Friday, October 01, 2010

Haiku for the week

Uncanny quiet:
Bustle of the city stilled.
Holiday torpor.


I hate the holidays in Beijing.  The cessation of 'normal' life for a week at a time is inconvenient, depressing.  I am too poor to escape anywhere for a holiday break, and the seething hordes of Chinese tourists make it pointless to try to go anywhere in or around Beijing.  But at least people get up a little later in the morning, and the traffic on the roads is much reduced - especially on this first day proper of the hols.  It's not a profound hush, but it's about as quiet as this city ever gets: a relatively restful start to the day.

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