on scooter, bicycles and foot, most are good.

All Can do here is go to the bar and have a few drinks or play computer games.

the Hobbies I used to enjoy are stargazing, gardening, and southern style bbq.

I've taken up building thermonuclear missiles as a hobby. I got a copy of "Thermonuclear Physics for Dummies" from Taobao and buy the parts for the missiles from the local market.  Nuclear reactors are not so easy to get hold of but I did find a little old lady with a back street shop who stocks a decent range of them.

Still have most of the same hobbies as back in the states reading, working out, playing basketball and watching movies however the range and scope have changed. There are no English bookstores around so I have to order books online for my e-reader.  I can still go to the gym but as was mentioned above it's not a good idea to run outside. There are places to play basketball but there's lots of attention so I stick to just one park. Watching movies online is a lot easier in China than in the states but few English movies come to the theater which I usually enjoy back home.