paint the city red, but not much

As one English saying goes, 'to paint the city red', Chinese people are doing their best to paint red cities and the whole country to welcome the comin traditional New Year, a gold pig year on lunar calendar. Red, this happiest and luckiest color in this nation is showing everywhere, on lanterns outside and inside of stores and restaurants, papercuts for window decoration,dresses on men and women, old and young, and red envelops and presents.

Biologically, red is not a calming color but very irritating. I understand people around the festival are feeling the tense and strength, when faced with slow traffic and burdens to shop and give away presents, no matter how willing they are. So when it rained all night long along with lightings, I was hoping that it might save us mercily by washing away or at least diluting such over-reddness stress.

The rain was too late for my company, which, I am sure, suffers the worst. Why? Presents this year from the company were nothing more than: three Chair Mao's portrait-bearing money notes, two bottles of cooking oil, and two cases of fruits. The hysteric way was: it gave away twice, firstly two bottles of oil, secondly fruits on different dates. So poor us have to wait in the crowd for taxi to carry us and those bulky boxes of gifts back at the cost of double the taxi fare,and double waiting time. So who wouldn't believe that the company is not playing tricks on us ?