We’re in Tianjin for the New Year holiday and the explosions festivities are already underway. I’m definitely looking forward to our walk back to the hotel tonight when half the city will be drunk out of their minds and either a) lighting off some form of improvised explosive device or b) weaving home in their new Hyundai that they just HAD to show off to the rest of the family during this time of togetherness.
Speaking of holiday sentiments, among the deluge of New Years SMS messages we’ve been wading through today, one of YJ’s acquaintances felt the customary wishes of good health and prosperity in the coming year were…a little too mushy, and so he decided to append a patriotic “ 国强胜英美” to his New Year’s SMS.
See…that’s what our Christmas cards were missing this year, I totally wussed out. Next year though, I’m going with ”Peace on Earth, Goodwill to men, and GLOBAL DOMINATION in the coming year!”
Happy New Year!
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Final note: Reading the annual wire service report on 春运 (do they just keep a template in a drawer and dust it off every year?) and I gotta say that at 8:30 this morning the Beijing South Rail Station was a ghost town. Either everybody who would