Tiny dancers
(Dancers in the Temple of Heaven Gardens: Beijing, China)
I’ve chosen this image today to cheer me up. It is such a lovely scene and I took great pleasure in simply standing and observing all the dancers, flouncing across the covered corridors. The lady in green flashed us a few little grins – she was enjoying herself thoroughly. I don’t know if the dance was local, traditional or if it a slice of the belly dancing craze sweeping urban China. I really like the stance I inadvertently captured of the man to the far right – he is so poised, even if he hasn’t donned a spangly jacket and hat over his sweater like the man in the centre. You can see how richly painted these outdoor corridors are and there seem to be miles of them in various places across Beijing. Sections of it being used like this were almost magical.
And back to the present. Whilst joining Ying at work, or rather, going to the same workplace; we don’t see much of each other at the office, even though our desks are less than two metres apart. It has been a shock to my system, getting back to some semblance of a regular workplace. I have spent so much time working independently that it is both wonderful and stressful to be in the centre of such a hectic office. That would explain the late post today (for those of us in Asia).
Ying’s workplace is located in ‘Car City’ (though he doesn’t work for the motor industry), so named because it is full of cars, much in the same way as Pearl City received that moniker for being stuffed with pearls. Every time a car is sold, a mass of firecrackers is lit and the noise renders thought impossible for a few minutes. I’m sure it has ruined many an important telephone conversation and I bet it becomes very irritating for people working in the vicinity, but as far as I am concerned, it is a welcome break in the monotonous sounds of honking horns and revving engines outside.
you are so near me now… how about a lunch sometime?
didn’t know you had become a career woman!
thought you had been quiet of late.
According to their costume, they belong to one of the races in northern China, by nationality, they are Chinese.