I am a punctual person, for it's not only respectful gesture but also it provides extra chances of observing the world. On Saturday morning, our excursion day, at 7 am, I'd already got to the square, where I was to be picked up half an hour later. It was a chilly day and the drizzle began to fall. But still there were many 'early birds' exercising Taiji. While having breakfast under the roof of corridors, I enjoyed watching their graceful and slow body movements. And I bet when the rain began bigger, if they would stop immediately and then run into the all shelters. But nobody did.
Sitting next to me was a man in late 20s, who obviously was one of migrant workers coming to cities for a job. He gazed into the sky, motionless and emotionless. Wondering he might be cold ( after a whole night 's stay at the square) and hungry, I guarded attentively my breakfast and my full bags of snacks for the tour.
The couple showed up on time and we then drove together to the north of city to pick up ZZ. She is not a easy pickup. (we have many experiences with it.) So ten minutes before our arrival time, we sent her a message to act quick and get ready. But even after we got to her community she didn't show up yet. So we called again. Seconds later, she got the beep back. Her sms read:
'I am having big event. Coming soon.'
But not until 20 minutes later, she appeared, happy after her 'big event'.
We joked about her story and before long, we started discussing our own big events too. The excursion, supposed to be escape for us, didn't begin as any relief well. The top issues were that helpless and hopeless we were in China's stock market, since it had slumped to eight month low with our stock value lost by over 30% already.
Such is a healthy outlet of our stress. Also, we decided to stop further complaints in order not to destroy tour.
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